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REAL ENGLISH 8

E Learn by Doing

E1 A presentation is given to share a new idea or some information with a group of people.
Presentations are often prepared with the help of the program PowerPoint. Information is
presented through slides highlighting main points. We can also add pictures, charts, statistics,
audio and video to make the presentation appealing. As the speaker introduces the topics,
slides are projected onto the screen.

Prepare a PowerPoint presentation on Rabindranath Tagore. Collect information and pictures
from the Internet or other sources. You can search for the following information:

1. date of birth
2. place of birth

3. details about parents
4. education

5. early writings
6. different types of works

7. famous works; Gitanjali
8. Nobel Prize

9. Shantiniketan
10. Visva-Bharati

11. contributions to music and arts
12. national anthem

13. death: when and where

E2 Carry out some research on poverty in India. Try to answer the following questions and then
make a PowerPoint presentation to present in the class. You can also add other information
that you find relevant.

 What income level is the poverty line in India? Does it vary in different places?
 How much of the population is below the poverty line?
 What schemes has the government implemented in the last decade to alleviate poverty?

 How does child mortality vary with poverty?

 What is an ‘income gap’?
 Has the income gap increased or decreased over the last decade in India?

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