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Prepare the Journey of the Bee Swarm Assignment
Prepare Reading Assignment: The Journey of the Bee Swarm, Sample 1
Main Content: A poetic excerpt describing the daily work of the bee swarm, which involves gathering nectar from everywhere, enduring hardships without hesitation, preserving the fragrance of flowers for life.
Question 1 (page 119 Vietnamese Grade 5 textbook): What details in the first stanza illustrate the endless journey of the bee swarm?
Answer:
- The wings of the bees are soaked in sunlight, and space is the endless road.
- The bee swarm flies throughout life, and time is infinite.
Question 2 (page 119 Vietnamese 5 textbook): Where do the bees search for nectar? What special beauty is there in the places the bees visit?
Answer:
The bees seek flowers in the deep forests, where there are banana groves, and wild banana flowers. They search along the seashore with its gentle waves, where rows of trees soften the storm and gentle flowers bloom. Bees also seek nectar in distant island groups with unnamed blossoms.
Question 3 (page 119 Vietnamese 5 textbook): How do you understand the meaning of the verse 'Everywhere the land finds sweetness'?
Answer:
The bees are diligent and hardworking, flying everywhere in search of nectar. Wherever the bees fly, they find the nectar of flowers, bringing sweet flavors to life.
Question 4 (page 119 Vietnamese 5 textbook): What does the author want to convey about the work of bees through the last two lines of the poem?
Answer:
The poet seeks to praise the bees; they have kept watch over the seasons of faded flowers, extracting nectar from those blooms, providing humanity with sweet honey. Those precious drops of nectar, like preserved remnants of past blossoms, serve to benefit life.
Question 5 (page 119 Vietnamese 5 textbook): Memorize the last two lines of the poem.
Answer:
Students should self-study.
Compose Lesson: The Journey of the Bee Swarm, Sample Lesson 2
1. What details in the first stanza indicate the endless journey of the bee swarm?
Answer:
The details in the first stanza depict the endless journey of the bees
- Signifying the vastness of space: the wings of the bee swarm glisten under the sun, the space stretching along distant roads.
- Indicating the infinity of time: the bees fly throughout their lives, time boundless.
2. Where do the bees search for nectar? What special beauty is there in the places the bees visit?
Answer:
- The bee swarm ventures far and wide in search of nectar: they are present in deep forests, along the shores of roaring seas, and in remote archipelagos. Bees connect various flowers, linking wild forests to distant islands. They are diligent and meticulous: even if the flowers are high in the sky, the bee swarm dares to fly up to bring back fragrant honey.
- Places the bees visit: dense forests abundant with banana flowers, white orchid flowers, distant seas (with rows of trees to shelter from gentle storms during the flowering season), and remote archipelagos (with unnamed blooming flowers).
3. How do you interpret the meaning of the verse 'Everywhere the land finds sweetness'?
Answer:
The verse 'Everywhere the land finds sweetness' means that wherever the diligent and skilled bee swarm goes, they find flowers to make honey, bringing sweet fragrance to life.
4. What does the author aim to convey about the work of bees through the last two lines of the poem?
