NCERT Book Class 6 English (Honeysuckle) Chapter 4 Beauty; An Indian – American Woman in Space: Kalpana Chawla

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UNITS 4–8
4. An Indian–American Woman
in Space: Kalpana Chawla
l Let children speak what they know about
space and spaceships. They may also be
asked to bring pictures of these, if they have
any. Let them say how an aeroplane is
different from a spaceship.
l There are some words of American spelling in the text. Use this
opportunity to discuss the Englishes that exist around the world.
Explain in simple words how writing does not adequately
represent the spoken language.
l In ‘Working with Language’, help children by giving clues as
they discuss and match the items using phrases in sentences
of their own.
l In the Speaking activity, encourage children to collect examples
of greetings in other languages, or to visit the post office or look
at a telephone directory to find some examples. They may even
wish to send greetings to each other by post.
l In the writing activity, brainstorm children to inspire them to
imagine, dream and then write. Have a stimulating discussion
before doing the activity.

Beauty
l The teacher reads the first stanza, and learners repeat each line.
Pauses are indicated below:
Beauty is seen
in the sunlight./
The trees,/the birds,/
Corn growing/ and people working/
Or dancing for their harvest./
Cover the whole poem in the same way.