1. LESSON 6
Who I Am

2. PART 1
MANY VOICES
In this lesson you will learn about a few children like you with different tastes and ambitions in their life. Let’s see how each one is different from the others.

3. RADHA Radha’s favourite activity is climbing trees.
She likes to climb and sit in the fork of two branches of the mango tree outside her house. When Radha sits high up in the tree she feels like she can rule the whole world.

4. NASIR
Nasir wants to become a seed collector. He wants to learn how to preserve seeds so that they can be used again without spending money every year.

5. ROHIT
Rohit likes travelling.He wants to see the mountains of New Zealand. He wishes he could sail down the Amazon river on a raft. He likes to see the beaches of Lakshadweep, Konark temple in Orissa or the old city in Beijing in China and the pyramids of Egypt. He enjoys seeing nature more than old buildings.

6. SERBJIT
Serbjit is very truthful and he gets angry when others don’t believe his words. He gets angry even at his teachers and parents when they disbelieve him.

7. DOLMA
Dolma is a responsible girl with leadership qualities. Her classmates take her advice when they have a problem and her teachers trust her when something needs to be done in the school.She wants to become the Prime Minister of India. She wants to make things better for everyone.

8. PETER
Peter’s favourite day is the second Sunday of everymonth.On this day his whole family goes out for a film. He likes to sit in the darkness of the hall eating peanuts and watching the film.

9. Multiple Intelligences
Each one of us is intelligent in one way or other. Being good at studies is one kind of intelligence. Similarly there are many other types of intelligence too.
Visual intelligence
Verbal intelligence
Mathematical intelligence
Bodily intelligence
Musical intelligence
Interpersonal intelligence

10. Visual intelligence
A person having Visual intelligence is good at puzzle building, reading, writing, understanding maps, and graphs, sketching, painting, fixing or making objects, understanding pictures etc.

11. Verbal intelligence
A person having Verbal intelligence is good at speaking, story telling, explaining, teaching, convincing someone of his/her point of view.

12. Mathematical intelligence
A person having Mathematical intelligence is good at problem solving, solving puzzles, experimenting, doing mathematical calculations etc.

13. Bodily intelligence
A person having Bodily intelligence is good at dancing, acting, miming, physical coordination etc.

14. Musical intelligence
A person with Musical intelligence is good at singing, whistling, playing musical instrument, composing music, remembering melodies etc.

15. Interpersonal intelligence
A person having Interpersonal intelligence is good at seeing things at others view, understanding other people’s moods and feelings, co operating with groups communicating etc.

16. I.Complete the following sentences in the suitable way.
1. When Radha sits high up in the sky she feels like________.
2. Nasir wants to learn how to preserve seeds so that we can use them again without__________.
3. What Rohit actually enjoys is_______.

17. 4. Sometimes Serbjit looks down at his shoes and count to ten so that ___________.
5. Dolma wants to make sure that _______.

18. II.Write true or false against each of the following statements.
1. Radha’s mother always climbs the tree with her.
2. Nasir wants to learn the ways of producing more cotton.
3. Rohit likes travelling.
4. Serbjit feels sorry when his teachers do not believe his words.
5. Peter feels lucky that he belongs to a happy family.

19. FORMATIVE ASSESMENT
1. Read the following extract and answer the questions choosing the correct options.

20. “But today that doesn’t work
“But today that doesn’t work. So we have to spend money to buy new seeds every single year.”
1. Who speaks these words?
Rohit
Peter
Nasir
Radha

21. What is it that doesn’t work today?
travelling
telling truth
climbing trees
collecting cotton seeds for future use.

22. How does the speaker try to overcome this problem?
i. By saving money to buy seeds
ii. by travelling the whole world.
iii. by going for a movie every week.
iv. by learning how to preserve seeds

23. THE END