Lesson 3 - Bird TalkClass 5 Beginners English
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Name the following common birds:
Pigeon, Parrot, Peacock,
Crow, Sparrow, Dove
Let's talk :
i) Do you think bird have families ?
Ans:- Yes, birds have families.
ii) Do you think birds can talk?
Ans:- Yes, I think birds can talk.
iii) Have you seen people flying in the sky like birds ?
Ans:- No, I can't see people flying in the sky like birds.
iv) Do you think trees have a very special place in the lives of birds? Why and how?
Ans: Yes, trees have a very special place in the lives of birds. Because trees give foods, shelter.
Let's find out what the two birds Robin and Jay are talking about.
Bird talk
'Think.......' said the robin,
'Think........' said the jay.
sitting in the garden
talking one day.
'Think about people
the way they grow:
they don't have feathers
at all, you know.
They don't eat beetles,
they don't grow wings,
they don't like sitting
on wires and things'.
'Think !' said the robin,
'Think !' said the jay,
'Aren't people funny
to be that way?
Aileen Fisher
ACTIVITIES
1. Let's see how much we have understood:
Write the rhyming words from the poem for the ones given below:
sink Think
crow Grow
swings Wings
honey Funny
2. Write the answer of the following questions:
a) Which birds are talking in the poem?
Ans: Robin and Jay are talking in the poem.
b) Who are they talking about ?
Ans: They talking about people.
c) '' They do not have feathers at all'' - who are 'they' here?
Ans: They do not have feathers at all'', here 'they' refer to the people.
d) '' Birds eat beetles
They grow wings
They like sitting
on wires and things''- Who are 'they' here ?
Ans: People are 'they' here.
e) Why, according to Robin and Jay, are people funny?
Ans: According to Robin and Jay, People are funny because the way they grow.
3. read the statements and arrange them in sequence to make the summary of the poem:
a) People don't eat beetles. They don;t have wings either.
b) The robin and the jay thought people were funny to be like that.
c) One day the robin and the jay were sitting and talking in the garden.
d) They were talking about people, and that they don't have feathers.
Ans:
(c) One day the robin and the jay were sitting and talking in the garden.
(d) They were talking about people, and that they don't have feathers.
(a) People don't eat beetles. They don't have wings either.
(b) The robin and the jay thought people were funny to be like that.
4. Let's read the discussion:
Arun: Do you know Bina, in ancient times, birds used to carry letters? Then the postman came. He used to go from door to door to deliver letters.
Bina: Yes, they used to take so much pain to give us our letter But see! How the days have changed!
Arun: Yes, it's true. Now we have so many modes of communication.
Bina: Yes, the computer is the most wonderful discovery modern times.
5. Let's read a few words related to computers:
Computer
i) internet ii) keyboard
iii) printer iv) speaker
v) music vi) games
vii) mouse viii) typing
ix) email
6. Let's read:
A keyboard is to type, a printer is to print.
A speaker is to sound, a mouse is to click.
7. Pinky and her mother are leaving for New
Delhi tomorrow. Pinky sends an email to her sister Pihu who lives in New Delhi,
asking her to receive them at the railway station.
To
Pihusarma@gmail.com
Subject : Our arrival time
Dear Pihuba,
We are reaching New Delhi tomorrow at 10:w0
a.m. by the 12423 Rajdhani express. Please receive us at the railway station.
With Love.
Pinky.
Pinky clicked the ‘Send’ button of the page.
8. Let's read:
Pihu’s email address is pihusarma@mail.com
We write the email address in the address
bar.
Pinky clicked the ‘Send’ button to send the
Email.
9. Create an imaginary email address by
writing your name of the space below:
Ans:
example@mail.com
friends@mail.com
You can create email address by using Gmail, Yahoo,
Hotmail and other email providers.
10. The Annual Prize Distribution
Ceremony of your school will be held next Monday. Write an email to your friend
requesting him / her to visit your school on that occasion.
Let's read. These are the steps to
write an email to your friend:
a) Click 'COMPOSE'
b) Enter your email address of your friend
who should receive your message.
c) Enter the subject of your message in the
space beside the 'Subject'.
d) Write your message in the space provided.
e) Now click 'Send'.
For ACTIVITIES
Thank You.
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