Given below is a list of short stories from the course book Oxford New Pathways (Class VIII). The stories are
divided into three categories: A, B and C for the purpose of learning character building, summarization of
content and vocabulary building as part of the project. The students are required to follow the given
instructions in this regard:
1. Read the story mentioned under each category (A, B and C). The total number of stories read by
each student should, thus, be three.
2. Follow the instructions mentioned against each lesson to fulfil the requirement of the given
categories.
3. Attempt the given questions in Expressions or Language Skills notebook.
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CATEGORY TEXTBOOK
UNIT
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TEXT TITLE INSTRUCTIONS
A.
Description
of a
Character
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MCB
Unit 1
Section
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My Big Brother
by Premchand
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Select any one character from the given text to
define characteristic qualities with examples
from the text in about 120 words.
● Trace the growth in the character, if any.
● Highlight the adjectives/ adverbs used to
define the character.
B.
Summary
of Content
MCB
Unit 3
Section 2
Can We Change This?
by Bama
Attempt a summary containing a brief
description of the following. (word limit:200-
300 words)
● major episodes or events
● an event of shock or surprise for the reader
C.
Vocabulary
Building
LR
Unit 5
Her First Party
by Kate Chopin
● Choose any ten difficult words from the
chosen text and identify their parts of
speech.
● Identify and classify the various types of
sentences from the chosen text and write
them under the following headings:
Assertive, Negative, Interrogative,
Imperative. (minimum two sentences
under each category.)
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