Dare the Waves! (Confronting Critical Situations!) Warm-Up a. In the two wheels given below, write the names of the different types of water sources found in the past and in the present times. PAST PRESENT Lake Can water How many glasses of water do you drink a day?
Where do you get your drinking water from? What are the water sources you have seen or heard about? Have you ever got drenched in the rain? What is rainwater harvesting?
The dwindling water resources and vanishing water bodies have created a critical situation or serious problems for life on Earth. These issues are urgent and threatening and we need to think of solutions immediately. Brainstorm with your partner and list three each of short term and long-term solutions. b.
Work in pairs. Choose the correct word or phrase to complete the blanks. i. Short on time (urgent / important) ii.
Not ever known by anyone (uncomfortable/ unfamiliar) iii. Greatly affect one’s life (huge impact /high pressure) iv. Not sure of the future (uncertain/ threatening) v. When things don’t go (high on risk / high on potential) vi.
Unexpected occurrence requiring immediate (emergency / danger) Unit- - - Critical - - vii. A dramatic circumstantial upheaval in a person’s life (affairs/crisis) viii. Involving an extremely important decision or (circumstantial /crucial) Reading You know that India is a peninsula surrounded by water on three sides. The poem given below portrays the critical situation faced by people living near the coastline.
a. Read the following poem on “Tsunami” by Lily Usher and answer the questions that follow. You washed away everything I knew you destroyed all of my original, antique walls. you smashed through my humble home, and left me sitting, ankles deep, on the deserted beach.
watching the waves of your destruction kiss my sandy memories; I was furious until I realized how beautiful the view was. i) Whom is the poet addressing? ii) What is the tone of the poem? iii) Why is the beach