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    1) The document is English notes from a class lesson about Lewis Carroll's story "The Garden of Live Flowers". It provides context and summarizes the plot. 2) In the story, Alice is surprised to hear the flowers in the garden speaking to each other. The tree was expected to protect the other plants by saying "Bough-Wough" in emergencies. 3) The hard ground kept the flowers fresh and alert, unlike other gardens where soft soil made the flowers sleepy. The other flowers described the Red Queen, who could move like Alice, as bushy, thorny, and redder with shorter petals.

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    1) The document is English notes from a class lesson about Lewis Carroll's story "The Garden of Live Flowers". It provides context and summarizes the plot. 2) In the story, Alice is surprised to hear the flowers in the garden speaking to each other. The tree was expected to protect the other plants by saying "Bough-Wough" in emergencies. 3) The hard ground kept the flowers fresh and alert, unlike other gardens where soft soil made the flowers sleepy. The other flowers described the Red Queen, who could move like Alice, as bushy, thorny, and redder with shorter petals.

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    Loyola International Schools: Qatar Academic Session: 2023 - 2024 English Notes

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    1) The document is English notes from a class lesson about Lewis Carroll's story "The Garden of Live Flowers". It provides context and summarizes the plot. 2) In the story, Alice is surprised to hear the flowers in the garden speaking to each other. The tree was expected to protect the other plants by saying "Bough-Wough" in emergencies. 3) The hard ground kept the flowers fresh and alert, unlike other gardens where soft soil made the flowers sleepy. The other flowers described the Red Queen, who could move like Alice, as bushy, thorny, and redder with shorter petals.

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    LOYOLA INTERNATIONAL SCHOOLS

    QATAR
    Academic Session: 2023 - 2024
    English Notes
    NAME: ____________________________________________________________ DATE: 06.06.2023
    CLASS: V/Div. _____ LESSON/TOPIC: Class Book: Lesson 5

    LESSON 5 - THE GARDEN OF LIVE FLOWERS


    (LEWIS CARROLL)
    Word meanings
    1. Willow tree - A tree with thin leaves.
    2. Criticized - Find fault in something or someone.
    3. Wither - Fade and dry up.
    4. Tumbled - (here) untidy.

    Question and answers.

    1. What surprised Alice in the garden?


    Ans. Alice was surprised to hear the flowers in the garden speak.

    2. How was the tree expected to protect the other plants in Emergencies?
    Ans. The tree was expected to protect the other plants by saying ‘Bough- Wough’.

    3. How did the hard ground encourage the flowers to talk? What happened in
    the other gardens?
    Ans. The hard ground encouraged the flowers to talk by keeping them fresh and
    alert, unlike the other gardens where the flower beds were too soft putting the
    flowers to sleep.

    4. Describe the Red Queen as presented by the other flowers?


    Ans. The other flowers presented the Red Queen as the one that can move about
    like Alice. She is described as bushy, thorny, having an awkward shape and redder
    with shorter petals.

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    5. What did Alice observe about the Red Queen? Why did she want to speak to
    her?
    Ans. Alice observed that the Red Queen had grown a good deal and was half a
    head taller than Alice. She wanted to speak to her for she felt that it would be far
    grander to have a talk with a real Queen.

    Reference to context (RTC). (Student Activity)

    1. ‘It isn’t manners for us to begin, you know,’


    a. Who is the speaker?
    b. Why does it say so?

    2. ‘It says “Bough- wough!”


    a. Who says “Bough-wough”?
    b. Why does it say “Bough-wough”?

    3. ‘If you don't hold your tongues, I'll pick you.’


    a. Name the speaker.
    b. Why did the speaker use these words?
    c. Whom was she speaking to?

    4. ‘She's coming! I hear her footsteps thump, thump , thump, along the gravel-
    walk!’
    a. Who is coming?
    b. Who announces the coming?

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