Two Women The topic of today’s class discussion is “Two Women”. The class “Two Women” is part of Unit 5, Lesson 5, English 1st Paper, Class 7 .
Two Women
Lesson 5: Two women
A . Read the previous lessons (1– 4) on Begum Rokeya and Helen Keller, and complete the table with information from the texts.
| Begum Rokeya | Helen Keller | |
| 1 born in | 1880 | – |
| 2 nationality | Bengali (at that time Indian) | – |
| 3 family | – | not rich—source of income cotton plantation |
| 4 physical condition | blind, deaf and dumb | |
| 5 education
| self-educated, learnt Bangla and English from brother | – |
| 6 aim in life
| – | to help disabled people to learn |
| 7 achievements | – | – |
| 8 death | – | – |
B . Now read the completed chart and write one or two sentences for each of the 8 points in the chart. Look at the examples.
Point 1: Begum Rokeys was born in 1880. Helen Keller was also born in 1880.
Point 5: Begum Rokeya was self-educated and learned Bangla and English from her brother. But Helen Keller got a formal education from school and college.
Notice: In 1, also is used when the same information is used. In 5, but is used when different pieces of information are used.
C . Use the information/facts about Florence Nightingale and write a composition about her.
Born—1820, Florence, Italy
Parents—rich—father landlord
Studied nursing at Nurses’ Training Institute, Germany
First job—in a London hospital
Went to Turkey with a group of 38 nurses to work for the sick British soldiers during the Crimean War (1853—56)
Worked day and night to help the wounded soldiers
Returned to England—the Lady with the Lamp—famous in nursing
Set up Nightingale School for Nurses in London
Died 13 August 1910
- Project work
What have you learned from the stories of these two women? How can you apply this learning in your life?
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