You are given the responsibility to take care of diwali decoration of your school.Discuss with your partner ways to execute your plans.
Answers
You can either use the following discussion or develop similar one using ideas from it:
Student A: Hey where have you been? I have been looking for you to share very exciting news with you!
Student B: Hey I was here only! May be we did not bump into each other! Well, what is the news?
Student A:You know, the class teacher called me just a few moments ago and told me our class has been given the responsibility to decorate the school for Diwali! I have been made the leader of the decoration team and you as my assistant!
Student B: Wow! That’s very exciting! But how are we going to decorate the entire school in such a short time?
Student A: Hey don’t worry! I have all the plans. That’s why I have come to you. We have to execute the plan.
Student B: Sure, I am all keen on it. But kindly tell me what your plan is.
Student A: Look, we are not going to do it alone! We will involve all the class-leaders from classes VI to XII. We are going to have a meeting during the recess.
Student B: Wonderful! What are you going to do in the meeting?
Student A: I am going to assign each class leader and his or her groups the responsibility of decorating his or her class.
Student B: That will really make the work faster. This is proper delegation and distribution of work!
Student A: Yes, next I am going to instruct all the class leaders to get HAPPY DIWALI signs made according to their wish and favourite designs.
Student B: Hey, I have an idea. Since the ‘MAKE IN INDIA’ campaign is in full swing, can we instruct the leaders to use only MADE IN INDIA products?
Student A: Wow! What an idea! Sure we will! All the decorations will be done using indigenous products and material.
Student B: What about lighting the classes?
Student A: Yes, there will be lighting. We will ask the class leaders to light their own classes. They can use Diyas, candles, or self-made electrical lights with Indian LED bulbs.
Student B: What about crackers!
Student A: No crackers! The entire nation is facing whopping pollution problems! So we are going to decorate and celebrate only GREEN DIWALI strictly.
Student B: That will be great fun! Let’s go and have the meeting with the class-leaders!
Follow-up questions
Do you think the others...?
Answer: Of course, others will cooperate with me and appreciate my plan as it is the best plan available. It includes everyone and we need mass participation to decorate the entire school in such a short span of time.
Would money...?
Answer: I feel arranging money will be a crucial issue. If the school does not provide us with money, each student will have to contribute some amount of money.
How easy/difficult do you think it would be for you...?
Answer: I think it is not going to be an easy task. Getting the classes decorated is a big task. However with the cooperation of all the prefects and monitors we will manage it.