DHUNU'S GUITAR
ACTIVITIES-
1. Let’s find out how much we have understood:
(a) What is meant by the word 'profession"?
Answer: The job that we
do to earn money when grow up is called a profession.
(b) Where is Dhunu from?
Answer: Dhunu is from
Kalardiya village, near Chaigaon in Kamrup district.
(c) Who made the film Village Rockstars?
Answer: Celebrated
Assames filmmaker Rima Das made the film Village Rockstars.
(d) What was the name of Dhunu's brother?
Answer: The name of
Dhunu’s brother was Manabendra.
(e) Why did the village women often scold Dhunu?
Answer: The village
women often scold Dhunu for not behaving ‘like a girl’, spending time with boys
and playing boy’s games.
(f) What did Dhunu's mother tell the women who scolded her
daughter?
Answer: Dhunu's mother tell the women who scolded her daughter that none
of them came to help her after husband’s death. She has been doing both a man’s
job as well as a woman’s job.
(g) What did Dhunu decide to do after meeting the musicians at a
local event?
Answer: After meeting the musicians at a local event Dhunu decide to
form their own band.
(h) What plan did Dhunu propose after she realized that she
could not afford to buy a guitar?
Answer: After Dhunu realized that she could not afford to buy a guitar
she starts doing odd jobs around the village to earn money and save it for
buying a real guitar.
(i) Why did Dhunu start doing odd jobs around the village?
Answer: Dhunu start doing odd jobs around the village to earn money and
save it for buying a real guitar.
(j) "But Dhunu believes that if you really want something
and work towards it, you can achieve it." - What does this line tell you
about Dhunu's character?
Answer: “But Dhunu believes that if you really want something and work
towards it, you can achieve it." this line tells us about Dhunu's
character that she is a cheerfully, positive minded and a girl of strong
resolution.
2. Given below is the summary of a part of the lesson Dhunu's Guitar'.
There is some wrong information in it. Underline the wrong information, make
corrections and rewrite the summary.
"Dhunu's Guitar' is the story of a young eleven-year-old girl
who lives in Kalardiya village with her mother. They are quite well off. Dhunu has a
pet monkey who
she loves to spend time with. One day, Dhunu and her friends come across some cricketers playing at
a local event. She is fascinated by the band and their musical instruments,
especially the guitar. She dreams of owning one herself, and forming her own dance band with her
friends someday. But she is too poor to own a guitar. So, she and her friends
make clay
guitars and play on them.
Answer:
"Dhunu's Guitar' is the story of a young ten-year-old girl who
lives in Kalardiya village with
her mother and elder brother. They are quite poor. Dhunu has a pet goat who she loves to spend time with. One day,
Dhunu and her friends come across some musician playing at a local event. She is fascinated
by ______their
musical instruments, especially the guitar. She dreams of owning one herself,
and forming her own music
band with her friends someday. But she is too poor to own a guitar. So, she and
her friends make Styrofoam
guitars and play on them.
3. In the lesson we have read that Dhunu faced many difficulties
in life because she was poor. Still she never gave up hope and faced life
cheerfully and bravely. Write down a few adjectives to describe Dhunu's
character and complete the word web given below. You can add more arrows in the
web if you wish.
4. Here are some things you have learnt from the lesson.
Complete the web with the information. One is done for you:
5. We have found in the lesson that Dhunu met by chance a group of boys practicing music for a local event. Dhunu was very happy to see the musicians. You know that a person who plays music is a musician. Do you know the names of other professions? Fill in the blanks below with the appropriate words:
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