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MY SHADOW
MY SHADOW
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I have a little shadow that goes in and out with me.
And what can be the use of him is more than I can see.
He is very, very like me from the heels up to the head; And I see him jump before me, When I jump into my bed.
The funniest thing about him is the way he likes to grow Not at all like proper children, which is always very slow; For he sometimes shoots up taller like an India-rubber ball, And he sometimes gets so little that There's none of him at all.
One morning, very early, before the sun I was up, I rose and found the shining dew on every buttercup; But my lazy little shadow, like an arrant sleepyhead. Had stayed at home behind me and was Fast asleep in bed.
Robert Louis Stevenson
w1.Who do you think your shadow looks like?
2.Why do you think your shadow jumps into bed before you can?
3.What time of the day do you think it is when your shadow is the tallest? Why?
Morning
Afternoon
Night
4.Read the lines from the poem and answer the following.
He is very very like me.
From the heels up to the head
(1).Who does he refer to?
(2).Who does me refer to?
(3).Why are he and me alike?
Work in pairs and discuss the following. What would you do if
a dog chases you?_________________________________________
you have forgotten your homework copy at home? me ______________________
you are alone in a room and the lights go out?_____________
Shine a torch behind your hand and see its shadow on the wall.
Move the torch a little away from your hand and see the shadow on the wall.
Do you find a difference in the size of the hand on the wall?
1.Work in groups of five.
Make a large hand on a plain sheet.
Mark the names of fingers, thumb and palm on the hand. Use the hints given in the box.
2.Do the actions as given below, and observe which part, or fingers, of your hand is being used.
Fill in the blanks using one of the words given in brackets.
(1).Where is the child parents have come to school? (who/whose/which)
(2)I saw many houses were quite spacious. (which/whose/who).
(3).Mathematics, is my favourite subject, is so interesting. (who/which/that)
(4).The poem ________ you read out, is so lovely. (whose/which/that).
(5)I know the street______lives on. (whose/that/which).
(6)I like reading books _______ have pictures in it. (that/who/which).
(7)The old lady__________met in your house is my neighbour. (whom / that/which).
(2) Complete this description by answering the questions below.
Write a few lines on Mithoo and his little dog named Shadow.
shoe shadow fish bush
ship sheep dish wash
shell shade wish brush
When the sun shines, I can see My shadow right in front of me When I walk, my shadow walks! When I hop,my shadow hops!
When I jump, my shadow jumps And when I stop, my shadow stops!
Louise Binder Scott
Act out the poem as you read it slowly.
ROBINSON CRUSOE DISCOVERS A FOOT PRINT
OOne day, when I was going towards my boat, I was surprised to see the footprint of a man on the sand. I stood amazed! I listened; I looked around me; I could neither hear nor see anything. I went up higher to look down; I went up the shore and down the shore, but it was no good; I could find no other footprint but that one. I went to it again to see if there were any more footprints and to tell if it had been my imagination. But I was not mistaken, for there was exactly the print of a foot — toes, heel, every part of a foot. I could not imagine how it came there.
I stayed a long time thinking, but became more and more confused.
At last I returned home very frightened, looking behind me after every two or three steps, mistaking every bush and tree to be a man.
When I came to my cave (which I called my castle), I ran inside it, as if I was being chased. I do not remember whether I used the ladder or went in by the hole in the rock, which I called the door. I ran for cover, faster than any animal could run.
I did not sleep that night. The more I thought about what I had seen, the more afraid I became. I thought it could be one of the savages of the mainland who had wandered out to the sea, in a small boat.
Luckily I was not on shore at that time, but what if he had seen my boat! If he had seen the boat he would have realised that someone lived on the island and would soon return with others to kill and eat me.And so I lay fearful for many days and prayed for protection. In doing so, I was much comforted and began going out to investigate. But even now as I went forward, I looked behind me frequently, because I was still very frightened.
However, as I went about for two or three days and saw nothing I became a little bolder. I decided to go down to the shore again and examine the footprint once more. I decided to measure it with my own footmark.
As I came closer to the footprint, I realised that it could not be my footprint because I had not come to this part of the beach since a long time. Secondly, as I placed my foot alongside that footprint, it seemed larger than my own.
My fear returned! I went home again, believing that there was someone there.
The island was inhabited!
(Adapted from Daniel Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe)
1.What made Robinson Crusoe think that the print on the ground was a footprint?
2.Why was Robinson afraid when he looked at the bushes and trees?
3.Why did Robinson pray when he saw the footprint
4.Choose the correct answer.
(1)Robinson ran back to his home, as fast he as could because he
(a)was racing
(b)was afraid.
(c)was in a hurry to go home.
(2)He could not sleep because
(a)there was an animal outside his cave.
(b) he thought savages had come from the mainland.
(c)his bed was uncomfortable.