. He, who does not stoop, is a king we adore. We bow before competence and merit; a. Who is adored as a king?
b. What is the figure of speech used in the first line? . Honour is a property, common to all: In dignity and pride no one need to be poor.
a. Who are considered rich? b. What is their asset?
C. Answer the following questions in a paragraph of – words each. . In what way is every hillock similar to Everest?
. The poem does not focus on the destination but the journey towards it. Discuss. D.
Creative Activity Write eight words you associate with success. Use the words to write eight lines that mean success to you or how success makes you feel. Arrange your lines into a poem. Share your poem with the class and post a copy on the notice board.
Success . E. Speaking Activity Discuss the following topics in groups of five and choose a representative to sum up the views and share them with the class. a) To succeed in life, one must have a single-minded devotion to duty.
b) ‘Success is not final, failure is not fatal.’ It is the courage and perseverance that counts. c) Successful people neither brood over the past nor worry about the future. F. Parallel Reading Read and enjoy the following poem.
Try to grasp the message it conveys. Be the Best If you can’t be a pine on the top of the hill, Be a scrub in the valley – but be The best little scrub by the side of the rill; Be a bush, if you can’t be a tree. If you can’t be a bush, be a bit of the grass, And some highway happier make; If you can’t be a muskie, then just be a bass- But the liveliest bass in the lake! We can’t all be captains, we’ve got to be crew, There’s something for all of us here.
There’s big work to do and there’s lesser to do And the task we must do is the near. If you can’t be a highway, then just be a trail, If you can’t be the sun, be a star; It isn’t by size that you win or you fail- Be the best of whatever you are! Douglas Malloch -B-Poem-Everest is not the only - - :