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Class-VI Subject: English
Day : 07-04-2020
Chapter 1.Tom has a Toothache (Mark Twain)
Warming up:
- Which is your favorite day of the week and why?
-What do you mean by ‘Monday Blues’?
About the author:
Mark Twain (1835-1910), pen name of Samuel Langhorne Clemens, was an American novelist and
publisher. Twain quit school to be an apprentice to a printer, where he learnt how to typeset and print
books and newspapers. This was the trade he worked in for many years, while also educating himself
through extensive reading. He is best known for his series of books featuring Tom Sawyer, especially the
novels The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.
Learning outcome :
-talks about self,family,home,friends and pets
-facing real life situations,overcoming the hurdles
-learning anagrams and phrasal verbs
Understanding of the chapter:
-a young boy named Tom experiences Monday blues - tries to invent a reason to skip school-beginning
of another week’s slow suffering in school - first pretended to be sick – then severe stomach pain –
finally upper front tooth ache – tried his best to wake up Sid – after much efforts Sid got up and
informed Aunt Polly that Tom was dying - She caught his outrageousness when he told his sore toe was
mortified instead of toothache –she understood he wanted to stay home from school – she told him not
to break her heart as she loved him so much
Text :
Monday morning found Tom Sawyer miserable. Monday morning always found him so -- because it
began another week's slow suffering in school. He generally began that day with wishing he had had no
intervening holiday, it made the going into captivity and fetters again so much more odious.
Tom lay thinking. Presently it occurred to him that he wished he was sick; then he could stay home from
school. Here was a vague possibility. He canvassed his system. No ailment was found, and he
investigated again. This time he thought he could detect colicky symptoms, and he began to encourage
them with considerable hope. But they soon grew feeble, and presently died wholly away. He reflected
further. Suddenly he discovered something. One of his upper front teeth was loose. This was lucky; he
was about to begin to groan, as a "starter," as he called it, when it occurred to him that if he came into
court with that argument, his aunt would pull it out, and that would hurt. So he thought he would hold the
tooth in reserve for the present, and seek further. Nothing offered for some little time, and then he
remembered hearing the doctor tell about a certain thing that laid up a patient for two or three weeks and
threatened to make him lose a finger. So the boy eagerly drew his sore toe from under the sheet and held
it up for inspection. But now he did not know the necessary symptoms. However, it seemed well worth
while to chance it, so he fell to groaning with considerable spirit.
But Sid slept on unconscious.
Tom groaned louder, and fancied that he began to feel pain in the toe.
No result from Sid.
Tom was panting with his exertions by this time. He took a rest and then swelled himself up and fetched a
succession of admirable groans.
Sid snored on.
Tom was aggravated. He said, "Sid, Sid!" and shook him. This course worked well, and Tom began to
groan again. Sid yawned, stretched, then brought himself up on his elbow with a snort, and began to
stare at Tom. Tom went on groaning. Sid said:
"Tom! Say, Tom!" [No response.] "Here, Tom! Tom! What is the matter, Tom?" And he shook him and
looked in his face anxiously.
Tom moaned out:
"Oh, don't, Sid. Don't joggle me."
"Why, what's the matter, Tom? I must call auntie."
"No -- never mind. It'll be over by and by, maybe. Don't call anybody."
"But I must! Don't groan so, Tom, it's awful. How long you been this way?"
"Hours. Ouch! Oh, don't stir so, Sid, you'll kill me."
"Tom, why didn't you wake me sooner ? Oh, Tom, Don't! It makes my flesh crawl to hear you. Tom, what
is the matter?"
"I forgive you everything, Sid. [Groan.] Everything you've ever done to me. When I'm gone --"
"Oh, Tom, you ain't dying, are you? Don't, Tom -- oh, don't. Maybe --" continued……
I.Answer the following questions:
a)What did Tom wish to be on a Monday morning?
b) What ailments did Tom consider having?
e)How did Tom try to get Sid’s attention?
f) Find Synonym of ‘decayed’ from the outline of the story.
g) antonym of ‘delight’ from the outline of the story.
II.Answer the following questions with reference to context:
“Tom, why didn’t you wake me sooner?”
a)Who said this and to whom?
b)What was making the speaker frightened?
c)What was the speaker doing before saying this?
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