UNIT -3

UNIT -3

SEEDS AND DEEDS

what do you understand from the picture?

• This is a warli painting.It depicts various activities that man indulges in to earn his living..

• This unit is intended to develop a sense of respect towards work and work culture.

It is always better to work smart than work hard.

Open Ended

what do you understood from the picture?

Hard work and Smart work

Hard work means doing things for a long time without any breaks and shortcuts while smart work means doing things using logics and shortcuts.

We cannot work smarter within in a day or two. Hard work give experience and smart work comes from experience so both are important to achieve success.

In the story both of them worked almost synchronously. But in the end we saw that it was the second men who won the game.

Both of them worked hard but the second men worked hard and smart too.

while the first men spend most of his time cutting the firewood, the second men manages to find time for sharpening his axe too.

The Light on the Hills

Lucy Clifford

Lucy Clifford( 1846-1929)better known as Mrs. W. K. Clifford, was a British novelist and journalist, and the wife of William Kingdon Clifford. Her best-known story, Mrs Keith's Crime (1885), was followed by several other volumes. She also wrote The Last Touches and Other Stories (1892) and Mere Stories (1896); and a play, A Woman Alone (1898). She is perhaps most often remembered, however, as the author of The Anyhow Stories, Moral and Otherwise (1882),, a collection of stories written for children.

Smart work done with dedication, brings success and happiness.

This is the story about a boy who wanted to paint a beautiful picture.

I want to work at my picture,’ he said, and went into the field. The little sister went too, and stood by him watching while he painted.

‘The trees are not quite straight,’ she said, ‘and oh, dear brother, the sky is not blue enough.’

‘‘It will all come right soon,’ he answered. 'Will it be of any good?’

Oh yes,’ she said, wondering that he should even ask. ‘It will make people happy to look at it. They will feel as if they were in the field.’

‘If I do it badly, will it make them unhappy?’ ‘If you do your work with dedication and honesty people will know how hard you have tried,’ she answered, ‘and for this reason they will like your work. Look up,’ she said suddenly, ‘look up at the light upon the hills,’ and they stood together looking at all he was trying to paint, at the trees and the field, at the deep shadows and the hills beyond, and the light that rested upon them. The sunlight was glimmering. The leaves were rustling. They could hear a stream rippling somewhere.

 

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vocabulary

Honest

/ˈɒnɪst/

Truthful and sincere.

Glimmering

/ˈɡlɪm(ə)rɪŋ/

Shining faintly with a wavering light

Rustling

/ˈrʌs(ə)l/

Make a soft, muffled crackling sound like that caused by the movement of dry leaves or paper.

Rippling

/ˈrɪp(ə)lɪŋ/

(of water) forming or flowing with a series of small waves on the surface.

Multiple Select

Where are they standing?

• building

• field

Multiple Select

The little girl was encouraging her brother?

• true

• false

Multiple Select

What is the boy doing?

• playing football

• painting a picture

what does the little girl points out while the boy was painting?

• She points out that his trees are not quite straight and his sky is not blue enough.

Multiple Select

What according to the girl are two important things while doing a work?

• Money

• dedication

• rest

• honesty

Assignment

Write a paragraph on the importance of honesty and dedication in our life?