Class V English CBSC DPS

1. DELHI PUBLIC SCHOOL- BOPAL, AHMEDABAD
Lesson -2 A School with a Difference
Answer in detail
Q1. Why did the children in Miss Beam’s school have a ‘lame day, a deaf day, a maimed day, a dumb day
and a blind day?’
Ans. The children in Miss Beam’s school had a ‘lame day, a deaf day, a maimed day, a dumb day and a
blind day’ in order to get a real appreciation and understanding of misfortune into the young minds and also
to make them the participants in the misfortune too.
Answers in brief
Q2. What kind of lessons did the children at the school have?
Ans. The children were taught the most basic of skills such as spelling, adding, subtracting, multiplying and
writing. They were given interesting talks and taught to understand the afflictions of others around them.
Q3. What did the writer realise while he was walking with the girl on her blind day?
Ans. While walking with the girl on her blind day, the writer realized that he had become ten times more
thoughtful than he ever thought he could be. He also realized that describing things made them more
interesting.
My Answer: (Children will frame their own answers from the text)
Q4. What did the writer see when he looked down from the window?
Reference to Context: Pg 20 of TBK - 1 & 2 (to be done in ECW)
Ans 1. a The bandaged girl is the speaker.
b. It would be cheating because she thinks it is a point of honour not to peep.
c. The speaker feels that being blind was awful because one feels one is going to be hit by something every
moment.
Ans 2. a Miss Beam is the speaker.
b. She said this, when the author felt he was ten times more thoughtful than he ever thought he could be.
c. ‘My system’ refers to Miss Beam’s innovative teaching methods, which valued humanity over facts and
thoughtfulness over thoughts.
Make Sentences:
1. originality – the ability to think independently and creatively.
She was impressed by the originality of my writings.
2. instil – teach someone to think, behave or feel in a particular way.
We should always instil good values in ourselves.
H.W.
3. plight – a very bad situation
I can understand the plight of poor people.
4. appreciation – an understanding of the importance or meaning of something.
Rahul received an appreciation letter from his teacher for his good work.