Engaging English Class with Senior Teacher Manik Chandra Majumder
Join Senior Teacher Manik Chandra Majumder's English class at Gazirhat High School for an interactive learning experience focusing on summarizing, paraphrasing, and direct/indirect speeches. Students will enhance their interpretive skills through interviews, summary writing exercises, and text analysis. Don't miss out on the opportunity to develop competency in conveying ideas effectively.
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W We el lc co om t to o You You To To Attend Attend the the Digital Digital Class Class me e Manik Chandra Majumder # Senior Teacher # Gazirhat High School # Senbag, Noakhali # Mobile No: 01717155169 # Email : manikmajumder01@gmail.com
Identity Identity Manik Chandra Majumder Manik Chandra Majumder Senior Teacher Senior Teacher Gazirhat High School Gazirhat High School Senbag, Noakhali. Senbag, Noakhali. Contact No: Contact No: 01717155169 01717155169 Email: manikmajumder Email: manikmajumder01 01@gmail.com @gmail.com Class : Eight Class : Eight Subject : English Subject : English Allocated class: 11 Allocated class: 11 Date : 00/00/2024 Date : 00/00/2024 Manik Chandra Majumder # Senior Teacher # Gazirhat High School # Senbag, Noakhali # Mobile No: 01717155169 # Email : manikmajumder01@gmail.com
Todays Lesson Class: 8 8 The Bizhu Festival EXPERIENCE 2 Manik Chandra Majumder # Senior Teacher # Gazirhat High School # Senbag, Noakhali # Mobile No: 01717155169 # Email : manikmajumder01@gmail.com
Competency-1: Ability to paraphrase and summarise a conversation /text Students will go through the experience of restating and clarifying the author s/writer s point of views/ideas in their own words that demonstrates the students ability to interpret the literal as well as/or the intended meaning from the text. Focus: Summary writing and direct and indirect speeches. Manik Chandra Majumder # Senior Teacher # Gazirhat High School # Senbag, Noakhali # Mobile No: 01717155169 # Email : manikmajumder01@gmail.com
Manik Chandra Majumder # Senior Teacher # Gazirhat High School # Senbag, Noakhali # Mobile No: 01717155169 # Email : manikmajumder01@gmail.com
Learning Experience Firstly, SS will interview peers/adults/known/unknown people. (Interview focus should be on gathering personal information and opinion on any issue) Then, SS will reflect on how to summarise the ideas from a conversation and the purposes of direct and indirect speeches. After that, SS will read some texts, identify the differences between direct and indirect speech following their purposes, and internalise the strategies for summarising texts. Finally, SS will demonstrate their ability to summarise and paraphrase ideas. Manik Chandra Majumder # Senior Teacher # Gazirhat High School # Senbag, Noakhali # Mobile No: 01717155169 # Email : manikmajumder01@gmail.com
VOCABULARY New Words: exception, Chaitra Sankranti, last, bid, neighbourhood, intimate, hail, harvest, offer, astonish Manik Chandra Majumder # Senior Teacher # Gazirhat High School # Senbag, Noakhali # Mobile No: 01717155169 # Email : manikmajumder01@gmail.com
Exception Word which does not follow usual rule Meaning Irregularly Synonym Antonym Acceptance All the students are same in the class but the only exception is Aliza. Sentence Manik Chandra Majumder # Senior Teacher # Gazirhat High School # Senbag, Noakhali # Mobile No: 01717155169 # Email : manikmajumder01@gmail.com
Chaitra Sankranti Word the last day of month Chaitra Meaning An age old Banglee festival Synonym Antonym Our family celebrated Chaitra Sankranti last year. Sentence Manik Chandra Majumder # Senior Teacher # Gazirhat High School # Senbag, Noakhali # Mobile No: 01717155169 # Email : manikmajumder01@gmail.com
Word Last (verb) continue to a specified period of time Meaning Synonym Exist Antonym End Sentence The heat wave lasted for seven days. Manik Chandra Majumder # Senior Teacher # Gazirhat High School # Senbag, Noakhali # Mobile No: 01717155169 # Email : manikmajumder01@gmail.com
Bid Word wish Meaning Offer/tender Synonym Antonym Disagree Sentence Abira wants to bid her friends goodbye. Manik Chandra Majumder # Senior Teacher # Gazirhat High School # Senbag, Noakhali # Mobile No: 01717155169 # Email : manikmajumder01@gmail.com
, , Neighbourhood Word surrounding or people living near one another Meaning Synonym Community people Antonym Distance people Sentence Our neighbourhood is always friendly. Manik Chandra Majumder # Senior Teacher # Gazirhat High School # Senbag, Noakhali # Mobile No: 01717155169 # Email : manikmajumder01@gmail.com
Intimate Word close Meaning Near Synonym Antonym Far Puspita is my intimate friend. Sentence Manik Chandra Majumder # Senior Teacher # Gazirhat High School # Senbag, Noakhali # Mobile No: 01717155169 # Email : manikmajumder01@gmail.com
Hail Word greet joyfully Meaning Congratulate Synonym Antonym Ignore Sentence People hailed the young man as their Manik Chandra Majumder # Senior Teacher # Gazirhat High School # Senbag, Noakhali # Mobile No: 01717155169 # Email : manikmajumder01@gmail.com leader.
Harvest Word Crop Meaning Grain Synonym Antonym Seed The villagers gathered their harvest in last month. Sentence Manik Chandra Majumder # Senior Teacher # Gazirhat High School # Senbag, Noakhali # Mobile No: 01717155169 # Email : manikmajumder01@gmail.com
, Offer Word provide Meaning Supply Synonym Antonym Refuse Sentence My mother offered cakes to the guests Manik Chandra Majumder # Senior Teacher # Gazirhat High School # Senbag, Noakhali # Mobile No: 01717155169 # Email : manikmajumder01@gmail.com
Astonish Word amaze Meaning surprise Synonym Antonym Bore The talent of the child astonished me. Sentence Manik Chandra Majumder # Senior Teacher # Gazirhat High School # Senbag, Noakhali # Mobile No: 01717155169 # Email : manikmajumder01@gmail.com
ACTIVITY 2.1.1 Experiential Learning Cycle: Experiential Learning Cycle: 1. Concrete Experience Manik Chandra Majumder # Senior Teacher # Gazirhat High School # Senbag, Noakhali # Mobile No: 01717155169 # Email : manikmajumder01@gmail.com
2.1.1 Discuss the following questions in pairs. And then, share your answers with the class. a) Did you interview anyone for any reason? b) Did someone interview you for any purpose? c) What was the topic of the interview? d) What were the questions that had been asked there? e) What were the responses? f) Did you share any information about the interview with anyone? If yes, what did you say? Manik Chandra Majumder # Senior Teacher # Gazirhat High School # Senbag, Noakhali # Mobile No: 01717155169 # Email : manikmajumder01@gmail.com
d) What were the questions that had been asked there? e) What were the responses? f) Did you share any information about the interview b) Did someone interview you for any purpose? Answer: Yes, my sister who was university student, Answer: The topic of the interview was how to maintain below- i. I should take a balanced diet. ii. I should get up early to keep in good health. iii.I can maintain my good health by following the rules of about the interview. I told her that my sister wanted to c) What was the topic of the interview? Answer: The questions that had been asked there is given Answer: The responses were like- with anyone? If yes, what did you say? Answer: Yes, I share this information with my mother a) Did you interview anyone for any reason? Answer: Yes, once I interviewed one of my friends for publishing school magazine. interviewed me for her assignment purpose last month. good health. i) What kind of food should you take? ii) Why should you get up early? iii) How can you maintain good health? health. know the answer of some questions about maintaining good health. Manik Chandra Majumder # Senior Teacher # Gazirhat High School # Senbag, Noakhali # Mobile No: 01717155169 # Email : manikmajumder01@gmail.com
ACTIVITY 2.2.1 Experiential Learning Cycle: Experiential Learning Cycle: 2. Reflexive Observation Manik Chandra Majumder # Senior Teacher # Gazirhat High School # Senbag, Noakhali # Mobile No: 01717155169 # Email : manikmajumder01@gmail.com
ACTIVITY 2.1.2 2.1.2 Now, let s interview a friend! Take an interview of your friend to know his/her choice of movies/ songs/hobbies/ personality. Firstly, think of 6-10 questions that you will ask your friend and write them down. Then, in pairs interview each other and take notes to use later. Next, share your friend s opinion with the class. Use the given grid to complete the activity. One is done for you. Manik Chandra Majumder # Senior Teacher # Gazirhat High School # Senbag, Noakhali # Mobile No: 01717155169 # Email : manikmajumder01@gmail.com
Your question Reply of your friend The way you share your friend s opinion My friend said that his/ her (my friend s) father is his/ her favourite personality. My friend said that his hobby was gardening. My friend said that there were 12 types of flowers in his garden. My friend said that he liked rose most My friend said that he had 5 variations of roses according to colour. My friend said that they (roses) were pink, white, maroon, crimson colour. 1. Who is your favourite personality? My father is my favourite personality. 2. What is your hobby? My hobby is gardening. 3. How many types of flowers do you have in your garden? 4. Which flower do you like most? 5. How many variations of roses do you have in your garden? 6. What are they? There are 12 types of flowers in my garden. I like rose most. I have 5 variations of roses according to colour. They are pink, white, maroon, crimson colour. Manik Chandra Majumder # Senior Teacher # Gazirhat High School # Senbag, Noakhali # Mobile No: 01717155169 # Email : manikmajumder01@gmail.com
Your question Reply of your friend The way you share your friend s opinion My friend said that he had 2 fruit trees in their garden. My friend said that those were mango and lemon trees. My friend said that he passed his time there (in the garden) in the afternoon. My friend said that he had got those trees as birthday gift from his father. My friend said that I was always welcome to his garden. 7. Do you have fruit trees in your garden? 8. Which fruit trees are these? I have 2 fruit trees. These are mango and lemon trees. I pass my time there in the afternoon. 9. When do you pass your time in your garden? 10. Where have you got trees from? I have got these trees as birthday gift from my father. You are always welcome. 11. May I go to visit your garden tomorrow? Manik Chandra Majumder # Senior Teacher # Gazirhat High School # Senbag, Noakhali # Mobile No: 01717155169 # Email : manikmajumder01@gmail.com
2.2.1 Reflect on your friends replies and how you have shared them in front of the class. Then, discuss the following questions in pairs/ groups. Next, share your answers with the whole class. a) Have you found any differences between the two sentences (your friend s reply and how you retell your friend s reply)? If yes, what are they? b) Why have you made the changes? c) Do you share any sentences without making any changes? If yes, why? d) What are these two types of sentences (your friend s reply and how you retell your friend s reply) called? e) Do you think using these two types of sentences is necessary for communication? Manik Chandra Majumder # Senior Teacher # Gazirhat High School # Senbag, Noakhali # Mobile No: 01717155169 # Email : manikmajumder01@gmail.com
a) Have you found any differences between the two sentences (your friend's reply and how you retell your friend's reply)? If yes, what are they? Answer: Yes, I have found some differences between the two sentences. Here, I have not repeated the same sentence when I told it to others. I have changed the tense and person instead. d) What are these two types of sentences (your friend s reply e) Do you think using these two types of sentences is necessary for communication? Answer: Yes, I think two types of sentences are necessary for b) Why have you made the changes? Answer: I have made the changes to retell it to others as it is an indirect speechs. yes, why? Answer: No, I need to change the format of sentences and to make any information/ message clear. conversation and make the information clear. c) Do you share any sentences without making any changes? If and how you retell your friend s reply) called? Answer: My friend s speech is called direct and my speech is indirect. communication. This change brings variety in speech and Manik Chandra Majumder # Senior Teacher # Gazirhat High School # Senbag, Noakhali # Mobile No: 01717155169 # Email : manikmajumder01@gmail.com
2.2.2 Read the following text individually. Entering the class, Mr. Rafiq, a teacher of English, found his students in a very cheerful and relaxed mood. With surprise, he said to his students, What happened to you all? Is there anything that I missed? The students replied with a satisfying smile that the education minister had visited their school yesterday and this made them very excited. Did the minister come to your class? said the teacher. The students replied, Yes sir, she visited our class and spent some time with us. She Manik Chandra Majumder # Senior Teacher # Gazirhat High School # Senbag, Noakhali # Mobile No: 01717155169 # Email : manikmajumder01@gmail.com
also asked some questions to which we replied properly. Hearing this, the teacher was very happy and said, Thank you for your effort. Now we are moving on to our next lesson. Let s try to work with new activities . But the students wanted to continue talking about their experience with the minister. So, one of the students said, May we carry on talking about many interesting things that happened yesterday ? We would like to share those with you, The teacher replied, Of course, I would love to hear that. Manik Chandra Majumder # Senior Teacher # Gazirhat High School # Senbag, Noakhali # Mobile No: 01717155169 # Email : manikmajumder01@gmail.com
2.2.3 Imagine you were in that class. And after returning home, you will share with your parents what happened in the class. Now, discuss the following questions to decide on how you will do that. a) Will you say everything to your parents that happened in the class or you will tell them the important messages? b) Will you tell all the messages one after another or arrange them based on their importance? c) Will you share the information to your parents in your own words or use the quotation from the given text? d) Why do you narrate them in that way? e) Do you think the two different ways of narrating a conversation are both necessary? Give reasons for your answer. Manik Chandra Majumder # Senior Teacher # Gazirhat High School # Senbag, Noakhali # Mobile No: 01717155169 # Email : manikmajumder01@gmail.com
d) Why do you narrate them in that way? e) Do you think the two different ways of narrating a conversation c) Will you share the information to your parents in your own words or use the quotation from the given text? Answer: I narrate them in that way because I like to retell are both necessary? Give reasons for your answer. Answer: Yes. I think the two different ways of narrating a b) Will you tell all the messages one after another or arrange them based on their importance? Answer: I will share the information to my parents in my own them in indirect speech. a)Will you say everything to your parents that happened in the class or you will tell them the important messages? Answer: I will tell the important messages to my parents. Answer: I will arrange them based on their importance. words. conversation are both necessary. In practical life we talk using direct and indirect speech as per requirement. Manik Chandra Majumder # Senior Teacher # Gazirhat High School # Senbag, Noakhali # Mobile No: 01717155169 # Email : manikmajumder01@gmail.com
ACTIVITY 2.3.1 ACTIVITY 2.3.1 Experiential Learning Cycle: Experiential Learning Cycle: 3. Abstract Conceptualization Manik Chandra Majumder # Senior Teacher # Gazirhat High School # Senbag, Noakhali # Mobile No: 01717155169 # Email : manikmajumder01@gmail.com
2.3.1 Now, read a note on Speech in pairs/groups and do the activities that follow. Note Speech is the art of reporting/telling the words of a speaker. There are two main ways of reporting the words of a speaker: Direct speech and Indirect speech. Direct Speech: Direct speech expresses the exact words spoken or written by someone within quotation marks. For example, My friend said, I love to read different types of texts. Here, you are reporting your friend s words exactly the same way as your friend has said. Indirect Speech: Indirect speech is the act of retelling someone else s words with some changes in verbs, pronouns, adverbs of time and place. For example, when Manik Chandra Majumder # Senior Teacher # Gazirhat High School # Senbag, Noakhali # Mobile No: 01717155169 # Email : manikmajumder01@gmail.com
you will retell your friends reply, you may say- My friend replied that she loved to read different types of texts. Let s look into the changes in these two speeches! Direct speech: My friend said, I think I love to read different types of texts. Indirect Speech: My friend replied that she thought she loved to read different types of texts. Here in indirect speech that has been used as a connector. The pronoun I is changed to she and the verbs of direct speech, think and love are changed into thought and loved. Here, said in direct speech is called reporting verb. Usually, to quote from a speaker, to know the authenticity of spoken words, to break the monotony of a narrative description and to convey the emotional impact of the message, we use direct speech. On the other hand, indirect speech is used in storytelling, journalism, academic writing and to relay someone s words to others in a narrative style. Manik Chandra Majumder # Senior Teacher # Gazirhat High School # Senbag, Noakhali # Mobile No: 01717155169 # Email : manikmajumder01@gmail.com
So, when you want to tell something exactly the same way, use direct speech and if you retell someone s words with some changes, use indirect speech Direct Speech: My friend said, I love to read different types of texts. Indirect Speech: My friend replied that she loved to read different types of texts. So, when you want to tell something exactly the same way, use direct speech Direct Speech: My friend said, I love to read different types of texts. Reporting verb Reported Speech Manik Chandra Majumder # Senior Teacher # Gazirhat High School # Senbag, Noakhali # Mobile No: 01717155169 # Email : manikmajumder01@gmail.com
When you retell someones words with some changes, use indirect speech Indirect Speech: My friend replied that she loved to read different types of texts. Manik Chandra Majumder # Senior Teacher # Gazirhat High School # Senbag, Noakhali # Mobile No: 01717155169 # Email : manikmajumder01@gmail.com
Manik Chandra Majumder # Senior Teacher # Gazirhat High School # Senbag, Noakhali # Mobile No: 01717155169 # Email : manikmajumder01@gmail.com
Exception: If direct speech expresses habitual facts, universal truth and historical events, the verb in the reported speech does not change. Manik Chandra Majumder # Senior Teacher # Gazirhat High School # Senbag, Noakhali # Mobile No: 01717155169 # Email : manikmajumder01@gmail.com
2.3.3 Read the text in 2.2.2 again and write how you will retell the messages to your parents using your own words. You can start writing your text in the following way- Today entering class, our English teacher, Rafiq sir asked us with a surprise what had happened to us all (Entering the class. Mr. Rafiq. a teacher of English. found his students in a very cheerful and relaxed mood. With surprise. he said to his students, What happened to you all? Is that anything that I missed? The students replied with a satisfying smile that the education minister had visited their school yesterday and this made them very excited. Did the minister come to your class? said the teacher. The students replied. Yes sir, she visited our class and spent some time with us. She also asked some questions to which we replied properly. Hearing this, the teacher was very happy and said. Thank you for your effort. Now we are moving on to our next lesson Let s try to work with new activities. Manik Chandra Majumder # Senior Teacher # Gazirhat High School # Senbag, Noakhali # Mobile No: 01717155169 # Email : manikmajumder01@gmail.com
But the students wanted to continue talking about their experience with the minister So, one of the students said. May we carry on talking about many interesting thing that happened yesterday? We would like to share those with you. The teacher replied , Of course, I would love to hear that, Answer: Today entering class, our English teacher, Mr. Rafiq asked us with a surprise what had happened to us all. He also asked us if there was anything that he had missed. We replied with satisfying smile that the education minister had visited our school the previous day and that had made us very excited. Then the teacher further/again asked us if the minister had gone to our class. We replied in the affirmative and said that she had visited our class and had spent some time with us . She (the minister) also asked some questions to which we had replied properly. Hearing this, the teacher was very happy and thanked us for our effort. Then he wanted to move to our next lesson, and proposed us that we should try to work with new activities but we wanted to continue talking about our experience with the minister. So one of us (students) politely asked him (T) if we might carry on talking about many interesting things that happened the previous day. We also wanted to share those with him. The teacher happily agreed and said that he would love to hear that. Manik Chandra Majumder # Senior Teacher # Gazirhat High School # Senbag, Noakhali # Mobile No: 01717155169 # Email : manikmajumder01@gmail.com
2.3.4 Now, read the following note on summary. Then write a summary of the text that you have written in activity 2.3.3. Finally, share your summary in pairs/groups. Summary A summary is a concise overview of a text s main points written in your words. The summary of a text provides the reader with an overall comprehension of a larger body of text in a condensed and concise format. By summarizing a text, you show your better understanding of that text. Manik Chandra Majumder # Senior Teacher # Gazirhat High School # Senbag, Noakhali # Mobile No: 01717155169 # Email : manikmajumder01@gmail.com
Activity- 2.3.3 (Today entering class, our English teacher, Rafiq sir asked us with a surprise what had happened to us all. He also asked if there was anything that he had missed. We replied with a satisfying smile that the education minister had visited our school. Then the teacher asked ' the education minister had gone to our class. We continued to say that she (the minister) also asked some questions to which we replied properly. The teacher thanked us for our effort. When he wanted to move to teach an activity, we wanted to continue talking about our experience with the minister. We asked the teachers if we might carry on talking about many interesting things that happened the previous day. We also wanted to share those with him. The teacher happily agreed and said that he would love to hear that.) Manik Chandra Majumder # Senior Teacher # Gazirhat High School # Senbag, Noakhali # Mobile No: 01717155169 # Email : manikmajumder01@gmail.com
Summary : In English class Rafiq sir saw that everyone was excited and happy. He came to know that the education minister visited their class and asked them few questions. The students successfully answered all the questions. The teacher thanked them for their effort. When he wanted to move to lesson and class activity, the students insisted on sharing their experience with him. The teacher also agreed with them. Manik Chandra Majumder # Senior Teacher # Gazirhat High School # Senbag, Noakhali # Mobile No: 01717155169 # Email : manikmajumder01@gmail.com
Summary A summary is a concise overview of a text s main points written in your words. The summary of a text provides the reader with an overall comprehension of a larger body of text in a condensed and concise format. By summarizing a text, you show your better understanding of that text. Manik Chandra Majumder # Senior Teacher # Gazirhat High School # Senbag, Noakhali # Mobile No: 01717155169 # Email : manikmajumder01@gmail.com
Features of a summary: The summary shortens the main ideas of a text so that its readers will understand the gist of the original work. The summary keeps the tone and key ideas of the writer of the original work. A summary is typically one-quarter to one-third the length of the original and is written in the third person. How to Write a Summary: 1. Read the text and identify the main ideas. Distinguish the main ideas from the details. 2. Write the main ideas in a list. 3. Begin the summary with an introductory statement. 4. Turn the main ideas into sentences, occasionally including details when it is necessary to convey the main idea. 5. Combine the sentences into one or more paragraphs. 6. Use transition words to connect the sentences and the paragraphs. 7. Proofread the summary for punctuation, spelling, sentence structure, and content. Manik Chandra Majumder # Senior Teacher # Gazirhat High School # Senbag, Noakhali # Mobile No: 01717155169 # Email : manikmajumder01@gmail.com
2.3.5 Read the following short conversation and the text that follows. The Bizhu Festival Manik Chandra Majumder # Senior Teacher # Gazirhat High School # Senbag, Noakhali # Mobile No: 01717155169 # Email : manikmajumder01@gmail.com
Manik Chandra Majumder # Senior Teacher # Gazirhat High School # Senbag, Noakhali # Mobile No: 01717155169 # Email : manikmajumder01@gmail.com
Mahmud always enjoys meeting new people. Last weeks journey was no exception. His father has recently been transferred to Rangamati. So, Mahmud s entire family was shifting from Rajshahi to Rangamati. They first reached Dhaka, and from there they went to Rangamati. In Dhaka, at the bus counter, they met another family going to Rangamati. All of them were waiting for the bus to come. Finding nothing to do in particular, Mahmud started a conversation with a girl sitting next to him. The girl s name was Madhumita Chakma. She told Mahmud that he could call her Madhu. They were of the same age, and they started a conversation. Mahmud told her that they were moving to Rangamati to stay there. And Madhu informed him that she was going to her village to celebrate their local festival, called Bizhu. Mahmud admitted that he didn t know much about that festival. Manik Chandra Majumder # Senior Teacher # Gazirhat High School # Senbag, Noakhali # Mobile No: 01717155169 # Email : manikmajumder01@gmail.com
Madhu said, Bizhu is the main festival of our Chakma community to celebrate the new year. It starts on Chaitra Sankranti and lasts for three days. On the first day, Phool Bizhu, we start the festival by offering flowers to Lord Buddha. We pray that May we all live in peace and have good health. Then we float flowers in lakes and rivers to bid goodbye to misfortune and seek divine blessings. Mahmud said, Oh, okay. It is very similar to our Pohela Boishakh. Madhu said, I am not sure, let s ask my grandmother. And they both did. The grandmother replied, Yes, my dear, they are quite similar. Mahmud asked Madhu s grandmother, Can I also call you grandmother? Grandmother said, Of course, dear. Where do you get so many flowers? Mahmud wondered. Madhu replied, We collect flowers from the neighbourhood. Some flowers are picked from neighbours without even asking their permission. Don t they mind? Mahmud asked. The grandmother replied, Actually, we are a very intimate community, so permission is not required for a small issue like this. Manik Chandra Majumder # Senior Teacher # Gazirhat High School # Senbag, Noakhali # Mobile No: 01717155169 # Email : manikmajumder01@gmail.com
She continued, Mul-Bizhu, or the main day of the festival, starts with a bath ritual . We help shower elderly parents or grandparents so that we can seek their attention and win their blessings before starting the auspicious day We cook many delicious foods for that day. Banschuri and pajon are made for our friends and family. What is pajon, grandmother? It s a delicious vegetable cuisine, dear. We make it for our Bizhu festival. Oh, it is similar to the way we make special foods like- various pitha and payesh for our Nabanna. Grandmother said, We pass the last day, Gojjye Poijjye,(the last day of bizu festival, literally means roll around) with relaxation and try to be as happy as possible so that we can pass the whole year with peace and prosperity. Also, doors are open for people from every community to join our celebration. Don t you think it closely resembles the way we celebrate the first day of the new year? Manik Chandra Majumder # Senior Teacher # Gazirhat High School # Senbag, Noakhali # Mobile No: 01717155169 # Email : manikmajumder01@gmail.com Yes, you got that right.
Mahmud proposed, Lets go to my mom. Madhumita asked Mahmud s mother, What does Nabanna mean, aunty? Mahmud s mother replied, Nabanna is our country s biggest agricultural festival,celebrated across our country. Nabanna is a Bengali word that means new crop . We celebrate Nabanna to hail the new crops and harvests. It is usually celebrated with food, dance, and music in Bangladesh. It is a festival of foods; many local preparations of cuisines like pithas are cooked and offered. She added, In this celebration, the villagers welcome their neighbours and guests with chira, muri, moa-murki, many kinds of pithas, and some otherlocal foods. Manik Chandra Majumder # Senior Teacher # Gazirhat High School # Senbag, Noakhali # Mobile No: 01717155169 # Email : manikmajumder01@gmail.com
