Writing
This is Anoushka’s Grade 5 class. What subject are they studying today?
My name is Anoushka. Today we are going to learn creative writing. This is my teacher Sheetal Karandikar. Teacher: Hello. Hi! Anoushka: This is my class. Class: Hi!!! (Everybody laughs) Teacher: Okay class. Today were going to have creative writing. I have put up a topic in the blackboard. I want you to guess what it is. If the ‘?’ came to the ‘?’. Student 1: If the guest came to the class? Teacher: Not really, but good idea, but not really. Student 2: If the car came to the mechanic? (Class laughs) Teacher: Someone else? Yes? Student3: If the aliens come to the earth? Teacher: Very creative for creative writing. Ill give you a clue. Now, with this clue, this word starts with a ‘W’ and the other one with ‘S’. Yes, Anisha? Student 4: If the writer comes to our school. Teacher: If the writer comes to our school? No, I have something else in mind. Dajel?Student 5: If the world came to a stop? Teacher: The first word is correct. Lets clap for Dajel! (Class claps) The world came to a Can anyone think of another word for stop? Another word for stop Yes Ketke? Student 6: School? Teacher: Another word for stop is school? (Class laughs) No, no. Mehil? Student 7: Stay? Teacher: Stay? A little beyond that. Yes? Student 8: Stand? Teacher: Stand? And extend that word a little bit? Student 9: Standing? Teacher: Extend this word a bit. Something else other than to stand. Yes, Aori? Anushka? Student 10: ‘i n g’? Teacher: no. Three more letters left. Come on! Come on! More hands! I want some more hands! I want some more people to answer. Anika? come on… Student 11: Standstill! Teacher: Yes! Clap for him! (Class Claps)
Classes are taught in English but the students also learn Hindi, German, and Sanskrit.