This fable by Jean de La Fontaine teaches that excessive pride can lead to foolish decisions, as demonstrated when a proud raven drops its food after being flattered by a cunning fox, illustrating the moral that one should not be deceived by sweet words and should think before trusting others.
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Ncert ISL Program Grade 6 Poorvi English | CH 2 The Raven and the Fox
Added:Chapter 2, The Crow and the Fox. Let's do these tasks before reading. One, we know that frogs croak. Did you know that ravens caw too? Two. Which animal is depicted as cunning in fairy tales? Circle it.
The correct answer.
Your options are A. Tiger, Fox, S. Bear.
We are reading. The crow sat on a branch, and the fox Renard looked down at him. "Because the raven held a piece in its large beak that the fox would have sought from afar," the fox said with admiration.
On my word, Mr. Crow, you are a beautiful bird. These are feathers.
If you would only sing, the birds of these forests would call you king. The crow, who didn't understand the joke, forgot that his voice was just a croak. He opened his beak wide in his foolish pride, and the piece that the fox had set his eye on fell. Yeah, the fox laughed.
Now you know. Don't listen to sweet words that make you shine. Pride, my friend, is foolish.
I'm sure this lesson will come as a surprise to you. This poem was written by Jean de La Fontaine. Let's discuss one. Fill in the blanks by choosing the correct option.
A. First stanza.
One. A crow is a trait.
Fill in the blank with the options: bird or frog. Two, the fox's name is Lynx. Three, Mr. Crook had a line in his beak. Fill in the blank with the options: a piece of food or a bunch of leaves. B. The second stanza. One. The fox calls the raven a lynx bird.
Fill in the blank with the options: stupid or good. Two. The fox asks the raven for a lynx, fill in the blank with the options: dance or sing. Three. The crow and the fox live in the rice field.
Fill in the blank with the options: trees or forests. B. Third stanza. One. The crow is a trait that he is croaking.
Options: remembered or forgot. Two. The crow opened its beak to peck. Eat or sing. Three. The line fell to the ground.
Options. Food or crow. G. Fourth stanza. One. The fox is looking at the raven. Options.
laughed or watched two. It is not a trait to be too proud of yourself.
Options: smart or unsmart. Three. The crow learned the trait.
Options: lesson or instruction. Number two, read the poem again and match the words in column A with their meanings in column B. Check your answers with your teacher and classmates. Seven words are written in column A.
This is one— sitting, two—a piece, three looking, four pride, five staring. Six, limp. Seven forests. In column B, match these values with the correct word. A small piece of food. B.
He was looking at something with curiosity. C.
Feeling that you are better than others. D. Sat on a branch. E is looking for something. F is a smaller area of forest with similar trees. G tree branch. Let's think and reason.
One, there are four pictures shown at the bottom of this page.
Number them in the order in which they occur in the poem. Two, read the following lines and answer the questions. A. Mr. Crow, you are a beautiful bird. Such feathers. If you would only sing, the birds of these forests would call you king. One. "Such feathers" means a dash of feathers. A.
shiny and beautiful. B.
black and dull. C. gray and long. D. short and unattractive. Two.
Why would the birds of the forest call the crow king? Why does the fox address the raven as "sir"? B.
The crow, who did not understand the joke, forgot that his voice was just a croak. He opened his beak wide in his foolish pride.
One, why did the crow open its beak? Two, complete the following with one word from the given lines. Fox, cunning, crow, fill in the blanks.
Three. Why does a raven forget that its voice is just a croak?
Four. How does Renard make the crow sing? Five. Why does Renard say that pride is foolish?
Six. Give one reason why this teaching is quite unexpected. Seven.
Imagine being praised excessively. How would you react?
Let's learn. One, write down the rhyming words from the poem.
One thing has already been done for you. At the bottom of this page are four sky blue rectangles. First stanza, a "limp" dash "him", b dash fill in the blanks.
The second stanza, and the word dash b dash. The third stanza, and the "joke" dash b dash.
Fourth stanza, and " no" dash b dash.
Two. Study the underlined words in the poem. A. because the raven held it in its large beak. Here the emphasis is on " big" and "beak".
The words "big" and " beak" begin with the same sound "b". B.
The song of sweet birds. Alliteration is the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words. When two or more words start with the same sound together, it is called alliteration. Now choose another example of alliteration from the second stanza. Three.
Choose the correct antonyms from the box and fill in the table. There are two extra words here that you won't need. Wise, happy. Modesty, flew, remembered, noticed, dim, cried, stupid. Below is a table with two headings: words and antonyms.
One is purified. Two— I forgot. Three is foolish. Four is pride. Five— laughed. Six— ignore. Seven is radiance. Use any four words from the table to make your own sentences. Let's listen. You will hear what the crow did after losing its food.
As you listen, mark the following statements as true or false.
Refer to page 37 to view the text.
Texts. Let's listen.
Turn to page number 18. The crow and the fox. Dear students, the raven felt very sad because the fox had tricked him. In the quiet night, the raven reflected and said to himself, "I was deceived by gentle words, but I learned something important.
Even if I don't have beautiful feathers, I am smart." To share his wisdom, he decided to go on a journey.
He wanted to tell all the other animals to be careful with their words. He told them, "Don't let pride rob you of what you have." A.
Crook was unhappy because he had lost his food. B. Crook thought his beautiful feathers made him smart. V. Kruk wanted to tell his friends not to be proud.
Let's talk.
Tell the poem in story form.
Come up with a different ending for this story. You can start like this. This is a story about a cunning fox named Raynard and Mr. Crook.
One day let's write now write down the story you told in the form of a dialogue. Remember that you only need to describe the actions of the crow, since it has food in its beak and is not talking. You can start like this.
Raynard.
Good morning, Mr. Crook. You seem to have woken up so early.
Mr. Crook just nods his head. Raynard.
Oh, Mr. Crook, you look. Let's explore.
Origami is the art of folding paper to create two-dimensional and three-dimensional objects.
Let's make stick puppets and act out a poem. You can use the following pictures. Note: You can use puppets when telling the story.
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