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SAI INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL
ENGLISH LESSON NOTES
CLASS 10
MODULE: BHOLI

LEARNING oBJECTIVE

 To sensitise the students to the importance of education.
 To explain the importance of emotional security and family support for children.
 To indicate the need of love, encouragement and education for the disabled to fight
against their odds.
 To demonstrate the use of simple past and past perfect tense in speech and writing.
 To stuff moral values in the students such as dowry is a social abuse, any disabled
should not be made fun of etc.
Introduction to the Lesson

Bholi is a story written by K.A. Abbas. The story revolves around a girl who due to an
accidental fall and disease in her childhood faces the problem of being dull and ugly. She is
always a target by everyone for not being good looking and intelligent. Her life turns upside
down when she joins a nearby school where her teacher encourages her and helps her to
become a learned and confident person. Later in the story, circumstances arise where Bholi
has to give acceptance to the marriage with an unequal match but rejects it when she sees
her father pleading to the bridegroom when he demands dowry. The story shows the rise of
a girl against social injustice.

New words

1. Simpleton: lacking of common sense
Ex: She is not able to behave well, she is a simpleton.

Stammer: stutter
Ex: Raju stammered while delivering the speech on the stage.

Prosperous: well off
Ex: They are prosperous and happy.

Revenue: income
Ex: Kings used to collect revenue from their subject.

Orchard: fruit garden
Ex: The group of monkey has destroyed the fruits of orchard.

Astonished: surprised
Ex: I was astonished when I saw the result of class fifth.

Throbbing: Beating
Ex: My heart was throbbing fast when I saw a snake.