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Vocabulary quiz 6
Vocabulary quiz 6: about 15 Hindi words with English meanings and simple Hindi definitions, such as adhikar, pratirodh, sankalp, pradushan and abhiyan.
Hindi 305 service-learning
Hindi 305 service-learning speaking prompts on Dalit literature, Adivasi literature and cricket, each question in Hindi with an English translation.
Service learning 407
Service learning 407 conversation questions in Hindi with English translations on Dalit literature, Adivasi literature and women, cricket, and fun questions.
NGO meeting (Hindi 406)
Hindi 406 discussion questions for an NGO/DYAF youth meeting: Partition, the film Earth, Adivasi communities and youth work, in Hindi with English.
जब वर्षा शुरू होती है – केदारनाथ सिंह
When the rains begin, pigeons stop flying and nothing happens anywhere except the rain. Kedarnath Singh’s ‘Jab Varsha Shuru Hoti Hai’ with English translation.
बिट्टू की कहानी
A 21-year-old sets out to clean a dying river on his own. Can one person do it? Bittu Tabahi and the Ajnar river, in simple Hindi with glossary and questions.
Vocabulary quiz 5
Vocabulary quiz 5: Hindi vegetable, spice and cooking-verb words with gender and English meanings, such as shimla mirch, adrak, bhoonna and parosna.
Dictation 2
Dictation 2: a Hindi-English list of about 20 English loanwords written in Devanagari, such as doctor, ticket, stadium, password and laptop, for script practice.
Haiku writing
Writing task: compose five haiku in Hindi, following the guidelines in the linked slide deck and the screenshot of haiku rules.
Nature Poetry Writing Activity
Poetry assignment: write a 15-20 sentence Hindi poem inspired by Duke Gardens, with a word bank, simile, metaphor and personification examples, and do’s and don’ts.