The Lost Child - Mulk Raj Anand - Grade 9 English CBSE

The Lost Child

Mulk Raj Anand

Grade 9 English CBSE

By Parveen Kumar

Story of a Child who is LOST in a village fair!

​Have You Ever Experienced 'LOST' SOMEWHERE

​How did you rescue yourself or someone else?

Poll

If a child is lost in huge crowds/fair/events - is the child at fault?

• YES, the child should have stayed with the parents only!

• YES! The Child is at fault but still he is a CHILD after all, so such things are possible!

• NO the Fault is of the Parents, they should not have come to the fair!

• No! The Fault is of the Parents, they should have taken care of the child!

• Padam Bhushan

• Sahitya Akademi Award ​

• International Peace Prize

• Born in 1905 - Peshawar - Pakistan

• Known for -Coolie and Untouchable​

Mulk Raj Anand

The boy has gone to the fair and is excited; he has desires and is tempted at every second thing he sees. Now, the parents do not let him get any of them! So - for no mistake of his own - HE IS LOST!

The Family at Fair

Multiple Choice

Mulk Raj Anand was born in...

• 1920

• 1905

• 1904

• 1931

The 'stranger' offers him everything he earlier wanted - now his priority has changed - he just wants his PARENTS!​

He has 'found' what he must have!​

The CHILD who is FOUND

Draw

Circle/Mark the thing that the boy is demanding from his parents...

Check the Sequence of 'Temptations'

The Boy asks for these things...His Activities in the Fair...

1. ​Toys ​

2. Chasing dragonflies​

3. ​Insects and worms on the footpath

4. ​Flowers, banyan tree,

5. ​Sweets (Burfi), Gulmohar - Flowers - Garland,

6. Baloons, Snake Charmer, ​Merry-go-round

Open Ended

What should be the response of parents to the child's demands? (Write a few words)

Audio Response

SPEED SEARCH and READ - You have the TEXT around you - open page 04 and Read the First 03 LINES (There...........................them.)

Open Audio Recorder

Video Response

What is the Message of the Story - other than the lesson that we should listen to our Parents and must obey them? RECORD VIDEO - 30 Seconds to 1 Min MAximum)

Open Video Recorder

• Strict

• Villagers and Midddle Class who care for money as well​

• ..............................​

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About the Parents

• Curious

• Innocent

• Attached to Parents

• ...................​

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About the CHILD

The Lost Child - Mulk Raj Anand

ADD YOUR INPUTS IN THE DISCUSSION!​

Multiple Choice

BY THE WAY - How Many Snakes were there with the Snake-charmer?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 10

Parveen Sharma - Wisdom World School, Kurukshetra

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Listen to the Audiobook on Spotify -

Learning Radio Podcast by Parveen Sharma

https://open.spotify.com/episode/2f8h3J46flv4zUnOWc6hyH?si=ba416363ade64b55​

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