Trip To Ooty (Prose)

(Prose – Term II, Std VI)

Warm Up

• Look at the pictures and describe them in groups.
• Discuss:
  1. Where would you like to go for a picnic?
  2. With friends or parents?
  3. How do you prepare?
  4. Why do schools arrange educational trips?

Section I – Reading (Teacher reads aloud)

Letter extract – Coimbatore, 20.11.2017
Dear Malli,
Twenty girls & boys of class six, plus three teachers (Geetha madam leading), set off for Ooty.
Grandma had often praised the toy-train ride—spectacular slopes, birds, dancing trees.
Stepping into the blue-and-cream wooden compartment I bubbled with excitement; cushioned seats, oil-painted walls, mesh luggage rack.
“Hi Fatima, reserved a seat for you!”
Train jerked, hooted, snaked uphill slowly.
Muthu boasted he could walk alongside; teacher ordered him back—girls sniggered.

Quick check

1. Where did they go?
2. Why did Muthu say he could walk beside the train?
3. Why did the girls snigger?

Section II – Silent reading (underline scenery sentences)

Purple-blue mountains backdrop green tea estates; monkeys racing, babies clinging.
One monkey snatched a banana from a girl leaning out—she screamed; Muthu now sniggered.
Misty clouds drifted like a dream sequence; bubbling stream, small waterfall, blue crowned bird.
Sudden thud—train halted. Children poured out despite Geetha madam’s calls.

Discuss

1. Why the scream?
2. Why step out?
3. Describe the mountain beauty.

Section III – Partner reading & discussion

Baby elephant sitting on track; mother trumpeting.
Driver failed to coax it with bananas.
Muthu’s presence-of-mind: lured baby off track step-by-step with bananas; mother calmed.
Train delayed 30 min, then chugged on.
Memory treasure: wind-swept tea estates, cloud-capped peaks, bird-music, murmuring streams—and elephants!

Think & answer

1. What made the trip unforgettable?
2. Explain “presence of mind” with Muthu’s act.
3. Difference between toy train (slow, scenic) & normal train (fast, blurred).

Read & Understand

MCQ

1. Merlin thrilled because…
   b) she had heard of the beautiful toy-train journey.
2. Teacher asked kids to sit because…
   c) the train was about to move.
3. Kids rushed out because…
   b) they wanted to see what had happened.
4. People made sounds to…
   a) move the baby elephant.
5. We miss landscape from fast trains because…
   d) the speed blurs the view.

Story Map (Recall & complete)
Arranged trip → boarded toy train → scenery & monkeys → elephant on track → Muthu’s trick → memorable day.

Vocabulary

Complete words from meanings

1. spectacular
2. excited
3. delicious
4. scream
5. frightened

Syllable split
Won-der-ful, be-hind, ba-na-nas, ex-cite-ment, snatch, win-dows, thud, eve-ry-one.

Listening (Teacher reads) – Tick right option

1. Altitude: 2240 m
2. Old name: Oththai-Kal Mandu
3. Max summer: 25 °C
4. Tribals: Todas
5. Summer capital: Madras Presidency

Speaking

Describe a recent trip in groups—place, people, activities, sights, food, feelings—then present to class.

Grammar at a Glance

Simple Present vs Present Progressive
Facts / habits: “The toy train chugs slowly.”
Now / around now: “The monkeys are racing along the track.”

Simple Past vs Past Progressive
Completed: “The train stopped with a thud.”
Overlapping: “While we were climbing, the clouds were drifting.”

Exercises K-N (select, fill, conjugate) provided in textbook pages.

Writing

Informal Letter format (sender’s address, date, salutation, body, subscription).
Sample given—Jency to Rosy about new house & Ooty story.
Task: Write a letter to a cousin describing your own hill-station trip.

Creative Writing
Prasanth & Deepak plan Munnar holidays—dialogue covering days, transport, route, hotel, spots, packing list.

Poem Supplement

“From a Railway Carriage” – R. L. Stevenson
Rapid rhythm mimics train motion; glimpses—bridges, houses, child, tramp, mill, river—each gone forever.
Activities: pick similes, rhymes, write 50-word scene, compose cinquain poems.

ICT Corner

Install “Trip to Ooty” app via QR code; navigate toy-train game, note new words, speak about favourite travel moment.

Steps to Success / Connecting to Self

Eco-friendly tourist behaviour; sequence logical order of travel events; share personal experience of balancing curiosity & safety.

Practice Practice Exercises

1. Where would you like to go for a picnic?

2. Would you like to go with your friends or parents?

3. How do you prepare yourself for a picnic?

4. Why do we arrange educational trip in schools?

Srinath : hospital.

Srinath : No, I to see my friend

Srinath : .

Vimala : Are you tomorrow?