Listen, Speak and Write

Class 6 English · Chapter 8: What a Bird Thought · NCERT Poorvi section pp. 90–92

Learn

Listening (a parrot named Paro): the book's listening task is a short poem in which a parrot with bright, glowing feathers spreads its wings each morning, flies around to see wonderful things through skies so blue, and finds many new stories among the trees.

Speaking: which bird would you like to be? Say: which bird you are ("I am a peacock"), what you look like (colour, size), where you live, what you do during the day, and your message for humans ("Please don't cut down the trees where we nest!").

Writing: how would the world look to someone else? The bird might say: "My world was small, round and light blue at first. Then it was warm and made of straw…" Now write five sentences about how the world might look to a baby (faces, a cot, lullabies) and to a fish (water, weeds, light from above).

Explore: homes and houses. List the materials your home is made of. Why aren't our homes made of straw? How is a home (where you feel you belong) different from a house (a building)? Find out what different workers do: a mason lays bricks, a painter paints walls, an electrician fixes wiring, a plumber fixes pipes, a carpenter works with wood, an architect designs buildings.

Explore: who builds a house?

1. Match each job to the worker.

Remember

• Describe a bird: what it is, how it looks, where it lives, what it does, its message.
• Imagine the world from another point of view, like a baby or a fish.

Quick check

Who designs buildings?

1. an architect
2. a plumber
3. a painter
4. a mason

Think about it

Write three sentences about how the world might look to a fish.

Practice

Practise with fresh questions at three levels (easy, medium, hard), some answered hands-on, with hints and worked answers. Get 4 of your last 5 right to finish the topic.