Dreams Realised – Mahadev Desai – Class 9 SCERT
Conversations Gandhi and the French Students Student 1: Welcome, Gandhiji. We see you as a light for the West. Gandhiji: Thank you, my friends. I also see you as fellow students. Student 2: You have learnt about our traditions, haven’t you? Gandhiji: Yes. Since my student days in France, I admired Rousseau and Victor Hugo. […]
Summary There was an elephant family. One day, the mother elephant noticed that she was too fat to work. She saw that the whole family was fat. She decided to start exercise and stop eating too much food. She made her husband and children to reduce weight. One day, their grandmother sent a delicious cake. […]
Summary A snail was the postman in a certain forest. He carried letters and parcels to the animals that lived in the forest. The problem was, he was very slow. He was a snail. When the weather is bad, he brought mails very late. Because of this, some people received their birthday gifts a day […]
Rhyme Rhyme adds musicality and cohesion to the poem. Szymborska uses end rhyme consistently. Examples: twice / practise dumber / summer yesterday / way tongue / flung sorrow / tomorrow Alliteration Alliteration is the repetition of initial consonant sounds, often used to create rhythm or emphasis. Examples: fleeting day sorry fact smiles and kisses rose […]
Conversations Bablu and Gowri — The First Gift Setting: Bablu has just returned home and secretly hands Gowri the sanitary pad packet. Bablu: Gowri, I brought something for you. Gowri: What is it? Bablu: Just open it and see. Gowri: (opens packet) Sanitary pads? Why did you buy these? Bablu: I saw you using a […]
Summary The narrator goes to the British Museum to read about hay fever. He finds a medical encyclopedia and starts reading about many diseases. As he reads, he begins to believe he has every illness listed—typhoid, cholera, diphtheria, and even rare ones like St. Vitus’s Dance. The only disease he doesn’t have is housemaid’s knee, […]
Hope is like a small bird with soft feathers. It sits quietly inside our hearts. It sings a gentle tune that doesn’t need words, And it never stops singing. Even during strong storms, its song is sweet. Only a very powerful storm could silence it— But usually, it keeps people feeling warm and strong. I’ve […]
Extract 1: Questions 1 to 12 You hear a doctor talking to a patient. For questions 1 to 12, complete the following notes. You now have 30 seconds to look at the notes Patient: Samara Cox Reason for visit: Pre-operative discussion Surgery: Joint (1) ____________________. On the day of surgery: Morning: Patient taken to (2) […]
Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his famous “I Have a Dream” speech on August 28, 1963, during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. This historic event took place at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., where more than 250,000 people gathered to demand civil and economic rights for African Americans. The speech came […]
What Is MYP Language and Literature? The Middle Years Programme (MYP) for students aged 11–16 (Grades 6–10) is part of the IB continuum. Language and Literature is the language A course, typically taught in the student’s first/best language (like English). This course aims to: Develop critical thinking and communication. Explore texts from diverse cultures and […]