CLASS 5 Nagendra's Journey by Boat

• English
• Primary Education

🚣 Nagendra's Journey by Boat by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee

Learning Outcomes

• By the end of today's lesson, you will be able to: 
• 🚣 Identify the setting and characters.

🌧️ Describe Nagendra's journey.

🌪️ Explain how the storm changed the journey.

💭 Infer the importance of courage and presence of mind.

Nagendra's Journey by Boat

– Bankim Chandra Chatterjee

Pre-Reading Activity

Draw a boat sailing on a river during a storm with dark clouds, strong winds, and lightning.

Have you ever experienced heavy rain or a storm?

🌩️ Imagine This...
You are travelling by boat when a huge storm suddenly breaks out. What would you do first?

1. 🟢 Stay calm and follow the boatman's instructions.
2. 🔵 Jump into the river.
3. 🟡 Hide inside the boat and do nothing.
4. 🔴 Start shouting.

About the Story

📖 The Story

• Extract from The Poison Tree

• Set during the British Raj

• Nagendra travels to Calcutta by boat

• A sudden storm changes everything.

🖼️ Image: River and boat

📍 Setting

🏞️ Rural India during the British Raj

🌊 A river journey towards Calcutta

🌩️ Stormy weather in the month of Joisto

👤 Main Characters

🚣 Nagendra Natha Datta – A wealthy young zamindar

👩 Surja Mukhi – Nagendra's  caring wife

⛵ Rahamat Mullah – The steersman (boatman)

Journey Begins

🚣 Nagendra's Journey

✔ Travels by his own boat.

✔ Wife warns him to be careful.

✔ The river is calm at first.

✔ Villages and nature look beautiful.

Nagendra travelled by______

1. Ship
2. Boat
3. Train
4. Horse

The story is set during_____

1. Mughal Period
2. British Raj
3. Modern India
4. Gupta Empire

At the beginning of the journey, the river was____

1. Rough
2. Frozen
3. Calm and smooth
4. Dry

Why did Surja Mukhi allow Nagendra to go on his journey?

The Storm Arrives

🌩️ Clouds covered the sky.

🌬️ Strong winds began to blow.

🌧️ Heavy rain followed.

🌊 Huge waves shook the river.

When the storm appeared, Rahamat Mullah____

A

1. Jumped into the river.
2. Told Nagendra not to worry because the shore was nearby.
3. Left the boat.
4. Asked everyone to swim.

The storm caused____

1. Flowers to bloom.
2. Trees to bend and huge waves to rise.
3. The river to dry up.
4. The boat to stop forever.

Why did Rahamat Mullah tell Nagendra, "Do not be alarmed, Sir"?

1. The storm had ended.
2. The shore was nearby and could be reached quickly.
3. Another boat had arrived.
4. The boat was very large.

Why did Rahamat Mullah know "nothing of his business"?

The chapter teaches us:

🌟 Stay calm in difficult situations.

🚣 Trust experienced people.

🌧️ Nature can change quickly.

💪 Courage and presence of mind help us overcome challenges.

Quick Recap

🚣 Nagendra travelled to Calcutta by boat.

👩 Surja Mukhi warned him to be careful.

🌩️ A sudden storm changed the journey.

⛵ Rahamat Mullah guided the boat safely.

🌟 Courage and calm thinking saved everyone.