Lesson 19 – A Skit
prowl: to move or roam about quietly in search of prey.
Things to do
1. Read aloud the skit and enact it.
Ans: Students must do this on their own.
2. Read what the animals in the skit tell about themselves. Then write similar one or two line speeches about the following birds or animals.
a bear
Ans: I am bear, I am black and I like honey.
a rhinoceros
Ans: I am a rhinoceros. I have one or two horns on the nose and thick, folded skin.
a peacock
Ans: I am a peacock. I dance when rain falls.
a wolf
Ans: I am a wolf. I am large and look like a dog.
a fox
Ans: I am a fox, and I am clever.
a monkey
Ans: I am a monkey. I like to jump from one tree to another. I also like to eat bananas.
an eagle
Ans: I am an eagle. I fly high in the sky.
3. Make a collection of words that describe the movements of birds or animals. Then write sentences using suitable combinations. Some movement words swing, flit, flutter, trot, waddle, prowl, leap, dart, slide, glide, wiggle.
For example, ‘Monkeys swing.
Ans:
Monkey – swing
Butterflies – flit
Moths – flutter
Horses – tort
Ducks – waddle
Tigers – prowl
Frogs – leap
Fish/lizards – dart
Snakes – slide
Swans – glide
Worms – wiggle
4. Make a collection of words that describe sounds made by birds or animals. Then write sentences using suitable combinations.
For example, ‘Owls screech.”
Some sound words screech, bark, mew, purr, moo, low, cow, croak, gobble. honk, bleat, neigh, hum, howl, hiss, growl, roar.
Ans:
Owls – screech
Dogs – bark
Cats – mew
Cows – moo
Cattle – low
Crow – caw
Frogs – croak
Turkeys – gobble
Geese – honk
Goats – bleat
Horses – neigh
Bees – hum
Jackals – howl
Snakes – hiss
Bears – growl
Lions – roar