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SAI INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL
GRADE IX- ENGLISH
MODULE -16, MY CHILDHOOD (BEEHIVE)

CBSE Class IX Lesson 6 - My Childhood By A.P.J. Abdul Kalam [an
extract from Wings of Fire]

Objectives.

 To instil values of generosity, kindness, humility and communal
harmony among the children.
 To enable them to frame sentences using the new words and
phrases.

Introduction to the Lesson

Abdul Kalam‟s biography is titled “Wings of Fire” and the chapter „My
Childhood‟ talks about the childhood of A.P.J Abdul Kalam. He was the
President of India and a great scientist too. APJ talks about his
upbringing, his parents and siblings. He tells us about his friends and all
those things that influenced his childhood.

Lesson and Explanation

I WAS born into a middle-class Tamil family in the island town of
Rameswaram in the erstwhile Madras State.

erstwhile: former