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Class: 5, , Class Notes, Topic: 7. A Visit to Kaziranga, , Subject: English, , Instruction- Mark the answers of exercise A & B in your English Course Book. (pages 101102), A. 1. early morning, 2. rustle of the grass, 3. Brahmaputra, 4. four, 5. plants, 6. November to March, B.1. A group of wildlife enthusiasts waited for their elephants., 2. The tall grass tickled the author., 3. The elephant almost threw the author off its back., 4. The author saw more rhinos., 5. The author wanted to take in the beauty of the evening sky., Instruction – Copy down these answers in your English notebook along with their respective, questions from C.B. (page 102 to 103), C. 1. a. The writer goes on an elephant safari to see the rhinos in the early morning. This, experience is described as surreal by her., b. She calls it surreal because the experience was like a dream. It was still dark all, around with silence except for the rustle of dry grass., c. This surreal experience was interrupted as they came face to face with a rhino and, their elephant stopped moving., C. 2. a. The silence refers to the moment when a rhino suddenly appeared in front of them, and stared at their elephant., b. The silence is shattered, as the blogger reaches out for her camera. The rhino, charges at the elephant, who, in turn, storms forward with a loud trumpet almost throwing all, the riders down., c. The mahout deftly managed the situation and calmed the elephant while the rhino, rushed into the grass and disappeared in the mist., , D 1. The author said that she would have preferred jeeps for the safari because she did not, feel very secure on elephant back. She also found the ride uncomfortable and slow., 2. The incident that made the author say these words happened in the evening when they, went on a jeep safari. As the jeep was taking a sharp turn, a tusker ahead of them charged at, them. They heard a loud trumpet and the driver stopped the jeep. Then they saw about a, dozen elephants communicating among themselves in loud trumpets. They sounded agitated, about something and refused to give passage to the jeep. In a few minutes, they surrounded
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their jeep, leaving them with no choice but to reverse and take another route. The author who, had gone to Kaziranga on an adventure to chase wildlife realized that it was the territory of, these animals. She felt an unwelcome guest who was chased away by the animals., Instruction- Mark the answers of exercise on Values and Life Skills and Vocabulary in your, English Course Book. (pages 103- 104), Values & Life Skills (pg103), • Take a forest guide along and follow instructions., • Not feed birds or other animals., • Move away from baby animals., • Leave the forest at the time appointed by guards., Vocabulary (pg 104), 1. ticket counter, 2. wildlife enthusiasts, , 3. jeep safari, , 4. elephant back, , 5. water birds 6. night expedition, Instruction- Mark the answers of exercise on Punctuation in your English Course Book., (page 106), Just over a hundred years ago, there were thousands of rhinos all over the world. Ancient, cave paintings in Europe show lots of rhinos. Until about one hundred years ago, there were, more than 5,00,000 rhinos in Africa and Asia, but today there are only about 29,000 rhinos, left in the wild. People kill rhinos for sport and also to steal their horns. Do you want to save, the rhinos ? How can you help?, HOME PRACTICE, Instruction: Refer to the Values and Life Skills exercise on page 103. Write an informal letter, in your English Notebook on the topic given below., Topic: Imagine you have just returned from a visit to Kaziranga National Park. Your cousin, is planning to take the same trip. Write an informal letter informing him/her about the rules, that visitors must abide by when they visit the Park.
