Balbharati solutions for Integrated 8 Standard Part 2 [Marathi Medium] Maharashtra State Board chapter 2.1 - Try Again [Latest edition]

What do you like - poems or stories?

What kind of poems do you enjoy the most?

Do you think poems can inspire us?

Do you remember any such inspiring poem? 

When did you learn or listen to it?

What message do you get from it? 

Form groups of six each. Everyone from the group should share an experience or a situation, where at first, he / she experienced failure, but ofter continuous efforts, achieved success. 

Decide which experience shared in the group is the remarkable. Fill the flow chart with the steps taken for success.

See the images. Rearrange and write the proper line numbers for each, from those given below.

1. The spider climbed again, a little higher.
2. Yet, it did not give up and climbed higher and higher.
3. it slipped and fell down.
4. A spider began to climb a wall.
5. Finally, it reached the top.
6. It fell dwn again, th second time.

Moral: ____________

What should you do when you fail, at first?

When do we generally feel ashamed?

What rules must be always kept in mind?

The following Anagram contains a word/phrase from the poem.
Guess and write what they are.

rainy tag =

The following Anagram contains a word/phrase from the poem.
Guess and write what they are.

our cage = 

The following Anagram contains a word/phrase from the poem.
Guess and write what they are.

vet sir =

The following Anagram contains a word/phrase from the poem.
Guess and write what they are. 

red raw = 

The following Anagram contains a word/phrase from the poem.
Guess and write what they are.

tap niece = 

The following Anagram contains a word/phrase from the poem.
Guess and write what they are.

serve peer = 

Pick out a line that conveys the following from the poem.

If you keep trying, without a doubt, you shall win.

Pick out a line that conveys the following from the poem.

It is not shameful to struggle hard. 

Pick out a line that conveys the following from the poem.

When others can do the work, so can you, if you keep trying patiently.

Pick out a line that conveys the following from the poem.

When you fail in your first attempt, make another one. 

Find from the poem the Antonym (opposite word) for the following.

succeed × 

Find from the poem the Antonym (opposite word) for the following.

punishment × 

Find from the poem the Antonym (opposite word) for the following.

courage × 

Find from the poem the Antonym (opposite word) for the following.

stop/quit =  

Find from the poem the Antonym (opposite word) for the following.

lose = 

Answer in your own words.

What lesson should be kept always in mind? 

What should someone who loses a race, do? 

What quality is important when you are struggling for success?

When can success have a greater value – when you get it easily or with difficulty? 

Read the poem and fill in the web choosing points from it.

Most lines from the poem can serve as a Truth or a Proverb. Pick out 3 or 4 such lines. 

Using decorative styles, write the same lines to make a poster / posters and with permission put them up in your school building.