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Chapter 4 · Period 1 of 11 · 40 min

Entering the Story: Unlikely Friendships and First Impressions

Reading For Comprehension · comprehension-discussion

This unit opens the story at the moment of Gajaraj's loneliness: the prose describes a royal elephant surrounded by comfort but with no companion to play with. Students may initially find it surprising that an elephant could feel lonely — acknowledge that feeling before moving into the text. The concept of 'unlikely' is worth dwelling on; students often need a concrete example (a cat and a bird, a tiger and a goat) before they can apply it to the story's elephant-dog pair.

0–8Open with the pre-reading warm-up from 'Let us read' (p.39): ask students what friends are important for, then have them complete the sentence starters 'With my friend I…' and 'With my friend I feel…' in their notebooks. Take brief share-outs from three or four pairs.
8–20Move to the title discussion from 'Let us read' (p.39): small groups brainstorm the meaning of 'unlikely', then pool ideas with the class. Prompt students to name animal or cross-species friendships they know — this lays the conceptual ground for what the story is about.
20–40Read the opening of the narrative aloud — teacher-led with students following — covering the introduction of Gajaraj's loneliness and the stray dog's arrival at the stable (pp.39–42). Pause at natural moments to let students predict what the elephant might do next.
Assessment

Learning outcome. Student identifies key events, characters' motivations, and the emotional arc of a narrative, using the narrative as the vehicle.

Read the statements below and write True or False for each. Give one word or phrase from the story to support your answer.

  • 1. Both Gajaraj and Buntee refused food after they were separated.
  • 2. By the end of the story, the mahout and the farmer had also become friends.
  • 3. Gajaraj first met Buntee when the dog followed him to the pond.
  • 4. The mahout decided to release Buntee so the animals could be reunited.
  • 1. Both Gajaraj and Buntee refused food after they were separated. — True Buntee wandered into the stable; they did not meet at the pond.
  • 2. By the end of the story, the mahout and the farmer had also become friends. — True the narrative states that neither Gajaraj nor Buntee would eat after the separation.
  • 3. Gajaraj first met Buntee when the dog followed him to the pond. — False it was the farmer, not the mahout, who removed the rope and freed Buntee.
  • 4. The mahout decided to release Buntee so the animals could be reunited. — False the story closes with the mahout and the farmer embracing each other.
Chapter 4 · 11 periods of 40 min

Also saved as 7 periods or 9 periods.

  • 2Reading Deeper: What Gajaraj and Buntee Do Together
    Reading For Comprehension
  • 3Story's End: Grief, Reunion, and Two Friendships
    Reading For Comprehension
  • 4Close Reading: Passages on the Mahout and the Farmer
    Reading For Comprehension
  • 5Listening for a New Unlikely Friendship: The Cow and the Leopard
    Listening
  • 6Speaking About My Friend: Common Likes, Differences, and Presentation
    Speaking
  • 7Writing About a Friend: Planning, Drafting, and Peer Response
    Writing
  • 8Opposites and Past Tense: Crossword, Paragraph, Verb Sorting
    Vocabulary Grammar
  • 9Three Faces of the Past Tense: Sorting, Applying, and Practising
    Vocabulary Grammar
  • 10Neither/Nor and Either/Or — Then Exploring Beyond the Story
    Vocabulary Grammar + Beyond Text
  • 11Chapter Synthesis: What Friendship Really Means — Across Species, Texts, and Our Own Lives
    Synthesis
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