Balbharati solutions for Integrated 8 Standard Part 2 [English Medium] Maharashtra State Board chapter 2.3 - The Worm [2023 edition]

'Worms play a very important role in maintaining ecological balance. They are friends of farmers.'

Form groups and discuss the significance of worms in the above two roles.

Think and write down how the following creature can be useful:

Dragon fly: 

Think and write down how the following creature can be useful:

Spider:

Think and write down how the following creature can be useful:

Ants:

Think and write down how the following creature can be useful:

Honeybees:

Think and write down how the following creature can be useful:

Earthworms:

Little creatures in nature can also be your teachers. Think and write what we can learn from the following.

Bees:

Little creatures in nature can also be your teachers. Think and write what we can learn from the following.

Ants:

Little creatures in nature can also be your teachers. Think and write what we can learn from the following.

Spiders:

Little creatures in nature can also be your teachers. Think and write what we can learn from the following.

Caterpillars:

Breeding worms to use them to convert organic waste into fertilizer is called Vermiculture or vermicomposting.
Find out more about Vermiculture and how you can carry out the same in your garden/backyard, to fertilize your plants at home.

Read the poem aloud and you will find some old outdated words that we do not use in the everyday language now.

However, some writers/poets use them to impart an old-fashioned flavour to suit the background of their write-up. Such words are called Archaic words.

Give the modern words for the archaic words from the poem.

• thy
• being 
• bestow'd
• thee
• thou
• cans't

Pick out any two lines from the poem that contain an Apostrophe.

Think and answer in your own words in your notebook.

Why does the poet appeal to us, to respect the life of a worm?

Think and answer in your own words in your notebook.

Why do you think God created worms? What is their ecological importance?

Think and answer in your own words in your notebook.

‘Live and let live’ is a famous proverb. Which lines from the poem support this proverb?

Think and answer in your own words in your notebook.

Does the poem urge us to protect only worms? What is the general message conveyed through this poem?

Find from the library or internet other poems composed on tiny living creatures. Try to understand the message in each of them.

‘Even small things in nature play a big role. So protect nature!’

Frame some slogans based on the above topic.

'Even small things in nature play a big role. So protect nature!'

Draft a short speech on the above topic, which you could give at your school assembly.

Use the following steps while drafting.

• Greeting
• Salutation
• Self - Introduction
• Introduction of the topic
• Body of the Speech
• Conclusion
• Expression of gratitude to audience

Paraphrase the poem in your own simple language. Write it down in your notebook.

Frame a pointwise Analysis of the poem ‘The worm’. Use the following points.

1. Poem and poet:
2. Theme:
3. Tone:
4. Structure and stanzas:
5. Rhyme and Rhythm:
6. Language and Imagery:
7. Figures of Speech: