Notes Class 9 Chapter 3.1 Kumarbharati English Maharashtra Board

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  Silver 

Warming Up

• Group Division:
  • Divide class into groups with name, color, symbol, motto, dress code, room items.

Example: Neem – Color: Yellow; Symbol: Sun; Motto: “Health is wealth”; Dress code: Yellow waist belt; Room: Cane furniture, green-yellow curtains, herbariums.

Categories:

• Metals: Steel, Copper, Silver, Gold.
• Flowers: (e.g., Rose, Lotus, Marigold, Jasmine).
• Stars/Galaxies: (e.g., Sun, Moon, Orion, Milky Way).
• Trees: Neem, Banyan, Gulmohur, Ashoka.
• Seasons: (e.g., Spring, Summer, Monsoon, Autumn).

Poem: Golden Glow

• Fill rhyming words:
  • Rises the sun; every one.
  • Dark night; out of sight.
  • Flit and fly; sharp cry.
  • Show their hue; beauty and view.
  • Green cloak; gold soak.
  • Loud call; one and all.
  • To say; golden day.

The Poem: Silver by Walter de la Mare

Theme: Night scene with moon’s silver light on everything.

Key Words:

• Cote: Bird shelter.
• Moveless: Still.
• Shoon: Shoes (old word).

Key Ideas

• Silver Everywhere: Moonlight makes trees, fruits, animals, water look silver.
• Calm Night: Dog, doves, fish are still; moon and mouse move quietly.
• Beauty of Nature: Moonlight creates a peaceful, silver world.

Objects at Rest

• Dog (in kennel).
• Doves (in cote).
• Fish (in water).