Seeing without Seeing Class 2 Notes English

Seeing without Seeing

In this chapter, we meet a little girl named Onshangla who comes back home from school. She's very quiet, and her mother, Ava, notices this and asks her if anything happened at school. Onshangla tells her that a new boy has joined their class who wears black glasses and cannot see. Onshangla is curious about how the new boy will do things since he can't see like everyone else.

Ava decides to play a special game with Onshangla to help her understand how it feels to do things without seeing. She blindfolds Onshangla with a scarf and then asks her to guess what she's holding in her hand. Onshangla touches and smells the objects to guess what they are. She correctly identifies a soft object as a rose by smelling it. She also recognizes a small bell by the sound it makes and a glass of orange juice by tasting it.

After these fun games, Ava removes the blindfold, and Onshangla can see again. She is happy to see her mother and thanks her for the game. Ava uses this opportunity to teach Onshangla and her friends that even if someone cannot see, there are other ways to understand the world around them. She encourages Onshangla and her friends to be friends with the new boy who cannot see.

Summary

In this chapter, Onshangla returns from school and tells her mother, Ava, about a new boy in her class who cannot see. Ava decides to play a game with Onshangla to help her understand what it's like to do things without seeing. Onshangla is blindfolded, and she successfully identifies objects using her other senses like touch, smell, and taste. When the blindfold is removed, she is happy to see her mother again. Ava teaches Onshangla and her friends that there are different ways to understand things even if you cannot see, and she encourages them to be friends with the new boy.

New Words and Meanings

• Curious: When you want to know more about something and ask questions because you're interested.
• Identify: To figure out or recognize what something is.
• Blindfold: Covering someone's eyes so they cannot see.
• Senses: Our abilities to see, hear, touch, smell, and taste things.
• Encourage: To give support and motivation to someone to do something positive.
• Difficulties: When something is hard or challenging to do.
• Opportunity: A chance to do something special or important.