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The document is a lesson plan for Standard VI English, focusing on the poem 'The Comet and the Moon' by Richard Edward. It includes word meanings, comprehension questions, and vocabulary exercises related to the poem. The lesson aims to help students understand the themes of envy and freedom as depicted through the characters of the moon and the comet.

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CLASS_VI_POEM__THE_COMET_AND_THE_MOON (1)

The document is a lesson plan for Standard VI English, focusing on the poem 'The Comet and the Moon' by Richard Edward. It includes word meanings, comprehension questions, and vocabulary exercises related to the poem. The lesson aims to help students understand the themes of envy and freedom as depicted through the characters of the moon and the comet.

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S. D.

JAIN MODERN SCHOOL


U.M. ROAD, VESU CHAR RASTA , SURAT Tel : 0261 3530327, 3530301

Poem - The Comet and the Moon


(2024 – 2025)
Standard - VI
Subject: English
THE COMET AND THE MOON
BY RICHARD EDWARD

WORD MEANINGS:

1. Whooshed- moved quickly or suddenly


2. Sulk- to be quiet and bad-tempered
3. Flare- to burn brightly
4. Sizzle- to be very hot
5. Trudge / plod – walk slowly with heavy steps
6. Whimsical- unusual and not serious
7. Pale- weak or sad face
8. Doomed- sure to be destroyed
9. Envy – jealousy

A. Tick the correct answers for each of the following questions:


(To be done in textbook)
What was the moon’s plight?
Ans. (b) He always had to move on the same path due to gravity.
1. Who envies whom?
Ans. (b) The moon envies the comet.
2. What did the comet ask the moon?
Ans. (a) Why was he pale?
3. Which word in the poem means the same as ‘bound to have a miserable
fate’?
Ans. (b) doomed
Reference to the context:
1. “Why do you look so sulky’’
a) Who said these words?
Ans. The comet said these words.
b) Who looks ‘sulky’?
Ans. The moon looks sulky.
c) Give a synonym of the word ‘sulky’.
Ans. Gloomy, sullen or moody are some synonyms of the word ‘sulky’.

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2. “I’m stuck here in orbit of the earth - I envy you.”
a) Who said these words and to whom?
Ans. The moon said the above words to the comet.
b) Why does the speaker envy the other person?
Ans. The moon envies the comet because its movements are restricted
whereas the comet is free to move about wherever it wishes.
c) What is the process of moving around one’s orbit called?
Ans. The process of moving around one’s orbit is called revolution.

3. “Already it had gone.”


a) What does ‘it’ refer to in the above extract?
Ans. ‘It’ refers to the comet in the above extract.
b) Where was ‘it’ headed?
Ans. The comet was headed towards Venus.
c) What did the moon do when he saw that ‘it’ was gone?
Ans. When the comet was gone, the moon also trudged on its fixed path.

Answer the following questions briefly.


1. How has the moon’s surface been described in the poem?
Ans. The moon’s surface has been described as pale, unhappy, quiet and sulky
because it finds itself stuck in its orbit around the earth.

2. What was the moon doing when the comet whooshed past him?
Ans. The moon was trudging along its way sulkily when the comet whooshed past
him.

3. What was the moon doomed to do?


Ans. According to the moon, it was doomed to plod around the earth due to
gravity.

4. What, according to the moon, does the comet do?


Ans. According to the moon, the comet is free to flare and sizzle like a rocket. This
means that it enjoys the freedom to travel throughout space and burns brightly.

5. What did astronauts do to the moon?


Ans. The astronauts once landed on the moon and explored its surface. When
this historic incident took place, the moon enjoyed all the limelight and
importance.

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Think and answer the following questions in detail:

1. Why do you think the moon felt that the comet’s life was more
interesting?
Ans: The moon felt that the comet’s life was more interesting as it was free to
move like a rocket. It was free to flare and sizzle around the sun.

2. What does the phrase – ‘scratch my back’ imply?

Ans. The moon recalled the time when the astronauts floated and walked on
the moon and scratched its back sometimes. This means they came up there
and did some research on the surface of the earth.

3. From the poem, pick out the words that show that the moon and the
comet move at different speeds.
Ans. Words describing the comet’s speed: whooshed, roam like rockets.
Words describing the moon’s speed: Plod, trudged.

4. Whose life do you think is more exciting; the moon’s or the comet’s?
Give reasons for your answer.
Ans: Throughout the poem there are different instances that depicts that the
comet’s life is more interesting than the moon because the comet is free to
flare and sizzle around in the space. It moves like a rocket in the space.
On the other hand, the moon sounds sulky, because it has to repeat the same
cycle everyday in the controls of gravity around the earth.

VOCAB ORBIT:
ACROSS
4. comet
7. constellation
8. Jupiter
9. star
10. crater
DOWN:
1. Astronaut
2. Sun
3. Milky Way
5. mercury
6. meteorite

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B.
1. receding
2. douse
3. libel
4. maze
5. apparel
6. expressly
7. vagabond
8. denounce
9. gory
10. ingenious

A. Identify the subject and predicate in the following sentences.


1. GIVEN IN TEXTBOOK
2. Jim is studying for his exams.
Ans. Subject-Jim; Predicate-is studying for his exams.
3.The CEO walked out of the meeting in anger.
Ans. Subject- The CEO; Predicate- walked out off the meeting in anger.
4. It is dangerous to bottle up your emotions and not talk to others.
Ans. Subject- It; Predicate- is dangerous to bottle up your emotions and not
talk to others.
5. It was always difficult to live up to his father’s expectations.
Ans. Subject- It; Predicate- was always difficult to live up to his father’s
expectations.
6. Selina always comes up with innovative ideas in art class.
Ans. Subject-Selina; Predicate-always comes up with innovative ideas in art
class.
7. Bhushan has taken up a part time job at a coaching institute.
Ans. Subject-Bhushan; Predicate- has taken a part time job at a coaching
institute.
8. The mother and daughter participated in the cooking competition.
Ans. Subject- The mother and the daughter; Predicate- participated in the
cooking competition.
9. The company has introduced privileges for senior employees.
Ans. Subject- the company; Predicate- has introduced privileges for senior
employs.
10. The guard lost his job due to inefficiency.
Ans. Subject- The guard; Predicate- lost his job due to inefficiency.
B. Omitted

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