Jalebis-class VIII

• English
• Secondary Education
• Age 13

JALEBIS

Expected Learning Outcomes

We will be able to:

•  realize the value of speaking truth.
  
• to share their personal experiences. 
  
• to use new words and phrases in their own language. 
  
• to express ourselves in grammatically correct language
  

Do you think it is okay to speak lies? Why /Why not?

Have you ever asked anything in prayer
which is ethically and morally not correct?
What was it and under what situation did you ask it?

Time to Read!

"It’s best you stop chewing at my
ears like this and let me go home straight".What is being referred to in the above line?

There was such a clamour that passersby
in the bazaar stared, eyes wide with surprise.
Choose the synonym of "Clamour"

1. Noise
2. timid
3. pray
4. estimate

Why didn’t he pay the school fees on the day he brought money to
school?

Why didn’t he eat all the jalebis he had bought?
(ii) What did he do with the remaining jalebis?
iii)How did he plan to pay the fees the next day?

"No one can erase what fate has decreed." Elucidate the above statement with reference to the chapter.

If God had granted his wish that day, what harm would it have caused him in later life?

1. Why didn’t he pay the school fees on the day he brought money to school?
2. (i) What were the coins ‘saying’ to him? (ii) Do you
think they were misguiding him?

Why didn’t he take the coins’ advice? Give two or three reasons.

His prayer to God is like a lawyer’s defense of a
bad case. Does he argue his case well? What are the points he makes?

Jalebis -SAQs-2.31

Answer the following questions in not more than 30-40 words.

Q1. Why are the coins made to ‘talk’ in the story? What purpose does it serve?

Q2. If God had granted his wish that day, what harm would it have caused him in later life?

Q3. What do you learn about the character of the boy from the story?

 

LONG ANSWER QUESTION

The boy in the story learnt HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO THINK BEFORE WE ACT. Create a short story of your own in 100-120 words sharing an important value/life lesson. Don't forget give your story a suitable title.

Now, I can:
answer the questions based on the text.
share the value learnt from the lesson.
throw more light on the character of the boy.

1. Strongly Agree
2. Agree
3. Need Help