Literature lesson 3-4 GRADE 8

Literature lesson 5-6 GRADE 8

Open Ended

The wolf’s teeth were as sharp as a knife -S

Change this to a Metaphor

Open Ended

The moon is a white balloon

- M

Change this to a Simile

Open Ended

He is fast like a leopard-S

Change this to a metaphor

Open Ended

The jungle is an animal’s playground -M

Change this to a S

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She is a walking dictionary - M

Change this to a simile.

Open Ended

The river is as cold as ice - S

Change this to a metaphor

YOUR TASK: READ THE NEXT SLIDES AND DECIDE WHETHER IT IS POSITIVE/NEGATIVE FOR HUMANS OR ANIMALS.

Multiple Choice

He grew up with the cubs,

and Father Wolf taught

him his business, and the

meaning of things in the

jungle

• Positive humans

• Positive animals

• Negative humans

• Negative animals

Answer explained

He grew up with the cubs,

and Father Wolf taught

him his business, and the

meaning of things in the

jungle

-

Shows acceptance of humans

Multiple Choice

A group of monkeys

started biting, scratching,

tearing, and pulling

Bagheera, while five or

six he

ld Mowgli and

pulled him up the wall of

the summerhouse

• Positive humans

• Positive animals

• Negative humans

• Negative animals

Answer explained

A group of monkeys

started biting, scratching,

tearing, and pulling

Bagheera, while five or

six held Mowgli and

pulled him up the wall of

the summerhouse

-

Shows that animals will even

turn on each other as the

jungle is a fit for survival.

Multiple Choice

“I promise that if you let

the man cub go to his own place, I will not fight you when it is my time to die”

• Positive humans

• Positive animals

• Negative humans

• Negative animals

Akeela shows his loyalty to Mowgli.

Multiple Choice

“At other times, he would

pick the long thorns out of

the furs of his friends"

• Positive humans

• Positive animals

• Negative humans

• Negative animals

Mowgli shows compassion for animals.

Multiple Choice

He did not trust humans

because once Bagheera

had showed him a square

box with a drop gate so

cleverly hidden in the

jungle that he nearly

walked into it. He told

him that it was a trap.

• Positive humans

• Positive animals

• Negative humans

• Negative animals

Explanation- Humans endangering

animals

Multiple Choice

The mark of the collar;

and yet, Little Brother, I

was born among men, and

it was among men that my

mother died, in the cages

of the king’s palace at

Oodeypore

• Positive humans

• Positive animals

• Negative humans

• Negative animals

Bagheera

was held captive by

humans

Open Ended

Why does Bagheera ask Mowgli if he is afraid of the

fire, as seen in lines 3-4 of Extract 1?

Open Ended

How does Mowgli view the

fire in comparison to Bagheera and other animals?

Open Ended

Why is it important for Akeela to mention all the things Mowgli has done in the jungle,

as seen in lines 2-8 of Extract 2?

Open Ended

Why is Shere Khan against Mowgli staying in the jungle, as seen in Extract 3