This content is made for the simulation class at B.Ed program but it will help the teachers to take a class effectively on Pahela Boishakh. After completing the lesson, learners will be able to 1. talk about Pahela Boishakh. 2. read, comprehend and summarise text. 3. ask and answer questions. 4. write about their cultural and religious festivals. 5. use vocabulary: traditional, ethnic, festive, procession.

1. Welcome to the
English Class

2. Mohammad Mustafizur Rahman
Assistant Teacher (English)
E-mail: asm.mustafiz@yahoo.com
Website: www.mustafizur.net
ID: ….., Section: B
Govt. Teachers’ Training College, Dhaka

3. English For Today
Class: IX
Time: 50 Minutes

4. Look at the picture
What’s the picture about?
Where can we see this scene?

5. Look at the picture
What is it?
When can we see this?

6. Pahela Boishakh
[Unit: 3, Lesson: 6]

7. Let’s watch a video…

8. Word Meaning
Traditional [adj]
Following or belonging to the customs

9. Word Meaning
Ethnic [adj]
A particular race of people who are
different from other people of the country

10. Word Meaning
Festive [adj]
Having or producing happy and enjoyable
feelings suitable for a special occasion

11. Word Meaning
Procession [n]
A number of people moving forward in an orderly
fashion, especially as part of a ceremony

12. Pair Work
Questions:
1. Do you go out in the morning of
Pahela Boishakh? If you do, where
do go? If not, what do you do?
2. What kind of food do you eat in the
morning of Pahela Boishakh?
3. Do you wear any special clothes on
this occasion?

13. Pair Work
For example:
1. Do you go out in the morning of
Pahela Boishakh? If you do, where
do go? If not, what do you do?
Ans: Yes, I go out in the morning of
Pahela Boishakh. I attend the cultural
function at………….. organised by
………………..

14. Complete the passage with suitable words
The word Pahela means the first and Boishakh is
the _____ month of Bangla calendar. The day is
observed not _____ in Bangladesh but _____ in
some other parts of the world. It is celebrated in
West Bengal, Assam and Tripura. It is also
______ in Australia and the UK. In Australia, the
largest ______ for Bangla new year is the Sydney
Boishakhi Mela held ______ Sydney Olympic
Park. In England, the Bangalees ______
celebrate the day with a street ________ in
London. It is the ______ Asian festival in Europe,
_______ Bangladesh and West Bengal.

15. Complete the passage with suitable words
The word Pahela means the first and Boishakh is
the _____ month of Bangla calendar. The day is
observed not _____ in Bangladesh but _____ in
some other parts of the world. It is celebrated in
West Bengal, Assam and Tripura. It is also
________ in Australia and the UK. In Australia,
the largest ________ for Bangla new year is the
Sydney Boishakhi Mela held _____ Sydney
Olympic Park. In England, the Bangalees ______
celebrate the day with a street __________ in
London. It is the __________ Asian festival in
Europe, ________ Bangladesh and West Bengal.
first
only also
observed
festival
in
also
traditional
procession
upholding

16. Home Work
Describe your own cultural or
religious festival that you celebrate.
You can use the following words.
You can also use other words
relevant to the festival.
colourful special traditional religious
dance cultural flowers food
songs festive