LESSON PLANS BY VIJAY KUMAR HEER

Class: VIII Subject: English Book: It So Happened

Chapter name: How the Camel Got its Hump No. of periods required: 04
Date of commencement : As per the teacher diary schedule
Focused Skills and Learning Outcomes: As mentioned below in the objectives of the lesson

Gist of lesson Pedagogy and use of ICT/TLM/ABL/ Question Answers Oral and
Blackboard and other materials and plan of written works
activities to achieve the LOs
SHORT QUESTIONS
The world was new. OBJECTIVES:-
Animals had begun to • To enable the students to their - What did Man ask the three animals
personal experiences. to do at the end of the day?
work for man. The
Ans: Man told them to work double
Camel refused to
time to make up work. The Camel
work. He lived in the • To enable them to develop didn’t work. He told them that he was
middle of the expression skills. leaving the Camel alone.
Howling Desert He
- How did the animals react to man
said “Humph” to • To enable the learners to develop a about working double time? What did
anyone who spoke to
taste for wide reading. they do?
him The Horse went
Ans: The animals got very angry.
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Ans: The Camel came chewing cud.

Horse. The Horse and phrases in their own daily life. He laughed at them. He said
told the man about it.
“Humph” and went away.
In the same way the • To enable them to differentiate -How did the Horse complain against
Dog and the Ox came
between tame animals and wild the Camel without naming him?
and went away. They
ones. Ans: The Horse told the Djinn about
too got the same
• To enable them to think of an Camel’s long neck and long legs. He
reply.
alternative ending to the story. also told that such an animal didn’t
The Man called the work. The Djinn understood it.
PREVIOUS KNOWLEDGE TEST:
Horse, the Dog and - Where did the Djinn find the
Have you seen a camel ? Camel? What was he doing?
the Ox. They were
asked to work double Have you heard its voice and seen its Ans: The Djinn found the Camel near
time in order to make hump ? a pool of water. The Camel was
up the Camel’s work. How the camel would have got it ? looking at his own reflection in it.
The three of them got METHODOLOGY: TEXTUAL QUESTIONS
very angry. Story-telling & demonstration ANSWERS
NEW WORDS: .Q1. What tasks, do you think, were
They complained to
the Djinn against the The camel said “Humph” to anyone who assigned to the dog and the ox?
spoke to him. Ans. The dog was assigned the task of
Camel. The Camel
Trot=running on two legs fetching and carrying things .The ox
did not work. The
was given the task of ploughing
Djinn, master of all The horse asked the camel to trot.
fields.
Deserts assured them Djinn=a spirit Q.2. Why did the camel live in the
that he would set the The Djinn was the master of all the deserts. middle of the desert?
camel right. The Fetch =to go and bring Ans. Camel lived in the middle of the
Djinn found the The dog was assigned the task of fetching desert because he did not want to
Camel looking at his and carrying things. work.
reflection in the pond Plough =till Q.3. what made the dog, the horse
water in the Desert. and the ox very angry?
The ox was assigned the task of ploughing
The Djinn asked him Ans. The dog, the horse and the ox
to work but the the fields. were very angry because man asked
Camel said “humph” Make up = compensate them to work double-time. It was to
only. The man asked the three animals to work compensate for the camel who did not
double -time to make up the camel’s work. work.
The Djinn puffed up
MAIN POINTS: Q.4.How did the Djinn know the
the Camel’s beautiful
In the poem How the Camel got his Hump, horse was complaining against the
back which turned to
Rudyard Kipling compares man with a camel?
be very ugly. It was
camel. Or precisely, he compares man’s Ans. The Djinn was the master of all
his own hump which
posture with that of a camel’s. The poetic the deserts. He knew about all desert
the Camel had
voice expresses here the notion of laziness, animals.When the horse spoke of long
brought upon him by
legs, the Djinn knew he was talking
not working. The and what it eventually does to a man. The of the camel.
Djinn ordered the camel’s hump is absolutely not a pleasant Q.5.The camel was looking at his
Camel to work. He sight to see is what the poet infers. And the own reflection in the pool. What does
refused to work. sight of such a hump is visible to the it suggest to you about the camel?
His hump was a big spectators at a zoo. The poet here Ans. It suggests that the camel loved
associates the hump with inaction. A camel his own image. He considered himself
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to work for three days became his ‘Hump’.

us having to carry a hump, for we have
without eating. He Q.7. What according to the Djinn,
“too little to do”. Here, like a camel bound was the use of the “Hump”?
could live on his
hump. The Djinn in zoo having nothing productive to do, we Ans. According to the Djinn,the hump
asked the Camel to too like the animal might develop a hump had a purpose. It was full of food
behave properly. The when we engage ourselves in simply doing material. With its help,the camel
Camel went away to nothing. Hump is thus a symbol for could survive without food for three
join the three lethargy. days.
animals. The Camel VIDEO LINKS FOR THE LESSON:- Q.8. “------he has never yet learnt to
always has a hump https://youtu.be/9bE13T7qKLQ behave”. In the light of this, what is
from that day. He has https://youtu.be/9fe7e5cN808 the writer’s opinion about the camel?
not caught up with https://youtu.be/JuxO9X5cHSU Ans. In the opinion of the writer, the
his three days. He camel is still a very arrogant animal.
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had missed them at
https://youtu.be/VBkZKy3fmEU
the beginning of the
world. He has not yet Students will listen to the teacher carefully
learnt to behave. and follow the instructions given to them.
They will note the Blackboard work and
question answers in their note-books. They
will follow the homework related
instructions as desired by the teacher.
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Class: VIII Subject: English Book: It So Happened
Chapter name: Children at Work No. of periods required: 04
Date of commencement : As per the teacher diary schedule
Focused Skills and Learning Outcomes: As mentioned below in the objectives of the lesson

Gist of lesson Pedagogy and use of Question Answers Oral and

ICT/TLM/ABL/ Blackboard written works
and other materials and plan of
activities to achieve the LOs
OBJECTIVES:- TEXTUAL QUESTIONS
Velu was an eleven year old boy
The children will be able :- 1.Velu stood on the platform but
who had run away from home. He
reached Chennai Central in the • To understand the he felt “as if he was still on a
message of the lesson. moving train.” Why?
Kanyakumari Express without a
ticket. He had no money for the • To know the use and Velu was tired and hungry and
meaning of new words. he had no idea where to go. So
ticket but luckily the ticket
collector didn’t come to the • To get the message that looking at the large crowd he
running away from stood on the platform.
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After getting off, he sat on a bench • To know that they have understood that nobody is giving
to do many undesirable any notice to him. He do not
on the platform, putting his small
works after running know what to do and where to go.
bundle down. In all his eleven
years, he had never seen so many away from their homes.
• To be aware of the 3. Velu travelled without a ticket.
people. He watched them very
world and its bitter Why?
carefully and he felt the noise
experiences Velu travelled without a ticket
miserable. He was feeling
PREVIOUS KNOWLEDGE because he had no money to buy
miserable and exhausted. He had
TEST: a ticket.
eaten nothing but some peanuts
and a piece of jaggery in these two Have you seen any child
labourer ? 4. How did he escape the ticket
days. He carried a shirt, a towel
Why do the children are forced collector’s attention?
and a comb in his bundle.Velu was
to child labour ? He escaped the ticket collector’s
awakened by a rough voice. When
What will happen if any child attention because he didn’t come
he turned around he saw a girl of
runs away from home to to the unreserved compartment.
his own age, wearing a long
banian that reaches her knees. Her unknown place ?
METHODOLOGY: 5. Why had Velu run away from
hair was stiff and brownish and
Lecture and discussion, video home?
she had a huge sack on one
shoulder. She was picking up dirty
plastic cups from the floor and
stuffing them into her sack. She
asked his name and inquired
whether he had run away from
home? But Velu didn’t want to
share his secret with this strange
girl that he ran away home
because he couldn’t bear his father
beating him for one more day. His
father would snatch all the money
Velu and his sisters earned and
spend it on drinks.The girl asked
about his plan but he didn’t
answer. When he felt hunger
pinching him, the girl told him that
she can find some food if he
wants.
It was still morning but Velu’s
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NEW WORDS:
Pulled in – arrived
wobbly – unsteady
Terrible – causing great fear,
sorrow or discomfort
Exhausted – tired
stuffing – filling
Stare – look fixedly
glumly – sadly / gloomily
mutter – speak in a low voice
Grimace – twisted expression
on the face
MAIN POINTS:
• Velu, an eleven year
old boy, runs away
from home.
• He wanders around for
hours and gets on a
er
He
Velu had run away from home
because he couldn’t stand his
father beating him for one more
day. His father would snatch
away all the money he and his
sisters earned and spend it on
drink.
6. Why did he decide to follow
the ‘strange’ girl?
He decided to follow the
‘strange’ girl because she had
promised to find some food for
him. He was very hungry and
knew no way to get the food for
himself.
7. Can Velu read Tamil and
English? How do you know?

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Chennai Central and sat Tamil sign on the Central Jail.

the food and after an hour they
on a bench on the 8. “ If you are not careful, you
stopped in front of a big building
platform. will soon be counting bars there,”
which was an auditorium. He read
the names of the groom and the • Tired and hungry, he the girl said.
doesn’t know where to (i)What is she referring to?
bride and he saw big cars parked
go. (ii)What does she mean when she
outside. When the girl told him to
• He met Jaya, the rag says, “If you are not
come, looking at the huge hall and
careful……”?
the people inside, he asked “Are picker, who called him
(i) The girl is referring to the
we going to eat here?” She led him roughly.
• Velu thought that she Central Jail.
behind the hall where a huge
was his only hope and (ii) She means that doing wrong
garbage bin was overflowing with
followed her. is not important because
rubbish. Two goats were standing
sometimes innocent people can
on the pile, fighting for a banana • They walked through
also be arrested by the police.
leaf. She picked up a squashy the busy streets and
9. (i) Where did the girl lead Velu
banana and held it out to him and saw the Central Jail and
to?
told, “Here’s your food.” reached an auditorium
(ii) What did they get to eat?
where a wedding was
Velu remarked that those houses (i) The girl led Velu to a big
going on.
are strange because in his village • Velu and Jaya got a building with the sign Sri
the houses are made of mud and vada and a squashy Rajarajeshwari Prasanna Kalyana
palm leaves. banana to eat. Mandapam which was a marriage
Jaya went around to one of the • They walked for half hall.
an hour and reached (ii) They got the leftover food
huts and dumped her sack outside
near a row of strangest from the garbage bin like two
and picked up an empty one and
huts he had ever seen. bananas and a vada.
told, “Let’s go.” She threw him a
pair of old shoes without laces and • Jaya went around to 10. What work did she do? Think
one of them and of a one word answer
pushed a sack and a stick into his
dumped her sack of Ragpicking.
hands and told to go with her.
paper, plastic and 11. What material are the
Velu was confused and thought
bottles and picked up ‘strange’ huts made out of?
about the work which she wanted
an empty one. The strange huts are made out of
him to do with those things. The
only work he had ever done was • She threw a pair of old all sorts of things like metal
shoes and pushed a sheets, tyres, bricks, wood and
on the landowner’s farm, weeding
sack and a stick into his plastic.
and taking cows out to graze. So
hands. 12. Why does Velu find the huts
he asked her, “Are there any farms
• In confusion he asked strange?
in the city?” She laughed at this
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from rubbish bins. She clarified
• He decided to be a what did they do with those
the fact that it is not rubbish they
ragpicker thinking that things?
are collecting but only paper,
he will do it till he Jaya and children like her
plastic, glass and such other
finds a better job. collected paper, plastic, glass and
things. He was puzzled when he
VIDEO LINKS FOR THE such other things. They sold these
heard that they sell it to Jam
LESSON:- things to Jam Bazaar Jaggu who
Bazaar Jaggu. He asked her who is
https://youtu.be/lm_qafd3m5A later on sold them to a factory.
he and why is he buying all these
https://youtu.be/e1h9G5Ysg9k 14. Is Velu happy or unhappy to
because he had heard of only
Students will listen to the find work? Give a reason for your
people throwing away rubbish not
teacher carefully and follow answer.
buying them. She explained him
the instructions given to them. Ans. Velu was not happy to find
that after buying this he sells it to a
They will note the Blackboard work. He had to accept it because
factory. Jaya told she had no time
he had no other choice. So he
to waste like him but Velu didn’t work and question answers in
their note-books. They will scratched his head and sighed
move from there. He was thinking
before accepting the work.
that he hadn’t run away and come follow the homework related
to this new place to dig through instructions as desired by the
garbage bins. teacher.
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Class: VIII Subject: English Book: It So Happened
Chapter name: The Selfish Giant No. of periods required: 04
Date of commencement : As per the teacher diary schedule
Focused Skills and Learning Outcomes: As mentioned below in the objectives of the lesson

Gist of lesson Pedagogy and use of Question Answers Oral and written
ICT/TLM/ABL/ Blackboard and works
other materials and plan of
activities to achieve the LOs
OBJECTIVES:- 1. Why is the Giant called selfish?
A giant had a beautiful
garden. It had soft • To enable the students to Answer: The giant did not want to
green grass and twelve think of an alternative share his happiness with anybody. He
peach-trees. School ending to the story. wanted to enjoy his garden all alone.
children used to visit it • To enable them to use That is why the Giant is called selfish.
to play there in the new words and phrases in
evening when they their own language.
2. On one occasion the children said:
• To enable the students to
came from school. “How happy we are here!” Later they
learn the four fold skills of
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seven years. After this ,

he returned to his own share their personal were referring to their joy when they
castle. To his surprise, experiences. were playing in the Giant’s garden.
he found the children • To enable them to express When the Giant returned after a long
playing in the garden. themselves in gap he shooed away all the children
grammatically correct and erected a wall around his garden.
“My garden is my own language.
garden”, he said to
Now children had no place to play.
• To enable the learners to So, they were fondly remembering
himself.So,he built a extrapolate from the given their old happy days.
high wall around text.
it.Then he put up a PREVIOUS KNOWLEDGE
notice board declaring 3. (i) When spring came, it was still
TEST:
that “TRESSPASSERS winter in the garden. What does
Do you like gardens and love to
WILL BE winter stand for or indicate here?
play in it ?
PROSECUTED”.It was Answer: The spring is a symbol of
Have you seen any gardener
clear that he had happiness. The harsh cold winter is a
stopping you from playing there ?
become selfish. symbol of suffering. The way there
Does the flowers and trees like
Now the Children felt the company of playing kids ? was no flower in the Giant’s garden
very sad. They had no METHODOLOGY: shows that the happiness was nowhere
place to play. So, they Story telling and moral finding to be seen in the garden.
played outside the deductive method
garden around the NEW WORDS:
wall.Time went on. In Giant: Demon; Ravana was as tall
the spring, flowers and big as a giant.
grew all over, but in the Cornish Ogre: A Giant of
Giant’s garden, there Cornwall in the U.K.
was no spring. There Ogre: ( In legends and fairy
was no summer also. It stories) Acruel giant who eats
was always winter people;in common usage a very
there. Neither birds nor frightening person.
flowers could be seen Gruff: Rough; The surface of the
there. Only snow and road connecting this village is
frost covered the trees. gruff and harsh.
The Giant wondered as Trespassers: Those who enter
to why there was no somebody’s land/property
spring in his garden. without his/her permission. This
boy is the trespasser of the
Once the Giant lay in
premises as he has entered the
his bed awake. He
boundary without permission of
heard a sweet music. A
the owner.
little linnet (A bird)
Prosecuted: tried in a court of
sang outside his
law(here, Punished).The person
window The music
who is involved in the crime shall
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(ii) Winter has been presented like a
story with its own characters and their
activities. Describe the story in your
own words.
Answer: The snow was as cold as an
enemy. The frost was a perfect
companion of the snow. Both of them
added to the overall gloomy
atmosphere of the garden. The north
wind created the haunting whooshing
sound to give the perfect audio effect.
It played a haunting music by dancing
in the garden and on the rooftops.
When all of them invited the hail to
join the party, it was too much. It
made the situation even worse.
4. Was the Giant happy or sad over
the state of the garden?
Answer: The Giant was wondering for
the no show by the spring. He was

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most wonderful sight.

is the chilly wind, and Hail is the have over Hail and the North Wind?
Children had crept in
through a hole.
hailstorm. Answer: The linnet’s song frightened
Linnet: A brownish songbird the hail and the North Wind. They
Children sat on
found in Europe. The little linnet took refuse in one corner of the
branches. The trees
sang a song in a melodious voice. garden.
were covered with
Casement: window that opens on
flowers. In the farthest
hinges like a door. Open the
corner of the garden a 6. (i) The Giant saw a most wonderful
casement to get fresh air and light
little boy was sitting. sight. What did he see?
of outside.
He was too small to (ii) What did he realize on seeing it?
Stole up: came quietly without
climb on the branch. Answer: The Giant saw that through a
being noticed.
He cried bitterly. The
Feeble: weak. The boy has not hole in the wall children had crept in
giant went up to him
eaten anything for the whole day the garden. Because of their arrival
and kissed him. He
and has become feeble and weak. flowers blossomed and birds started to
picked him up and
Slay : kill. The cruel king in his sing. It made the spring to come back
placed him on a branch.
judgement ordered to slay the to the garden. The happiness returned
Now the Giant knocked prisoner. finally to the garden of the Giant.
down the garden wall. MAIN POINTS: He realized that it was him who kept
He felt sorry for A Giant had a large beautiful
building it. When
the spring away from the garden. He
garden. He was selfish. While he
wanted to rectify his mistake, by
children saw him, they was away to visit a friend, tearing down the wall and allowing
ran away. The garden children used to play in the children to play in his garden.
became winter like garden. When the Giant returned, 7. Why was it still winter in one
again. He called out the he was angry to see the children corner of the Garden?
children and said, “It is playing there. He built a high wall Answer: The isolated corner was to
your garden. Come and around the garden so that the
remind the Giant that he also needed
play freely.” In the children could not come in. As a
evening, when they result, the trees refused to bear to take some steps to keep the
came to him to say flowers and fruits. Spring refused gloominess away. The presence of
goodbye, he asked to visit his garden. Only the Frost, symbols of winter in that corner is to
them about the little the Hail ,the North wind and symbolize the past deeds of the Giant
child. They said they Snow danced there the whole which led to overall unhappiness in
did not know. The year. Once the selfish giant the garden.
Giant loved him the helped a little boy to sit on a tree 8. Describe the first meeting of the
most. Now due to branch, he noticed the miracle. little boy and the Giant.
children’s frequent The tree was laden with flowers Answer: The little boy was unable to
visits the spring even in winter. The boy was climb a branch of the tree and crying.
returned. Many years Christ himself. The Giant lifted him and put on a
passed. The Giant had He bore nail marks on his palms
branch. The little boy was so happy
become old. He could and feet. He kissed the giant
not play anymore. One whose heart was changed. that he kissed the Giant. This gesture
day suddenly he saw He let the children play freely in touched the Giant’s heart.
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felt angry to see his VIDEO LINKS FOR THE him and to ask his whereabouts. On
wounded palms and LESSON:- seeing injury marks on little boy’s
feet. On asking who https://youtu.be/tEALQo9DMaM hands the Giant became restless. On
had wounded him, he https://youtu.be/1Shtv3_IHgA the assurance of little boy that they
replied, “These are the https://youtu.be/oKV8DRNzOYE were not injury marks but marks of
wounds of love.” At
https://youtu.be/myZIZ1Iqxns love the Giant could be pacified.
this, the Giant fell on
his feet, “I’ll let you https://youtu.be/OBduqIf_nWw 10. The Giant lay dead all covered
play in my garden Students will listen to the teacher with white blossoms. What does this
which is paradise” said carefully and follow the sentence indicate about the once
the little child, instructions given to them. They selfish Giant.
“Because you let me will note the Blackboard work Answer: Death is like freedom from
play in your garden and question answers in their all the worldly pains. White flowers
once.”In the evening, note-books. They will follow the
are signs of purity. The once selfish
when the children homework related instructions as
desired by the teacher.
giant was changed now. Even the
visited the garden, they Gods accepted his new found virtue
saw the Giant lying so they called him to heaven with all
dead. the respect which is due for a kind
hearted soul.
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Class: VIII Subject: English Book: It So Happened
Chapter name: The Treasure Within No. of periods required: 04
Date of commencement : As per the teacher diary schedule
Focused Skills and Learning Outcomes: As mentioned below in the objectives of the lesson

Gist of lesson Pedagogy and use of ICT/TLM/ABL/ Question Answers Oral and written
Blackboard and other materials and plan of works
activities to achieve the LOs
OBJECTIVES:- 1. What did Hafeez Contractor
“The Treasure
Within’ is a • To encourage the learners to share their have nightmares about?
Ans. Nightmares about appearing
lesson based on a personal experiences.
Maths test where he didn’t know
conversation • To sensitize the students to the feelings of anything.
between Ms.
an individual.
Bela Raja, editor
of the • To enable the learners identify their strength 2. What did the Principal say to
him, which influenced him deeply?
newsletter- & weakness based on areas of their aptitude
Ans. That he should act as a
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leading
out onto the field”. What was he
architects. • To enable them use new words and phrases
busy doing that year?
Hafeez in their own sentences.
Ans. He would go for prayers,
Contractor was • To enable them express themselves in would eat and study. He read all the
good at drawing grammatically correct language. books, starting right from the 5th
sketches. But as class.
PREVIOUS KNOWLEDGE TEST:
a school boy he 4. What ‘distraction’ did Hafeez
didn’t do well in What is your aim in life ? create one day?
academics. He What will happen if you do not achieve that aim ? Ans. One day, Hafeez did not want
passed his exams Do you wish to select a profession as per your to study. So, he created a
only by copying. ability and choices than parents’ dreams ? ‘distraction’ by playing ‘Chor-
Architect Hafeez METHODOLOGY: Police’ for an hour.
Contractor is full 5. Hafeez wanted to join the
Lecture-cum- discussion and guidance police force. Why couldn’t he?
of surprising and
revolutionary NEW WORDS: Ans. Because his mother didn’t like
ideas. He looks Nightmare - an unpleasant & frightening dream so. She wanted him to do his
at the face & graduation.
clothes of a Psyche - mentality, the deepest feelings &
client and learns attitudes 6. In the architect’s office,
about his habit Hafeez Contractor was advised to
Pranks - naughty jokes, mischiefs
and tastes. This drop everything and join
helps him to Bring up - to support life, nurture architecture. Why?
design for the Offbeat -unusual or unconventional Ans. Hafeez Contractor had a
client. natural talent of drawing sketches.
Rise to the occasion - to take advantage of the
The architect asked him to design a
His designs are
opportunity, house. He did so immediately
stimulating and
MAIN POINTS: which impressed the architect. Then
spontaneous. His
he asked Hafeez to drop everything
famous designs Hafeez was an unhappy but carefree school boy who
and join architecture.
are Lake castle loved doing things but not interested in mechanical
7. (i) What was Mrs. Gupta’s
Building, learning. When he reached his 11th Class, the advice to Hafeez Contractor?
Imperial Towers,
Principal advised him to act as a responsible grown- Ans. Mrs. Gupta was Hafeez
MP Compound
up boy and take his studies seriously. The Contractor’s teacher in 3rd Standard.
Mill, etc.
Principal’s advice had a deep influence on Hafeez.
Her advice was to become an
At present, he is architect on growing up.
a member of the He scored 50% marks in his SSC exam. Hafeez
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The lesson highlights the key idea that every child is by an architect.
Lutyens 8. How did he help his fellow
Bungalow Zone talented and a potential achiever and is different
students who had lost a button?
Review from other children in his/her style of learning and Ans.- Hafeez Contractor would cut
Committee. area of interest a chalk piece in the shape of a button
Hafeez explains: VIDEO LINKS FOR THE LESSON:- and fixed it in the shirt. It looked
“Architecture like a real button.
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can give form to 9. Which rules did he break as a
https://youtu.be/1UysW0USRPw school boy?
beliefs, and can
make building https://youtu.be/rypzpkbgEC4 Ans. Hafeez Contractor used to
into a real and copy in every test, it was against the
Students will listen to the teacher carefully and
arresting symbol rule of the school.
follow the instructions given to them. They will 10. What is Hafeez Contractor’s
of brand intent.”
note the Blackboard work and question answers definition of Mathematics?
in their note-books. They will follow the Ans. Putting design, construction,
psychology & sociology together
homework related instructions as desired by the
and making a sketch from all these
teacher. is Mathematics.
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Class: VIII Subject: English
Chapter name: Princess September
Date of commencement : As per the teacher diary schedule
Focused Skills and Learning Outcomes: As mentioned below in the objectives of the lesson
Gist of lesson
The King and queen of Siam
and their nine daughters.
Queen finds it confusing with
the names of them. So King
decided to call them by the
names of the months. The
youngest one was named
September.
The King’s gifts: the king
had a peculiar habit of gifting
others on his birthday. One
year he gifted his daughters
each with a green parrot in a
golden cage. They were happy
in spending with the parrots
who can sing “God save the
King” and “Pretty Polly” in
seven languages.
But Princess September was
sad because she found her
parrot died one day morning.
However the queen and her
maids tried to console, she was
not. And crying without eating
her supper.
That night Princess
September saw a little bird
come into her room. It began to
sing.
It sang about king’s garden,
Book: It So Happened
No. of periods required: 04
Pedagogy and use of
ICT/TLM/ABL/ Blackboard and
other materials and plan of
activities to achieve the LOs
OBJECTIVES:-
· To make the students
more nature friendly,
freedom
friendly(taking responsib
ility of their own), and
music(natural)friendly.
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students.
· To illustrate the
importance and meaning
of freedom and its value
in the life.
· To encourage the
students to think critically
· To understand the
importance of freedom
and how it is linked to the
development of the
talents.
· To know the importance
of music, value of
freedom, beauty of nature
that forms and shapes the
character of a good
human being.
Question Answers Oral and written
works
Question 1: How many daughters
did the royal couple have?
Answer: The fact that the names of
the royal couple’s daughters started
with January and ended with
September indicates they had nine
daughters.
Question 2: Why were they named
after the months of the year?
Answer: Because of large number of
daughters they found it convenient
to name them after the months of the
year.
Question 3: The King had a peculiar
habit. What was it? Why is it called
peculiar?
Answer: The king had a peculiar
habit of giving gifts instead of
receiving them on his birthdays.
Normally, people get and enjoy
getting gifts during their birthdays.
The kind was the opposite in this
sense. So, his behaviour is called
peculiar.
Question 4: What was Princess
September’s reaction to the loss of
her parrot? What was her mother’s
reaction to it? What do the reactions
indicate about the nature and
temperament of each?
Answer: The princess became very
sad after the loss of her parrot. She
the gold fish, the willow tree PREVIOUS was so sad that she cried
etc. the princess forgot about KNOWLEDGE TEST: inconsolably. Her mother was angry
her supper. Do you have any pet at her behaviour. She said her to be
bird ? left at that state because she thought
The little bird was very
Have you seen the birds that hunger and isolation will put
courteous to the princess.
in cage ? her mental state in proper shape.
Though it was not looking
Do the birds love freedom The princess’ reaction says that she
pretty it sang well. The
than cage life ? is an emotional girl. She became so
princess was delighted and
METHODOLOGY: emotionally attached to the parrot
went to sleep.
Story telling and moral that she couldn’t think of anything
The next morning, the bird finding else after the parrot’s death. On the
was taken to her eight sisters. NEW WORDS: other hand the queen is practical but
The bird sang different Peculiar : strange somewhat rude. She doesn’t know
melodious songs to them. The e.g. Raju’s behavior is how to console a child.
king and the queen were peculiar. Question 5: What pulled the
surprised and delighted to see Siam : now Thailand Princess out of her gloom?
the bird. Handy : immediately Answer: The arrival of the little bird
The king praised that the bird available and its pleasant song lifted the
sang much better than the e.g. Dogs are handy pet princess out of gloom.
parrots, who reminded of his animals in India. Question 6: How did the Maids of
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princess September were bitterly
jealous of this. The parrots also e.g. When Rita failed in
looked sad. But the bird flew her exams she burst into
round. It sang like a lark and a tears.
nightingale. Supper : late evening
So they went to her and told meal
her that they would buy, with e.g. The students went to
their pocket money, a beautiful night study soon after the
parrot for her in the place of supper .
her dead parrot. But she Glided : (here)
refused and said that she has a swam( swim)
pet bird who sings melodiously e.g. Fish glide in the clear
for her. The bird has gone to waters of River Godavari.
her father-in-law. MAIN POINTS:
Princess September is a
They said, she cannot call story of a princess of
that bird as hers because it can Siam, now a day Siam is
fly away at any time, as it is known as the Thailand.
not inside the cage. They told Princess father, the king
brought breakfast, they saw the bird
eating rice from princess’ hands.
After savouring the rice the bird
sang a beautiful song. This was
enough for the Maids of Honour to
know about the new friendship of
the princess and the little bird.
Question 7: The new bird was full
of new songs but the old parrots
always repeated themselves. What
did they say?
Answer: All the old parrots said the
same things, “God save the king,”
and “Pretty Polly” in seven different
languages.
Question 8: What is the King’s
opinion about his Councilors? Why
did he form that opinion?
Answer: King’s councilors always
her “safety first”.
The Princess started
worrying about her little bird.
It might have been caught in
the snares. The hawks could
have caught it. Or it must have
forgotten her.
When the bird came back and
told her that its father-in-law
was giving a party and all
wanted it to stay. So it stayed
there. Princess took and put it
inside the golden cage. The
bird couldn’t believe it. It
asked what that joke was.
The princess told it was not a
joke. Cats were roaming in the
night. The bird would be safe
in the cage.
When the princess asked it to
sing, the bird started to sing but
it stopped in between.
The next day the bird asked
the princess to let it oput of the
cage. But the princess told it
that it was much better where it
was. The bird tried to come out
but it couldn’t go out. The
other princesses came and told
her that the bird would soon
get used to the cage. But the
bird asked to open the cage.
When the princess asked the
bird to sing, the bird it could
not sing. It wanted to see the
trees, the lake and the green
rice growing fields. It did not
eat food. Princess was worried
but her sisters told her to be
firm.
of Siam had a strange idea sang praise in the name of the king.
about naming his All of them were sycophants
children. When he had because the king could observe there
only two daughters, he was no emotion involved in the
named them Day and councilors saying. They parroted
Night, when two more everything like machines.
were added, he named Question 9: The eight Princesses
them Spring, Autumn, made an offer to Princess
Winter and Summer. September. What was it? Why, in
Then three more your view, did they do it?
daughters were born. He Answer: The eight princesses
named them again by the offered to purchase a new parrot out
days of the week. When of their pocket money for the
the eighth daughter youngest princess. They were
arrived he named them jealous of the real happiness on the
again by the months, and youngest princess face. They were
when the ninth daughter also jealous the way the King
was born, he named the appreciated the little bird’s song.
child by September. Thus, Question 10: What did the sisters
she was called the advice the Princess to do about her
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The first eight daughters it roam freely everywhere.
had bitter mood as their Question 11: In the following
names were changed sentence elaborate the parts given in
more than once. Also the bold. Under the circumstances it
king had another habit of was a very unfortunate remark for
giving birthday presents. the bird to make.
On one birthday, he gave Answer: The princess was worried
the present of green about the little bird’s safety as she
parrots in a beautiful was under her sister’s influence. On
golden cage to each of his the same time the bird said that it
daughters. When Princess might not have returned on that day.
September’s parrot died This statement was enough to
and she wept bitterly. provoke the princess to put the little
Then a tiny bird came to bird in the cage. The mental
her and sang musical condition of the princess was further
songs, she became very aggravated by the bird’s statement
happy; but her sisters leading to its imprisonment.
advised her to cage the Chances of the bird losing its
 The next day when the bird into a golden cage, freedom increased after its
which has been gifted by statement. So it was an unfortunate
princess came to the cage to
her father. And when the statement under those
see the bird, she cried to see
bird was caged, it stopped circumstances.
the bird as it looked dead. The
singing, and did not eat Question 12: What persuaded
bird said that it could not sing
food and drink very well. Princess September to give the bird
unless it was free. And if it
The little bird was his freedom again? How did the bird
could not sing, it would die.
suffocated into the golden react to it?
Then Princess set the bird free.
cage. The bird wanted to Answer: The falling condition of the
She promised would not put it
freedom from this bird and danger of its death
in a cage again. The bird
beautiful golden cage. convinced the princess to give
replied that it loved the
Finally princess freedom to the bird. The bird was
princess. It come to her. It
September made it free, happy and thankful to the Princess.
would sing the loveliest songs
for her. It would also never and then she was married She promised to come every day
to King of Cambodia and and sing for the Princess.
forget her. The bird flew away.
lived a happy life with Question 13: Princess September
The princess was sad to leave him. kept her window open day and
the bird. The other princesses VIDEO LINKS FOR night. How did it help the bird?
made fun of her for leaving the THE LESSON:- How did it help the Princess herself?
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time it like. The princess grew Question 14: The eight sisters kept
very beautiful. The king got Students will listen to the their windows shut. How did it
her married to the king of teacher carefully and affect them?
Cambodia. She was carried all follow the instructions Answer: The eight sisters couldn’t
the way to the city on a white given to them. They will get nature’s nourishment. They grew
elephant. note the Blackboard work pale and ugly. It is common
and question answers in knowledge that natural air and
But her sisters never slept their note-books. They
with their windows open. They will follow the homework sunshine helps keep you in beautiful
grew very ugly. The king got related instructions as and cheerful shape.
them married to his councilors. desired by the teacher.
They were given a pound of tea
and Siamese cat each.
 LESSON PLANS BY VIJAY KUMAR HEER
Class: VIII Subject: English Book: It So Happened
Chapter name: The Fight No. of periods required: 04
Date of commencement : As per the teacher diary schedule
Focused Skills and Learning Outcomes: As mentioned below in the objectives of the lesson
Gist of lesson Pedagogy and use of Question Answers Oral and written works
ICT/TLM/ABL/
Blackboard and other
materials and plan of
activities to achieve the
LOs
OBJECTIVES:- 1:In what way is the forest pool different from the
The story is about a
one which Ranji knew in the Rajputana desert?
boy named Ranji who • To make the students
had just shifted to a
new place. It was a to familiar with the Ans.: The forest pool was clean, cold and inviting,
hot summer day and whereas the Rajputana desert had sticky, muddy
stories of our country.
he was walking in the pools where buffaloes wallowed and women
forest as usual in his • To inculcate the habit washed clothes.
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smooth pebbles at the Ans.: (i) He expected Ranji to apologize to him
bottom. He was importance and
and immediately leave the pool.
seeing such a clean meaning of good (ii) He was wrong to ask this because the pool
pool for the first time
so he jumped in to relationship and was in the forest. It was not his personal property.
swim. Next day when 3: Between Ranji and the other boy, who is trying
avoiding unnecessary to start a quarrel? Give a reason for your Ans.
he was swimming in
the same pool, he fights in life. Ans.: Between Ranji and the other boy, the other
noticed a boy staring boy was trying to start a quarrel. When Ranji saw
at him in a quite • To encourage the
him, he did not say anything. It was the otherboy
angry way. The boy students to think who asked Ranji to explain himself. Ranji was
was taller and more
broad in comparison. critically prepared to be friendly, but was taken aback by the
He enquired what he boy’s hostile tone. He even asked the boy to come
was doing there in his • To understand the and swim with him. However, the boy said that it
pool. He also told he importance of freedom was his pool, and started a fight by calling himself
was a warrior and a ‘warrior’.
would not entertain and how it is linked to
4:”Then we will have to continue the fight,” said
such villagers. Ranji
the development of the the other.
also told he was a
fighter. Both skills. (i) What made him say that?
involved in an (ii) Did the fight continue? If not, why not?
argument and at a • To know the
Ans.: (i) When even after a lot of fighting Ranji
point, the toleration importance of music, refused to leave the pool, the other boy said that
limit was crossed and
the warrior slapped value of freedom, they would have to continue their fight.
hard on Ranji's face. (ii) No, the fight did not continue. After they
Ranji too punched beauty of nature that decided to continue the fight, neither of them took
him in return. Then forms and shapes the the initiative. Then, the other boy said that they
they got involved in a would continue the fight the next day if Ranji
full fight. They character of a good
dared to come back to the pool.
grabbed throat,
human being. OTHER QUESTIONS:-
tumbled, rolled,
cursed, struggled. 1: What is it that Ranji finds difficult to explain at
They fought even in home?
the pool. It continued PREVIOUS Ans.: At home, Ranji found it difficult to explain
for few minutes but KNOWLEDGE TEST: the cuts and bruises that showed on his face, legs
nobody won actually. and arms. It was difficult to hide the fact that he
They were exhausted Have you seen any had been involved in a fight.
and breathing
heavily. They both wrestling match ? 2: Ranji sees his adversary in the bazaar.
decided to continue (i) What does he wish to do?
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his mother. He went Should we fight with bottle at his enemy.
to bazaar for a
lemonade and jalebis others without any big (ii) He actually stood his ground and scowled at
when he saw the reason ? the other boy. He did not throw the lemonade
warrior coming
towards him. They Can we end fights and bottle because he did not want to start a fight in the
both stared each other bazaar.
and the warrior be friendly ?
went.Next day Ranji 3:Ranji is not at all eager for a second fight. Why
was tired from last does he go back to the pool, then?
day's fight but he METHODOLOGY:
found the warrior Ans.: Ranji left home on the second day rather
Story telling, lecture-
sitting on the other unwillingly. His body still pained again. Yet he
side of the pool oiling cum- discussion
his body. The warrior could not refuse a challenge. To gain his respect,
asked him to come to MAIN POINTS: he had to defy his enemy. As long as he fought, he
the other side and It is a story of two boys had a right to the pool in the forest.
fight. The same
challenge was given showing their fighting
4:Who was the better swimmer? How do you
by Ranji. Then again talent by fighting and
warrior challenged showing off they fight know it?
him. Ranji took a like anything making Ans.: Ranji was the better swimmer. When the
dive into water and
reached the other themself dirty . They other boy made fun of him by saying that he
side. The warrior was become miserable, they
would not be able to swim across the pool, Ranji
surprised by the way also show altitude
he dove. Ranji towards each other . dived straight into the water and surfaced at the
offered him to teach
him how to dive. The
then the understand other end in a flash. The boy was amazed at how
warrior took a failed their potential of doing well Ranji had dived, and later, at how he had
attempt. Again Ranji things they are master
swum underwater. He said that he did not know
dove and circled him of that is swimming
inside water. The how to dive or swim underwater, and asked Ranji
and wrestling and they
warrior again took an
become good friends to teach him both.
attempt to swim
under water but VIDEO LINKS FOR 7: Ranji’s superiority over the other boy is obvious
failed. Ranji told he
THE LESSON:- in the following:
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liked. They both sat https://youtu.be/OFMLIbH0d_Q physical strength, good diving, his being a fighter,
on the rock and https://youtu.be/n0E0sBuHD6I
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wished to become the
instructions given to 8:What, according to you, makes the two
world's champion
wrestler. He told them. They will note adversaries turn into good friends in a matter of
Ranji that he is strong
but lean and he needs the Blackboard work minutes? Explain it as you have understood it.
to have good food and question answers Ans.: The two adversaries admired certain skills in
with him and drink
milk. He told if Ranji in their note-books. each other, which they themselves lacked. When
taught him
swimming, he would They will follow the the other boy saw how well Ranji dived and swam
make him a homework related underwater, he forgot about the fight and asked
pahelwan. They both
became friends from instructions as desired him to teach him these skills. Ranji’s willingness
that day. to help the other boy made their friendship
by the teacher.
possible. Noticing Ranji’s thin body, the other boy
promised him that he would turn him into a
wrestler like himself. As a result, in a matter of
minutes, the adversaries turned into good friends.
 LESSON PLANS BY VIJAY KUMAR HEER
Class: VIII Subject: English Book: It So Happened
Chapter name: The Open Window No. of periods required:
Date of commencement : As per the teacher diary schedule
Focused Skills and Learning Outcomes: As mentioned below in the objectives of the lesson
Gist of lesson Pedagogy and use of ICT/TLM/ABL/ Blackboard and other Question Answers Oral and
materials and plan of activities to achieve the LOs written works
OBJECTIVES:- 1. Why had Framton Nuttel
Saki’s “Open-
Chance usually plays a leading role in the drama of come to the “rural retreat”?
Window” is a
life. Answer: Framton Nuttel
story about a man
named Framton It is always the best policy to speak the truth—unless, was suffering from some
who was nervous of course, you are an exceptionally good liar. neural disease. He had
All truths are easy to understand once they are come to the rural retreat to
about everything,
discovered; the point is to discover them. recuperate from his disease.
so he got away
PREVIOUS KNOWLEDGE TEST: 2. Why had his sister given
from the city and
METHODOLOGY: him letters of introduction
stayed a week in
Lecture and active discussion on lesson to people living there?
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met her niece,
went out: left Letters of introduction were
Vera. Vera told
broke off: trembled with fear or excitement to help him establish some
Framton about the
accident Mrs. rattled on: went on talking rapidly IDIOMATIC identity for himself.
EXPRESSIONS & GENERAL GLOSSARY 3. What had happened in
Sappleton ‘s
husband, her two warm for the time of year: you would not expect it to the Sappleton family as
brothers and the be so warm at this time of year narrated by the niece?
to a day: exactly Answer: Mrs. Sappleton’s
dog had. She said
moor: wild, uncultivated land husband and her two
that they went to
treacherous: because the green grass made the surface younger brothers went for
hunting and never
came back, so look firm shooting in summers about
Mrs. Sappleton hesitatingly human: the girl's voice broke off, as if she three years back. They got
were overcome by her human feeling of pity for her trapped in muddy ditch and
always kept the
aunt died.
french window
creepy: a word used by children, meaning frightening 4. What did Mrs Sappleton
open every day,
(as if something unpleasant were creeping up one's say about the open
because she
back) window?
believed that they
I hope Vera has been amusing you: an example of Answer: Mrs. Sappleton
would come back
Saki's irony said that her husband and
some day. Ten
minutes later, directly: immediately her younger brothers had
Mrs. Sappleton a fine mess: a sarcastic expression for a lot of-dirt been on a shooting spree
came down and duck: hunters speak of ducks collectively in this way and she was expecting them
started talking (snipe always has the same form in the singular and to come back through the
about hunting, plural) window. They always came
which made IRONY: amusing and strange aspect of a situation that by that route only. She was
Framton feel is very different from what you expect; the use of waiting for them to come
dreadful and words that say the opposite of what you really mean. and spoil the décor of the
nervous. So he MAIN STORY: house.
tried to changed Mr. Framton Nuttel has just moved to a new town. 5. The horror on the girl’s
the conversation, While visiting one of his sister’s acquaintances, Mrs. face made Framton swing
but it didn’t work. Sappleton, he spends some time with the woman’s around in his seat. What did
Suddenly, three niece, Vera. Vera recounts a story about how her aunt he see?
figures were lost her husband and two brothers in a tragic hunting Answer: When Framton
walking across the accident. She warns Framton that her aunt never swung around he saw a
lawn. Framton accepted their deaths and believes that some day the silhouette of three men and
was afraid, hunting party will return. In anticipation, Mrs. dog in the evening light.
because he Sappleton leaves the window in the front room open Then a hoarse voice was
thought the three so that they may re-enter the house. When Mrs. heard shouting at the dog.
figures were Sappleton enters the room and discusses the hunting 6. Why did Frampton rush
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Mrs. Sappleton dog because of his severe fear of dogs. fled from that place.
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that Vera was a Ganges. There he ended up
liar and she loved the instructions given to them. They will note the spending his night in a
to make up graveyard with ferocious
Blackboard work and question answers in their note-
stories. animals scaring him
books. They will follow the homework related throughout the night.
instructions as desired by the teacher
 LESSON PLANS BY VIJAY KUMAR HEER
Class: VIII Subject: English Book: It So Happened
Chapter name: Jalebis No. of periods required: 04
Date of commencement : As per the teacher diary schedule
Focused Skills and Learning Outcomes: As mentioned below in the objectives of the lesson
Gist of lesson Pedagogy and use of ICT/TLM/ABL/ Question Answers Oral and written works
Blackboard and other materials and
plan of activities to achieve the LOs
OBJECTIVES:- Q1. Why did not he pay the school fees
The school-going boy
in this story is in fifth • To make pupils know the on the he brought money to the school?
innocent mind of a Ans. The boy could not pay the fees at
standard . He is an
school boy. school because the teacher Master
obedient and
meritorious student • To enable them Ghulam Mohammad was on leave .
from a well-to-do understand what is write Q2. (i) What were the coins ‘saying ‘ to
and what is wrong. him ?
Muslim family . One
• To help them recollect Ans. The coins in the boy’s pocket
day he goes to school
their previous urged him to buy hot and fresh jalebis .
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rupees in buying and • To enrich their minds Q3. Why did not he take the coin’s
with practical aspects of advice ?
eating jalebis . Actually
life. Ans. Initially the boy did not take the
the boy is not interested
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in the jalebis sold in the
bazaar . But the coins TEST: couple of reasons. He could not spend
Have you eaten jalebis ? the money meant for paying school fees
in his pocket persuade
If anyone buys jalebis from on jalebis . Secondly , the boy knew the
and get him excited to
school fees and did not pay harsh nature of the master and the
buy and eat jalebis with
school fees in time, what will punishment .
the fee money . The
happen ? Q4. (i) What did the oldest coin tell
coins suggest the boy
Will anyone help in such him ?
that he could pay The
situation ?
fee with his scholarship Ans. The oldest coin convinced him
money that is to be Does God help by lending that they were telling him for his own
money to needy in such good . He can pay his fee next day with
received the following
situations ? his scholarship money . So he would
day .
METHODOLOGY: not suppress his desire for jalebis .
The next day in school (ii) Did he follow his advice ? If not ,
Story telling and discussion
he is asked to pay the why not ?
over the problem
fee and it is informed NEW WORDS:
that the scholarship Jalebis-coiled sweetmeats with
money would be given syrup
the following month . we ate fresh and juicy jalebis in
With this shocking the hotel.
news he feels confused Crisp - pleasantly hard and
and defeated . He is fresh
afraid of his class The newly printed notes are
teacher and tries to crisp.
escape from school Misguide(verb)=To show the
without being noticed wrong path
by anybody . He goes The child is spoiled as he is
to the Railway station misguided.
only to spend time till Clamor-a loud confused noise.
the evening . Don’t make clamor. Keep quiet.
Sitting under the tree
Passers-by : persons who
the boy prays to God to
happen to be walking past
send four rupees for
someone or something.
him by His Farishta .
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story .
God .
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boy comes to the same carries four rupees to school in
spot near the Railway order to pay the fee .
station . The starts
requesting God only 3. The coins in his pocket
for four rupees . He persuade the boy to go wrong .
tries his best to prove
before God that he is 4. He spends all the four rupees
God – fearing , in buying jalebis .
disciplined , hard 5. He repents his foolishness
working and obedient and prays to God for the help
one . He goes on of four rupees in vain.
persuading God till the 6. However this bitter
evening in vain . Then experience teaches the sweet
he decides to come to boy a valuable lesson.
the same place the next MORAL OF THE STORY
day in order to observe
Ans. He did not follow his advice . He
was a promising student . He was from
a good family of repute .He did not
want to defame for it .
Q5. He reached home with the coins in
his pocket . What happened then ?
Ans. After reaching home he could not
suppress his temptation for fresh
jalebis . He rushed to the shop of
halwai . He bought jalebis and enjoyed
them .
Q6. (i) Why did not he eat all the he
had bought ?
Ans. He had bought jalebis for one
rupee . But he could not eat all of them
because of their quantity .
(ii) What did he do with the remaining
jalebis ?
Ans. He distributed the remaining
jalebis among the boys from the
neighborhood .
Q7. “The fear was killing me .” What
was the fear ?
Ans. He had eaten so many jalebis that
there was the problem of digesting
them all . His fear was that one jalebi
or two would come out with a burp .
Q8.“ Children’s stomachs are like
digestion machines .” What do you
understand by that ? Do you agree ?
Ans. It means that children have the
capacity to digest a lot of things that
they overeat . I agree with the statement
but partly .
Q9. How did he plan to pay the fees the
next day ?
Ans. He planned to pay the fees the
next day when he would get his
monthly scholarship .
Q10. When it is time to pay the fees ,
what does he do? How is he disobeying
the elders by doing so ?
Ans. When the time draws near to pay
Namaz to Allah Miyan The moral of the story is , the fees , he ticks the bag under his arm
very strictly after “Look before you Leap “ .It and slips out of the school . He had
washing his body and means whatever we want to do disobeyed his elders by crossing the
changing clothes . in life we must be very careful railway track .
about the future consequences . Q11. What was the consequence of
Meanwhile his parents
If our plans fail we will suffer a buying jalebis with the fees money ?
get the news of his
lot and sometimes our future Ans. As a result of spending his fee
continuous absence in
may get spoiled if we are not money on jalebis , he had to be absent
school . We can
careful and mindful of what we from the school for the first time in his
imagine what happens
are doing and what we want to life .
afterwards .But the
do . Q12. His prayer to God is like a
boy , up to his class
lawyer‘s defence of a bad case . Does
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understand as to why
God has not given him ones success but one must not points he makes ?
be over confident . When we Ans. He tries to please God with his
a single paisa . What
knowingly or unknowingly requests and the recitation of the entire
loss He suffers from
commit a mistake or do wrong Namaz . He admits that he made a
with the help of only
somewhere , our reputation may mistake . He wouldn’t have spent his
four rupees to an
get damaged and we may suffer money on jalebis if had known about
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Ans. No, he was hoping against hope .
the art of making Students will listen to the
When he lifted the rock , he saw worm
jalebis .This interesting teacher carefully and follow the
instead of coins .
story reveals us how instructions given to them. They
Q15. If he granted his wish that day ,
an obedient boy is will note the Blackboard work
what harm would it have caused him in
easily excited to do and question answers in their
later life ?
something wrong note-books. They will follow
Ans. If god had granted his wish that
innocently . It also tells the homework related
day he would not have learnt a lesson
us to be responsible instructions as desired by the
to do no wrong in future . He would
and kind enough teacher.
have been like a bird and learnt no skill.
towards small
children .
 LESSON PLANS BY VIJAY KUMAR HEER
Class: VIII Subject: English
Chapter name: The Comet-I
Date of commencement : As per the teacher diary schedule
Focused Skills and Learning Outcomes: As mentioned below in the objectives of the lesson
Gist of lesson
Manoj Dutta lived on the
outskirts of Kolkata. He had
a secret ambition to discover
a comet. When he retired, he
bought an 8-inchc telescope.
He named it ‘dibyachakshu’.
His wife called it simply
dibya. Duttada, as he was
popularly known, spent many
nights looking at the stars
through dibya.
one moonless night, Duttada
detected a new faint star. in
fact, it was a new comet.
after watching it for two
nights, he informed the
indian institute of
astrophysics at Bangalore.
They confirmed that Duttada
had discovered a new comet.
The comet was called ‘comet
Dutta’.
Duttada liked to lead a quiet
life. but his discovery made
him famous. He was invited
to a number of functions.
Duttada was fed up. He
Book: It So Happened
No. of periods required: 04
Pedagogy and use of ICT/TLM/ABL/ Question Answers Oral and
Blackboard and other materials and written works
plan of activities to achieve the LOs
OBJECTIVES:- Why does Indrani Debi
• To enable the students to dislike Duttada’s
hobnobbing with dibya?
get knowledge of science
Ans.: Indrani Debi dislikes
fiction.
her husband’s hobnobbing
• To enable the students to with dibya because she
get knowledge of looks upon dibya like a
comets. designing woman.
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care of his needs.
given text.
• To make conscious the
i. What was Duttada’s
students about pre-
secret ambition?
existing superstitious
beliefs. ii.What did he do to achieve
• To enable the students to it?
think the power of Ans.: i. Duttada’s secret
ambition was to discover a
science.
new comet.
• To enable them to use ii. After his retirement, he
new words and phrases bought an eight inches
in their own language. telescope and set it on the
PREVIOUS KNOWLEDGE roof of his house. He
TEST: regularly gazed at the sky
Do you what is a comet ? on dark nights.
Do you have passion for
wished he had not discovered
the comet. His wife also
agreed with him. but her
reasons were different. She
was unhappy because her
husband was associated with
the discovery of an evil
object.
Duttada told her that comets
were harmless. Like planets
they orbit the sun. But their
orbits are too eccentric. They
come from afar. They have a
longish tail. When they come
near the sun, they shine
brightly. After sometime,
they disappear again and do
not appear again for years.
Dr. James Forsyth was a
professor at king’s college,
Cambridge. He learnt about
comet Dutta. He made his
calculations. he found that in
ten months’ time, comet
Dutta was going to collide
with the earth. He wrote a
paper and sent it to a
scientific magazine, ‘nature’.
He wanted to have his paper
published immediately.
Taylor, the editor of ‘nature’,
was a friend of sir john
Macpherson, who was
defense science advisor to the
British government. Taylor
showed the paper to sir john
watching stars and comets ?
What will happen if any comet
comes to collide with Earth ?
METHODOLOGY:
Lecture and discussion, demo
NEW WORDS:
Hobnob –to spend a lot of time
with somebody
Repress – to try not to have or
show an emotion, feeling etc. he
burst in, making no effort to
repress his fury.
Precautions - preventive
measures
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Ensnared – trapped
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Gigantic – huge
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Comets are like small planets
and they revolve round the sun.
But they come from afar, and so
they appear after years, and
even after centuries. Then they
disappear. That is why; you can
always discover a new comet.
Duttada is an amateur scientist.
He has a small telescope. his
secret ambition of life is to
discover a comet. He watches
the dark night skies. One day he
What is the difference
between a planet and a
comet, as given in the
story?
Ans.: both planets and
comets orbit round the sun
but the orbit of a comet is
highly eccentric. It comes
from remote corner of the
solar system. It has a
longish tail that is lit
brilliantly when it comes
nearer the sun.
Why was Duttada hopeful
that he would discover a
new comet soon?
Ans.: Duttada had a tiny
telescope. Still he hoped to
discover a comet soon
because the professionals
with gigantic telescopes
had pre-assigned
programmes. They hardly
took notice of the
appearance of a new comet.
and indeed, he saw a
stranger among the known
stars. he hoped that it was a
comet.
Why does Duttada say –”I
almost wish I had not
discovered this comet?”
Ans.: Duttada was an
introvert. His discovery of a
comet brought in
unwelcome publicity. He
was often invited to
receptions which he did not
like. He was so fed up that
he wished he had not
discovered the comet.
for his opinion. Sir john did discovers a new comet. It is
not want the paper to be called ‘comet Dutta. Why is his wife unhappy
published immediately. He Many people, like Dutta’s wife, about the discovery?
Ans.: Indrani Devi believed
sent for Dr. Forsyth. Indrani Devi, cherish
that comets brought in
superstitions about comets. calamities in the world. She
A special messenger went to
They think that comets bring wished her husband not to
Cambridge to bring Dr.
calamities in the world. But the associate with such a
Forsyth to Macpherson’s
scientists do not believe that sinister object.
office at night. the visit was
comets have any harmful effect.
kept secret. Sir John gave Dr. How did sir john get hold
Forsyth’s manuscript to him. But ‘comet Dutta’ is surely of James’ original
He said that he had verified dangerous. it is calculated that manuscript?
his calculations and the in ten months time it is going to Ans.: James sent his
collision between the earth be collide with earth. And if it manuscript to ‘nature’ for
and comet Dutta was does, it will mean the end of life publication. Nature’s editor,
Taylor, was sir john’s
imminent. He insisted that on the earth
friend. He gave it to sir
this prediction should be
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rewrite his paper. He wanted Students will listen to the
it to tone it down. He should teacher carefully and follow the Why does sir john say that
say that there was a instructions given to them. They James’ paper should not be
published?
probability of the comet will note the Blackboard work
Ans.: Sir John realizes that
colliding with the earth. But and question answers in their if James’ paper is published
collision was not certain. note-books. They will follow as it is, it will create panic
Then sir john decided that a the homework related
all over the world.
secret meeting of experts instructions as desired by the
from all over the world teacher.
should be held.
 LESSON PLANS BY VIJAY KUMAR HEER
Class: VIII Subject: English
Chapter name: The Comet-II
Date of commencement : As per the teacher diary schedule
Focused Skills and Learning Outcomes: As mentioned below in the objectives of the lesson
Gist of lesson
The conference of experts:
James was surprised when
he went to attend the
conference.All the experts
who were invited were
present Sir John had also
invited Duttada.
Scientists plan to save the
earth. At first the scientists
checked James
calculations and found that
they were correct. Comet
Dutta was sure to collide
with the earth on
December 15.Some
suggested a defensive
action. They suggested
that underground bunkers
should be constructed for
everyone to live in. But
this suggestion was not
practicable. It was not
accepted. Then the
scientists suggested an
offensive action. They
intended to give the comet
a push to change its
course. For this they
planned to send a
spaceship with nuclear
power. The ship would
intercept the comet at the
Book: It So Happened
No. of periods required:
Pedagogy and use of ICT/TLM/ABL/
Blackboard and other materials and plan of
activities to achieve the LOs
OBJECTIVES:-
• To enable the students to
share their personal
experiences.
• To enable them to express
themselves in grammatically
correct language.
• To enable the learners to
extrapolate from the given
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• To enable them to use new
words and phrases in their
own language.
• To enable the students to
learn the fourfold skills of
English i.e
LSRW(Listening, Speaking,
Reading & Writing)
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TEST:
What will happen if comet
discovered by Duttada will collide
with earth ?
Can Yajna organized by Indrani
Devi will help in reducing bad
effects of comet ?
Is scientific effort superior to
Question Answers Oral and written
works
. “For a moment James wondered
if he had done his sums right.”
Why was James doubtful about
his sums and calculations?
Answer: James was not doubtful
about his calculations. He wished
to find some wrong calculations
so that he could heave a sigh of
relief that the world would not
end. Deep in his mind he, like all
others did not want the life on the
earth to end.
2. What did the scientists at the
conference say about James’s
‘sums’?
Answer: After rechecking James’
sum for the umpteenth time the
scientist arrived at the horrifying
conclusion that James was right.
There was just a feeble chance of
the comet scraping through the
earth’s atmosphere. Even then
also it would have caused great
damage.
3. Immediate action was needed,
the scientists decided. Give one
example each of ‘defensive’ and
‘offensive’ action mentioned in
the text.
Answer: The Defensive Option: It
was planned to prepare
underground bunkers to hide
everybody for safety.
The Offensive Option: To deflect
the path of the comet by using
right time and then it will
be exploded by remote
control. This project was
named the Charge of Light
Brigade. A time- table was
drawn for the action.
Will the action succeed?
Duttada and Sir John had
become good friends.
Duttada asked Sir John’s
opinion about the success
of the project. He said he
could not say anything
with certainty but he
would not buy his
Christmas presents before
December 15.
Duttada returns home:
Duttada stayed in England
for another week. He
visited observatories and
met astronomers. Then he
came back to Calcutta.
Preparations for a yajna:
There was a big crowd at
his house.His wife Indrani
Debi had consulted Guruji.
He had advised performing
a yajna to bless Duttada,
and to pacify the evil
spirits behind the comet.
But Duttada was
displeased. He refused to
have anything to do with
the yajna. He explained
that there was no
connection between the
appearance of a comet and
the misfortunes of the
world.
religious mythological soloutions ?
METHODOLOGY:
Lecture and discussion, debate and
demo
NEW WORDS:
Deliberations: Discussions;
Deliberations and dialogues were
held between India and Pakistan in
New Delhi to solve the problem of
Jammu & Kashmir.
Star Studded: Full of stars. Tonight,
the sky is star-studded.
Calamity:Disaster, Misfortune.
There was a great loss of life and
property after the calamity of
Cyclone Phallin.
Dispelled: Removed; The Debris
and Garbages were dispelled from
the town.
Respite: It was a great respite for
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Detonating: Exploding. Detonating
bombs were kept in the motor
cycle for explosion.
Rendezvous: Meeting place; The
pre-arranged Rendezvous was held
in a secret meeting place.
MAIN POINTS:
Sir John Macpherson proposed to
call a meeting of experts from all
countries in a week’s time. James
agreed with him though he thought
it almost impossible to call the
meeting at such a short notice. Sir
John dropped James at his hotel.
The Conference of experts: All the
Experts who were invited were
present. James was surprised when
he went to attend the conference.
nuclear explosion. This was
preferred as nobody was sure
about the size of the comet.
4. “I am not buying any
Christmas presents till December
15.” What did Sir John mean by
that?
Answer: There is a saying that the
Earth is like a small speck of dust
in this universe and we are a
minute part of that small speck.
Against the powers of the
universe human beings are simply
powerless. Sir John was aware of
this fact and, like everybody else,
was not hundred percent sure of
the success of the offensive
measure planned in the meeting.
So he was postponing all
celebrations till the D-day.
5. What is Duttada expected to do
on his return from London?
Answer: After his return from
London he discovered that
Indrani Debi had arranged for a
yajna to be performed. She, along
with other family members,
planned it to ward off the evils of
the comet’s visit.
6. What is his reaction to the
proposal?
Answer: Duttada did not believe
in such superstitions. So he
refused to participate in the yajna.
7. (i) What does ‘Project Light
Brigade’ refer to?
(ii) What does Sir John say about
the Project in his letter to Duttada
in October?
Answer: ‘Project Light Brigade’
referred to the plans to deflect the
comet’s path by nuclear
explosion.
In October Sir John wrote about
the timely launch of the spaceship
which was carrying nuclear

The charge of Light
Brigade is successful:
Comet Dutta came very
close to earth. Millions of
people admired it. But they
didn’t know how
dangerous it was. Duttada
had been worrying. Then
he received an urgent
TELEX from Sir John. It
said that he was going to
buy his Christmas presents
on December 15. No one
could understand what it
meant. But Duttada was
extremely happy. He knew
that the charge of Project
Light Brigade has been
successful. The earth had
been saved from complete
destruction.
Who saved the Earth?
After the comet had
disappeared, Duttada said
to his wife, “Now you see
that there is nothing
harmful about a comet.”
But she smiled. She said
that the comet did not
harm because the yajna
was performed. Duttada’s
grandson had performed
the yajna on behalf of
Duttada. Duttada was
shocked. He wondered that
even in this age the
rational and the
superstitions exist
together, though the gap
between the two was too
wide.
Sir John had also invited Duttada.
Comet Duttada was sure to collide
with the earth. Scientist’s plan to
save the earth.
Scientist’s suggested an offensive
action to change its course by
sending a spaceship with nuclear
power. This project was named –
Project Light Brigade. Will the
action succeed? Duttada & Sir John
had become good friends. Sir John
said he could not say anything
about the success of the project
with certainty. But he would not
buy his Christmas presents before
December 15th. Duttada returns
home. Preparations for a yajna to
bless Duttada & to pacify the evil
spirits behind the comet.The charge
of Project Light Brigade is
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rational & superstitions exist
together.
VIDEO LINKS FOR THE
LESSON:-
https://youtu.be/sL6Q72SaXL0
https://youtu.be/xvojRnSXEDY
https://youtu.be/HF1fTokhT_A
Students will listen to the teacher
carefully and follow the
instructions given to them. They
will note the Blackboard work and
question answers in their note-
books. They will follow the
homework related instructions
given by the teacher.
materials for explosion near the
comet.
8. Did Sir John buy Christmas
presents on December 15? How
did Duttada get to know about it?
Answer: When the scientific
community observed that the
comet started going away from
the earth they were relieved that it
did not do any harm. So Sir John
decided to buy Christmas present
on 15th December. He sent an
urgent message in this regard to
Duttada through the British High
Commission in India.
9. Why, according to Indrani
Debi, had the comet not been
disastrous? Do you agree with
her?
Answer: According to Indrani
Debi it was the effect of the yajna
which did not allow the comet to
create disaster on the earth. For
somebody who is as rational as
Duttada this is impossible to
believe. I belong to that category.
For those who believe in comets
bringing bad luck this is
believable.
10. Is Duttada’s general outlook
(i) rational (ii) moral (iii)
traditional Choose the right word.
Say why you think it right?
Answer: Duttada’s general
outlook is rational. He is a
scientist and he has a scientific
outlook.He knows what the
Comet are.
He knows that there is no
connection between the
appearance of comets and
misfortunes of the earth.
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