MULTIMEDIA PRESENTATION THROUGH POWER POINT

NAME : RESHMA MENON R REG NO : 13 384 010 OPTION : ENGLISH

THE BAT

THEODORE ROETHKE

INTRODUCTION

• The presentation is prepared for teaching the poem` The Bat’ in Std VIII.

• In this poem ‘The Bat’ the poet says about the bat ,which is at once a dear one at day time and a fearful manner at night .It may thought that the poet is saying about his own experience in younger days.

AUTHOR

• Theodore Roethke was born in Michigan , U.S. In 1957, he published a collection of works that included forty three new poems titled ‘Words For The Wind ’, for which he was awarded many titles. During the last years of his life, he had composed sixty one new poems that were published as ‘The Collected Poems’ in 1964 which received the National Book Award in 1966.

NEW WORDS

• Attic - a space just below the roof of the house• Loops - to fly in a circular direction• Amiss - wrong

Rhyming Words

Mouse- houseHead - deadNight - lightScreen- seenPlace - face

Questions

• What will the bat do at night?• What makes people afraid of bat?• What is its house?• What the bat likes in an aging house?

Activity

• Write a poem about a bird which you like most?

Reference

• VIII Standard English Course Book• VIII Standard English Source Book