2.4 The Teaching Period

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Extract from the Story

"The next day onwards I started my tuition. Avva was a wonderful student. The amount of homework she did was amazing. She would read, repeat, write, and recite. I was her only teacher and she was my first student. Little did I know then that one day I would become a teacher in Computer Science and teach hundreds of students."

Summary in Bullet Points

  • The teaching continued for months, with amazing homework every day.
  • The Dassara festival arrived.
  • The narrator secretly bought a full copy of Kashi Yatre as a gift. secretly = without telling anyone; keeping it hidden as a surprise
  • Avva called her to the puja place and gave her frock material. puja place = a special area in the home set aside for prayer, worship, and religious rituals
  • Then she did something unusual . unusual = not normal; not what you would expect to happen
NCERT Questions (from the Textbook)
Critical Reflection — Extract 1 (NCERT Kaveri pages 10–12)

The teaching episodes here are part of the Critical Reflection extract passage. See Critical Reflection

Board Pattern Questions Mapped to Exam Format
Fill in the Blank (Bracket Choice) 1 mark - 1 sentence only
Avva was a __________ (wonderful / terrible) student. The amount of homework she did was amazing.
How to answer: Start with the key word from the question. Support your answer with specific details from the story. Write in complete sentences.
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wonderful
Why: The extract uses "wonderful student" to describe Avva's dedication. The word "terrible" would directly contradict the extract.
Explanation: Q8 emotions answers need: name 3 specific emotions + link each to a specific moment. Generic answers score zero.

Extract ke directly se jawab do. Pehle extract carefully padho, phir question ka keyword pakdo. Apna imagination mat use karo — sab extract mein hi hai.

The narrator later became a teacher in Computer Science. Which means Avva was her __________ (first / last) student.
How to answer: Start with the key word from the question. Support your answer with specific details from the story. Write in complete sentences.
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first
This is a direct factual detail: the narrator explicitly says "she was my first student". The word "last" would be factually wrong.
Why: The extract says this literally: "I was her only teacher and she was my first student."

Extract ke directly se jawab do. Pehle extract carefully padho, phir question ka keyword pakdo. Apna imagination mat use karo — sab extract mein hi hai.

MCQ. What Behaviour Reveals (1 mark)
"She would read, repeat, write, and recite." What does this pattern of study reveal about Avva as a student?
(A) She was unsure which method worked best and kept switching
(B) She was methodical, dedicated and used multiple reinforcement techniques
(C) She was wasting time by repeating the same thing
(D) She found reading alone too difficult
How to answer: Start with the key word from the question. Support your answer with specific details from the story. Write in complete sentences.
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Answer: (B) - Reading, repeating, writing, and reciting are four distinct reinforcement methods.
Using all four shows Avva took learning seriously and was fully committed to making it stick. Not just doing the minimum.

'Last year' = finished time — simple action = simple past. 'Took' aayega. No two past actions linked here — no past perfect needed.

Short Answer. Insight (1 mark)
Why does the author mention that she later became a Computer Science teacher who taught hundreds of students?
How to answer: Start with the key word from the question. Support your answer with specific details from the story. Write in complete sentences.
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It shows a parallel. Avva was the first student of someone who would later teach hundreds.

Is question ka jawab story se directly connect hota hai. Short aur clear likho — 2-3 sentences kaafi hain. Exact text ke words use karo.

Short Answer (3 marks) - 40–50 words
How does the teaching period between the narrator and Avva show an ideal teacher-student relationship? What emotions are conveyed through their association?
How to answer: Start with the key word from the question. Support your answer with specific details from the story. Write in complete sentences.
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The relationship is ideal because both give their best. Avva reads, repeats, writes and recites daily; the narrator teaches patiently.
The emotions conveyed are dedication, growing pride, and deep affection. Both motivated by genuine love, not duty.

Is question ka jawab story se directly connect hota hai. Short aur clear likho — 2-3 sentences kaafi hain. Exact text ke words use karo.

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