1.1 What Counts Is Trying 20q6u

What counts is Trying A1. Good and Bad Sportsman: Working in pairs, write the qualities of a sportsman in the web by filling the call outs: Web Good Sportsmen

Bad sportsmen

A2. My Experience: Look at the following points. Share your experiences in pairs for about 2 minutes:      

The game you played firs t in your life. Your feelings when you won a match Your feelings when you won a match Your feelings when you lost Your preparation and readiness Is winning always important?

A3. Winning and losing: Share your experience with your partner about the game you played last. Now use the words given below and categorize them into two columns: Happy, sad, dejected, angry, jubilant, determined, overjoyed, frustrated, low, proud, in air. When you won

When you lost

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A4. Listen and Check: First look at the words of advice normally given by the parents. Ask one of your friends to read the poem aloud in the class. As you listen put a tick mark for the advice given by the parent to t he child in this poem. 1. 2. 3. 4.

Don‟t be afraid Lose like a champion Perform your best Pray before you start

5. 6. 7. 8.

What courts is trying Don‟t give up Don‟t cry Blame others for your failure

What counts is Trying This is your first game, my child. I hope you win. I hope you win for your sake, not mine. Because winning‟s nice. It‟s a good feeling. Like the whole world is yours. But it es, this feeling. And what lasts is what you‟ve learned. And what you learn about is life. That‟s what sports is all about, Life. The whole thing is played out in an afternoon. The happiness of life. The miseries. The joys. The heartbreaks. There‟s no telling what‟ll turn up. There‟s no telling whether they‟ll toss you out in the first Five minutes or whether you‟ll stay for the long haul. There‟s no telling how you‟ll do. You might be a hero or you might be absolutely nothing. There‟s just no telling. Too much depends on chance. On how the ball bounces. I‟m not talking about the game, my child. I‟m talking about life. But it‟s life that the game is all about. Just as I said. Because every game is life. And life is a game.

A serious game Dead serious. But, that‟s what you do with serious things. You do your best. You take what comes. You take what comes And you run with it. Winning is fun. Sure. But winning is not the point. Wanting to win is the point. Not giving up is the point. Never being satisfied with what you‟ve done is the point. Never letting up is the point. Never letting anyone down is the point. Play to win. Sure. But lose like a champion. Because it‟s not winning that counts. What counts is trying. A5. One – liners Divide the class into six groups. Write one liner related to life and discuss the one liner within groups and make a presentation in the class.  Life is an ice-cream, enjoy it before it melts!  Life is _____  Life is _____  Life is _____ Glossary: 1) 2) 3) 4)

Lasts: Toss: Haul. Counts:

continues for a particular period of time. throw carelessly Distance or route which one travels in particular journey consider in a particular way

Winning is fun. Sure. But winning is not the point. Wanting to win is the point. Not giving up s the point. Never being satisfied with what you‟ve done is the point. Never letting up is the point. Never letting anyone down is the point. Play to win. Sure. But lose like a champion. Because it‟s not winning that counts. What counts is trying. A6. Prepare a poster You know, for success, trying is important along with many other things. Complete the following with your own expressions.     

What counts is trying What counts is ________ What counts is ________ What counts is ________ What counts is ________

A7. Vocabulary: Work in pairs and match the phrases/idioms given under column A with their meanings given under column B. Column A 1. Turn up 2. Giving up 3. Letting up 4. Letting anyone down

Column B a. in order to help somebody b. to accept something c. happen especially by chance d. it happens

5. 6. 7. 8. 9.

For one‟s sake Take what comes Played out Stay for Run with

e. continue to be in a place f. accept something g. failing to help or h. stop trying to do something i. making less efforts

A8. The point: Read the poem and complete the following. You may work in pairs. Go through the poem and write down. What is the point what is not the point  to * _______  _________ * _______  _________  _________  _________ A9. Read the poem and answer the following questions: 1. What cannot be predicted? 2. What kind of a game is life, according to the speaker? 3. Is the speaker talking only about the game? What else is he talking about? 4. What is the parent preparing the child for? 5. How is the parent preparing the child to be ready to accept defeat in his life? 6. What is the significance of the title of the poem? 7. “Winning is not the point.” Why, do you think, the poet says so? 8. Imagine that you are about to appear for your Board Exam/any competitive exam. How would your parents encourage you? 9. What message does the poet want to give? 10.What will you do when you are o the verge of losing any match? A10. Repetition

Search for the lines that are repeated and write them. Now discuss with your partner the following and write:  Purpose of the repetition  Effect of the repetition  Look at the punctuation  Call it as Repetition A11. Sound alike. Find the words following each other with a similar sound. Write them and discuss with your partner the following and write.  Purpose  Effect  Call it as Alteration A12. Comparison. Life is a game 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.

What is compared to what? What is common in both? Why is such a comparison made? What is the effect when you compare? Is it direct comparison? What is it called? Discuss with your friend the above questions and write your responses.

A13. Comparison 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.

Lose like a champion What is compared to what? What is common in both? Why is such a comparison made? What is the effect when you compare? Is it direct comparison? What is it called? Discuss with your friend the above questions and write your responses. Compare A12 with A13 Frame your own responses

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Lose like a …..

A14. Read Read the poem again and complete the following statements: 1. Lot of things in life, according to the poet, depend on __ __ __ 2. The poet is talking about ___ and not about__ __ 3. According to the poet life is a __ __ __ game, 4. Winning is not the point says the poet but __ __ __ __ __ to win is the point. 5. The poet wants us to lose like a __ __ __ __ __ __ __. A15. There are many similarities and differences between „life‟ and „Sports‟, categorize them into two balloons. Two Balloons Sports Life

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