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TEACHER`S IDENTITYShamima AlamAssistant TeacherB0gra Govt. Girls` High SchoolMobile – 01714676944

INTRODUCTION OF THE LESSON

English first paper Class - 8 Unit-7 Lesson-3 Time- 45 mins

Look at the picture and discuss with your partner what you see.

Pair Work

NAME OF TOPIC

RIVER GYPSIES IN BANGLADESH

Learning outcomes

1.read and understand text through silent reading 2. infer meaning from context 3. ask and answer questions 4. write answer to questions

VocabularyWords Picture Synonyms/ Meaning

Gypsy Traveling people/one of vagabond race

Tarpaulins Canvas/oil cloth

Vend Sell

Nomadic Of traveling and roaming people

B Read the text and answer the following questions.River gypsies are an ethnic group in Bangladesh. They are known as bedey to localpeople. The gypsies have their own lifestyle and culture. They live in groups and donot own any land. Therefore, they live a nomadic life travelling from one place toanother. These people roam across our rivers and waters from May to December insmall country boats. These boats are their houses and these people are a part of ourwaters. In winter, many water bodies dry up. At that time they return to the mainlandand live in make-shift tarpaulin tents on open river banks. You can see their menrelaxing in the tents. Toddlers play with dogs or other pets in the dust. Women oftenidle away time by hair doing, picking off lice in twos or threes sitting in a row.

Listen To The Teacher

1.The river gypsies are among the Nation`s……group.

2.A 2007 report said…..percent live below the poverty line.3.Only 2percent of gypsy children are given primary…….. .

Individual workFill in the gaps

Answer of the gaps1. Ethnic.2. 54.3. School education.

Writing Test(Pair work)

Again read the text and answer the following

question:-1. Who are gypsies?2. How do they live?3. What do river gypsies do in

winter?

Answer of the question1. River gypsies are an ethnic

group in Bangladesh.2. They live a nomadic life

traveling from one place to another.

3. In winter, river gypsies return to the main land and live in make-

shift tarpaulin tents on open river bank.

Have you ever seen any bedey selling things from door to door in your area? Write a paragraph about any one of them.

Group Work

B Discuss with your partner and circle the right answer.1 The term ‘ethnic’ is connected witha people. b plants.c animals. d fishes.2 River gypsies roam around on their boats about ........months a year.a six b sevenc eight d nine3 River gypsies live in tents ina summer. b winter.c monsoon. d spring.

Evaluation

1.People

Answer

2. Eight

3.Winter

Home Work In summer vacation last May Sohan went to Lauhajang in Munshigonj to visit his maternal uncle. His elder cousin, Jihan studies sociology at Dhaka University. One afternoon Jihan took Sohan to a bedey camp to know about their life. They talk to a middle aged woman who was cooking in front of her tent. Now write a dialogue between Jihan and the bedey women about their life style

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