Chapter 5 The Star
MP Board Class 6 English Reader Chapter 5 The Star
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1. Word Power
1. Learn the poem and recite in the class.
Answer:
Student should do themselves.
2. Read the following poem and compare it with the poem you have read, which one do you like better and why?
(निम्नलिखित कविता को पढ़ो और जो कविता तुमने पढ़ी है उससे तुलना करो। कौन-सी कविता तुम्हें अच्छी लगी और क्यों?)
Twinkle-twinkle little bat,
How I wonder what you are at!
Up above the world so high,
Like a tea tray in the sky.
Answer:
‘I like the poem “The Star” better because it is sweet and meaningful. It describes the beauty of a star shining in the night sky and fills us with wonder and peace.
The poem “Twinkle-twinkle little bat” is funny and sounds like a joke or parody, but “The Star” is more beautiful and thoughtful. It helps me imagine the calm night and the shining stars above.
Comprehension Questions
Answer these Questions:
1. Fill in the blanks and complete the poem.
Answer:
When the blazing sun is gone.
When there nothing shines upon.
Then you show your little light.
Twinkle-twinkle all the night.
Then the traveller in the dark.
Thanks you for your tiny spark.
He could not see which way to go.
If you did not twinkle so.
2. Answer the following questions.
1. What happens when the sun goes away?
Answer: When the sun goes away and nothing shines upon. Then the little star shows its light and twinkles whole night.
2. Who does the traveller thank?
Answer: The traveller thanks the little star.
3. Why does he thank?
Answer: The traveller thanks the star because he could not see the way he must go if the star did not twinkle.
4. What lights the traveller?
Answer: The bright and tiny spark of the star lights the traveller.
Let’s Talk
Work in pairs. One of you is travelling by train. The other one is the clerk on the enquiry counter. Talk about arrival and departure of your train.
Hints : Traveller : When does the Narmada Express arrive?
Clerk : At. 9.30 p.m. Sir.,
Traveller : When does it depart?
Clerk : At 9.45 p.m. Sir.
(Repeat the exercise by changing the name of the train and time.)
Traveller : When does the Patalkot Express arrive?
Clerk : At 10.30 a.m., Sir.
Traveller : When does it depart?
Clerk : At 10.40 a.m. Sir.
Let’s Write
Write 5 sentences about the pictures given in the poem.
There are so many stars.
They all are twinkling.
There is also a moon.
Moon is not full in size.
A setting sun can also be seen.
Let’s Do
1. Cut a hard piece of paper in the shape of a star.
2. Colour it and attach at the end of your pencil. Now you have a star pencil!
Answer:
Students should do themselves.
1. Twinkle-twinkle little star,
How I wonder what you are!
Up above the world so high,
Like a diamond in the sky.
2. When the blazing sun is gone,
When he nothing shines upon,
Then you show your little light,
Twinkle-twinkle all the night;
3. Then the traveller in the dark.
Thanks you for your tiny spark,
He could not see which way to go,
If you did not twinkle so;
4. As your bright and tiny spark,
Lights the traveler in the dark,
Though I know not what you are,
Twinkle-twinkle little star.
Summary of the Poem – “The Star”
The poem “The Star” is about the beauty and usefulness of a little star shining in the night sky. The poet looks up and wonders what the star really is. When the bright sun goes down and darkness covers the world, the star starts to shine and twinkle beautifully like a diamond in the sky.
The poet says that travelers who walk at night are helped by the small light of the star. Its bright spark shows them the way when everything else is dark. Even though we do not know what a star truly is, we are thankful for its gentle light that shines all through the night.
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