This document summarizes a story about a man named Kartik Poramanik who plants trees. It discusses that Kartik is a hairdresser by profession but has a passion for planting trees since he was 10 years old. He has planted hundreds of trees in his village over the past 53 years. As a young man, there were hardly any trees and he would get tired in the hot sun while working. This inspired him to begin planting trees. Even now at age 63, he continues planting trees in his free time, often watering them late at night after working all day to support his family. The document emphasizes that though he cannot write, Kartik is leaving his mark on nature through his tree planting

1. Class- VIIIClass- VIII
English 1st paperEnglish 1st paper
Presented by:Presented by:
Fauzia JesminFauzia Jesmin
Asst. TeacherAsst. Teacher
Department of EnglishDepartment of English
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2. Let’s guess something

3. Today’s Lesson
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Unit - 5Unit - 5
Lesson - 4Lesson - 4

4. Learningoutcome
After finishing this lesson students will be
able to:
•know about the ethnic people of
Bangladesh
• know their life style
• read and understand text
• ask and answer questions

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MeaningMeaningWordWord
Profession- a type of job that needs special
training or skill
Sapling - a young tree
Passion - a very strong feeling of love,
hatred, anger etc
Gigantic - extremely large
Mission - an important official job that a
person or group of people is given to do

6. Loud Reading
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At the farthest corner of Bangladesh there is a village called
Tarapur. In this village there lives a man named Kartik
Poramanik. He is a hair dresser by profession, but a
nature lover at heart. His passion is to plant saplings, which
grow into gigantic trees. He started planting trees when he was
only 10 years old. He remembers what his father once told him,
" My son, you can earn the blessings of God by planting trees.
He has never forgotten what his father told him. At present he
is 63 years old. He has planted hundreds of trees in his village.
Many of the trees are now 35-40 years old. Once there were
hardly any trees in this village. Kartik used to go to different
houses for his job. At times he would get tired in the scorching
sun, but there were no trees under which he could sit and rest
for a while. Thinking how people suffer in the heat, Kartik
began his tree planting mission.

7. Loud Reading
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Kartik would wake up early in the morning, take one or two labourers with
him and set out to plant trees. He would walk long distances to plant trees,
carrying with him some dry food and water. He would pay all the expenses
from his own pocket. Kartik has planted trees beside the roads, in and
around the bazar, schools and colleges, open fields and many other
places. At times it so happened that Kartik would go to water his plants at
10 or 11 p m. People asked him, "Kartik, are you mad? What are you
doing so late at night?" Kartik would smile and say, "What to do, sir. I have
to work hard the whole day to earn money for my family. I don't get time
during the day. But my trees would die if I don't water them. So I come late
at night to look after them.“ Even today this old man continues planting
trees as many as he can. A man, who can hardly sign his name, is leaving
his signature all around in nature.

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Kartik Poramanik and his love for tree

9. His dream is to plant sapling and grow in to gigantic tree

10. He planted hundred of trees at the age of 10 to 63

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He began his tree plantation mission

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Taking some dry food he use to go to plant trees

13. He used to plant trees in different places

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At day time he earn for his family and at night he waters his plant

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The man who hardly sign his name , is leaving his name all around in nature

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Pair Work

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True or false? If false give the correct information.
1. He planted the first tree 50 years ago.
2. Katrik borrowed money from others to plant trees.
3. He would plant trees around his hut only.
4. At times Kartik would water his trees at night because he
felt lazy during the day.

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Write a paragraph on “ The importance of tree
plantation.’’