WEATHERING THE STORM IN ERSAMA

• english
• Basisschool
• Groep 8

Expected Learning Outcomes:

1. Define disaster management and state its role.
2. Analyse and evaluate the graph and write a paragraph on the same

What is disaster management and how does it help us in the times of crisis?

I am able to analyse and evaluate the bar graph as well as write a descriptive paragraph on the same.

1. Agree
2. Strongly agree
3. Disagree
4. Need help

Expected Learning Outcomes:

1. Describe the effects of cyclone in Orissa.
   
2. Explain how Prashant had spent his initial days of the cyclone.
   
3. State the difficulties Prashant had to face while travelling to his village.

continuous

Dead body 

dangerous

deprive

incessant

Carcass

menacing

bereaved

Identify the most appropriate meaning of the idiom - 'cold terror'

1. a state of hostility
2. freezing due to icy-cold
3. causing strong feeling of fear

Fill in the blanks:
Prashant had gone on 27th October, 1999, to __________, to meet his __________ .

1. Cuttack, friend
2. Ersama, uncle
3. Puri, mother
4. Ersama, friend

During the first two days of cyclone, Prashant and his friend's family spent time on the roof of the house and lived on the tender coconuts.
State whether the given statement is true or false.

1. True
2. False

What havoc was created by the super cyclone?
Choose the most inappropriate option.

1. destroyed hundreds of villages, washed away houses
2. thousands of people died, uprooted large number of trees
3. No loss of property and lives
4. many children became orphans

Why was it difficult for Prashant to travel back to his village?

I can:
Solve a vocabulary game (idioms) related to the text and make inferences based on comprehension of the text and attempt questions.

1. Agree
2. Strongly agree
3. Disagree
4. Need help

Expected Learning Outcomes

1. Express the mental trauma and pain of the protagonist.
2. Justify the protagonist as a true leader.
3. State humanity is above all religion and blood relations.

frightening

calamity

varied

destroyed

disorder

macabre

catastrophe

motley

battered

tumult

‘His heart went cold’ when he reached his village. Why?
Choose the most appropriate answer.

1. his house was washed away and family members were not seen anywhere.
2. his friends house was washed away and the family members were not seen.
3. his uncle's friend's house was washed away and family members were not seen

How has Prashant, a teenager, been able to help the people of his village?

Fill in the blanks
To manage food for the village people when the _________ didn't return, children were asked to lie down on ____, with empty _____ on their stomach. Successful in sending the message, received ______ food supplies.

1. aeroplane, roof of the houses, utensils, regular
2. helicopter, sand, utensils, regular
3. helicopter, sand, buckets, irregular
4. helicopter, roof of the houses, utensils, irregular

Prashant organised cricket matches for children, to help them to come out of the misery.
State true or false.

1. True
2. False.

Why did Prashant and other volunteers resist the plan to set up institutions for orphans and widows? What alternatives did they consider?

What message does the author, Harsh Mander wants to give to his readers through the story?

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