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Noses
The Little Fir Tree
UNIT-2
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Noses
The Little Fir Tree
UNIT-2
2024-25
Noses
Let’s read and sing
I looked in the mirror
and looked at my nose:
it’s the funniest thing,
the way it grows
stuck right out where all of it shows
with two little holes where the
breathing goes.
I looked in the mirror
and saw in there
the end of my chin
and the start of my hair
and between there
isn’t much space to spare with my nose,
like a handle, sticking there.
If ever you want
to giggle and shout
and can’t think of what
to do it about,
just look in the mirror and then, no doubt,
you’ll see how funny YOUR nose
sticks out!
– Aileen Fisher
19
2024-25
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Noses
The Little Fir Tree
UNIT-2
2024-25
Noses
Let’s read and sing
I looked in the mirror
and looked at my nose:
it’s the funniest thing,
the way it grows
stuck right out where all of it shows
with two little holes where the
breathing goes.
I looked in the mirror
and saw in there
the end of my chin
and the start of my hair
and between there
isn’t much space to spare with my nose,
like a handle, sticking there.
If ever you want
to giggle and shout
and can’t think of what
to do it about,
just look in the mirror and then, no doubt,
you’ll see how funny YOUR nose
sticks out!
– Aileen Fisher
19
2024-25
Noses
New words
mirror, funniest, breathing, sticking, giggle
19
Reading is fun
Let’s talk
1. Why does the poet feel that the nose is a funny
thing?
2. Why is your nose important for you?
3. Does the child in the poem like her nose? Why
do you think so?
1. Describe a few funny things you have seen.
Do they make you laugh?
2. What does ‘features’ mean? Look up the
dictionary. What are the different kinds of
features of people we come across in the world?
Discuss.
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Noses
The Little Fir Tree
UNIT-2
2024-25
Noses
Let’s read and sing
I looked in the mirror
and looked at my nose:
it’s the funniest thing,
the way it grows
stuck right out where all of it shows
with two little holes where the
breathing goes.
I looked in the mirror
and saw in there
the end of my chin
and the start of my hair
and between there
isn’t much space to spare with my nose,
like a handle, sticking there.
If ever you want
to giggle and shout
and can’t think of what
to do it about,
just look in the mirror and then, no doubt,
you’ll see how funny YOUR nose
sticks out!
– Aileen Fisher
19
2024-25
Noses
New words
mirror, funniest, breathing, sticking, giggle
19
Reading is fun
Let’s talk
1. Why does the poet feel that the nose is a funny
thing?
2. Why is your nose important for you?
3. Does the child in the poem like her nose? Why
do you think so?
1. Describe a few funny things you have seen.
Do they make you laugh?
2. What does ‘features’ mean? Look up the
dictionary. What are the different kinds of
features of people we come across in the world?
Discuss.
2024-25
Fun time
1. Sit in groups.
2. Look at your friend's face and describe what you see.
Use words like , , , , ,
to help you. You can use other words also.
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3. What is your
favourite fruit?
Describe it in five
sentences.
long round oval slanted sharp flat
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Sing this song and march as you sing.
When you come to ginger, take two steps back
and say 2 - 3. Then start again.
There was a girl
So tall and thin and fair
Her hair, her hair was the delicate shade of ginger.
Let’s sing
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Noses
The Little Fir Tree
UNIT-2
2024-25
Noses
Let’s read and sing
I looked in the mirror
and looked at my nose:
it’s the funniest thing,
the way it grows
stuck right out where all of it shows
with two little holes where the
breathing goes.
I looked in the mirror
and saw in there
the end of my chin
and the start of my hair
and between there
isn’t much space to spare with my nose,
like a handle, sticking there.
If ever you want
to giggle and shout
and can’t think of what
to do it about,
just look in the mirror and then, no doubt,
you’ll see how funny YOUR nose
sticks out!
– Aileen Fisher
19
2024-25
Noses
New words
mirror, funniest, breathing, sticking, giggle
19
Reading is fun
Let’s talk
1. Why does the poet feel that the nose is a funny
thing?
2. Why is your nose important for you?
3. Does the child in the poem like her nose? Why
do you think so?
1. Describe a few funny things you have seen.
Do they make you laugh?
2. What does ‘features’ mean? Look up the
dictionary. What are the different kinds of
features of people we come across in the world?
Discuss.
2024-25
Fun time
1. Sit in groups.
2. Look at your friend's face and describe what you see.
Use words like , , , , ,
to help you. You can use other words also.
_________________________________________________
_________________________________________________
_________________________________________________
3. What is your
favourite fruit?
Describe it in five
sentences.
long round oval slanted sharp flat
21 20
Sing this song and march as you sing.
When you come to ginger, take two steps back
and say 2 - 3. Then start again.
There was a girl
So tall and thin and fair
Her hair, her hair was the delicate shade of ginger.
Let’s sing
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l
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(a) How does it smell?
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(b) How does it look?
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(c) How does it feel?
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(d) When you bite it what sound does it make?
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(e) How does it taste?
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Close your right nostril with your right thumb.
Inhale slowly through your left nostril till your
lungs are filled with air.
Now close your left nostril with your second and
third fingers.
Remove your finger from the right nostril and
exhale through it.
Repeat this exercise, slowly in the beginning, and
with practice, increase your speed.
Let’s exercise
A breathing exercise
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