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Md. Jahangir Alam Assist: Teacher(English) # Begum Nurjahan Memorial Girls’ High School Mohammadpur, Dhaka-1207 Class: Nine Time: 45 Minutes

Try to imagine these pictures. A Tokai

What are they doing ? They are picking up things from street.

After completing this lesson, we will be able to-  identify a Tokai.  tell the life of a Tokai.  write a paragraph.

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Individual work

Tokai means one who collects or picks up the abandoned things. Who is Tokai ?

He is a boy of the street having no home and health. He has no definite place of residence. How is he/ she ?

Usually, he has no parents or relatives, nor has he any definite means of livelihood. How is his lifestyle?

He leads a very dirty and unhygienic life. He puts on rags and patched up clothes. How is his life and cloth ?

Write the life style and his clothes of a Tokai. Pair work

Bad smell comes from his body and dress. Bad smell How thing does come from their body and dress ?

He roams about in the streets picking up torn papers and clothes, wood and other refuses. He earns his livelihood by selling those things. What thing does he pick up and sell ?

Sometimes, a number of tokais gather together and play about in the streets. Tokais pass their night on the verandahs of shops, pavement of street or railway platforms. What are they doing ?

If he can save money, he goes to the cinema hall to enjoy a film. This is the way of their life which is dull and colorless. Where does he go if he get money ? How is their life ?

They are care-free and are not moved by any thought about the future. The tokais figure becomes prominent when the political leaders need to show a large number of supporters. What is the future of them ? When do the figures of Tokais become prominent ?

During hartal, they (Tokais) are hired for picketing. They also join political processions for money. When are they hired by the political leaders ?

It is a social responsibility of all to work for setting up these rootless boys in life so that they can lead a normal and happy life What is the social responsibility to them and for what ?

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Group work

Evaluation 1.Who is a Tokai ? 2.Where does he live ? 3.What is the life style of him ? 4.What is the condition of his dress ? 5.When does he become a prominent figure to the political leaders ? 6.What should we do for them ? 7.What is his main occupation ?

Write a paragraph on “ A life of a Tokai”

Thank you very much for being with us.

Allah Hafiz

A life of a Tokai Tokai is a local Bangla word. It means one who collects or picks up the abandoned things. He is a boy of the street having no home and health. He has no definite place of residence. Usually, he has no parents or relatives, nor has he any definite means of livelihood. He leads a very dirty and unhygienic life. He puts on rags and patched up clothes. He looks dirty in torn and patched up clothes. Bad smell comes from his body and dress. He roams about in the streets picking up torn papers and clothes, wood and other refuses. He earns his livelihood by selling those things. Sometimes, a number of tokais gather together and play about in the streets. Tokais pass their night on the verandahs of shops, pavement of street or railway platforms. If he can save money, he goes to the cinema hall to enjoy a film. This is the way of their life which is dull and colorless. They are care-free and are not moved by any thought about he future. The tokais figure becomes prominent when the political leaders need to show a large number of supporters. They hire the tokais from the street and give them packet lunch. During hartal, they are hired for picketing. They also join political processions for money. It is a social responsibility of all to work for setting up these rootless boys in life so that they can lead a normal and happy life.