April 9, 2017

Reminder
Mana Telugu Madhyama final exam is on April 30th. Please refer to the sample paper distributed 2 weeks ago.

What did we cover in the class?

Core Activity

It was a short class due to other presentations. Students revised how to write the 12 Hindu months in Telugu

A few students introduced themselves in Telugu in 5 sentences

Homework

From now onward until the final exam, there is no class  homework. Preparation for the final exam is expected to be the home work

Plan for next class

Students will learn how to form simple sentences and write them. This will not be included in the final exam

April 2, 2017

Announcement
Final exam will be conducted on April 30th. Please review the Sample paper given below for further information
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B3IeuUQA9h8NM2s4c3JYOUdQeEU

What did we cover in the class?

Core Activity

The final exam sample paper was discussed in detail

Writing practice of twelve months was started. A reference of the writing the twelve months is given below. This is important for the final exam

Homework

Students can start revision to prepare for the final exam

Students are expected to practice all vattulu from Mana Telugu SiSu book. One or two words per vattu is enough to get started but, more practice is bettter. This is in direction of preparing for the exam.

Plan for next class

Vattulu revision and dictation

Family relations revision & quiz

March 26, 2017

Announcements

Final exam will be conducted on April 30th. Please review the Sample paper given below for further information

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B3IeuUQA9h8NM2s4c3JYOUdQeEU

Parents meeting will be held for parents of Madhyama class students on April 2, 2017 from 10 AM to 10.30 AM

What did we cover in the class?

Core Activity

Revision of Vegetables, fruits, animals, counting 1 to 1000 and beyond 

Expressing in Telugu - telling about one self in at least 5 sentences (important for final exam)

For example, the sentences could be the following

what is your name? mother & father name

what do your mother & father do

where do you live

which school do you go to?

hobbies, interests, eating preferences

What do I like about Prajna

Vattulu practice. ప, ఫ, బ, భ, య, ర, ల vattulu were discussed. 

Students were taught how to write their names, especially those that involved vattulu

Homework

Students write their names, the names of their parents and siblings in Telugu on a separate sheet of paper and submit

The students are expected to write 3-5 words with ప, ఫ, బ, భ, య, ర, ల vattulu from Mana Telugu SiSu (UKG) book 

Plan for next class

Practicing words for the remaining vattulu

Discuss the sample question paper

Write the twelve months names in Telugu

 Practice the antonym pairs (Sweet - Sour, Hot - cold, Hard - soft, Early - late, Difficult - easy, Big - small, Tall - short, Young – old, fat - thin, day - night) - and corresponding sentences - in Telugu

March 19, 2017

Announcements

Final exam will be conducted on April 30th. Sample paper will be published very soon

Parents meeting will be held for parents of Madhyama class students on April 2, 2017 from 10 AM to 10.30 AM

What did we cover in the class?

Core Activity

Revision of Twelve Telugu months

Revision of famous festivals along with their tithis

Ugadi         Chaitra Sudha PaDyami

Srirama Navami Chaitra Sudha Navami

Narasimha Jayanti Vaisakha Sudha TrayOdaSi

Rakhi Poornima SravaNa PoorNima

Vinayaka Chaviti Bhadrapada Sudha Chaturdhi

Vijaya Dasami Aaswayuja Sudha dasami

Deepavali         Aaswayuja amaavaasya

Directions were discussed in English and then in Telugu. The directions were also written. This is important for the final exam

Vattulu practice

Homework

Pages 52,54 and 56 from mana Telugu SiSu

Revise all the relations described in the document https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B3IeuUQA9h8NVF9USTBKRlVZanM 

Plan for next class

Vattulu practice - all vattulu 
Dictation for vattulu
Writing simple sentences
Relationships quiz

March 5, 2017

Announcements

No class on March 12 - Spring break

Parents meeting will be held for parents of Madhyama class students on April 2, 2017 from 10 AM to 10.30 AM

What did we cover in the class?

Story (Anecdote)

None

Core Activity

Twelve Telugu months 
Chaitram, Vaisakham, JyesTham, AashaDham, SravaNam, Bhadrapadam, Aaswayujam, Kartikam, Margasiram, Pushyam, Maagham, PhalguNam

The following festivals in Hindu calendar dates were explained

Festival	Hindu Calendar Date
Ugadi	Chaitra Sudha PaDyami
Srirama Navami	Chaitra Sudha Navami
Narasimha Jayanti	Vaisakha Sudha TrayOdaSi
Rakhi Poornima	SravaNa PoorNima
Vinayaka Chaviti	Bhadrapada Sudha Chaturdhi
Vijaya Dasami	Aaswayuja Sudha dasami
Deepavali	Aaswayuja amaavaasya

Family relationships were revised and new relationships were explained

Spoken Telugu - hostile customer situation. The following conversation was translated by a few students from English to Telugu

Customer: I bought a few fruits from your store yesterday. They all got bad today
Vendor: Which fruits?
Cus: Bananas, grapes, oranges and pine apples
Ven: Did you put them in refrigerator?
Cus: Yes, I put them in the refrigerator
Ven: Then why did they get spoilt?
Cus: I don't know. You need to refund money
Ven: I cannot
Cus: Why not? The quality of the fruits you sold was bad. I need my money to be refunded
Ven: How much was the total amount?
Cus: 57 rupees
Ven: Ok, I will give half the amount back
Cus: No, I need the full amount back
Cus: Sorry, I cannot give full amount. How about 45 rupees?

Cus: Alright

A few words with da and dha vattulu were practiced for writing

Homework

Since next week is Spring break (no class on March 12) , pages 48, 50 & 52 of mana Telugu Sisu - Students need to read & write the words from those pages into a separate sheet and provide it in the next class

Parents, please spend some time to review the family relationships described in the document https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B3IeuUQA9h8NVF9USTBKRlVZanM . It might take some time for the students to understand some complex relationships. This is where they would need your help.

Plan for next class

Revision of Telugu months and chosen festivals

Revision of directions in Telugu

Spoken Telugu – Role play for hostile customer situation one more case

Comprehensive Vattulu practice with all vattulu

Try to form simple sentences. 

February 26, 2017

What did we cover in the class?

Story (Anecdote)

None

Core Activity

Revision of poem - నీళ్ళలోన మీను

Reading the story - The lion and the Rabbit - from Panchatantra and line by line translate into Telugu.

Writing vattulu - ట, ఠ, డ, ఢ

Homework

Page 44 and 46 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

Revision of Indian months and corresponding festivals

Revision of family relationships

Spoken Telugu - Angry customer situation

Writing vattulu

February 19, 2017

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.