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Question
Form pairs. Imagine you are a pair of Trojans and you have come to know about Odysseus’s plan. Make a counter plan to defeat the Greeks. Write down your plan as you would explain it to your fellow Trojans.
Solution
- Listen to Trojan, I have come to know from one of our Spies about Odysseus’s plan that the big wooden horse that will come close to us won’t be an offering to the god of the sea, but it is a conspiracy.
- There will be many soldiers hidden inside that wooden horse who will attack us on reaching there.
- So I have a plan: we will pretend to show them that we are assuming a wooden horse as our destiny and as an offering to the god of the sea. But as soon as that horse will come close to us we will destroy it with cannons and save our Troy.
RELATED QUESTIONS
Why? : Form groups of five. Choose a familiar character from any one of the epics you know. One person from the group plays the role of that character. Others in the group frame questions related to that character’s life. The condition is that all the questions should begin with ‘Why ... ?’. They interview the character using these ‘Why-?’ questions. Practice and present the interview in the classroom.
Prepare a short script for your interviews.
Correct the following sentence using facts from the passage.
Troy traded in cattle and grass, with other cities.
Correct the following sentence using facts from the passage.
During the war, Trojans jumped over the fort gates to fight the enemy.
Correct the following sentence using facts from the passage.
Helen eloped with Menelaus.
Correct the following sentence using facts from the passage.
The Greek armies and heroes always defeated the Trojans.
Correct the following sentence using facts from the passage.
Both the enemies were eager to continue fighting.
Find and write the Greek and Trojan names used in the story (Part I and II).
List all the words related to ‘war’ from both parts of the story.
Note the following construction carefully and then use them to express your ideas:
A horse big enough to hold men inside it.
______ enough to ______.
Note the following construction carefully and then use them to express your ideas:
The Greeks were tired of the long war.
______ tired of ______.
Note the following construction carefully and then use them to express your ideas:
They are afraid of the long voyage home, too.
______ afraid of______ .
Note the following construction carefully and then use them to express your ideas:
They were so excited that they paid no attention to his words.
______ so ______ that ______.
Do you know stories from any epics or mythological poems?
If you could visit a place in the ancient world or the mythological world, which place would you choose? Which event would you like to see?
How did the location of Troy help it to grow into a very rich/ prosperous city?
What was the cause of the ten-year-old war between the Greeks and Trojans?
Read the story and ‘retell’ it in your mother tongue. When you ‘retell’ a story, you tell it using your style and not translate it word by word. (Part I)
Underline the subject in the following sentence:
Paris had brought her to Troy.
Underline the subject in the following sentence:
The Greeks waited to take revenge on Troy.
Underline the subject in the following sentence:
The Greek armies sailed to Troy.
Underline the subject in the following sentence:
The Trojans, too, fought hard.
Was it enough to use the wooden horse to hide?
What reckless/ thoughtless step did the Trojan’s take?
How did the Greek ships remain hidden from Troy?
Refer to the Language Study pages and read the following entries:
- word
- phrase
- clause
- sentence.
A phrase is a meaningful group of words. Read the following phrases:
- The wise Odysseus
- A great horse of wood
- A skilful engineer
- The greatest heroes
- The secret of opening and shutting the entrance
- On the seashore outside the walls
- In the darkness
- Watching for the return of the fleet
- Part of their strong wall
Write three phrases on your own.
Identify one example of a main clause and one example of a dependent clause from page 74.
