Unit-8: Myths, fables and rhymes/poems
1. What is myths? Write some characteristics of myths?
Answer:
A myth is one kind of folktales which is passed by passed by word-of mouth, but are now found in writing. It is about gods and heroes. The main characters in myths are usually gods, demigods, or supernatural humans. Myths are also forms of entertainment and teaching tools.
Some characteristics of myths are given below:
1. Its deal with aspects of human life, jealousy, love, death, ambitions.
2. God and Goddesses have human emotions and extraordinary powers.
3. Themes and symbols are still important in western culture today.
4. It’s deal with God and Goddess es and lesser deities as well as humans.
5. It’s explain the natural phenomena of the world.
6. It’s explain the creation.
7. Its explain the origins of people.
8. sacred or based upon religious belief.
2. What is fables? Write some characteristics of fable?
Answer:
A very short tale that illustrates a clear, often direct moral principle of right or wrong behaviour. Ashop is known as a famous teller in history. some characteristics of a fables are written below –
1. Characters are often animals with human characteristic.
2. Moral or lesson follows the story, usually in one sentence or simple summary.
3. Poetic tales with double allegorical significance.
4. Brief tale.
3. Practice the pronunciation of the ‘ed’ ending with the following words?
Looked, Begged, Wanted, Appeared, Decided, Waited, Learned, Laughed, Walked, Cleaned, Worked, Watched, Looked, Hunted, Visited, Washed, Entered.
Answer:
t sound | d sound | I’d sound:
- Looked | Begged | decided
- Laughed | appeared | wanted
- Walked | learned | waited
- Worked |cleaned | Hunted
- Watched | Entered | Visited
4. In a reading task, before you talked about a picture, thought a little about vocabulary and thought about the moral of the story. Why is this helpful for students to do this before reading?
Answer:
The process described in this question is called pre reading. Pre-reading is a strategy that involves teaching student concept of skill prior to a lesson on the subjects. Teachers may write not more than five or six word on the blackboard before letting the students read. Than teachers may use pictures or can give clues to help students to understand the meaning. This is an important technique and need to be used with all reading comprehension passages. In this way Key-word can be focused on before the main reading task begins.
Importance of pre-teaching:
- It helps students to connect known to unknown information.
- More than 60% duration should be spent on pre-reading type activities so that it is very useful for the students understanding the topic.
- This format is much beneficial for the student to realize the text.
- From the related pictures or clues student can easily interpret the comprehension.
5. What is modern story? What is traditional story? Write some differences of traditional story and modern story?
Answer:
Modern story:
The method of the short story is inevitably a more limited than that of a novel. Like, a novel, the modern short story always shows us about life, something of how people respond to life.
Traditional story:
Traditional stories or stories about traditions differ from both fiction and nonfiction. A story that has been told and retold for many years, and consequently becomes a story that almost everyone knows.
Difference between traditional and modern story are given below:
| Traditional Story | Modern Story |
| 1. A story that has been told and retold for many years. 2.This type of story was written before 1920. 3. It’s tends to be conventional. 4. There is a moral in traditional stories. 5. Obeys some set of rules. 6. It can’t be changed much. | 1. Which story is written modern period of time. 2. Modern story has been written since the Year 1920. 3. It’s tends to be unconventional. 4. A number of different tends to be notice.Generally modern story is not based on morality. 5. Doesn’t not follow any set of rules. 6. It can be changed a lot. |
6. Why story telling is important for primary student or children?
Answer:
Story is most enjoyable teaching tools to primary student or children. Recent research says using storytelling can help learners achieve learning objectives with great pleasure and enthusiasm.
Importance of storytelling:
- Boosts their listening skills.
- Fosters their imagination.
- Increases their cultural understanding.
- Enhance their communication skill.
- Help sharpen memory.
- Make learning easier.
- improves social skills.
- Introduces new vocabulary to children.
7. What is poem and rhyme?
Answer:
Poem:
A poem is a collection of spoken or written words that expresses ideas or emotions in a powerfully vivid and imaginative style. A poem is comprised of a particular rhythmic and metrical pattern. Teachers should aim into teach English through poetry, not to teach the poetry itself but to develop their other language skills.
Rhyme:
A rhyme is a repetition of similar sounds in the final stressed syllables and any following syllables of two or more words.
8. What is the importance of reading rhyme at primary level?
Answer:
The importance of rhyme:
- a source of developing phonic skills, as they offer the ability to read and determine letter sounds.
- For identifying the correct sounds.
- Developing the memory skills.
- Develop the word vocabulary.
- Make stronger phonemic awareness.
- Involve the early child in study.
9. What are considered children’s early literary skills?
Answer:
Children’s early literacy skills are listening and speaking.
