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Lesson 12 Mentor Note: Please send the entire lesson except the mentor note to your mentee. In ‘A visit to the doctor’ please ask your mentee to substitute ‘a sore throat’ with ‘a cold’ or ‘dengue’ or ‘an asthma attack.’ Substitute the symptoms of flu with those of dengue, a cold or an asthma attack. Explain the words in bold. Have your mentee make sentences with them. The sentences must demonstrate that he/she has understood the meaning of the word. A Visit to the Doctor One morning I woke up with a sore throat. When I swallowed, I felt great pain. I had a terrible headache too. My mother decided that I should skip school that day. She was going to take me to see a doctor. At 9 am, my mother and I took the bus to the doctor’s clinic. We waited for a while to see the doctor. There were many patients waiting to see him. The waiting room was full. Many people were coughing and sneezing. It was flu season! Dr. Mathur examined me carefully. I had a slight fever. The doctor said ...

Lesson 11 Please send your mentee the entire lesson except for the mentor note. Mentor Note: Please read the text aloud with your mentee. You can role-play and read aloud the part of the mother or Raghav, in turn. Pay attention to your mentee’s pronunciation. Introduce the words in bold. Have your mentee make sentences with these new words. The second exercise is a written exercise. The mentee must complete each unfinished sentence. They can be completed as creatively as possible. For Exercise 3 encourage your mentee to express himself/ herself in complete sentences. A Conversation about Colours Raghav asked his mother: “what colour are chicks?’ “Chicks are yellow.” ‘What colour is that thing inside a boiled egg?’ ‘That thing is a yolk, and it is yellow.’ “What are you drinking?” “‘I am drinking lemonade.” “What is lemonade made of?” “It’s made of lemon juice.” “What colour are lemons?” “They are yellow.” “There’s quite a lot of yellow around, isn’t there?” said...