7.

1 Fear At The
Top

There seems to be a
moment
when everything
stands still.
Your heart begins to
race,
as you look down the
hill.

With the ski poles by

your side
as you try to loose your
fear.
Making one more gut

With the new snow blowing

as the wind goes whistling by.
You hope to make it down
as you turn to say goodbye

Your adrenalin starts

to pump
as you push off down
the hill.
And all of your
emotions build
into this heightened
thrill.

Then as you reach the

bottom
and your heart rate
settles down.
Then you get this big
smile
as you slowly turn
around.

 Ski- long flat narrow piece of wood

metal or plastic that are fastened to
boots so that one can More easily on
the snow or water

 Severe very hard

 Thrill a sudden feeling of

excitement

 Emotions a feeling such as

happiness, love, fear or hatred

 Gut- reaction or feeling that you are

right although you cannot give
reasons for it

 Adrenalin- chemical produced by

your body when you are afraid, angry
or excited, which makes your
heartbeat faster

A-2 match the instruments & games

Cues

Snooker

Racket

Skiing

Bat

Hockey

Stick

Tennis

Club

Cricket

Ski

Golf

A-3 match
Cross country skiing

Down hill skiing

On ice

Ice- skating

Jogging on skis

Surfing

On mountain with skis

On water

A-4

As you come down your heart begins

to race
The ski poles are held
tight
The wind makes
a whistling sound
You get big smile when you
reach the bottom of the hill
As you come down you hope that
it will soon be over

A-5
I
1. when does the poets heart begins
to race ?
The poets hearts begin to race when
he looks down the hill

 How does the poet try to loose fear ?

The poet tries to loose fear by
comforting himself that it is not too
hard

 What does the poet hope?

The poet hopes that he would be
able to go down the hill without any
problem

 When does the poet get a smile on

his face?
The poet gets a smile on his face
when he reaches the bottom of the
hill.

 How can we relate the poem to human life?

Human life is also very much like the sport of
skiing , before actually taking up an activity we
are nervous whether we will be able to make it
up or not i.e whether we will be successful or
not we may come across some obstacles or we
may stumble down. We may have to leave it in
between. As is the case of skiing we just need
to gather courage and give a little push up
from the top. We shall gradually come to the
winning point(of course a little balancing and
alertness is very important). Any activity we
wish to start we should get the courage and we
will do it . Things will go smoothly. Life is sport,
enjoy it

 Do you feel there is fear at the top ?

Explain.
Fear is feeling that grips a person who is
not confident about his capabilities. For a
person who is there at the top for the
first time gets baffled (confused) and
frightened by the breathtaking height .
He feels that he may stumble down
leading to a serious accident. But once
he jumps off he finds it very exciting and
fear gets converted into a joy of ride . So
in fact there is no fear but just a false
feeling of it.

 How far do you agree with the feeling

of poet? Give reasons.
I agree with the poet completely.
Initially everybody seems to get
frightened by the height through
which they have to go but later on
they seem to enjoy it and when they
touch the finishing line. They come
out with a big smile, showing feeling
of a great achievement.

A-6 Life is sport

Cricket
Cricket is a challenging game .
There should be a co-ordination
among all of us to win the game
Targets are set in cricket that
has to be achieved

In cricket we need to save each

and every run or fours so that
opponents should not score
more
We should have a positive and
winning attitude in cricket and
life

Life
Life is also challinging
In life we need to co-ordinate
with all people , time and other
small things to get our work
done.
Same is the case with life , we
need to set target and work
towards its achievement
In real life we need to save
each and every rupee(i.e we
should not waste money) in
order to make huge profit.
Whereas in life we shall lose
the reputation and the entire
buisness too.

A-7 Musical words

Which words are rhyming

Still-hill
Fear-severe
By-goodbye
Hill-thrill
Down-around

 Why do rhyming words create music?

Rhyming words are the words which
have same tuning at the end . When
we read a poem having words it
please the ears and thus, creates a
musical effect

 What is effect of such music while

reading ?
The musical effect soothes the ears
and develops interest in reading. It
helps to memorize the poem and
spell it out in times of happiness or
sadness . It I s a form of relieving the
stress or exhibiting happiness.

A-8 find out : the poem states many conditions of the

mind of heart . Glance through the poem and list down
s per stanza

Everything stands still.

Heart begins to race
Tries to lose his fear.
Makes one more gut check
Hopes to land safely at the bottom
His adrenaline starts to pump
He at firsts feels frightened but later on enjoys
the ride
The heart beats at the normal rate
There is a big smile on his face

A-9 Feeling and emotions

Hear begins to raceas he looks down the hill

Try to lose fear
when the poet is about to go down the hill
through ski
You hope to make it-
when the poet is about to say good bye to the
ones who are next in the line
Your adrenaline starts to pumpwhen he pushes off to get started to descend
down the hill
Your heart rate settles down
when he has come down the hill without any
trouble.

A-10
what do you mean ?
Heart begins to race
He feels bit nervous as he is unable
to take the decision whether hw
should go or not as he is enchanted
by it

 Making one more gut check

He tries to gain courage by losing
fear. He tries to console himself that
it is not so hard or dangerous as it
seems

 As you turn to say good bye

You have finally made it that you are
going to go down the hill with the
help of ski

 Your adrenaline starts to pump

The hormone adrenaline starts
pouring out so that the heart beats
faster to provide oxygen to the body

 Into this heightened thrill

He was very nervous but later he
becomes happy and excitement to
enjoy the thrill

 And all of your emotions build

As you move down the hill there is
fear , anxiety due to nervousness

 And your heart rate settles down

Finally when the poet comes down
the hill he feels very happy that the
ride is over and his fear has
disappeared

 Then you get this big smile

He become happy and feels proud