Class 6 - TERM II – Unit 1 - Poem - Team work

 

TERM II – Unit 1  - Poem  - Team work

It’s all very well to have courage and skill

And it’s fine to be counted a star,

But the single deed with its touch of thrill

Doesn’t tell the man you are;

For there’s no lone hand in the game we play,

We must work to a bigger scheme,

And the thing that counts in the world to-day

Is, How do you pull with the team?

They may sound your praise and call you great,

They may single you out for fame,

But you must work with your running mate

Or you’ll never win the game;

Oh, never the work of life is done

By the man with a selfish dream,

For the battle is lost or the battle is won

By the spirit of the team.

You may think it fine to be praised for skill,

But a greater thing to do

Is to set your mind and set your will

On the goal that’s just in view;

It’s helping your fellowman to score

When his chances hopeless seem;

Its forgetting self till the game is o’re

And fighting for the team.

- Edgar A. Guest (1881-1959)

A. Read the poem aloud and fill in the wheel with its rhyming pair. Also try giving your own rhyming word. One is done for you.

 

Answer :

Word on the Wheel	Rhyming Pair from Poem	Your Own Rhyming Word (Example)
thrill	skill	will
drill	thrill	fill
fame	name	game
skill	thrill	spill
great	mate	late
done	won	none
play	today	stay
star	are	far
do	view	true
scheme	team	dream

 

B. Fill in the table.

Contraction is a shortened form of a word or group of words, with the omitted letters often replaced in written English by an apostrophe ('). 

Contraction	Expanded Form
It’s	It is
Doesn’t	Does not
There’s	There is
You’ll	You will
That’s	That is
I’ve	I have
He’d	He would / He had
Aren’t	Are not
He’s	He has / He is
Won’t	Will not
Can’t	Cannot

 

C. Answer the following questions.

1.      What qualities are needed to play a game?
➤ Courage, skill, cooperation, and team spirit are needed to play a game.

2.      What helps one win the game?
➤ Working together with team members and forgetting selfish goals help one win the game.

3.      How is team spirit created?
➤ Team spirit is created by supporting fellow team members, sharing goals, and working together selflessly.

 

D. Read the lines and answer the questions given below.

1. It’s helping your fellowman to score
When his chances hopeless seem;
It’s forgetting self till the game is o’re
And fighting for the team.

a) What does 'it' stand for here?
➤ 'It' stands for team spirit or teamwork.

b) Write the rhyme scheme for the above lines.
➤ The rhyme scheme is a b a b.

           

2.They may sound your praise and call you great,
They may single you out for fame,
But you must work with your running mate
Or you’ll never win the game;

a) Whom does ‘they’ refer to?
➤ ‘They’ refers to people or society who admire individual success.

b) Which line talks about team spirit?
➤ "But you must work with your running mate" talks about team spirit.

c) Pick out the rhyming words from the given lines.
➤ Rhyming words: great – mate, fame – game

 

E. Pair work. Discuss with your partner and list out any five team games.

1. Cricket
2. Football
3. Hockey
4. Kabaddi
5. Basketball