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NCERT · Class 6 · English

Unit 5: A Different Kind of School

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Textbook page 62-63 · 2 questions
Q1Written answer

Put these sentences from the story in the right order and write them out in a paragraph. Don’t refer to the text.

  • I shall be so glad when today is over.
  • Having a leg tied up and hopping about on a crutch is almost fun, I guess.
  • I don’t think I’ll mind being deaf for a day — at least not much.
  • But being blind is so frightening.
  • Only you must tell me about things.
  • Let’s go for a little walk.
  • The other bad days can’t be half as bad as this.
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Let’s go for a little walk. Only you must tell me about things. I shall be so glad when today is over. The other bad days can’t be half as bad as this. Having a leg tied up and hopping about on a crutch is almost fun, I guess. I don’t think I’ll mind being deaf for a day — at least not much. But being blind is so frightening.

Q2Written answer

Answer the following questions

1. Why do you think the writer visited Miss Beam’s school? (1)

2. What was the ‘game’ that every child in the school had to play? (9)

3. “Each term every child has one blind day, one lame day…” Complete the line. Which day was the hardest? Why was it the hardest? (9, 11, 15)

4. What was the purpose of these special days? (5, 9)

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  1. The writer had heard a lot of praise about the unique teaching methods of Miss Beam’s school. So, he visited her school to have a personal experience with the new methods of teaching.
  2. In Miss Beam’s school, every child had to play the role of being blind, deaf, mute, injured or lame for a particular day. This was like a ‘game’ that they had to play and this formed a key part of their training.
  3. “Each term, every child has one blind day, one lame day, one deaf day, one injured day and one dumb day”. Among all the days, the blind day was the hardest day because that day students had to act blind without peeping from their blindfolds. They felt as though they were going to be hit or would bump into things every moment.
  4. The main purpose of these special days was to give the students a personal taste of misfortune. Enacting a disability for a day would help them understand the feelings of people born with such disabilities and have respect for the needy people in society. This training prepared the students to become good and responsible human beings.