Chapter 6 Amanda (poem) Thinking about the Poem(Page 62) Question 1. How old do you think Amanda is? How do you know this? Answer: Amanda is about a 9-10 year old school going girl. She is being scolded for things typical for that particular age. Her parents are...
Chapter 5 The Ball Poem (poem) Thinking About the Poem(Page 47) In pairs, attempt the following questions Question 1. Why does the poet say, “I would not intrude on him”? Why doesn’t he offer him money to buy another ball? Answer: The poet says, “I would not intrude...
Chapter 4 How to Tell Wild Animals (Poem) Thinking about the Poem(Page 45) Question 1. Does ‘Dyin’ really rhyme with ‘lion’ ? Can you say it in such a way that it does? Answer: No, ‘Dyin’ does not rhyme with ‘lion’. If we change the pronunciation of lion by speaking...
Chapter 3 A Tiger in the Zoo (Poem) Thinking About the Poem(Page 30) Question 1. Read the poem again and work in pairs or groups to do the following tasks. 1. Find the words that describe the movements and actions of the tiger in the cage and in the wild. Arrange them...
Chapter 2 Fire and Ice (poem) Thinking about the Poem(Page 15) Question 1. There are many ideas about how the world will ‘end’. Do you think the world will end some day? Have you ever thought what would happen if the Sun gets so hot that it ‘bursts’ or grows colder...
