Class 6 A TEACHER FOR ALL SEASONS

Answer the following questions

1 What is the poem about?

Ans. The poem is about a teacher. The poet expresses his gratitude to the teacher for being a truly perfect person, friend and guide suitable for all seasons.

2 Name the seasons mentioned in the poem.

Ans. The seasons mentioned in the poem are Spring,Summer, Winter and Autumn.

3 What makes studying a pleasure ?

Ans. The poet compares the teacher with summer whose sunny temperament makes studying a pleasure.

4 How does the poet pay his gratitude towards the teachers?

Ans. The poet pays his gratitude towards the teacher by saying that he is a truly perfect person, friend and helpful guide for all seasons.

Write five pairs of rhyming words from the poem For example– Sprouts – Doubts

Ans.

• (a) Summer – Pleasure.
• (b) Outside – Guide.
• (c) Altitude – Gratitude.
• (d) Clear – Atmosphere.
• (e) Things – Seasons.

Read the clues below to guess the words from the poem

(a) A season having snowfall.

(b) A pronoun used for students…..

(c) An adjective used for colour.

(d) A personal pronoun used for the teacher.

Ans.

• (a) Winter,
• (b) Them,
• (c) Bright,
• (d) You.

Complete the following by using the words given in the bracket

(slow, gentle, strong, sweet, white, light)

(a) …….. like a feather.

(b)…….. like a honey.

(c) …….. like a breeze.

(d) …….. like snow.

(e) …….. like an ox.

(f) …….. ike a tortoise.

Ans.

• (a) Light,
• (b) Sweet,
• (c) Gentle,
• (d) White,
• (e) Strong,
• (f) Slow.

What do these phrases from the poem mean? Tick the correct meaning

(a) Sunny temperament cheerful nature / hot tempered

(b) A teacher for all seasons a teacher who helps at all times / a teacher

(c) New Green Sprouts new seeds / new leaves

Ans.

• (a) hot tempered,
• (b) a teacher who helps at all times,
• (c) new seeds.

PROSE

• 1a. The Emperor and the Nightingale
• 2a. The King and the Tree Goddess
• 3a. Sardar Patel: The Iron Man of India
• 4a. Simba
• 5a. Sindbad the Sailor: SecSolutionond Voyage
• 6a. Indigenous Games of India
• 7a. Letter to a Penpal
• 8a. Examination Time
• 9a. Florence Nightingale”The Lady with the Lamp”
• 10a. The Tiny Little Thing

POETRY

• 1b. The Skylark
• 2b. A Teacher for All Seasons
• 3b. A Nation’s Strength
• 4b. I Dram a World
• 5b. Foreign Lands
• 6b. Paper Boats
• 7b. Indian Weavers
• 8b. Exam Stress
• 9b. A Little Girl’s Poem
• 10b. I Would Choose to be a Daisy