CHAPTER 8 – WHAT A BIRD THOUGHT

Replace the words with their meanings: 1. pale – light 2. moved lightly and quickly – fluttered 3. finally – at last 4. hard work – labour ________________________________________ Let us Discuss I. Main idea of each stanza Stanza 1 2. The bird lived happily in a small world. Stanza 2 6. The bird lived in a cosy nest with its mother. Stanza 3 1. The bird steps out into the world. Stanza 4 4. The bird flies away as an adult. ________________________________________ II. Match the pictures with the poem Picture 1 – Egg “I lived first in a little house.” Picture 2 – Nest “I lived next in a little nest.” Picture 3 – Bird among leaves “I said the world is made of leaves.” Picture 4 – Bird flying away “At length I flew beyond the tree.” ________________________________________ III. One-word answers 1. What was the shape of the bird’s first house? Ans. Round 2. What was the bird’s second nest made of? Ans. Straw 3. What did the bird see when it came out of its nest? Ans. Leaves 4. What did the bird do at the end? Ans. Flew ________________________________________ Let us Think and Reflect I. True or False 1. The bird changed its house two times. – True 2. The neighbours tell the bird about the world. – False ________________________________________ II. Extract 1 I thought the world was made of straw, And nestled by my mother. (i) Who lived in the nest along with the baby bird? Ans. The baby bird’s mother lived with it in the nest. (ii) The bird thought the world was made of straw because __________. Ans. B. its nest was made of straw (iii) Which word tells us that the baby bird was warm and comfortable? Ans. Nestled ________________________________________ Extract 2 I said the world is made of leaves, I have been very blind. (i) Why did the bird think the world was made of leaves? Ans. When the bird came out of its nest, it saw leaves around it. Therefore, it thought the world was made of leaves. (ii) What does ‘I said’ mean? Ans. C. spoke (iii) Complete the sentence. The bird felt that it had been very blind because it could not see the leaves from inside the nest. ________________________________________ III. Why did the baby bird think its first world was small, round and blue? Ans. The baby bird lived inside a small, round and pale-blue shell. Since it had not seen anything beyond the shell, it thought that the shell was its whole world. IV. Where did the bird go when it fluttered from its straw nest? Ans. The bird fluttered out of its nest and saw the leaves around the tree. V. What quality did the bird say it had when it flew away? Ans. The bird said that it was quite fit for grown-up labours, showing that it had become ready for adult work. VI. Who do you think were the bird’s neighbours? Why? Ans. The bird’s neighbours were probably the other birds living nearby. Like the bird, they also did not know exactly how the whole world was made. Let us Learn I. Rhyming Words Stanza 1 well – shell Stanza 2 other – mother Stanza 3 find – blind Stanza 4 labours – neighbours Possible new rhyming words • well – shell – fell • other – mother – brother • find – blind – mind • labours – neighbours – favours ________________________________________ Complete the stanza I fly high and I fly low, But one thing I surely know, Whenever I wish to rest, My little nest is the best. ________________________________________ II. Describing Words – Six Sentences Based on the textbook picture: 1. The birdhouse is small. 2. It is a wooden birdhouse. 3. It has a pointed roof. 4. It has a round opening. 5. It is hanging from a thin branch. 6. The leaves are green. ________________________________________ Let us Listen From the transcript on page 102: I’m a parrot, my name is Paro, My feathers are bright and they glow. In the morning, I spread my wings, Fly around and see wonderful things. Come with me through the skies so blue, To places old and places new. Among the trees, where the breeze is light, Many new stories, oh, what a sight!