The Pedlar's Caravan

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Critial
Skills
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" collaboratlon Hw these
questions
Varm-up . critical thlnking
a trip.
Discuss
classmate are going on
answers in the
boxes.
Youand a other and write the Where are you golng?
each
with

wth you?
Who else ls going How are you
travellina?

What wOuld yyou llke to see

Why are you traveling? during your Journey?

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his w e s 9oos, wares.
his
Reading rafers from town to towYH selling
about a pedlar'slife who gocs
Read this poem
I wishI
lived in a caravan,
drive, like the pedlar-man!
With a horse to
comes from nobody knowS..
Where he
to, but on he
Or where he goes
pedlar: a travelling:salesman
on wheels 2
caravan: (here) a house
 a British writer of children's
was
William Brighty Rands (1823 -1882)) some time he was a chapel
For
literature, hymns, eSsays, and poctry. valuedreporter in the House of
and
preacher. He was alsoa popular
Commons of the British parliament.

Reading comprehension
from the poem to complete its summary.
Fillin the blanks with words
a ...CAaL:A.....and travel like a
Stanza 1; The speaker wishes to live in
.udlata
describes how the ...2aLAlan.... looks and the
Stanza 2: The speaker
their childwho move from..Lwn...
people in it: aman, his wifeand
to town
pedlar-man mends and
Stanza 3: The speaker lists the items that the
L. l while clashing ..kasinA.... ke a bell.
Stanza 4: The speaker compares the caravan to aLathig.Machine and
. c i l d . . . . . i n it.
imagines that the pedlar-man can cross the
Stanza 5: The speaker wants to .....m......
.... with the pedlar-man and
Write a about his adventures as popular as The Travels of
Captain Cook.
B Answer these questions.
customers?
1. What does the pedlar-man use to make noise and attract
2. What does the speaker compare the caravan to?
3. What does the speaker think the pedlar-man can do with his caravan?
4. What does the speaker want to do after roaming with the pedlar-man?
C Read these sentences and answer the questions that follow.
1. Or where he goes to, but on he goes!
The word on' here means
a. near b. above Gonward
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 2. Hiscaravan has windows, two,
And achimney of tin, th¡t the smoke comes through
a. Who stays in the caravan? Tht edlar man
b. What does having windows and smoke coming out of chimncy suggest?
c. What stands out about this çaravan?
Amak,
abouct the fedlar's man houst.
3. Tea-trays, baskets, ranged in order,
Plates with thealphabet round the border!
Iunder? ,Crociny
a. What category of articles do allthe things mentioned here fall under?.
b. Where do we go to get such things nowadays? -lrocery makát
C. Giveanother word for 'ranged'. fated
.critical thinking
Communication
answer.
D DThink and Write down your
reading the poem.
Discuss with the class how you felt after
thoughts in five sentences.
wandering life
"advantages and disadvantages of
Text to Self
life if full of adventure. One
the speaker, the pedlar's which a
According to Discuss in class the difficulties
about it.
can write abook have.os d
pedlar's life can also

"alliteration

DAppreciating the poem

words in colour,
lines. Look at the
Read these nobody knows,
comes from
Where he
" basins like a bell; consonant sounds.
clashes the same
" He wordsbegin withthe consonant sound and
line, some ofthe with thesame
alliteration.
In each that begin 15
use words is called
When poets close to each other, it
words are
 Given below are parts of two poems. Underline the words that
slhow alli
1. If Ihad a choice when it's time to get clean
I'dlike to jump into our washing machine
for sudsing and soaking and rolling and churning
and bobbing and bubbling and twisting and turning.
2. There were crumpets in the cabin,
And apples in the hold,
The sails were made of silver,
And the masts_were made of gold.
come
Listening and Speaking colla
"sequencing "sharin
Listen to a pocm and number the stanzas in the order that these actions .,
place in the poem.
a. Trains carry b. Trains go over
(2 people and mountains,
C.
Trains trav
things. plains and during the
rivers.
day as well
night.
Do you like to travel by trains? Why/Why not? Discuss with a
partner.
In my language " sellingt
Work in groups of four. Take turns and try selling something like tlhe vendors
who come to you locality. Use your homc language.

Writing " completing a por

Complete the poem using the correct words from the box.

days me field sunflowers pass cheerful

when you travel 'cross the country
You see along the roadways
Bright and
.he7ul..lowers, especialy
In the warm spring and summer ...dyA....
1love the beautiful ....sowens
Bold yellow blooms you see!
Nodding in the gentle winds,
Seem to say 'hello' to ........ea..........
oldbarns off in the distancelha
In the midst of a ...ed... of dry grass,
Are dotted with many flowers
oh, Ienjoy them when I .....ab.....
Think about this "acquiring skills

pedlar in the poem earns money by selling and repairing things. His work
makes him move from place to place. Which professions in today's world
Ive a lot of travelling? Discuss with a partner. If you had to choose one such
ession, which one would you choose. Why?

Word Bank
Irite the new words that you have learnt in the poenm 'In tthe Train'.
.......

dent difficult.
sessmont In this lesson, I 1tound easy and

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to Dcar the attentii tUatomeni
wthat daes hepea ke compane the caaam to?
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and matian a the coaan ie thei nada
whenthe hedlah - m a m thael.

are no one's monupoly -Dhirubhal Anbant

-Think big, think fast, think ahead. ideas
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