Lesson 3

The Rainbow 🌈

— Christina Georgina Rossetti

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Let's start! 🚀

Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830–1894) was an English poet who wrote a variety of romantic, devotional, and children's poems. She is perhaps best known for her poem Goblin Market.

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Let's share! 🗣️

1. Fill in the blanks with suitable words: 📝

1. (a) We see clouds in the
2. (b) The sky gets clear after
3. (c) An arrow is shot from a
4. (d) White is the

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2. Look at the pictures: 👀

(Imagine a picture of a cloud with rain and a picture of a bow.)

Which particular word comes to your mind after seeing the two pictures? Write it down in the given box.

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Let's Read: 📖

The Rainbow 🌈

Boats sail on the rivers, And ships sail on the seas; But clouds that sail across the sky Are prettier than these.

There are bridges on the rivers, As pretty as you please; But the bow that bridges heaven, And overtops the trees, And builds a road from earth to sky, Is prettier far than these.

Word Nest: 📚

• prettier - more beautiful
• overtops - lies above

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Let's do: 📝

Activity 1

Tick [✓] the correct alternative:

1. Ships sail on the (i) pond (ii) lake (iii) sea
2. Clouds are prettier than (i) rain and sky (ii) boats and ships (iii) rivers and seas
3. The poet talks about a bow that bridges (i) heaven (ii) sea (iii) river
4. The poet mentions that the road is from (i) sky to earth (ii) earth to river (iii) earth to sky

Activity 2

Complete the following sentences with information from the text:

1. Boats sail on _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
2. The sailing boats and ships are less beautiful than _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
3. Bridges are built over _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
4. The bow builds _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

Activity 3

Answer the following question: 💡

Boats and ships sail on the water, while clouds sail across the sky. State the difference in their manner of sailing.

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💡 Activity 4

Fill in the following chart with information from the text:

What	Where
(a)	on the rivers
(b) Clouds sail
(c)	bridges heaven
(d)	overtops the trees

❓ Activity 5

Answer the following questions in complete sentences:

1. What is prettier than boats, ship and clouds?
2. What are the clouds compared to?
3. How do you think the rainbow builds a road from the earth to the sky?
4. Which, according to the poet, is the prettiest of all objects mentioned in the poem?

📝 Activity 6(a)

Read the passage:

Standing on the sea-shore, the four friends were watching the night sky. They looked at the stars in wonder. They felt the soothing breeze and heard the waves roaring in the deep sea.

Pick out the countable and uncountable nouns and fill in the table:

Countable Noun	Uncountable Noun

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🎯 Activity 6(b)

Task: Circle the collective nouns and underline the abstract nouns in the following sentences:

1. The fleet move across the ocean.
2. Honesty is the best policy.
3. A troop came marching on.
4. The old man is known for his wisdom.

✍️ Activity 6(c)

Task: Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the given verbs in the brackets:

1. She ______ singing a song. (be)
2. My father ______ his work last night. (do)
3. They ______ to the playground. (go)
4. The football match ______ seen by many people. (be)

💡 Activity 7(a)

Task: Fill in the blanks with appropriate words from the help box:

1. She has a ______ blue skirt.
2. ______ help us to cross rivers.
3. Ships ______ across the ocean.
4. We must plant trees to save our ______.

📌 Help Box:

• sail
• pretty
• bridges
• earth

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🚀 Activity 7(b)

Make meaningful sentences of your own with the following words:

• build:
• across:
• bridge:
• road:

🗣️ Let's talk:

Suppose one day it has been raining since early morning. Your school declared a holiday for the rains. Now discuss with your partner how you would spend such a day.

📝 Let's do:

🌈 Activity 8(a)

After a heavy shower, we often see that a rainbow appears in the sky. Write a paragraph in about sixty words describing the scene as you see it. Use the following hints:

• time of the day
• place
• the clear, cloudless sky
• how the rainbow looks like
• colours of the rainbow
• your feelings

🌉 Activity 8(b)

Suppose you are standing on a bridge looking down. Write a paragraph in about sixty words describing the things that you see below.

🤝 Let's work together:

• 🖼️ Draw pictures of a few things you need on a rainy day.
• ✍️ Write two sentences on the use of each of them.

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