· Title – “Geet Ka Kamal”
Brief Biography
· “Geet Ka Kamal” is a traditional folktale by Eklavya publications. Eklavya is famous for stories which depict Indian socio-cultural realities. Based on a state level project in Madhya Pradesh during 1970-80’s of the same name, stories by Eklavya aim to bridge the gap between children’s lived experiences and the text they engage with. Their publications also include books written by children themselves and could be used as materials for early literacy within classrooms.
Year, Publisher, Place – 2011, Eklavya, Bhopal
Grade level - 3rd
Genre - Folklore, Picture book
Synopsis
· Did you ever hurry to the market to buy a kilograms of onions or a packet of chips? If yes! Then have you ever thought what would happen if you were asked to buy something that is neither bought nor sold?
This Bundelkhandi folktale brings to you a distraught wife with a yearning to have a song of her own. And the journey of a her husband, who goes a quest to fulfill the wish of his beloved wife. Would you know a good place to buy a song?
· Reading strategies
This particular story can be used to introduce poetry to students and for creative writing activities.
Pre-reading
· 1)- You can begin by asking the students, if they know what are rhyming words?
-They also make a rhyming word with their name, for e.g.- sakshi-bakshi, nandini-chandnini-Before proceeding with the story ask the students to look out for rhyming words in the story itself such as “khaddar-khaddar”, “sarrar-sarrar”
· 2) You can ask the students questions like - what do you do when you go to the market? Can you name a few things you buy from the market? Is there anything that you cannot buy from the market? What would that be?
During reading
· 1)You can ask the students to predict what would happen next in the story or what would they do? For e.g. - would you go to the market to look for a song?
After reading
· 1) Ask the students to come up with 5-6 pairs of rhyming words on their own.
Then ask to do poem extension using these words or others
2) Ask the students to think about something that is not bought and sold in the market and write about it.
Reflection
· It seldom happens that you find interesting folktales with catchy language, “Geet Ka Kamal" is one such story. The book includes interesting illustrations which can be used to create great interactive sessions with students while doing shared reading. The illustrations depicts characters with Indian clothes, an Indian market with a "Tarazu" etc which looks quite fitting for a story set within the rural context. The story also gives you space to bring in a rhythm to the class as it includes a lot rhyming words. And lastly, the humor part of the story is what catches our attention as audience
· Sources :-
· https://www.eklavya.in/about-us-eklavya/who-we-are
· https://www.eklavya.in/books/eklavya-books-pdf
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