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 1. Express the thoughts and
imagination contained in the
poem.

Today’s 2.Assimilate Stanza 1

Plan

3.Learning about Themes and

Poetic Devices

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Reading Retreat-Home Alone
It's Christmas time and the McCallister family is preparing
to head to Paris for vacation. Eight-year-old Kevin
(Macaulay Culkin) is the black sheep of the house, who is
regularly picked on by his siblings and cousins, and his
parents are annoyed by his antics. Kevin finds himself
forced to sleep on the third floor of the house.

The next day, the McCallisters accidentally sleep in and

barely make it to their flight, but when airborne they
realize they forgot Kevin. As his family desperately tries to
book a flight back to Chicago, Kevin is thrilled to have the
house to himself.
However, a pair of burglars named Harry (Joe Pesci) and
Marv (Daniel Stern) have robbed several houses in the
neighborhood and now have their sights on the McCallister
house. It's up to Kevin to thwart them.
absurd acts or postures
antics

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Autumn’ s
Beauty
Linda
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Christensen
 1. Read the poem
with correct
pronunciation.
2. Infer the meaning
of unfamiliar words
by reading them in
context.

Learning
Outcom
es 3. Respond to
4. Express the
thoughts and
Questions based on imagination contained
text. in the poem.

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 SELF ASSESSMENT SHEET
NAME: Literature- Autumn’s Beauty CLASS: VIII SECTION:

S.No. Unit Name: English

Learning Outcomes P S D E Remarks /

Above 90% 71% to 50% to Up to 50% Reflections
90% 70%
1. Read the poem with correct pronunciation.

2. Infer the meaning of unfamiliar words by reading them in context.

3. Respond to Questions based on text.

4. Express the thoughts and imagination contained in the poem.

My Learning Experience
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Skills that were enhanced

What is Poetry?

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Beauty
Autumn’ s
Beauty
Linda
Ω
Christensen
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 About the Poet- Linda Christensen

She is the Director of the Oregon Writing

Project (OWP) , a part of National
Writing Project ( NWP ) .

Received the Fred Heschinger Award for

use of research in teaching and writing
and the U.S. Outstanding Teacher of
Western United States for ‘ Reaching
Beyond Classroom Walls’.

Has written books on social justice,

Teaching Writing, and Teaching
Teachers.

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 VIDEO- Linda Christensen

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=28&v=FVV4J
ZNohhQ&feature=emb_logo

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 Summer

Monsoon

Seasons

Autumn

Winter

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Spring Beauty
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Beauty
Characteristics
of Autumn
Season

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Beauty
 VIDEO

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Trivia on Autumn
• What are the characteristics of
Autumn?

• What is Autumn called in America ?

• What do the birds and insects do in

Autumn months?
 Autumn Trivia

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 Autumn's Beauty by Linda Christensen
The rain falls gently
Quenching the thirst of a landscape
Parched by the rays of the hot summer sun.
The song of the birds is now silenced.
The petals of a once brilliant flower have faded
A bright, azure sky with soft white clouds is gone,
Replaced by the gray dampness of the season.
The caressing breeze of summer
Has turned into the blustering winds of fall.
Leaves, once proudly perched on the limbs of trees,
Now dance gaily through the air,
Brightly colored in the warm tones of autumn.

Children laughing merrily on their way

As they hear the crackling sound of leaves beneath their feet.
A jack-o-lantern sits in the window,
Showing a wide, toothless grin or scowling frown.

The snapping of pitch from a burning log

The faint scent of pine filling the room.
Flames leaping about as if it were a ballet
Performing for its audience.
The soft, comforting glow of candlelight,
Bringing with it serenity and quiet thoughts.

I sit in amazement watching all that is around me.

Yes, there is a God.
Only He could have made the wonders I see before me.
I will accept the solitude and indifference of winter
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So I may anticipate and appreciate Beauty
The re- birth of spring
 Recite the
Poem

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 Autumn's Beauty
by Linda Christensen
The rain falls gently
Quenching the thirst of a landscape
Parched by the rays of the hot summer sun.
The song of the birds is now silenced.
The petals of a once brilliant flower have faded
A bright, azure sky with soft white clouds is gone,
Replaced by the gray dampness of the season.

Word Meanings
Quenching- to satisfy a need or wish
parched - dried out with heat
Azure- bright blue in colour like the sky
An Azure Sky

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 QUIZZIZ- Autumn

Autumn – Quizizz

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Word Meaning Synonym

1.quenching- to satisfy a need or wish extinguish

2.landscape-all the visible features of an area of land scenery
3. parched - dried out with heat dry

4.brilliant-very bright shining

5.faded -gradually grow faint and disappear. dim
6.dampness -the state or condition of being slightly wet. moisture
7. azure-bright blue in colour like the sky
8.fall season - Autumn harvest-time

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An Azure Sky

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A Parched Earth
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song of the
birds is now
silenced
Summary of Stanza 1
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 Pallet-Stanza1 (MIND MAP) -

Identify the poetic device Find the word in the given

used in line 2. stanza which means the same
Ans.Personification as ‘ satisfying’.
Ans. Quenching
The rain falls gently
Quenching the thirst of a landscape
Parched by the rays of the hot summer sun.
The song of the birds is now silenced.
The petals of a once brilliant flower have faded
A bright, azure sky with soft white clouds is gone,

Replaced by the gray dampness of the season.

Give examples of colour
Identify the poetic device imagery in the stanza.
used in ‘flowers have Ans. Azure sky, white
faded’ clouds, gray dampness
Ans. Alliteration
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 The rain falls gently
Quenching the thirst of a landscape
Parched by the rays of the hot summer sun.
The song of the birds is now silenced.
The petals of a once brilliant flower have faded
A bright, azure sky with soft white clouds is gone,
Replaced by the gray dampness of the season.

Stanza 1
Write the word for ‘ a light, purplish shade of blue, like that of
a clear and unclouded sky’.
Ans. AZURE

Identify any 2 characteristics of the season being referred to,

based on the given stanza.
Ans. song of the birds silenced, gray dampness of the season,
petals of flowers have faded
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Doubt – Clearing

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Beauty
 What you learnt today

• 1 Various Seasons

• 2 How Autumn season inspires poets

•3 Poetry Recitation
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