Snake Bite - Lesson Overview PDF

1 SNAKE BITE LESSON OVERVIEW Skills Activity Life Skills L.No. Title of Listening/ Reading Writing Grammar/Figures the Lesso...

1 SNAKE BITE LESSON OVERVIEW Skills Activity Life Skills L.No. Title of Listening/ Reading Writing Grammar/Figures the Lesson speaking of speech 1 Snake Bite Dialogue Prose Paragraph Verb forms, Collecting Critical (requests, (describing Adverbs information thinking permissions) people) about snakes and bees SUMMARY This is a story about a young boy, Raja. He liked to meddle with snakes and bees. One day, while he was trying to catch a bee, it stung him on his finger. His grandparents thought itwas a snake bite. They took him to a man who, they thought could cure a snake bite. The boy wanted to tell the man that it was a bee sting and not a snake bite but hewas asked to remain silent. The man put some water in a pot and started chanting some mantras. By then, Raja’s finger had stopped hurting. The man concluded that this happened because of his magic mantra. The grandparents thanked the man and later on sent him some gifts as a reward for curing Raja. PRINCIPAL POINTS ENHANCE YOUR PERFORMANCE z It is a wrong belief that all snakes are poisonous z Some people cannot distinguish between a While writing a descriptive paragraph, we snake bite and a bee sting generally use adjectives of colour, size, shape, z The belief that mantras have magical power etc., to describe the physical looks /appearance to cure, is a myth of somebody or something. We use other adjectives of quality to describe personality traits, nature, character, etc. LET’S LEARN NEW EXPRESSIONS Paragraph Writing: Describing People Then he shouted for the man: It means ‘he When writing such a paragraph, we need to give called the man’. details of the person’s physical looks which may Snatched: It means ‘took by force’. include the following: 2 :: Learner Guide z Name/age (ii) Adverbs are mostly formed by adding ‘ly’ to z Appearance: height, built, complexion, colour, an adjectives, e.g. beautiful – beautifully, length and type of hair, colour and shape of clever – cleverly, honest – honestly and so on. eyes, nose, lips, shape of face, etc. Certain adverbs are exceptions. For example, z Depending on the purpose of writing the words like fast, well, much, little, etc. do not paragraph, we may also include the person’s need an ‘ly’. They also do not undergo any nature, hobbies, profession, etc. other change. GRAMMAR TEST TYPES There are two kinds of Verbs: Regular and 1. MCQ/ Objective type question (recall) Irregular. When Raja tried to catch a bee what Read the following examples: happened? Regular Verbs Irregular Verbs A. He got bitten by a snake. (take on endings (undergo a change B. He got lost in the garden. like ‘ed’, ‘d’, etc.) in the spelling) C. He got bitten by a bee. Simple Simple Simple Simple D. He got hurt. present past present past 2. VSA (extrapolatory) chart charted catch caught If you were to give the villagers one advice, work worked seek sought what would it be?Write in one sentence only. like liked come came 3. SA (extrapolatory) (i) The verbs which take‘d’ or ‘ed’ in their past When the grandfather saw Raja’s finger, what forms are called regular verbs. did he do? What feeling towards his grandson does this reflect? z When the spellings of the verbs change with the change of tense they are called 4. LA (extrapolatory) Irregular verbs. Imagine you are Raja. Write a letter to your z Certain verbs do not change their form in grandfather giving your reactions on the simple past e.g. cut, shut, hurt, cost, etc. treatment given to you for a snake bite instead of a bee sting.