Grace Academy

Class - 2
SUBJECT- ENGLISH READER
CHAPTER- 1: MICE
Google slides presented by Madam Regina.
 CONTENTS
1. Learning outcome.
2. Introduction.
3. Difference between a mice, a rat and a mouse with the
help of pictures.
4. Poem by - Rose Flyeman
5. Explanation of 1st to 5th stanzas.
6. Textual Questions and objectives (page no 10&11).
1. Students will learn the poem “Mice”.
2. Students will learn positive things
about Mice.
3. Students will learn new words and
meanings.
4. Students will be able to identify Mice.
 INTRODUCTION

1. Let us read about the poem “MICE”.

2. The poem MICE has been written by Poet ROSE
FLYEMAN.
3. Mice is a small rodent that has a pointed snout,
large eyes and ears and a long tail.
4. A mice,a rat and a mouse are all rodents but are
different in shape, size , colour.
Difference between a mice, a rat and a mouse

A mice A mouse A rat

 MICE

BY - ROSE FLYEMAN
What do you think this poem is about?

What do you think about mice?

Do you like mice?

Why do you like mice?

Why do you not like mice?

 “MICE”- BY ROSE FLYEMAN

I think mice
Are rather nice.

Their tails are long,

Their faces small,
They haven’t any
Chins at all.

Their ears are pink,

Their teeth are white,
They run about
The house at night.
They nibble things
They shouldn’t touch
And no one seems
To like them much.

But I think mice

Are nice.
 1st Stanza:
I think mice
Are rather nice.

Explanation:

In the 1st stanza the poet thinks that mice are very nice although
many people dislike mice because they infest homes and chew up
wires, books, papers etc and run around, but in the poem the poet has
kept aside all these nature of a mice and has given us a positive view
of a mice.
 2nd Stanza:

Their tails are long,

Their faces small,
They haven’t any
Chins at all

Explanation:

In the 2nd stanza the poet explains about the body structure of a mice
and that a mice has a long tail and their faces are small and they do
not have chins at all.
 3rd Stanza:

Their ears are pink,

Their teeth are white,
They run about,
The house at night.

Explanation:

In the 3rd stanza the poet explains that the mice have
pink ears and white teeth and they like to run about here
and there in the house at night.
 4th Stanza:
They nibble things
They shouldn’t touch
And no one seems
To like them much.

Explanation:

In the 4th stanza the poet explains how the mice keeps on nibbling
(eating) things and stuff that aren’t mean for them and that people don’t
like this behaviour or habits of a mice.
 5th Stanza:

But I think mice

Are nice.

Explanation:

In the last stanza the poet says that although mice are nocturnal
(active at night) rodents and nibble up things that aren’t meant for
them, the poet finds that mice are nice.
By reading this poem, how do you know that the poet likes mice?

Does the poet write anything good about mice? How do you know?

Reading the poem, what do you infer about the character of mice?
Do you think mice are bad, naughty, playful?
 Textual Question (page- 10).

*Answer the following:

Q1. Why do you think the poet likes mice?

Ans: The poet likes mice because mice have a long tail and a small face with no chin at all.

Q2. Why do some people think mice are not nice?

Ans: Some people think that mice are not nice because they nibble things that they shouldn’t touch.

Q3. Do you think mice are nice or not nice?

Ans: I think mice are nice because they are tiny and very cute with pink ears and white
teeth.
Q4. Which words in the poem rhyme?
Ans: The words that rhyme in the poem are mice and nice, touch and much.
● What do these words mean?

1. Nibble - to take small, quick bites at something.

2. Chew - repeated biting at something.
3. Gnaw - to bite at something.
4. Crunch - to chew or press with a crushing noise.
5. Grind - to make something into small pieces.

Make a sentence using these words.

● Unscramble the letters to find body parts.

1. SREA = EARS
2. ENOS= NOSE
3. OTE=TOE
4. ENGOUT=TONGUE
5. THESC= CHEST
6. DEHA= HAND
7. EKEN= KNEE
8. DEARHOFE= FOREHEAD
9. GRENIF= FINGER
10.PIL= LIP
11.HIGHT= THIGH
12.HODRULES= SHOULDER.