The Rainbow: Class-vi: Lesson-1:(Poem)

The theme of this poem, 'The Rainbow' is nature. By reading the lesson and doing the activities, learners will become familiar with words, sentences, and ideas to express their feelings about nature and its gifts.

Let's go to know 'The Rainbow's' all questions and answers.

Question no-1.

Complete the following sentences by reading the poem "The Rainbow"

(a) Boats sail ---------------.

(b) -----------sail on the seas.

(d) Boats and ships are pretty, but clouds are------.

(e) The 'bow' in the poem is the -------.

Answer:

(a) Boats sail on the rivers,

(b) And Ships sail on the seas,

(d) Boats and ships are pretty, but clouds are prettier,

(e) The 'bow' in the poem is the bridges,

Questions no-2.

Match the Following:

Boats-------------prettier

Ships-------------pretty

Clouds-----------prettier

Rainbow---------pretty

Questions no-3.

What are the things that the rainbow does? Fill in the blanks below with words from the poem.

The Rainbow---------- heaven

----- ----the trees

--------- from earth to sky

Answer:

The Rainbow that bridges heaven,

The Rainbow overtops the trees,

The Rainbow builds a road from earth to sky,

Questions no-4.

Two summaries of the poem are given below. which one do like more? Discuss your answer with the friend sitting next to you. Then share your thoughts with the rest of the class.

(a) The poem 'The Rainbow' is about nature. Here the poet compares the beauty of nature and man-made beauty. She finds that beauty created by nature is prettier than man-made beauty. The clouds that sail across the sky Are prettier than boats sailing on rivers and ships sailing on the seas. But the rainbow is prettier than all the pretty things that sail on the rivers.

(b) Boats sail on the rivers and ships sail on the seas. But the clouds that sail across the sky Are prettier than these boats and ships. The bridges in the rivers are beautiful. But the rainbow that builds a road from earth to the sky is prettier than the bridges.

Questions no-5.

(a) As you know, rhyming words that end with the same sound, such as sound-round. Here are some words from the poem 'The Rainbow' Work with your friend and write two words that rhyme with each of them:

Answer:

boat: goat------ cast

river: liver-------leader

ship: flop-------clip

sea: tea--------me

cloud: broad-----proud

sky: fly---------cry

(b) Now say the words aloud and recite the poem 'The Rainbow' for practice.

Questions no-6.

(a) Make a list of things that:

Answer:

Sail on rivers and seas: Boat, ship, etc.

Move on the road: Cycle, Bus, truck, etc.

Fly across the sky: Birds, Helicopter, etc.

(b) Now make three sentences with any of the words from the list above.

Answer:

1. I saw a ship sail across the sea.

2. He always goes to school by bicycle.

3. The birds are flying in the sky.

Questions no-8.

Let's learn some grammar:
Read the poem 'the Rainbow' once again. Find words belonging to the following word classes and write them in the spaces below. One is done for you. You may fill the spaces with other words if you do not find an appropriate word in the poem.

(a) Noun (naming words, for example, 'boat'):----,---

(b) Pronoun (a word used instead of a noun: for example, 'it')----,-----

(d) Verb: (a Word or a group of words that expresses an action; for example, 'eat', 'run'):------,--------

Questions no-11.

Let's practice our word building skills. Make a few words with each of the letters from the word RAINBOW. First, make a three-letter word with R and then a four-letter word, and so on. One is done for you:

R: red-read-river-reader-rainbow

A: air-able-apply-appear-appoint

I: ice-idea-island-indigo-include

N: new-near-norse-notion-nothing

B: bog-body-bonus-become-brought

O: one-only-onion-onward-Olympic

W: who-well-where-weakly-wealthy

Questions no-12.

(a) Ask the following questions to your partner and writer his/her answers in the given space:

(i) Have you ever seen a rainbow?

Answer: Yes, I have seen a rainbow in the sky.

(ii) What does the rainbow look like?

Answer: The Rainbow looks like a bow.

(iii) When do you see a rainbow?

Answer: I can see a rainbow in the rainy season in the sky.

(iv) What colours do you see on a rainbow?

Answer: I see seven colours: Orange, Red, Yellow, Indigo, Green, Blue, Violet.

(b) Write a few sentences on how to feel when you see a rainbow in the sky. You can take help from the box.

[happy: excited: full of joy]

Answer:

I feel very happy when I see a rainbow in the sky.

I excited when I saw a rainbow in the sky.

I enjoyed full of joy when I see a rainbow in the sky.

Questions no-13.

Look at the picture and picture and read the poem about a bird which lived on the island of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean.

The Dodo

The Dodo used to walk around

And sun yet warms his native ground-

The Dodo is not there

The voice which used to squawk and squeak

Is now forever dumb-

Yet you may see the bones and beak

All in the museum.

Hillaire Belloc

(Dodos were large birds that could not fly. They are no longer on the earth now. They have become extinct.)

In small groups, discuss why we should take care of nature's gifts such as plants and animals.

Questions no-14.

Look at the picture and read the following sentences:
It is the white-winged wood duck. The white-winged wood duck lives in tropical forests and the wetlands of Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, and parts of southeast Asia. The number of white Winged wood ducks is decreasing. Let's not allow this duck to become extinct.

Discuss in groups what you would do to stop it from becoming extinct.

Write down a few steps that you would like to take to conserve it.

You may take the help of the following words and phrases for your discussion:

Protect

Stop Killing love and care preserve nature

earth extinct

Questions no-15:

Say these words aloud after your teacher for pronunciation practice:

box 'A' box 'B'

boat, wood- nature- extinct

ship- duct- pretty- rainbow

tree- sail- river- across

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The Rainbow: Class-vi: Lesson-1:(Poem)