Reporting Live

About the Chapter: Through this chapter, learners will develop the skill of reporting important events around them. Listening Speaking Competencies: Students will be able to: • Capture important details and ideas by listening to news reports. • Report important events accurately and clearly.

Part A - Period 1

10 min

The Nail-Biting Match

• Read the story aloud OR play the Talking Book in the classroom. • Ask questions as follows. Invite responses from as many learners as possible. Before Story: Ask: How do you watch matches like cricket and badminton most often? Have you ever seen a live match? During Story:After “Oh, dear! What will happen now?” Sana said worriedly.: What do you think will happen next? Do you think a sports person can win a match even with an injury? Can you give any examples of such a win? After Story: Have you ever listened to sports commentaries? Can you tell how they do it?

Speak on the Spot!

Live Update from the Sports Carnival

20 min

• Say: Let’s imagine you are a news reporter for a sports event in your locality. • Instruct: Choose any one event from the given images. Report about it as follows: First introduce yourself as a reporter and the event you are covering. Then, tell the time, date and place. Finally, tell 1–2 highlights of the sporting event. • Give an example: Hi! This is Mehul reporting for the Free Race event from Aadarsh

Colony in Gandhi Nagar, Gujarat. It is 10 a.m. on Sunday, 9 October. Twelve participants took part in the 100-meter race. To everyone’s surprise, the youngest participant Mehek, who is only 6 years old, won the race! A big round of applause for her! She received the prize from the RWA President. • Allot 2–3 minutes to prepare for the presentation. • Invite AS MANY learners as possible to present. Select randomly through games. (page vii) • Sample:

Hello! I’m Anjana covering the Yoga Challenge from Sector 8, R.K.Puram, New Delhi. Seventeen participants took part in the yoga challenge. The challenge was to hold the Chakrasana pose for 2 minutes. It requires a lot of back flexibility and arm strength. The participants dropping from the pose were eliminated. Only 2 participants were able to stay in the game to the end - 43-year-old Ms Madhuri and her 11-year-old son, Aakash. The umpire declared a tie between them!

Wow! The coverage of the yoga challenge was quite interesting. The highlights you shared were so real and exciting as if we were there watching the match. I have only one feedback for you – You need to modulate your voice a lot more while reporting, so that people want to listen.

Homework 1: E-Speak Instruct the learners to complete both projects in the E-Speak section.

Project 3: Coverage of Painting Exhibition

This project will be evaluated automatically. Scan the QR code to see the submissions of your learners.

Project 4: Local News

This project will be evaluated by you. Scan the QR code to see the submissions of your learners.

Homework 2: Preparation for Part B Explain steps 1-3 in the Plan and Speak section for prep work. Facilitate as follows. 1. Instruct learners to choose any one event for their report. 2. Guide them to write a draft of the report in the given format. Explain different parts of the format. 3. Instruct learners to watch TV news to get some hints on how to present as a news reporter. Suggest they practice reading out their reports with adequate modulation.

Catchy Caption

• Instruct: Look at the pictures. Think of interesting captions for them. • Invite a few learners to share their captions. 5 min

Plan and Speak

The Prime Time!

• Warm Up 5 min

A.Recapitulate the activity for the learners. B. Instruct: Revise your reports. Do a quick practice of presenting your report.

• Presentation and Feedback 30 min • Invite ALL the learners for presentation. Select randomly through games. (page vii) • Sample:

Blackout in the City

The City in Darkness We could not present this news last night, because like you, we too were in the middle of a mega blackout. Hello and welcome! This morning, we are reporting live from the site where last night’s blackout started.

Last evening, most parts of our city faced one of the history’s biggest blackout due to a system failure in the power grid that supplies about 80% of the electricity. The officials have ordered a shutdown of many facilities - private offices, restaurants and banks due to the power shortage.

anytime soon? What are your thoughts on the condition of power shortage in our city? Do you think it will improve

This is Hardeep, signing off from Chandigarh, Punjab! Thank you for being with me today!

• Appreciate all presentations. Give concrete feedback on content, fluency and presentation style.

Great work, Hardeep! You covered all the important details, and your report was quite amazing. You really did sound like a professional reporter! Next time, you could hold your geometry box as a mike. It will make it even more interesting.

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