Contd from pg 1/-
A couple of students were absent in the class today due to
sickness and a couple more, due to the preparation with their model for the
Science Exhibition. So, I decided that instead of continuing with the last 4
pages of Chapter-5, it would be worthwhile to try to keep the students on track
and not letting them stray away.
As usual, in the last period, I asked them to try to answer
17 objective type questions from the pages we have done so far, within 30
minutes (they were given 25 minutes though). The total marks for the questions
were 20 and most of the questions could be answered in 2/3 words or in 1
sentence at the most. 3 of the questions ( Nos. X, XV and XVI) required to be answered in 2
sentences.
After the given time, I asked them to exchange their Note Books
and mark their friends’ copies. I wanted them to ask me, one after another, for
the answers, but they did not have time to copy down the questions while
writing their answers, so I read out the questions once more in the next 10
minutes and some students raised their hands to give away the answers. It was
disheartening to find only 4 students raising their hands frequently. Anyway, at the end, I found out that Sonam
Zangmo A was the only one to have answered all the questions correctly. Well,
almost, as she made one mistake. 8 more students got more than 75% and 2 students
could not even score 50%!
I reminded them therefore, of the importance of studying the
novel seriously line by line and the importance of asking questions even
regarding the meaning of unfamiliar words ( flatulent, for example) and
expressions. As there was a few minutes still left, I decided to make hay by summarizing
the content of the pages done so far once more along with the students.
Fortunately, I had forgotten to talk about the role of Gelong Ma Pelmo the
first time I was talking about the aged couple in Changangkha Lhakhang, Fortunately, because this made the students to realize the need to write down the points sequentially for exam purposes. I remembered her just in the nick of time to deal with the couple talking about
her leprosy more appropriately and how she got cured by meditating in the cave in Tang. One thing
I liked about summarizing was the way I tried to include the exact words of the
answers to the questions they were asked earlier.
On the whole, the last two days have been quite an enriching
and exciting teaching-learning experience for me. And was I not happy not to
have wasted a single minute of the instructional time today? God willing, I
want the trend to be continued till the end of the academic year.
The following are the questions they were asked in the last
period:
I.
Chapter-5 is entitled ……………………………..? Ans:- Chapter-5
is entitled Dawa Runs Away.
II.
What was Dawa’s usual place of solace? Ans:- Dawa’s usual place of solace Is The
National Memorial Chorten in Thimphu.
III.
How did Dawa get mange? Ans:- Dawa got mange from an unguarded/unprotected
encounter with the fluffy dog.
IV.
Why did that dog never show up any symptoms
of mange? Ans:- The fluffy dog never
showed up any symptoms of mange because she was taken to the doctor by her
owner for a check-up regularly.
V.
When did Dawa notice the aged couple sitting
near him? Ans:- Dawa noticed the aged couple
sitting near him close to the evening time.
VI.
What/who were the aged couple talking
about? Ans:- The aged couple was talking
about
a common friend.
VII.
What happened to the friend? Ans:- She was very ill and perhaps dying.
VIII.
Who was Gelong Ma Pelmo? Ans:- She
was a princess.
IX.
What was wrong with her? Ans:- She had/ suffered from leprosy.
X.
How was she cured? Ans:- She cured herself of leprosy by praying and
meditating in a cave in Tang for many years.
XI.
What happened to her finally? Ans:- She attained enlightenment finally.
XII.
When the aged couple tried to shoo Dawa
away, how did he feel? Ans:- He felt ashamed of himself.
XIII.
What caused Dawa flatulence? Ans:- Dal with a lot of fried onions caused Dawa
flatulence.
XIV.
Why would Dawa not go near Dampa? Ans:- Dawa would not go near Dampa for the fear of
infecting him with mange.
XV.
What did Dawa ask the teenager dog to
tell Dampa? Ans:- Dawa asked the teenager dog to
tell Dampa that a friend wished to see him and he was waiting down there near
the steps.
XVI.
What risks Dawa would have to take if he
ran away from Thimphu? Ans:- If he ran away from Thimphu, the dogs in his
area would chase him and try to kill him. The guard dogs in the other
territories would attack him and tear him apart.
XVII.
Where was the black, brown Damche dog
born and brought up? Ans;_ The
black, brown damche dog was born and brought up in a loving and caring family
in Trongsa.
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