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UNIT 1 ADVENTURES IN A BANYAN TREE

1) ‘And amongst the wool were the three baby squirrels – all of them white!’ The boy couldn’t stopwondering about the white squirrels. If he scribbled down this unforgettable sight in his diary, howwould it be? 10 April 2019Tuesday11:00 pmWhat a wonderful sight! Our white rat has...
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UNIT 1 LEARNING THE GAME

SUMMARY“Learning the Game” is an extract from Sachin Tendulkar’sautobiography ‘Playing It My Way.’It narrates his love forcricket,even from his childhood.The lesson ‘Learning the Game’ deals with Sachins introduction to the game of cricket. An 11 year old Sachin is depicted in...
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UNIT 1 THE RACE

THE RACESUMMARY‘The race’ is an interesting story written by the famous Indianwriter Nisha Punjabi. It is the story of an athlete boy namedTarun.Tarun was weak in his studies. But he had an intense wish tobecome the fastest runner in the world. An intensive trainingwas necessary...
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Unit 1 Poem- Bang the drum

CRITICAL APPRECIATIONThe song ‘Bang the drum’ is written by Bryan Adams and NellyFurtado. It is a tribute to the athletes who participated in the 2010winter Olympics at Vancouver.The song begins with an exhortation that together we can reach forthe sky. Athletes have gathered...
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STD VIII ENGLISH UNIT 1.HUES AND VIEWS Lesson : WE’RE THE WORLD

Summary Michael Jackson’s song ‘We’ re the World’, highlights the need of the hour to stand together.Lending a hand to life is the greatest gift of all. We cannot go on pretending, that someone, somewhere will make a change. When we work with unity, we can make the world a better...
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STD VIII ENGLISH UNIT 1.HUES AND VIEWS LESSON. THE BOY WHO DREW CATS

Summary A farmer had many children, who were all well-built except theyoungest boy. The parents decided to make him a priest. He was taken to apriest as an apprentice. But he had a problem. Whenever he was alone, hedrew pictures of cats. At last the priest sent him away. He was...
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STD VIII. ENGLISH UNIT 1. HUES AND VIEWS LESSON 2. TAJ MAHAL

Summary In the poem Taj Mahal, the poet Rabindranath Tagore addresses the Emperor Shah Jahan. He tells that life, youth, wealth and renown, all float away down the stream of time. The pain of Shah Jahan’s heart, was the memories of his beloved Mumtaz. He wanted to preserve the...
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STD VIII. ENGLISH UNIT 1. HUES AND VIEWS LESSON 1. The Mysterious Picture

Summary :“The Mysterious Picture”, narrates the dilemma of Tyl Ulenspiegel a painter from Flanders. Tyl reached the court of the Archduke of Battenburg, riding on a donkey.When the Captain of the Guards heard that Tyl was a Flemish painter, he allowed him to enter the palace. The...
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