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5 A TIGER COMES TO TOWN – I LESSON OVERVIEW Skills Activity Life Skills L.No. Title of Listening/ Reading Writing Grammar/Figures the Lesson speaking...

5 A TIGER COMES TO TOWN – I LESSON OVERVIEW Skills Activity Life Skills L.No. Title of Listening/ Reading Writing Grammar/Figures the Lesson speaking of speech 5 A Tiger comes Dialogue Prose Slogan writing, Past perfect Ethical Understanding to Town – I using (narrative Paragraph tense, Reported treatment to human nature, appropriate story) writing speech animals – some Ethical words (narrative) (imperatives), Do’s and Dont’s treatment to Similes animals SUMMARY “A Tiger Comes to Town” is a story about a circus tiger that managed to escape unnoticed from his cage one day and went strolling in the streets of the town. He was accustomed to giving performances in a circus where the audience showed no signs of fear. This made him think that men were strong and fearless. As he walked down the street, he realised how wrong he was. Men behaved totally differently. Their behaviour was both surprising and amusing as they ran for their lives on seeing him. He wondered why they were scared of him when he did not mean to harm them. Feeling tired after a long day’s stroll, he looked for a place to lie down and rest. He entered a school where the children got excited but their teachers sent them into a big hall for safety. The tiger entered the Headmaster’s room and finding it cool, went off to sleep. The terrified Headmaster jumped to the loft for safety. Meanwhile the teachers locked up the room from outside till they found a safer method to pull out the tiger. When the tiger woke up, he heard his master arguing with the teachers who were not letting him in and also about their use of the term ‘brute’ for the tiger which he thought was an unkind word. The story is told in the first person where the tiger, who is the central character, narrates his experiences in his own words as though he were a talking and feeling tiger. The story is narrated from the tiger’s point of view. The author has put words in his mouth as though he were a talking and feeling character and therefore it is written in the first person. 12 :: Learner Guide PRINCIPAL POINTS main essence of the advertisement or the message meant to be conveyed. z People at the circus do not feel scared of a tiger because they know that he has been Slogans must be catchy.They can be poetic too. trained and all safety measures are taken care Hence, they need not follow any rules. of of. Writing a narrative z The tiger is a noble animal. It is an insult to use Refer to the tips given in lesson 3. words like ‘beast’ or ‘brute’ for a tiger. z A tiger does not attack human beings unless he has been treated cruelly or is starving. GRAMMAR z Animals too have intelligence because of which they can be tamed and trained. Reported speech z We should never underestimate anyone. When we try to convey someone’s words in our own words without changing the meaning, we use ‘Reported Speech’. In doing so, we have to LET’S LEARN NEW EXPRESSIONS make some changes in the form and structure of 1. While reading literature, readers often come certain words. Example across uncommon uses of words or Hari said to his boss, “Sir, I am planning to go to expressions where the intended meaning is Goa this month.” (Direct Speech) different from the literal meaning of the words/ Hari told his boss that he was planning to go to expressions. Goa that month.(Indirect Speech/Reported The author uses a number of such expressions, Speech) e.g. ‘I got a totally wrong idea of human beings at that angle.’ means a point of view held by someone in a given situation. TEST TYPES Find out other such expressions from the text. 2. ‘You are asking a profound question. I’ve 1. MCQ/Objective type question (extrapolatory) no idea who I am. All my life I have been Complete the following statement by choosing trying to find the answer, Are you sure you the best option from the ones given below: know who you are?’ Tigers are superior to men because they: In the above statement, the Master is trying to A.are physically much stronger. tell the teachers that the question ‘Who are B.are more obedient. You ? is not a simple question. It has a much C.do not kill anyone without reason. deeper meaning. He was trying to refer to D.can perform difficult tricks in a circus. philosophy where great scholars have been trying to find out the real purpose of life on 2. VSA (inference) earth but have not got any answer. In other The sentence, “... some even thought that I words, he was trying to tell them politely and was some extraordinary creature who might indirectly that if they themselves did not pass through the walls and lie in wait on the understand their own selves they had no right roof or in the basements...” implies that to ask him such a question. people were extremely....................... 3. SA (inference) ENHANCE YOUR PERFORMANCE Why do you think the teachers were rude to the Circus Master? Slogan writing 4. LA (extrapolatory) We generally use slogans on posters or ‘The tiger’s day out was an adventurous and advertisements. Slogans are generally written in exciting one.’ Do you agree? Justify your short phrases which are catchy and make an answer giving two or three examples from the impact on the mind of the readers. They carry the story.