SSC English First Paper-Unit One- Good citizens
SSC English First Paper | Unit One | Good citizens
Learning outcomes
After we have studied the unit, we
will be able to...
• narrate incidents.
• participate in discussions.
• listen to and understand others.
• describe something in writing.
Lesson:
1 | Can you live alone?
1. Can you live alone in a house?
2. Make a list of the problems you
think you will have if you live alone in a house, e.g. having accidents,
feeling lonely, etc.
B. Read the story and answer the
questions that follow.
Long ago, a young man who lived in a
village, found his life full of problems and sufferings. Quarrels,
ill-feelings, jealousy, enmity— all were part of everyday life there. So he
left his house and went to a jungle to live by himself. There he made a nice
little hut with wood, bamboo and reeds. "Ah, how happy I am here!"
said the man to himself.
But one day he found some mice in
his hut. The little creatures soon made holes in his blanket. So he brought a
cat to kill the mice. The cat needed milk. So he brought a cow. The cow needed
grass and hay. So he brought a cowhand.
The cowhand needed food. So he took
a wife to cook meals. Then children were born to them, and the man found
himself again in a family.
So nobody can live alone, unless
that person is either an angel or a devil. People need food, shelter,
companions and help. They need to look after each other. And if they live in a
family or community, their needs can be fulfilled. Hence living in society can
make people good and happy citizens.
C. Close your book and answer the
question. What five things did the young man do in the jungle? Now divide into
groups of five. Tell the story to the groups sequentially.
D. Answer the following questions.
First discuss in pairs, then write the answers individually.
1. Why did the young man leave his
house?
2. Where did he make a hut? What did
he make the hut with?
3. Was the man happy in his hut?
4. How did he find himself again in
a family? *
5. Where and how can a person be
happy?
6. What is the moral of the story?
E. Look at the pictures (a—j). Read
the texts that follow (1—10). Match the pictures with the texts. Write the
numbers of the texts next to a, b, c, etc. The first exercise is done for you.
1. People living in a community or
society often have problems. A family may have a problem with a particular
member (a son / daughter) who keeps bad company. So they talk to each other to
solve the problem.
2. To prevent theft or robberies,
constant security measures are often necessary within the village / city area.
3. A community may have a
problem-like it doesn't have a primary school in the village or locality. So
the community members need to discuss the issue in a meeting and find out how
to set up a school for their children.
4. Cooking should not be exclusively
a woman's job.
5. Young learners must cultivate
virtues and acquire knowledge and skills to prepare themselves to carry out
their roles as good citizens. So they need to study formally in institutions.
6. To establish peace and harmony
among the people in a locality / village, experienced and elderly people often
mediate between quarreling parties.
7. Only studying at school is not
enough for young learners. They must also acquire knowledge and skills at home
as well as from the media, clubs, games and sports, libraries and so on.
8. People in a society / locality
often need to buy things at home. So there are vendors who sell necessary things.
9. In a village or locality roads
often need repairing for easy movement of people and transport.
10. Along with acquiring knowledge
and skills, the youth must cultivate good qualities like genuine sympathy for
the weak and the poor. They should help the needy, show respect to others and
have a strong sense of dignity of work.
F. Discuss in pairs and write the
answer to the following question: What can we do at home and in the
locality to become good citizens?
Lesson: 2 | Knowledge, skills and
attitudes
B. Read the text.
To be a good citizen, you have to
prepare yourself to do good work in society. Well, then how can you prepare
yourself?
First, you need knowledge. Today's
society is knowledge-based. Without having knowledge of modern sciences,
technologies including ICT and other necessary subjects, you will have
difficulty living a good life. The other areas you, as a good citizen, should
have knowledge about are:
• our country, its constitution,
geography and people
• our state, its executive and
legislative powers
• our judicial system
• our government and its structures
and functions
• our history, cultures, traditions,
literature, moral values and religions
• our socio-economic activities and
educational system
Second, you need skills to do
things. Knowledge is not enough. You must be able to apply your knowledge to do
things practically.
Finally, knowing and doing things
will bring about a change in your behaviour towards others. This behavioural
change will show your attitudes towards others, that is, it will show how you
think and feel about a person or thing.
Let's take an example. Suppose you,
as a student, need to know about 'group work' in the classroom. So you ask
yourself or your teacher or anyone else, "What is group work?" Or you
may find about it in a book. In this way, you may know, or you may have the
knowledge about group work. To do group work, the class has to be divided into
groups. Each group is to do some tasks given by the teacher or in the textbook.
The group members will discuss and share ideas and points, and finally one
member will write the answers.
Then you start working in groups. In
each group you take turns discussing points and answering questions. In this
way you can actually do the task. Your teacher may monitor and help you to do
the work.
Lastly, through regular group work
it is expected that there will be noticeable changes in your behaviour.
Possible changes are:
• You will develop the skill of
speaking freely in English with your classmates and teacher.
• Your shyness will gradually
disappear.
• You will develop the attitude of
helping and cooperating with each other.
• You will learn to behave in a
democratic way.
Most importantly, these behavioural
changes taking place in you inside the classroom will be carried over outside
the classroom in real-life situations.
C. Suppose you have learned at
school how to make your drinking water safe and when and how much you should
drink it in a day. Now write a short paragraph about how to make drinking water
safe and its importance.
D. Read the text below. Then discuss
with your partner and write K (if the text is knowledge based) or S (if the
text is skill based) or A (if the text refers to attitude) against each text.
1. According to Abraham Lincoln, the
16th president of the United States, a democratic government is a
"government of the people, by the people, and for the people." This
means that the people have the right to control their government.
2. Two students are making a kite
with coloured paper, sticks, glue and string.
3. Tisha's room was always messy.
She could not find things easily. Recent¬ly she visited her cousin Ritu in
Chittagong. She saw that Ritu's room was very neat and tidy. Everything was
exactly in its place. Ritu could instantly find what she wanted. After getting
back home, Tisha spent a whole weekend making her room well organised.
4. "It is the duty of every
citizen to observe the constitution and laws to maintain discipline, to perform
public duties and to protect public properties." (The Constitution of The
People's Republic of Bangladesh)
5. Students in pairs are acting out
a dialogue in a class.
6. Mouli is back from school. She is
very hungry and looks exhaust¬ed. "What's wrong, Mouli?" asks
her mother anxiously. "Don't
worry, Mom. I'm OK. I just didn't
have my tiffin today." "But why?" "Our peon died this
morning. With other students I gave my tiffin money to the widow."
7. The students of physical
education class are practising stretching exercise in the school yard.
8. The affairs of Dhaka city were
run by the Dhaka Municipality until 1978, when the city came under Dhaka City
Corporation.
E. Discuss in groups. Write how K S
A can be shown in the following topics:
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Lesson: 3 | Good Character
A. Ask and answer these questions in pairs.
1. What
do you understand by character?
2. What does a person with a good
character usually do to others?
B. Listen to the Audio and answer the following questions.
Listening text 1
Questions: Tick the best answer.
1. Which is the correct statement according to the
information in the listening text?
a Good character does not mean special qualities.
b Good citizens must have good character along with other qualities,
c Character means a tool to curve wood.
d Character traits are distinctive marks always seen on a person's face.
2. The red crest of a rooster
a is a symbol of power and strength,
b enables it to crow in the morning,
c makes the bird tall and beautiful,
d shows how it is different from a hen.
3. The expression 'distinctive qualities' means those qualities of a person, which
a are the same as others'.
b emphasise honesty in him/ her.
c make him / her different from others.
d he / she gets from their parents.
4. Character traits are
a naturally gifted.
b personally learned.
c God given.
d physically visible.
a Good character does not mean special qualities.
b Good citizens must have good character along with other qualities,
c Character means a tool to curve wood.
d Character traits are distinctive marks always seen on a person's face.
2. The red crest of a rooster
a is a symbol of power and strength,
b enables it to crow in the morning,
c makes the bird tall and beautiful,
d shows how it is different from a hen.
3. The expression 'distinctive qualities' means those qualities of a person, which
a are the same as others'.
b emphasise honesty in him/ her.
c make him / her different from others.
d he / she gets from their parents.
4. Character traits are
a naturally gifted.
b personally learned.
c God given.
d physically visible.
C. Fill in the blanks in the following passage with
appropriate words from the box.
Citizens possessing good character
live a life of virtue. They may belong to any social 1)_______________ ,
upper or lower. Their thoughts and 2)________________show high moral values.
That is, they have a strong 3)______________________ of right and wrong.
So what they do is 4)____________________ for themselves as well as for
others in the 5)___________________ and in the society. In fact, they
cannot even think of 6)_____________________ any wrong to others. One of
the most positive 7)________________ of these people is tolerance
towards 8)____________ . Suppose a group of people in your community
9)_______________
or practise something which you do
not like 10)_____________________ . But as a good citizen you should
11)_________________ them to perform their activities. Thus tolerance can
generate 12)____________ for people of other cultures. Tolerance and
respect together can make life 13) ________________________
and peaceful in society.
D. Read the completed passage and
tick the best answer.
1. People with moral values
a can do anything they like.
b belong to upper social class.
c do good only for themselves.
d cannot do anything wrong to
others.
2. 'Tolerance' means
a allowing others to say and do what
they like.
b having a good character.
c having disagreements with
others.
d a quality that every citizen has.
3. What can make life harmonious in
society?
a performing religious rites
b encouraging cultural values
crespecting others' beliefs and
opinions
d fulfilling religious obligations
E. Find the opposites of these
words. If you do not know any, look it up in your dictionary. Then make a
meaningful sentence with each of these opposites:
right — wrong
If you have moral values, you cannot
do any wrong to your fellow beings.
tolerance ---------------
respect -----------------
allow -------------------
enjoyable ---------------
F. Write a paragraph about how
tolerant or intolerant you are towards your classmates. Give reasons.
Lesson: 4 | Responsibilities
A. Read the text.
Rony's mother gave him 50 taka to
buy salt and chillies. On his way to the market, Rony found a poor passer-by
trying to hold a boy up, who was lying on the road, groaning. Coming near, Rony
saw that it was his classmate Tanim, who was hit by a speeding motorbike.
Immediately he stopped a baby taxi and took Tanim to a clinic. From there he
phoned Tanim's parents. When they came to the clinic, Rony returned home
without the salt and chillies. He had used the money to pay the taxi driver.
Now discuss in groups the following
questions.
1. Did Rony do right or wrong? Why ?
2. What do you think his mother did
when Rony returned home without the salt and chillies?
3. What else could Rony do in the
situation?
4. What do you understand by
responsibility?
B. Read the text and answer the
following question: What is responsibility?
A responsibility is a duty or an
obligation TO DO something. For example, you have the responsibility to attend
school and pursue your studies properly, to take care of your parents in their
old age, and so on. You also have responsibility to your society and the
government, e.g. to help a neighbour in trouble or to cast your vote if you are
18 or over.
A responsibility is also an
obligation or a duty NOT TO DO something. For example, you have the
responsibility not to steal a book from a public library or not to pile up your
building materials on the footpath. These are your responsibilities as
citizens. But there are responsibilities of the government as well. Our
government has the responsibility to provide for its citizens "the basic
necessities of life, including food, clothing, shelter, education and medical
care"1. The government also has the responsibility to protect the
fundamental rights of its citizens which include freedom of speech and
expression, freedom of the press, freedom of religion, equality of all before
law2 etc.
The knowledge, skills and attitudes
you have gained at home, at school and in society will help you to be aware of
your responsibilities and to carry them out effectively. Remember, discharging
your responsibilities will be good for you, good for your family and friends,
and good for your society and country as a whole.
Notes
1 The Constitution of the People's
Republic of Bangladesh, Part II.
2 Part m, ibid (Ibid : abbreviation
from Latin ibidem which means in the same book or piece of writing as the one
that has just been mentioned.)
C. Discuss in groups and write
answers to these questions.
1 Which persons and institutions do
ou have responsibilities for? Make a list. The first in the list is done for
you.
a. parents
b.....................
c....................
2 Make a list of responsibilities
you have as a student at home, school and in society.
3 Make another list of things you
shouldn't do at home, school and in society.
4 Who do you get help from to
discharge the responsibilities you have listed in CI? How do they help you?
5 Are there any difficulties in
fulfilling the responsibilities? Briefly describe them.
6 Make a list of responsibilities
other people have towards you. Briefly describe what might happen if they fail
to fulfill the responsibilities.
7 (a) What rewards are you likely to
get if you fulfill your responsibilities?
(b) What penalties or
punishments may you get, if you do not carry out your responsibilities?
8 What responsibilities do you think
you can perform well when you go on a class picnic or when your school stages a
play as part of its annual prize-giving ceremony?
D. Look at the picture. Work in
pairs.
Suppose this road is near your
school. As students of this school, what responsibilities do you think you have
to get rid of this nuisance? Make a list of things that you will do.
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