Lesson 1: Topic: Freedom & Liberty
Overview
Discussion: Free Basics, British Rule in India, Concept of Liberty and Equality in the internet age, Our Constitution
Text: Letter to My Daughter by Jawaharlal Nehru
Grammar Topics: Present Tense, Gerund, Agreement of the Verb with the Subject.
Comprehension: Metaphoric and Thematic Cohesiveness
Additional Texts:
A Fictional Letter to the daughter
Lesson 2: War and Peace
Discussion: Patriotism, Nationalism, National Hero, War and Peace
Text: The Charge of the Light Brigade by Lord Alfred Tennyson
Grammar Topics: Agreement of the Verb with the Subject (continued), past tense, infinitive
Comprehension: Using idioms (download a list of idioms)
Lesson 3: Running an Institution/Organisation/Office
Discussion: How do you run an institution? Components of an institution: Our focus - ZOO
Text: Elephant and the Cassowary by Ruskin Bond
Grammar Topics: Relative Clauses, Phrasal Verbs and Punctuation
Comprehension: Using parenthesis, writing about nature
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Lesson 4: Past and Present of Our Environment
Topics: Sports and environment, Colonial India, Gaming
Grammar: Modal Verbs, Past Tense
Text: Kunwar Singh from My India
Lesson 5: Interviews
Topics: How to interview someone else?
Grammar: Framing questions, Active and Passive Voice, Talking about others, The Chinese zodiac calendar
Text: An Astrologer's Day by R K Narayan
Lesson 6: Love Poems and Relationships
Topics: What is a love poem? How to write a love poem? How did Shakespeare write his sonnets?
Comprehension: How to remember things?
Text: Sonnet 116 by William Shakespeare
Lesson 7: God and Faith
Text: Pied Beauty by GM Hopkins
Lesson 8:
Text: The Villain by W H Davies
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