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SAI INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL
STD X
ENGLISH LESSON NOTES
MODULE: Tea from Assam
objective
To test student’s prior knowledge and use it as scaffold to promote comprehension
of the text.
To encourage students to use different words to express themselves
To enable the students to share their personal experiences
To enable the learners to extrapolate from the given text.
To sensitise the students to the feeling on an individual
To give information about something crucial.
Tea from Assam Introduction
The lesson is about two friends- Pranjol and Rajvir who are travelling to Pranjol’s hometown
Assam for the summer vacation. Assam is known as the ‘tea country’. It has the largest
concentration of plantations in the world. During their journey they discuss about the
various ‘legends’ that are known to have discovered tea. The story tells us about the
popularity of tea as a beverage.
new words
Twigs : Slender woody shoots growing from a
branch or steam
Willow twigs have been planted to form a hedge
on the bank side.
Ardent : Enthusiastic or passionate
I am still an ardent lover of books
Beverage : A drink other than water.
Coca cola is a beverage.
Clatter : A loud rattling sound as a hard objects
striking each other.
He pulled a table with milk vessels and a few pots
with me, making a big clatter.
Sprouting : growing
The sprouting leaves of the tea plants are used to
make tea.
Key points
Pranjol, a youngster from Assam, is Rajvir’s classmate
