202110529-SUMMIT-STUDENT-WORKBOOK-ENGLISH-G05-PART1

_________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ 1) Form groups of four or five. Try to find the answers to the following questions through observation and by talking to your teachers, parents and others. Discuss your answers in the group. (Textbook, Pg. 37)  How is waste generated?  How is it removed or cleared?  How can we help in the task of clearing or removing garbage? 2) In what way can we help to reduce or minimize waste generation? (Textbook, Pg. 37) Discuss the issue in groups of 4 or 5 and note down all the good 95 suggestions. Resolve to follow them yourself. Some have been given below for your reference:  Don’t waste food. A Lesson for All

 Take as much as you want but finish everything that’s on your plate.  Don’t throw away broken or half-used things. Repair them and use them.  Avoid things which can be used only once. For example: thermocol (polystyrene) cups, plastic glasses, etc.  Reuse!  Recycle! 1) Enact the play (Textbook, Pg. 37) 2) Write slogans for the cleanliness drive in your area. (Textbook, Pg. 37) 3) Write a short note/story based on the ill effects of pollution. (Textbook, Pg. 37) 96 _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________

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Lesson 15: Bird Bath I have read a poem called ‘Bird Bath’. The poet Evaleen Stein writes about making a bird bath in her garden. It is a pretty pool full of clean water and lined with pebbles. The poet talks about robins coming to the bird bath on a sunny day to drink from it. In the end, she describes how the birds love to splash in the water and then fly away quickly singing sweetly with happiness. Quick Check 1) Where is the poet’s bird bath? 2) What is the bird bath lined with? 3) What is the bird bath filled with? 4) What kind of birds come to the bird bath? 98 5) What do the birds do when they fly away?

New Words Word Meaning Example cluster a group of things together The cluster of stars is looking beautiful brink edge tonight. flutter delight fly Parvez was standing on the brink of spatter the pond. flash happiness Hari threw a stone at the sparrows and To cover with drops they fluttered away. as quick as lightning The ice cream was a pure delight to Maya. The spatter of water coming from the swimming pool soaked me. The boat sank in a flash. 1) What have the poet and her friends made in her garden? Ans. _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ 99 2) What do the birds do when they fly down to the bird bath? Ans. _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ Bird Bath

_________________________________________________________________________ 3) Do you think it is summer or winter? Why? Ans. _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ 1) Rhyming Words The poem has rhyming words at the end of the lines. Find and write the pairs of rhyming words in each stanza. (Textbook, Pg. 38) a) made – ______________ b) pool – ______________ c) high – ______________ d) brink – ______________ e) splash – ______________ f) bright – ______________ 2) Dictionary Game Guess the meaning of the following words in the poem. (Textbook, Pg. 38) a) lined – ________________________________________________________ b) cluster – ________________________________________________________ c) brink – ________________________________________________________ d) flash – ________________________________________________________ 100 1) Rewrite the following lines in your own words: (Textbook, Pg. 38) a) ‘Never one comes flying by But will flutter down to drink.’ Ans. _________________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ b) …….’till off they flash Singing sweetly their delight.’ Ans. ________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ 1) Make groups of four or five. Make a poem in your group together using the sets of rhyming words given below:  pool – cool – tool – school – fool – stool  high – by – buy – cry – dry – sky – try  brink – drink – blink – clink – link – think  bright – delight – flight – fight – tight – white – write 2) Discuss what you can do to help other animals in your surroundings. Write 101 down any three ideas you like from the discussion. (Textbook, Pg. 38) Hints: Bird Bath

a) Give them food. b) Get the stray dogs vaccinated. c) Find stray puppies good homes. Ans. _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ 1) Write what you can do to welcome birds in your surroundings. (Textbook, Pg. 38) Ans. _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ 102 _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________

Lesson 16: Write your own Story I have read a lesson called ‘Write your own Story’. This lesson is about the steps that could be followed while creating a story of our own. We also read about the different elements and techniques used in a story, to make it interesting. Quick Check 1) How many people can be there in one group? 2) How many columns can each person of a group choose? 3) What can you choose from column B? 4) What should the stories have? 5) What can be chosen from columns C and D? 103 Write your own Story

New Words Word Meaning Example acrobat an entertainer who I was surprised to see the acrobat’s performs spectacular performance at the circus. gymnastics respectively separately or individually You should add sugar and salt to milk and curd respectively. characteristics qualities All his characteristics reminded me of his dad. coward a person who does not Jebu may speak a lot about wars have courage on TV, but in real life he is a coward. fantasy imagining impossible Rhea loved the fantasy world she things saw in her dreams and hoped to visit it someday. illustrate use pictures Could you illustrate the story so that the children can understand it better? 1) Name six characters that can be used in your story. 104 Ans. _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ 2) Write any four characteristics that can be used for a school boy. Ans. _________________________________________________________________________

3) How are dialogues and conversations different from monologues? Ans. _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ 4) What are the elements that can be used in a story to make it interesting? Ans. _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ 5) What should you do once your group has finished creating the story? Ans. _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ 1) Find the characters using the clues given. ___________________ ___________________ a) a man who rules a kingdom ___________________ b) a person who fights for his country ___________________ c) a huge animal that is now extinct d) a person who sells things by calling out loudly ___________________ to advertise 105 e) a person who is authorised to fly a plane 2) Hangman b) ___ ___ ___ TERY d) ___ R ___ G ___ C Fill in the missing letters. a) FAN___ ___ ___ ___ c) A ___ ___ E ___ T ___ ___ ___ e) SC ___ ___ ___ C ___ F ___ C ___ ___ O ___ Write your own Story

1) Which is your favourite story? Why do you like this story? Hints:  Is it a fairy tale, fantasy, mystery or something else?  Which characters in this story make you like it? Ans. _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ 1) Read out the stories aloud in class. 2) Create and deliver a monologue by any character of your choice. 106 Hint:  The boy from the story ‘The Boy Who Cried Wolf’ can deliver a monologue about how he feels sorry for trying to fool the people again and again. 1) Build one story as a class. Use the process given in the textbook to build your story.