What did we cover in the
class?
Story (Anecdote)
None
Core Activity
New Padyam -
నీళ్ళలోన మీను నిగిడి దూరము పారు
బైట మూరెడైన బార లేదు
స్థానబలిమి గాని తన బలిమి గాదయా
విశ్వదాభిరామ వినురవేమ!
neeLLalOna meenu nigiDi dooramu paaru
baiTa mooreDaina baara lEdu
sthaanabalimi gaani tana balimi gaadayaa
viSwadaabhiraama vinuravEma!
Meaning: meenu means fish. When a fish is in water then it can travel any distance. When it is outside, it cannot travel even a yard. So, it si foolish for a fish to be arrogant of its capability because the strength is location dependent and not an absolute one!
Moral: As humans, we should be never be arrogant about our capabilities because they are context (time and location) dependent.
Translation from English to Telugu by reading
Today, the students started to read Panchatantra stories, line by line and express it in Telugu. Students participated with a lot of enthusiasm and did very well. We used this opportunity to learn the difference between word to word translation and a sentence by sentence translation (the expression is often different between language to language and hence word by word translation is not an effective way of translation).
Writing exercise
We took a few lines that were translated in the above exercise and wrote them. Parents, please review your child's books to see what they learned in this exercise. It involved proper sentences involving rich Telugu vocabulary.
We will continue this process of reading Panchatantra stories and translating for another 2 weeks. We will also write a few sentences. It is important for the kids to practice vattulu to be able to get the maximum benefit from this exercise.
Homework
This week we have a homework for parents also :-)
Parents, please take two topics. For example, what is your favorite subject in school, what is your favorite sport and why?
Then, request your kids to speak about the topic for a minute in English. Then ask them to speak the same thing in Telugu. Let them make mistakes and correct them! This would reinforce the translation concepts that we discussed in the class.
For students, page 34 and 36 from Mana Telugu Sisu book. The students are expected to write each word on a sheet of paper and submit it in the next class. The students were already informed about this homework in the class.
Plan for next class
Padyam revision
Spoken Telugu - translation of Panchatantra stories, writing a few sentences in Telugu from those stories.
