Santoor, period by period — fitted to your timetable.
Tell Meyy your periods and their length; it plans every chapter of Santoor to fit, and you tick off sections as you teach.
First Encounter: Reading the Narrative Aloud
Reading · read-aloud
The read-aloud establishes the full narrative arc before any task work begins; keep the pace unhurried so students absorb the clever Panchayat judgment without missing it. Watch for students who are unfamiliar with the word 'Panchayat' — a one-line gloss ('a village council that settles disputes') is sufficient here.
0–5The teacher introduces the story setting — a small Indian village, a prospering farmer, and a cunning neighbour — by briefly showing the title and inviting students to predict what a Panchayat might decide. No textbook task is required; this orients students to the narrative world.
5–30The teacher reads the narrative aloud from Textbook pp. 91–104, pausing at key plot turns — the well purchase, the neighbour's refusal, the Panchayat convening, and the final judgment — and pointing to any accompanying illustrations. Students follow along in their own books, listening for character names and story events.
30–40Students turn to a partner and share one thing they noticed: a character's action, a word they did not know, or a moment that surprised them. The teacher briefly collects two or three responses whole-class to confirm broad comprehension before closing.
Learning outcome. Student infers and retrieves key plot events using a narrative text as the vehicle.
When the farmer bought the third field, he also bought the well next to it. The next day, what did the cunning neighbour claim about the well he had just sold?
- A He claimed he had never agreed to sell the well at all.
- B He claimed he had sold only the well structure, not the water inside it.
- C He claimed the farmer had not paid the full price for the field.
- D He claimed the well was on his land and the sale was invalid.
B. He claimed he had sold only the well structure, not the water inside it.
What each wrong option reveals
- A Student may be confusing a general denial of sale with the specific legal trick the neighbour used.
- C Student may be mixing up the financial dispute in the story with the ownership dispute over water.
- D Student may be inferring a boundary dispute rather than recalling the neighbour's actual water-ownership argument.
Also saved as 8 periods or 11 periods.
- 2Shared Reading and Comprehension Discussion
Reading - 3Think and Discuss: Fairness and the Panchayat's Wisdom
Oracy - 4Picture-Based Group Discussion and Narration
Oracy - 5Listening to a Passage and Responding
Oracy - 6Vocabulary Match: Story Words and Their Meanings
Word Work - 7Prepositions in Context: Fill in the Blanks
Word Work - 8Sequencing Events: Rearranging a Short Passage
Word Work - 9Modelled Writing: A Letter as the Farmer
Writing - 10Suffix '-less': Word Building and Sentence Writing
Writing - 11Reading the Neem Tree Passage and Answering Questions
Beyond Text - 12Spot the Difference: Paired Observation Activity
Beyond Text - 13Guided Reading and Oral Retelling of the Narrative
Reading + Oracy - 14Whole-Chapter Synthesis: Wisdom, Words, and Writing
Synthesis
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