The Ant and the Cricket 31 March 2020.pptx

Study the Fable Ant and the Cricket

1. POEM 1 THE ANT AND THE CRICKET By Aesop

2. OBJECTIVES: In the poem, we enjoy and learn- What a Fable is Who the ant and cricket are What the ant and the cricket represents What the poem suggests A brief about Aesop

3. About the poet Aesop was a great Greek fabulist (one who writes fable is called fabulist) and story teller credited with a number of world famous fables now collectively known as Aesop’s fables. Aesop was born in 620 BCE. He died in 564 BCE

4. Main Idea The poem tells about a careless cricket who was busy in having fun in his life without any planning for the future. Whereas we see a tiny little diligent ant who worked round the clock to ensure savings of food grains for difficult time. The ant lives with hard earned self respect without any fear of upcoming difficult weather conditions. On the other hand we see the miserable life of the cricket once the weather is not favourable causing his tragic death.

5. Figures of Speech Personification: The ant and the cricket have been personified as human beings with human qualities . Metaphor: ‘Some have but two’ . ‘Some’ crickets that have two legs refers to human beings who are as lazy and careless as the cricket . Alliteration: (Repetition of the same initial sound in a line in poems) Eg . “When the weather was warm?”

6. INTERESTING WORDS Accounted to- addicted to A crumb- a piece Shelter- home Starvation- hunger Quoth - quoted/said (old fashioned English language often called Archaic language) Gay- happy

7. End Text Short Questions What is a fable? Aesop is a great fabulist. Comment. Why the cricket landed up in big problem? Why the ant was comfortable in the harshest weather conditions? Why the ant did not help the cricket? Was the ant right in not helping the cricket? Give your reason/reasons. What is the moral of the story?

8. Learning Outcomes To enable the students to identify the theme of the poem ‘Hard Work is the key to Success’. To enable the students to understand and thereafter identify different poetic devices. To infer, analyze, evaluate text To appreciate the genre of fable.