Can you guess What the pictures

are about?

The Statue of Liberty

English For TodayClass-xi –x

Unit: 14Lesson:3

The Statue of Liberty

Let us watch a video on the statue of

Liberty

Vocabulary Practice

• 1. Symbolize:• 2. Aloft:• 3. Inscribe:• 4. Overthrow:• 5. Tyranny:• 6. Sculptor:• 7. Commemorate:• 8. Pedestal:• 9. Rivet:• 1o. Gesture:

Evaluation of the vocabularies

Symbolize: Stand for-Pigeons symbolize peace.

Aloft: High up in the air-Our national flag is flying aloft.

Inscribe: Print on stone/metal/wood-I found the words inscribed on the wall.

Overthrow: bring down-President Hosne Mubarak was overthrown from power.

Tyranny: Unfair and strict control-People wanted to get rid of the tyranny of the King.

Sculptor: Who makes sculptures-Rasha is a famous sculptor.

7. Commemorate: To celebrate-A function was arranged to commemorate the independence day.

Pedestal: Base-We keep flower on the pedestal of the Shaheed Minar.

Rivet: Pin-The rivet of the tool has become loose.

Gesture: Sign-The gesture of Bangabandhu on 7th March was applauded by the mob.

Evaluation of the vocabularies• 1. Symbolize: Stand for-Pigeons symbolize peace.• 2. Aloft: High up in the air-Our national flag is flying aloft.• 3. Inscribe: Print on stone/metal/wood-I found the words inscribed on

the wall.• 4. Overthrow: bring down-President Saddam was overthrown from

power.• 5. Tyranny: Unfair and strict control-People wanted to get rid of the

tyranny of the King.• 6. Sculptor: Who makes sculptures-Rasha is a famous sculptor.• 7. Commemorate: To celebrate-A function was arranged to

commemorate the independence day.• 8. Pedestal: Base-We keep flower on the pedestal of the Shaheed

Minar.• Rivet: Pin-The rivet of the tool has become loose.• Gesture: Sign-The gesture of Bangabandhu on 7th March was

applauded by the mob.

Questions to be practiced in the class in pairs

• 1. Who sculptured the Statue of Liberty?• 2. Who engineered the internal

structures of the it?• 3. What was the total cost of it?• 4. What is the name of the island

where the statue is situated?

Checking the answers of the students

Alexandre G. Ifle, internal engineering

of the statue

Frederic Bartholdi,Sculptored

the Statue

Two hundred and fifty thousand dollar.

Liberty Island where the statue is situated

Let us see the later part of the video

Home Work and Assignment

• 1. What does the statue symbolize?• 2. What do the torch and the book in the hand

of the statue symbolize?• 3. Do we have any symbolic monument in our

country? Make a list of them.• 4. Write a paragraph on “The Statue of Liberty”• 5. Make a poster with the inscribed lines on the

pedestal of the statue.

Give me your tired, your poorYour huddled masses yearning to breathe free,The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to

me,I lift my lamp beside the golden door!

The New Colossus (1903) Emma Lazarus

A Dummy of the poster

Good bye and have a nice day

Proshanta Kumer SarkerB.A(Hons.) English, M.A (Eng. Lit), M.A (ELT in study)TESL(USA), John Kooij Fellowship(UK&Netherland)Training on ICT in Education &PBL(Japan&Korea)

Lecturer of EnglishAgrani School and College

Azimpur, Dhaka.