SUGGESTED PRACTICE PERIOD ACTIVITIES UNDER

LEARNING IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMME (L I P)

N(ame of the Teacher: G.Kumaraswamy, ZPHS, Akkireddypalem)
Teaching Period I/ Teaching Period II/Content Practice Period
Pre-requisites period Period
➢ Greetings ➢ Model Reading ➢ Text Reading {Group reading,
➢ Picture interaction ➢ Key Words Collaborative reading, Scaffold
➢ Pre-requisites (identification, writing reading, Individual reading
➢ Mind Map on the BB, meanings) (silent and loud reading)}
➢ Announcement of the ➢ Conceptual ➢ Key Words practice
title/topic understanding ➢ Similar lines
➢ Oral Narrative ➢ Sub-text (by the teacher) ➢ Sub-text by the students (writing
➢ Concept Map / editing by the teacher)

(N.B.: Only at the beginning of a unit there are two teaching periods followed by a practice periods.
Teaching and Practice should go hand in hand in the areas of teaching ‘speaking’, ‘grammar’ etc.)

1. Who do you see in the first picture?

2. What do you know about the person in the picture?
3. Name the works of Ruskin Bond as mentioned in the second picture?
4. Have you ever had a lesson from Ruskin Bond in your previous classes?
5. Which season is mentioned in the third picture?
6. Name some other seasons.

Mind Map (to be developed on the previous knowledge of the students)

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Oral narrative: Seasons of India are majorly classified as Summer, Winter, Autumn, Spring and
Monsoon seasons. In Spring the weather is warm and sunny flowers are in bloom. Summer is the hottest
time of year in India. Monsoon season brings heavy rains. Autumn is a beautiful time of year in India and
leaves change colour. Winter is the coldest time of the years.

OR

Concept Map (for entire unit)

Reading segment I: “June 24th……………………………………………..insectivorous birds.”

Key words/phrases: 1. Melancholy = very sad

2. conceal = hide, not allowed to be seen
3. genuine = actual, authentic

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 4. heralded = signalled / brought the news of
5. imprecations = curses
6. blankets = covers
7. contrive = create
8. aggressive = ready to attack
9. dearth = lack
10. privacy = space to yourself, secrecy

Exercise: Fill in the following blanks with an appropriate word from the above list.

1. I badly needed some ----------------------

2. A deep --------------------- runs through her poetry.
3. The medal is made of --------------------- gold.
4. Dark cloud ------------------------ hills
5. He is an ------------------------- man in many ways.
6. There is a --------------- of food in many African countries.
7. He had to ----------------- his identity to escape from the police.
8., The singing of the birds -------------------- in the day.
.

(for those who can’t answer the above exercise, two options may be given for each blank.)

1. I badly needed some ---------------------- (imprecations / privacy)

2. He had to ----------------- his identity to escape from the police (conceal / dearth)

(for those who can’t answer the above exercise, the following matching exercise may be given)

1. melancholy ( ) a. lack
2. conceal ( ) b. ready to attack
3. genuine ( ) c. create
4. heralded ( ) d. actual, authentic
5. imprecations ( ) e. signalled / brought the news of
6. blankets ( ) f. very sad
7. contrive ( ) g. hide, not allowed to be seen
8. aggressive ( ) h. space to yourself, secrecy
9. dearth ( ) i. covers
10. privacy ( ) j. curses

Similar lines: Similar lines can be elicited from the students by replacing the underlined words/phrases in
the following sentences.

1. A school boy asked me to describe the hill station and valley in one sentence.
(the Himalayas, the Sahara desert, the life in polluted cities etc. )

2. Yesterday afternoon the leopard lifted a dog from near the servants’ quarter below the school.
(a cow from our cowshed, a dog from the kennel, a pony from the stable etc..)

Segment I Concept Map (Optional)

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Sub-text: Ruskin Bond’s experiences in Mussoorie during a monsoon season. June 24th: Mist covers the
hills. All the birds fall silent and make the mist so melancholy. Bijju is calling his sister but can’t be seen
because of mist. The genuine monsoon rain makes the first cobra lilly bloom The hill station and the valley
looks like a paradise that might have been. Visitors like leopards, leeches, scarlet minivets, drango are seen.
The genuine monsoon rain makes the first cobra lily bloom.

Reading Segment II: “August 2nd …………………………………………… ………….to an end”

Key words/phrases:
1. drumming = falling noisily
2. storm = cyclone
3. tropical = hot
4. downpour = heavy rain
5. tinkle = bell, ring
6. disconsolately = unhappily
7. ravine = valley
8. damp = wet
9. bobbing = move up and down
10. lush = rich

Exercise: Fill in the following blanks with an appropriate word from the above list.

1. It was the heaviest ---------------------------- recorded ever.

2. This is the worst -------------------- we have had for years.
3. The telephone gave a -----------------
4. The bus has fallen into a ------------------
5. Summer was almost ------------------- last year.
7. Stop ------------------- on the desk.
8. The hills are covered in -------------- green vegetation.
9. The small boat was ----------------- on the sea.
10. She went away -----------------------------
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(for those who can’t answer the above exercise, two options may be given for each blank.)

1. The small boat was ----------------- on the sea. (bobbing / disconsolately)

2.. She went away ----------------------------- (bobbing / disconsolately)

(for those who can’t answer the above exercise, the following matching exercise may be given)

1. drumming ( ) a. unhappily
2. storm ( ) b. valley
3. tropical ( ) c. wet
4. downpour ( ) d. move up and down
5. tinkle ( ) e. rich
6. disconsolately ( ) f. falling noisily
7. ravine ( ) e. hot
8. damp ( ) f. heavy rain
9. bobbing ( ) g. bell, ring
10. lush ( ) h. a cyclone

Similar lines: Similar lines can be elicited from the students by replacing the underlined words/phrases in
the following sentences.

1. We haven’t seen the Sun for eight or nine days.

(the Moon for 2 weeks, the rain for 4 months etc. )
2. The hillsides are lush as late-monsoon flowers begin to appear.
(gardens, parks, valleys etc.)

Segment II: Concept Map (Optional):

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Sub-text: The drumming rain gives a feeling of being untouched by and yet in touch with the rain.
A song of whistling thrush emerges after the rain stops. On Aug 12 everything is damp and soggy because
of endless rain. The Sun is not seen for 8 or 9 days. The hillsides are lush with monsoon flowers like
dahlias, orchids, wild balsam, begonias etc. The seeds of cobra lily turns red to indicate that the rains are
coming to and end.

Reading Segment III: “In a few days………………………………………..with their loneliness.”

Key words/phrases:

1. amusement = enjoyment, pleasure

2. suffused = spread over
3. hushed = very quiet
4. steady = fixed
5. drift = go with the flow
6. drenched = soaked
7. caress = touching / holding
8. menace = danger

Exercise: Fill in the following blanks with an appropriate word from the above list.

1. Drunk drivers are a ----------------- to everyone.

2. Children like to go to the places of ---------------------
3. Slow and --------------- wins the race.
4. I was ----------------- in sweat.
5. Her eyes were ----------------- with happiness.
6. She gave her child a loving ----------------.
7. She stood up to address the ---------------- court room.

(for those who can’t answer the above exercise, two options may be given for each blank.)

1. Drunk drivers are a ----------------- to everyone. (caress / menace)

2. Children like to go to the places of --------------------- ( menace / suffused )

(for those who can’t answer the above exercise, the following matching exercise may be given)

1. amusement ( ) a. touching / holding

2. suffused ( ) b. soaked
3. hushed ( ) c. go with the flow.
4. steady ( ) d. danger
5. drift ( ) e. very quiet
6. drenched ( ) f. spread over
7. caress ( ) g. enjoyment, pleasure
8. menace ( ) h. fixed

Similar lines: Similar lines can be elicited from the students by replacing the underlined words/phrases in
the following sentences.

1. I receive a cheque.
(a letter, an award, a birthday gift, a citation etc. )

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2. I see a rainbow forming.
(a lush green garden, a beautiful park, a great statue, a deep ravine etc. )

Segment III: Concept Map (Optional):

Sub-text: The orchids put on a fashion display on the grassy slopes. Snakes and rodents take shelter in
roofs and attics and godowns. Chuchundars are lucky-they bring money. Authors receives a cheque in the
mail. During winter rain the sky and the hills are suffused with a beautiful golden light. The great trees
menace the author with their loneliness. After the hailstorm the author sees a rainbow forming.
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