The Curb in the Sky
Pre-reading Questions (Answer the questions before reading the short story)
Q1. Do you have any friends who always disturb you while speaking?
Q2. Do you like this habit?
Q3. Do you have any suggestions to control this annoying nature of her/him?
Post-reading Activity (After Reading the Short story)
Dialogue Writing
Friends: Charlie, you will lose your mind post-haste
Charlie: I don't think so. I have decided to marry Dorothy
Friends: When William Howard was___
Dorothy (interrupts): President, President
Friends: Let's get off. What a menace, yaar!
After Marriage
Charlie: When we went to Fairview,...
Dorothy: No Charlie, No...You are not correct. Let me tell the story
Charlie:_____________________________________________________
Dorothy:______________________________________
Charlie (about his dream):____________________________________
Dorothy (interrupts)
_____________________________________________
Charlie is taken to a mental asylum
Happy People
Q1. Are you happy now?
Q2. Any reason to be happy?
Q3. Do you know any person who is most often positive and happy?
Post-reading Activity
Find out about the book
Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life
written by Hector Garcia, Francesc Miralles
Click on the below link and read about the book in that website:
https://mommyreturns.art.blog/2020/02/20/ikigai-prologue/
Make notes on at least 5 important points about the Happy People in Japan.
A Psalm of Life
Pre-reading Questions
Q1. Are you a serious person?
Q2. How do you respond to difficult situations?
Q3. Do people consider you brave?
Post-reading Activity
'A Psalm of Life' by H.W. Longfellow
Refer a Dictionary and find the Telugu meanings of the words
Slumber
Psalm
Footprints
Dumb
Funeral
Mourn
Strife
Stout
Bivouac
Forlorn
The Dear Departed
Q1. Do you know any old relative illtreated by their family members?
Q2. Have you visited an old age home?
Q3. Any instance of you helping an elderly person other than your family members?
Post-reading Activity
Paragraph Writing
Write your opinion on the ways of being socially responsible to the elders of our society in not more than 8 sentences. Remember to give a title for your paragraph, add a topic sentence and a concluding sentence and make the paragraph coherent.
Hints:
Help isolated seniors...
Mental support...
Listen to them, show empathy...
Encourage them to be active...
A call to an elderly relative...