CLASS viii

GOOD AFTERNOON

WELCOME TOENGLISH 1st PAPER

CLASS

MURONG

RAKHAIN

LOOK AT THE PICTURESKHASIA

RAKHAIN

TODAY’S TOPIC

OUR ETHNIC FRIENDSUnit-6

By the end of the lesson the learners will be able to-

describe the ethnic people

guess meaning of the words close to the text

answer the questions about ethnic people

write the activities of the ethnic people

summarizing the text

LEARNING OUTCOMES

TEXT READING

I will ask the learners to read the text for 10 minutes. After they have finished reading the text, I will give them further tasks on the basis of the given text.

pertaining to or characteristic of a group of people, especially a group sharing a common and distinctive culture, religion, language, or the like the are also called tribes or tribal people

ETHNIC

Ethnic people practise a common and distinctive colourful culture.

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Bangladeshi Manipuri daily lifes etc etc

Ethnic people have their own mother tongue. We don’t understand it. Just to experience a dialog among some ethnic people , lets enjoy a video clip of one of the daily chores of an ethnic group , the Monipuris.please visit the given link.

Language:

Clearing the hill –slopes and the lands in the forests, ethnic people practise cultivation and its called ‘jhum’.

Jhum

A place raised high from the ground

Ethnic people build their houses on the high platform to protect them from wild animals.

PLATFORM

MACHANG

A house built on a high platformEthnic people build their houses on the high platform and that is called the ‘machang.’

CHARACTERISTIC

a distinguishing feature orquality of a person or a thing

Ethnic people have some common characteristics of their own.

RICE WITH VEGETABLES

HUNTING

MACHANGHEAVY JUELLERY

1.Guess the meaning of the following words close to the text:

i) ethnic- a)people living in the forest areas ,distinct in culture, religious and language-tribes

b) root people’s subordinate

c)rural people

d)People living in the low lying areas

ii) tongue-

a)language

b)speech

c)utterance

d)word

iii) platform-

a) station

b)raised surface to build houses

c) track

d) stage

iv) characteristic-

a)feature

b)type

c) look

d)quality

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS

Ethnic people observe some festivals CHAKMA

BIJHU

MURONG COW-KILLING FEST

MARMA PUNNYAH

SANTAL-NEW YEAR FEST

MONIPURI RASH UTSOB

Group1, 2

GROUP WORK

The class will be divided into 2 groups. Each group will be asked to write the activities of the people identifying their community.

Write a paragraph following the given pictures.

INDIVISUAL WORK

PAIR

WORK

The class will be divided into several pairs and then, asked to describe the people & their activities. They will have to find out whether any difference they get between the pictures

I will sum up the text . After that I will ask the learners some questions

1. What does the term ‘ethnic’ mean?

3. What is ‘MACHANG’?

4. Why do they build their houses on the high platform?

5.What are the common features the majority ethnic groups have?

6. Do they speak in Bangla, the state language among themselves ?

SUMMING UP THE TEXT & EVALUATION

HOME WORK

Write a description on any of the ethnic groups you have read in the text in not more than 100-120 words.

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