Lesson Template No: 1

(ICT Lesson Template)

Name of the teacher: Anju.S
Name of the school: SNVHSS Nedunganda
Subject : English
Unit: The Son From America
Sub-unit:The village of and chickens.
Standard: 9

Name some features of a village.

Calm
Atmospher
e

Beautiful
Nature

Village

The Son from

America
by
Isaac Bashevis Singer

Isaac Bashevis Singer

(1904-1991)
Born in Poland.
He was awarded the Nobel Prize for
Literature in 1978.
He wrote in Yiddish and translated his
works into English.
The Son from America is taken from

The village of Lentshin was tiny. It was surrounded

by little huts with thatched roofs or shingles green with
moss. The chimneys looked like pots. Between the huts
there were fields, where the owners planted vegetables
or pastured their goats.
In the smallest of these huts lived old Berl, a man in
his eighties and his wife Berlcha. He was short, broadshouldered and had a small white beard. In summer
and winter he wore a sheepskin hat, a padded cotton
jacket and stout boots. He had half an acre of field, a
cow, a goat and chickens.

Put
for understanding
? for doubts
! for surprising or
interesting ideas

chimney a structure through which smoke or

steam is carried up away from a fire, etc and

thatched to cover the roof of a building

with dried straw, reeds etc.

shingle a small flat piece of wood that is

used to cover a wall or roof of a building.

padded to put a layer of soft material in or on

something in order to protect it, make it thicker or
change its shape

Glossary reference:
pasture to put animals outside in a
field for feeding or grazing.

1) Who are the main characters in the story?

2) In which village did the old Berl and

Berlcha live?
3) What are the features of the little
huts?
4) What were there between the huts?
5) Describe the physical appearance
of Berl
6) What did Berl have?

Repeat
Pasture
Shingle
Chimney
Millionaire
Owners
Padded
Jacket

Write a short paragraph

about a village?

1) Write about the life of Berl

and Berlcha in the village,
Lentshin.
2) Describe the village, Lentshin.

Write a letter to your

grandparents who live in a
distant village.