MORE ON LEARNING ENGLISH ( MOLE) 71A

• In The Blind Men and the Elephant, by American poet John Godfrey Saxe (1816-1887), six blind men meet an elephant for the first time and each man touches a different part of the elephant and makes predictions about what the elephant is like.

Aims

• • To learn elephant and story-related vocabulary
  • To listen and respond to instructions
  • To learn adjectives to describe objects
  • To listen and understand the general meaning of a story and make predictions
  • To learn an elephant rhyme to practise rhythm and rhyme
  • To help children understand the importance of using all evidence and listening to other people before coming to a conclusion
  • To ask simple yes/no questions using adjectives 
  • Draw four legs.
  • Draw two big ears.
  • Draw a long, thin tail.
  • Draw a long trunk.
  • Draw two tusks.
  • BODY LIKE A BROAD WALL.
  • an orange: round, rough, big, large
  • an apple: round, smooth, hard
  • a table tennis ball: round, light, smooth, small
  • a tennis ball: round, soft
  • sand paper: rough, light
  • a piece of string: thin, long, wiggly
  • a piece of wood: hard
  • a piece of cotton wool: soft, light
  • Once upon a time there were six blind men.
  •  They lived in a town in India. 
  • They thought they were very clever. 
  • One day an elephant came into the town. 
  • The blind men did not know what an elephant looked like but they could smell it and they could hear it. 
  • 'What is this animal like?' they said. 
  • Each man touched a different part of the elephant.
  
  

  • second man touched one of the elephant's tusks. It felt smooth and hard and sharp.

  • ARRANGE IN ORDER OF FIRST,SECOND ETC.,

  • 'An elephant is like a spear,' he said.

  • The first man touched the elephant's body.

    It felt hard, big and wide. 'An elephant is like a wall,' he said.

    The third man touched the elephant's trunk. It felt long and thin and wiggly. 'An elephant is like a snake,' he said.

    The fourth man touched one of the legs. It felt thick and rough and hard and round. 'An elephant is like a tree,' he said.

  • The second man touched one of the elephant's tusks. It felt smooth and hard and sharp.

  • 'An elephant is like a spear,' he said.

  • The third man touched the elephant's trunk. It felt long and thin and wiggly.

    The fifth man touched one of the elephant's ears. It felt thin and it moved. 'An elephant is like a fan,' he said.

    The sixth man touched the elephant's tail. It felt long and thin and strong. 'An elephant is like a rope,' he said.

  •  The fourth man touched one of the legs.

  •  It felt thick and rough and hard and round.

  •  'An elephant is like a tree,' he said.

  • The fifth man touched one of the elephant's ears. It felt thin and it moved.AN ELEPHANT IS LIKE A FAN,

    The sixth man touched the elephant's tail.

  •  It felt long and thin and strong. 

  • 'An elephant is like a rope,' he said. 

  • FIND THE DUPLICATE/REPEAT SENTENCES.

  •  .https://allpoetry.com/The-Blind-Man-And-The-Elephant

  • It was six men of Indostan, to learning much inclined,
    who went to see the elephant (Though all of them were blind),
    that each by observation, might satisfy his mind.

  • HINDUSTHAN INCLINE/MIGHT
    The first approached the elephant, and, happening to fall,
    against his broad and sturdy side, at once began to bawl:
    "God bless me! but the elephant, is nothing but a wall!"

  • FALL,BROAD, STURDY, BAWL.

  • The second feeling of the tusk, cried: "Ho! what have we here,
    so very round and smooth and sharp? To me tis mighty clear,
    this wonder of an elephant, is very like a spear!"

  • TUSK. MIGHTY, SPEAR.
    
    The third approached the animal, and, happening to take,
    the squirming trunk within his hands, "I see," quoth he,
    the elephant is very like a snake!"

  • SQUIRMING,TRUNK,SNAKE

  • The fourth reached out his eager hand, and felt about the knee:

  • "What most this wondrous beast is like, is mighty plain," quoth he;
    "Tis clear enough the elephant is very like a tree."

  • WONDROUS/BEAST. 
    
    The fifth, who chanced to touch the ear, Said; "E'en the blindest man
    can tell what this resembles most; Deny the fact who can,
    This marvel of an elephant, is very like a fan!"

  • CHANCED/RESEMBLES/ DENY MARVEL

  • The sixth no sooner had begun, about the beast to grope,
    than, seizing on the swinging tail, that fell within his scope,
    "I see," quothe he, "the elephant is very like a rope!"

  • GROPE/SEIZE/ SWING/ SCOPE.

  • And so these men of Indostan, disputed loud and long,
    each in his own opinion, exceeding stiff and strong,
    Though each was partly in the right, and all were in the wrong!

  • DISPUTED/ STIFF/ 
    
    So, oft in theologic wars, the disputants, I ween,
    tread on in utter ignorance, of what each other mean,
    and prate about the elephant, not one of them has seen!

  • TREAD/ PRATE/ 

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  • The poem highlights the importance of considering multiple perspectives and seeking a comprehensive understanding rather than relying on partial or incomplete information. It also critiques the tendency for individuals to cling to their own beliefs and dismiss opposing viewpoints, a flaw that persists in modern society.

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  • https://youtu.be/nAko2FQrBv8?si=LJzp8OPxKPEZit2K 

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