Question
A1. Simple Factual Activity:
State whether you Agree or Disagree with the following statements:
(1) Swami is a close-mouthed little kid.
(2) Swami hated Mathematics even worse.
A little bit about the book...
Anything I mention about the book can be mistakenly understood as 'spoilers', so I would rather give a glance into the book without mentioning any events or plots of the story.
Swami is a mischievous little kid of about 10 years old and living in the era where India was under the British rule... Like most kids of that age, Swami is a kid who cannot stay at one place and absolutely hates school, even worse Mathematics. School is his absolute nightmare. Anyway the story unfolds around the happenings of this kid and how he constantly gets into trouble and gets a good beating from his father.
Swami is a talkative little kid and thinks that’s his way of facing life, talking himself out of everything. But he does learn the truth the harsh way. As many teens back then, all he wants to do is play under the sun, kick something, climb a tree, break something and harass somebody (unlike kids today!!!). This, in fact, was (and in most parts of India, still is) the life of a typical boy growing up. Technology isn’t big in a kid's life. All they want is to play havoc!!!
In what ways is Swami a typical boy in his growing years ?
In this regard, Narayan gets deeply into the workings of Swami’s ten year old mind, explaining exquisitely how he thinks and what his perspective of the world is. The reader does feel like Swami and gets very attached with the character as the story progresses. That's the magic of Narayan.
A2. Complex Factual Activity:
(1) Describe Swami's characteristics in 3-4 sentences.
A3. Activities based on Vocabulary:
Underline the odd man:
(i) mentioning, happenings, everything, facing
(ii) mischievous, truth, talkative, typical
(iii) give, mention, stay, life
(iv) constantly, absolutely, lovely, deeply
A4. Activities based on Contextual Grammar:
Frame Wh-questions to get the underlined parts as answers:
(1) Narayan gets deeply into the working of Swami's mind.
(2) That's the magic of Narayan.
A5. Personal Response:
(1) Do you think, that even today most of our kids like to live the life Swami was living?
State whether you Agree or Disagree with the following statements:
(1) Swami is a close-mouthed little kid.
(2) Swami hated Mathematics even worse.
A little bit about the book...
Anything I mention about the book can be mistakenly understood as 'spoilers', so I would rather give a glance into the book without mentioning any events or plots of the story.
Swami is a mischievous little kid of about 10 years old and living in the era where India was under the British rule... Like most kids of that age, Swami is a kid who cannot stay at one place and absolutely hates school, even worse Mathematics. School is his absolute nightmare. Anyway the story unfolds around the happenings of this kid and how he constantly gets into trouble and gets a good beating from his father.
Swami is a talkative little kid and thinks that’s his way of facing life, talking himself out of everything. But he does learn the truth the harsh way. As many teens back then, all he wants to do is play under the sun, kick something, climb a tree, break something and harass somebody (unlike kids today!!!). This, in fact, was (and in most parts of India, still is) the life of a typical boy growing up. Technology isn’t big in a kid's life. All they want is to play havoc!!!
In what ways is Swami a typical boy in his growing years ?
In this regard, Narayan gets deeply into the workings of Swami’s ten year old mind, explaining exquisitely how he thinks and what his perspective of the world is. The reader does feel like Swami and gets very attached with the character as the story progresses. That's the magic of Narayan.
A2. Complex Factual Activity:
(1) Describe Swami's characteristics in 3-4 sentences.
A3. Activities based on Vocabulary:
Underline the odd man:
(i) mentioning, happenings, everything, facing
(ii) mischievous, truth, talkative, typical
(iii) give, mention, stay, life
(iv) constantly, absolutely, lovely, deeply
A4. Activities based on Contextual Grammar:
Frame Wh-questions to get the underlined parts as answers:
(1) Narayan gets deeply into the working of Swami's mind.
(2) That's the magic of Narayan.
A5. Personal Response:
(1) Do you think, that even today most of our kids like to live the life Swami was living?
