Subject-Englishü Std.:-9 th Sub:-English

Unit No. 3 Environment Std.:-p th Sub:-English Growth of a Tree I’m a little maple, oh so small, In years ahead, I’ll grow so tall With a lot of water, sun and air, I will soon be way up there! Deep inside the soil my roots are found, Drinking the water underground. Std.:-p th Sub:-English

Std.:-9 th Sub:-English Water from the roots my trunk receives, Then my trunk starts making leaves. As I start to climb in altitude, Leaves on my branches will make food, Soon my trunk and branches will grow wide, And I’ll grow more bark outside! I will be a maple very tall, Losing my leaves when it is fall. But when it is spring, new leaves will show. How do trees grow? Now you know!

Std.:-9 th Sub:-English Additional Questions for practice. 1 When will the maple tree grow small ? Which things are necessary for a plant to grow well? In which season do the trees lose their leaves? When do the mew leaves appear on a tree? Write the names of the various parts of the tree. (Picture of the stages of growing tree, picture of a tree)

Why the evergreen trees never lose their leaves Std.:-9 th Sub:-English Why the evergreen trees never lose their leaves Part 1 Winter was coming, and the birds had flown far to the South, where the air was warm and they could find berries to eat. One little bird had broken its wing and could not fly with the others. It was alone in the cold world of frost and snow. The forest looked warm and it made its way to the trees as well as it could, to ask for help. First it came to a birch tree. “Beautiful birch tree,” it said, “my wing is broken, and my friends have flown away. May I live among your branches till they come back to me?” “No, indeed”, answered the birch tree,drawing her fair green leaves away. “We of the great forest have our own birds to help

Std.:-9 th Sub:-English “I can do nothing for you”. “The birch tree is not very strong”, said the little bird to itself, “and it might be that she could not hold me easily. I will ask the oak. So the bird said, “Great Oak tree, you are so strong, will you not let me live on your boughs till my friends come back in the spring time ? “In the spring time!” cried the Oak. “That is a long way off. How do I know what you might do in all that time? Birds are always looking for something to eat, and you might even eat up some of my acorns.” “It may be that the willo will be kind to me,” thought the bird, and it said, “Gentle willo, my wing is broken, and I could not fly to the south with the other birds. May I live on your branches till the springtime?”

Std.:-9 th Sub:-English The willo did not look gentle then, for she drew herself proudly and said, “Indeed, I do not know you, and we willos never talk to people whom we do not know. Very likely there are trees somewhere that will take in strange birds. Leave me at once.” ( the picture of oak , birch and willo tree. Picture of injured bird )

Part II Std.:-9 th Sub:-English The poor little bird did not know what to do. Its wing was not strong, but it began to fly away as well as it could. Before it had gone far a voice was heard. “Little bird”, it said. “Where are you going?” “Indeed, I do not know”, answered the bird sadly. “I am very cold”. “Come right here, then”, said the friendly spruce tree, for it was her voice that had called. “You shall live on my warmest branch all winter if you choose.” “Will you really let me?” asked the little bird eagerly. “Indeed, I will,” answered the kind hearted spruce tree. “If your friends have flown away, it is time for the trees to help you. Here is the branch where my leaves are thickest and softest”.

Std.:-p th Sub:-English “My branches are not very thick”, said the friendly pine tree, “but I am big and strong, and I can keep the North Wind from you and the spruce.” “I can help, too,” said a little juniper tree. “I can give you berries all winter long, and every bird knows that juniper berries are good.” So the spruce gave the lonely little bird a home; the pine kept the cold North Wind always from it; and the juniper gave it the berries to eat. The other trees looked on and talked together wisely. “I would not have strange birds on my boughs,” said the birch. “I shall not give my acorns away for any one,” said the oak. “ I never have anything to do with strangers,” said the willo, and the three trees drew their leaves closely about them.

Std.:-9 th Sub:-English In the morning all those shining, green leaves lay on the ground, for a cold North Wind had come in the night and every leaf that it touched fell from the tree. “May I touch every leaf in the forest?” asked the wind in its frolic. “No,” said the Frost King. “ The trees that have been kind to the little bird with the broken wing may keep their leaves.” This is why the leaves of the spruce, the pine and the juniper are always green. Florence Holbrook ( Picture of a bird, spruce, pine and juniper )

3.3 Meeting an Elephant Std.:-9 th Sub:-English Reporter: Good morning Mr. Tusker. Why are you alone today? Isn’t Mrs accompanying you? Mr.Tusker: You see, we don’t live in families, do we? We males are solitary, while females stay in groups never parting from their original group. R: An ever green bachelor! But why is it so? T: The calf takes a long time to grow and to protect it the females have to live in groups, so they can defend themselves easily. The bonding between the mother and calf, which starts in the womb, is very strong. We have the longest gestation period among mammals, nearly two years! Once mature, young males leave the group, whereas females stay on.

Std.:-9 th Sub:-English R: So many elephants in a group, with such huge bodies, would require enormous quantities of food and water. T: (laughing) Yes, we are the second largest mammals on land. With a height of 3m and 1.4 m long tusks we weigh about 6100 kg. My African cousin, the largest land mammals, is 3.4 m tall and weighs around 7,110 kg. It has 2,1 m long tusks. R: A family of wild body builders! Do the females also tusks? T: No, in fact that’s where we differ from our african cousins who have tusks, both male and female. We also have tuskless males or makhnas, who are more well built than us. R: That’s interesting. What do you eat and how much? T: We are strict vegetarians, living mainly on woody plants, palm, bamboo and other grasses.We need around 270 kg of food a day and can draw about p litres of water a day.

Std.:-p th Sub:-English We feed gregariously, that is in groups, and spend most of our time eating, so we are constantly on the move. Not only would entire forests be devastated, but water bodies would also go dry if we stayed in one place too long. R: Unbelievable! Does this huge body protect you from natural enemies? T: Firstly, no one is an enemy in our world; we are all predators and prey. Yes, tigers do attack our calves sometimes. But our only serious enemy is man, with his greed for ivory. R: Yes, your ivory does fascinate most humans. T: Our tusks are meant for self defense, whereas man uses them to decorate his drawing rooms. The males are thus dreadfully persecuted by poachers. This massacre creates an imbalance in our population, threatens our existence, and may finally result in our extinction. The takeover of elephant habitat by man is another big threat. We once inhabited all the lands from Iraq in the west, throughout Asia south of the Himalaya, to China in the east. Today, we aren’t seen in Pakistan or the countries to its west.

Std.:-9 th Sub:-English Our last strongholds in India, Sri Lanka, Burma and other parts Of Southeast Asia should be spared such a fate. R: You and our African cousin are the sole survivors of a once rich and varied group of elephants. Was the wooly mammoth one of your extinct ancestors? T: Yes, and it’s our turn to join them now, isn’t it? R: I’m not surprised- I’m told that not very long ago you walked the forests of this sub-continent. What happened? T: In the 4th century, our country, our ancestors roamed the dry tracts of Panjab and Saurashtra- today our range has shrunk to the forested hilly tracts of Soth India, Central India, the Himalayan foothills and the northeastern states. The once long, continuous stretches of forests are now intersected by roads, breaking them up into fragments, which cannot be our home. Habitat loss and poaching has reduced our population to around 15000 only.

Std.:-9 th Sub:-English R: That is truly a tragedy. We must promise to say no to ivory and other wildlife products, to help protect gentle giants like you. Thank you and good bye! T: Goodbye, pal ! It’s nice to know that young folk care.

Std.:-9 th Sub:-English He shouted and ran for the house. “Mother, come! Hurry! He panted. “What’s the matter? I’m making some sweets and don’t like to stop!” “You must come this minute before it’s too late,” he cried. Wiping her hands, mother hurried into the yard. Ranjit grabbed her sari and said, “Sh! Don’t make a bit of noise.”He pointed to the upstairs window. “ See!” Through a hole in the screen of the open window came a little squirrel, his bushy tall waving, carrying a nut in his mouth. Complacently he sat on the ledge of the window, holding a large nut in his paws, trying to open it with his teeth. ( Add picture of two parted friends)

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