Chapter -1 Tiny Teacher Supplementary Reader What will I learn in this lesson? Moral Although ants are tiny creatures, they are big teachers. Humans can learn hard work, duty and discipline, cleanliness, caring for our young ones and firm
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Chapter -1 Tiny Teacher
Supplementary Reader<br>
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What will I learn in this lesson?
Moral
Although ants are tiny creatures, they are big teachers. Humans can learn hard work, duty and discipline, cleanliness, caring for our young ones and firm loyalty to the land from them. By working intelligently and bravely like them and behaving in a non-interfering way, we too can live a peaceful life.
Quiz
Answer some questions based on the story you read in the form of a comic.
Synopsis
The tiny teacher itself depicts the dedication of the smallest creature towards their duties assigned them to perform in a very sincere way. Being the hard working and intelligent creature, they perform their duties in the form of cleaners, nurses, workers, soldiers and trainers. They lived in an anthill having hundreds of little rooms and passage for all ants. The queen ant only lays eggs after its wedding flight with a drone. Through the life cycle [Egg->Grub->Cocoon->Ant], a perfect ant appears. They learn their duties from old ant and ready to survive in the world of work like cleaners, nurses, workers, soldiers and trainers. They also allow other creatures to live in their anthill to get pleasant smell, sweet juice and playthings. People should learn many qualities from this wisest creature hard work, sense of duty and discipline, loyalty towards their country.<br>
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objectives
To enrich their vocabulary
To develop skill in listening, reading, speaking and writing correct English.
To promote the habit of reading independently with interest.
To make them enable for comprehension check at the end of section to recall.
To introduce new words in their vocabulary.
To give them the knowledge about an ant.
To make them aware about life cycle of an ant.
To develop among them the quality of discipline and hard work in their practical Life.
key points
The tiny teacher itself depicts the dedication of the smallest creature towards their duties assigned them to perform in a very sincere way. Being the hard working and intelligent creature, they perform their duties in the form of cleaners, nurses, workers, soldiers and trainers. They lived in an anthill having hundreds of little rooms and passage for all ants. The queen ant only lays eggs after its wedding flight with a drone. Through the life cycle [Egg->Grub->Cocoon->Ant], a perfect ant appears. They learn their duties from old ant and ready to survive in the world of work like cleaners, nurses, workers, soldiers and trainers. They also allow other creatures to live in their anthill to get pleasant smell, sweet juice and playthings. People should learn many qualities from this wisest creature hard work, sense of duty and discipline, loyalty towards their country.<br>
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Q1.The story of an ant’s life sounds almost untrue. The italicised phrase means
a. highly exaggerated.
b. too remarkable to be true.
c. not based on facts.
d. based on facts. Q2.Ant is the smallest,____________.
a. the commonest but the wisest insect
b. the coward insect
c. the laziest insect
d. the rare insect<br>
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Q3. How long does it take for a grub to become a complete ant?
a. A grub takes two to three weeks, to become a complete ant.
b. In one to two weeks, a grub becomes a complete ant.
c. A grub grows into a complete ant in seven to eight weeks.
d. It takes around five to six weeks for a grub to become a complete ant. Q4.Why the worker ants carry the grubs about?
Choose the correct answer.
a. By carrying the grubs, worker ants provide them with fresh water.
b. The worker ants carry the grubs for feeding them.
c. The grubs are carried about by worker ants for swimming.
d. The worker ants carry the grubs about daily for airing, exercise and sunshine.<br>
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Q5.What jobs are new ants trained for?
a. They are trained for reading, writing and studying.
b. Ants are trained for jobs to be accomplished as workers, soldiers, builders, cleaners, etc.
c. Old ants train the new ants for good behaviour.
d. are trained for carrying food. Q6.Name some other creatures that live in anthills.
Choose the correct answer.
a. Beetles, lesser breeds of ants and the greenflies are other creatures that live in anthills.
b. Deer, lions and monkeys live in anthills.
c. Rats, small desert animals and fishes live in anthills.
d. In anthills, snakes, rabbits and rats may live.<br>
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Fill in the blanks in correct order from the given options.
Soldiers live in barracks
And birds in_________,
Much like a snake that rests
In a _________. No horse is able
To sleep except in a_________.
And a dog lives well,
Mind you, only in a _________.
To say ‘hi’ to an ant, if you will,
You may have to climb an _________.
Choose the correct answer.
a. hole, kennel, nests, anthill, stable
b.nests, hole, stable, kennel, anthill
c.hole, nests, anthill, stable, kennel
d.nests, stable, hole, kennel, anthill<br>
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Short questions
Q1. How do ants talk or greet other ants?
A: An ant uses its feelers or antennae to talk or greet other ants.
Q2. Which is the commonest type of ant?
A: The red and black are the commonest ants.
Q3: Where do the ants live?
A: They lived in their comfortable home called nest or anthills.
Q4. What is the duty of worker ant?
A: The worker ants spend most of their time in searching food.
Q5. What is a wedding flight?
A: On a hot summer day, the queen ant flies up in the air to meet a male ant. This is called a wedding flight.
Q6. How is the home of ants originated?
A: Every anthill has hundreds of little room and passage. Rooms are reserved for each member of the community like rooms for the queen ant to lay eggs, nurseries for the young ones, and quarters for the workers, store house for food and barracks for soldiers.
Q7. Why an ant does allow other creature to live in an anthill?
A: An ant allows other creature to live in an anthill because some of them give pleasant smell; others give sweet juice and some other are just pets or playful things like cats and dogs to human being.<br>
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Q8. Who is called an ant’s cow?
A: The green fly is called an ant’s cow.
Q9. How does an ant train the greenfly to give honeydew?
A: The ant trains them to give honeydew with the touch of their antennae. They milk it just as we milk the cow.
Q10. Name some of the qualities of an ant.
A: An ant is a hard working intelligent disciplined and loyal creature.<br>
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ANSWERS OF THE TEXTBOOK
Comprehension check Part-1
Q1. The story of an ant’s life is almost untrue-
A: The italicized phrase means to remarkable to be true.
Q2. Complete the following sentences-
A: i. An ant is the smallest, the commonest but the wisest insect.
ii.We know a number of facts about an ant’s life because we have watched their daily behavior closely.
Q3. In what ways is an ant’s life peaceful?
A: Ant’s live together in peace and harmony. They do their own work and do not interfere in the other’s work. They never fight with other ants of the same group. So their life is peaceful.
Comprehension check Part-2
Q1. How long does it take for a grub to become a complete ant?
A: It takes five to six weeks for a grub to become a complete ant.
Q2. Why do the worker ants carry the grubs about?
A: Worker ants carry the grubs about for daily exercise and sunshine.
Q3. What different jobs are learnt by new ants?
A: The new ants learn the duties of workers, cleaners, soldiers, and builders from old ants.<br>
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Q4. Name some other creatures that live in ant hills?
A: The greenfly, beetles, lesser breeds of ants, etc. …… some of the creatures who live in anthills.
Q5. Mention three things we can learn from the “tiny teacher”.
A: We can learn - hard work, sense of duty and loyalty from this tiny teacher.
Hard work makes the life of an ant so organized and disciplined. If we want to lead a proper life we must not shy away from working hard. Sense of duty is very important because if everyone does his or her work sincerely, there will be no chaos. The most important is loyalty to the land where one lives. We must be always loyal to our people and our country.
Q6. How is the home of ants organized?
A: An anthill has hundreds of little rooms and passages. Rooms are reserved for each member of the community- Rooms for the queen ant to lay eggs, nurseries for the young ones, quarters for workers, store houses for food and barracks for soldiers.<br>
