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    Indian School Al Ghubra: Class: 6 Subject: English Literature TOPIC: The Shell Falls Apart Date: Name

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    The document provides an overview of the lesson "The Shell Falls Apart" which is an excerpt from the novel "Things Fall Apart" and tells the story of the tortoise and the birds as narrated by Ekweifi to her daughter Ezinma. It explains that the story symbolizes the tortoise's downfall due to his greed which is represented by his cracked shell. The summary includes vocabulary words from the story, questions about plot details and themes, and an activity to analyze qualities of the tortoise character through a diagram.

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    The document provides an overview of the lesson "The Shell Falls Apart" which is an excerpt from the novel "Things Fall Apart" and tells the story of the tortoise and the birds as narrated by Ekweifi to her daughter Ezinma. It explains that the story symbolizes the tortoise's downfall due to his greed which is represented by his cracked shell. The summary includes vocabulary words from the story, questions about plot details and themes, and an activity to analyze qualities of the tortoise character through a diagram.

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    The document provides an overview of the lesson "The Shell Falls Apart" which is an excerpt from the novel "Things Fall Apart" and tells the story of the tortoise and the birds as narrated by Ekweifi to her daughter Ezinma. It explains that the story symbolizes the tortoise's downfall due to his greed which is represented by his cracked shell. The summary includes vocabulary words from the story, questions about plot details and themes, and an activity to analyze qualities of the tortoise character through a diagram.

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    Indian School Al Ghubra: Class: 6 Subject: English Literature TOPIC: The Shell Falls Apart Date: Name

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    INDIAN SCHOOL AL GHUBRA

    CLASS: 6
    SUBJECT: ENGLISH LITERATURE
    TOPIC: The Shell Falls Apart
    DATE: NAME:

    Lesson overview: This lesson is an excerpt from the novel ‘Things Fall Apart’. The story of the tortoise
    and the birds is a fable narrated by Ekweifi to her daughter Ezinma, in the lesson ‘The Shell Falls Apart’.
    The story explains why the tortoise has a cracked shell. The broken tortoise shell is a very important
    component to the story because it symoblizes the tortoise’s downfall because of his greed.

    A. Word Meaning:
    1. Impossible: something that cannot be done or is too hard to achieve
    2. Escaped: to escape or to run away
    3. Orator: someone who is a good public speaker
    4. Grumbled: to complain about someone or something in an annoying way
    5. Gathered: to bring together or collect

    Frame meaningful sentences with the words given above:

    1. _____________________________________________________________________________
    2. ___________________________________________________________________________
    3. ___________________________________________________________________________
    4. ___________________________________________________________________________
    5. ___________________________________________________________________________

    B. Question and answers (in 30 to 40 words):


    1. Why did Tortoise plan to go to the sky?
    Ans: Tortoise from Ekwefi’s story decided to go to the sky because there was a feast in the sky.
    Tortoise had not eaten a good meal for two moons as there was a famine in those days. He thought
    that this would be a good opportunity to eat good food.

    2. What kind of food was served at the feast in the sky?

    3. What happened to Tortoise’s shell in the end?

    C. Reference to the context:


    1. ‘Our host in the sky will expect us to honor the age old custom’.
    i. Who said these words and to whom?
    ii. What was the custom?
    iii. Why did he lie about this custom?

    2. ‘In the end Parrot felt angrier than the others and suddenly changed his mind to take the message’
    i. Who was Parrot angry with and why?
    ii. Why did Parrot agree to take the message?
    iii. What was the message?
    D. Value based question:
    Does the story have a moral? What can we learn by observing the behaviour of the birds and
    Tortoise?

    E. Extrapolation:
    Imagine you are Parrot from the story narrated by Ekwefi. Write about how you felt when you
    realized that Tortoise had cheated you and the birds. Remember to mention how you taught him a
    lesson. (About 120 words)

    F. Activity:
    Draw a web diagram to show the qualities of Tortoise from the lesson ‘The Shell Falls Apart’. Choose
    the appropriate qualities from the box given below to complete the diagram.

    grateful, good orator, clever, kind, sweet tongue, innocent, selfish, ungrateful, foolish, cunning

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