Summary
Summary:
A. Anika narrates her visit to the hills where she attends festivals with her friend, Sangma. Sangma welcomes her with a water spray, and her house is adorned with decorations. During the phulbiju festival, hill girls float flowers in the water to celebrate the new year, followed by mulbiju, where boys and girls spray water on each other, symbolizing the washing away of sorrows. The new year day is called gajjya pajjya.
B. Discussion points for groups include the location of the festival and the activities of the hill girls and boys.
C. True or false questions based on the story ask for the correct answers if a statement is false.
D. Individual questions focus on Anika's life, her friendship with Sangma, and the customs during the festivals.
E. Groups are to act out scenes from the story, such as floating flowers and spraying water.
F. Students practice making declarative sentences negative.
G. Finally, students are encouraged to draw and color a picture depicting the festival for classroom display.
A. Listen to the story and read each line of the story in groups. Help each other if necessary.
Hello! I am Anika. I live in the plain land. I like to attend the hill festivals. So I am here in the hills to visit my friend.
She is Sangma. She welcomes me to her house, spraying water upon me.
The house is decorated with colours and flowers. Her parents greet me.
They entertain me with various food items
Today is phulbiju. On this day hill girls float flowers wishing a happy new year.
The next day is mulbiju. On this occasion, young boys and girls spray water on each other. They believe that spraying water washes away sorrows in life.
Then comes the new year's day. It is called gajjya pajjya.
B. Look at the pictures. Discuss the questions in small groups.
1. Where is the festival taking place?
2. What are the hill gir's doing in the water?
3. What are the boys and the girls doing?
4. How are the two gir's dancing?
| Grammar focus: Continuous tenses: actions or events continuing in the present. Structure: subject + be + verb + ing. Example: He is reading. She is writing. |
C. Read the story and say if the sentences are true or false. If false write the correct answers.
1. The name of the hill girl is Sangma.
2. Sangma welcomes a chakma girl to her house.
3. On the day of phulbiju hill girls float flowers in the water.
4. Young boys and gir's throw flowers on each other.
5. The new year's day is called mulbiju.
D. Read the story individually and write answer to each of the questions.
1. Where does Anika live?
2. What is the name of the hill girl?
3. How does the hill girl welcome Anika?
4. Why do the hill people float flowers in the water?
5. What do hill people do on the day of mulbiju?
Grammar focus: Verbs Simple present: |
E. Act out in groups the scenes of floating flowers in the water and spraying water on each other.
| Grammar focus: Declarative Sentences Declaratives are simple statements. Examples: She goes. He reads a book. Negative form of declarative sentences: Auxiliary verb +(Be/ do, does) not + principal verb. Examples: He does not read. She is not preasnt. |
F. Read the following declarative sentences in groups and make them negative.
1. Anika and Sangma are two friends.
2. Anika lives in the plain land.
3. Sangma is a hill girl.
4. The hill girl float flowers in the water.
G. Draw a picture of the festival, colour it and display it in the class room.
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