His first flight summary and quiz class 10 Unit 3

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1. Leela Sahithya Ch.100%
2. Yeluri Ujwala, NOS100%
3. Yeshaswini M.93.33%
4. N. Vishnu Priya90%
5. Ramyasree P.90%
6. Nikhitha Ch.90%
7. Kruthi Reddy P.80%
8. P. Tejasree Reddy80%
9. P. Lakshmi Chaitra70%
10. K. Bhanu Sree70%
11. P. Ambarish, NOS63.33%

Notes/Meanings:

Vocabulary Meanings from ‘His First Flight’

Expression from the TextMeaning
when he had taken a little runwhen he ran a small distance
flap his wingsmove his wings up and down to fly
the great expanse of sea stretched down beneaththe big wide sea was far below
He failed to muster up courage to take that plungehe could not become brave enough to jump
…which appeared to him so desperatewhich looked very dangerous or scary to him
pretended to be falling asleepacted like he was sleeping
lying on the plateau dozingresting and almost sleeping on the flat high land
with their heads sunk into their neckswith their heads bent down and close to their bodies
His father was preening the feathers on his white backhis father was cleaning and fixing his feathers
humpa small raised area or bump
her white breast thrust forwardher chest pushed out in front
she tore at a piece of fish and scrapped each side of her beak on the rockshe pulled the fish with her beak and rubbed it on the rock
the sight of the food maddened himseeing the food made him very hungry and restless
how he loved to tear food that way, scrapping his beakhe liked pulling food and rubbing his beak like that
now and againsometimes; not often
whetto make something (like the beak) sharp
she screamed back derisivelyshe shouted back in a mocking or teasing way
then a monstrous terror seized himthen a huge fear grabbed him
He could feel the tips of his wings cutting through the airhe felt the ends of his wings moving through the air
He was soaring gradually downwards and upwardshe was flying smoothly, going down and up
He was no longer afraidhe was not scared anymore
His mother swooped past himhis mother flew down fast near him
curveting and bankingturning and moving in the air like a dance or flight trick
Then he completely forgot that he had not always been able to flyhe forgot that he once did not know how to fly
He commended himself to dive and soar and curve, shrieking shrillyhe proudly flew up and down and turned in the air, shouting with joy
facing straight out over the oceanlooking directly over the sea
cawed amusedlymade a happy bird sound (like laughing)
They were beckoning to him, calling shrillythey were asking him to come, calling in loud high voices
His legs sank into ithis legs went down into the water
He screamed with frighthe shouted because he was scared
exhausted by the strange exercisevery tired from the new and hard activity
His belly touched it and he sank no fartherhis stomach touched the water and he didn’t go down anymore
he was floating on ithe was staying on top of the water without sinking
their beaks were offering him scraps of dog fishthey were giving him small pieces of a fish called dogfish using their beaks

Summary of the lesson:

A young seagull was too scared to fly. He saw his siblings fly away, but he couldn’t bring himself to jump off the ledge. His parents tried to encourage him, and then threatened to leave him starving, but nothing worked.

For a whole day, the young seagull watched his family learn to fly and catch fish. He grew terribly hungry, especially when his older brother proudly showed off his first catch. The sun beat down on the young seagull, and he felt weak and alone.

Pretending to be asleep didn’t fool his parents. They ignored him, except for his mother. She stood nearby, tearing at a piece of fish. The sight of the food was torture for the young seagull. He cried out, begging for some.

His mother finally flew towards him with the food. But just as he was about to get it, she stopped, holding it out of reach. Driven mad by hunger, he launched himself towards the fish.

Suddenly, he was falling! Terror gripped him. Then a miraculous thing happened – his wings spread wide. The wind pushed against him, and instead of plummeting to his death, he began to soar!

Fear turned into joy. He flapped his wings and rose higher. His mother swooped by, encouraging him. His father and siblings joined in, circling and diving around him. The young seagull, forgetting his earlier terror, followed their lead.

He flew out over the wide ocean, feeling the wind on his feathers. Everything looked different and exciting from the air. Soon, his family landed on the green surface of the sea and called him to join them. He tried to land but splashed into the water! Exhausted and scared again, he started to sink.

But then he realized the water was holding him afloat. His family gathered around, cheering and giving him bits of fish. The young seagull had taken his first flight!

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