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Read and write :

c3 Read and discuss your responses with your partner. Then
write.
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1. What is the effect of the song of the choristers on the listeners?
2. How are the classes held in the afternoon in Shantiniketan?
3. How do the boys spend their evenings in Shantiniketan?
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4. How are the classes at Shantiniketan different from the classes
in other schools?
5. How does Shantiniketan prepare the boys for life?

c4 The writer has used the phrase ‘living education’ to describe
the experience in shantiniketan. some features of
education are given below. classify them into the categories
of ‘living education’ and ‘unimaginative instruction’. discuss
in groups.

living Education unimaginative instruction
e.g. Open discussion e.g. Punishing learners

Memorizing, meditating, punishing learners, learning outside in
nature, dictating notes, open discussion, students asking questions to
teachers, students passively listening, experimenting, creative thinking,
identifying students’ natural taste, bookish learning.

c5 Write a paragraph describing your idea of a good school.

c6 Write a few lines about your school using the following clues:
• Name of the School
• Location
• School building
• Facilities – about teachers, laboratory, library, sports etc.

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