SSC English First Paper | Unit: 1, Lesson: 2 | Good Citizens | Knowledge, skills and attitudes

B. Read the text.

To be a good citizen, you have to prepare yourself to do good work in society. Well, then how can you prepare yourself?

First, you need knowledge. Today's society is knowledge-based. Without having knowledge of modern sciences, technologies including ICT and other necessary subjects, you will have difficulty living a good life. The other areas you, as a good citizen, should have knowledge about are:

• our country, its constitution, geography and people

• our state, its executive and legislative powers

• our judicial system

• our government and its structures and functions

• our history, cultures, traditions, literature, moral values and religions

• our socio-economic activities and educational system

Second, you need skills to do things. Knowledge is not enough. You must be able to apply your knowledge to do things practically.

Finally, knowing and doing things will bring about a change in your behaviour towards others. This behavioural change will show your attitudes towards others, that is, it will show how you think and feel about a person or thing.

Let's take an example. Suppose you, as a student, need to know about 'group work' in the classroom. So you ask yourself or your teacher or anyone else, "What is group work?" Or you may find about it in a book. In this way, you may know, or you may have the knowledge about group work. To do group work, the class has to be divided into groups. Each group is to do some tasks given by the teacher or in the textbook. The group members will discuss and share ideas and points, and finally one member will write the answers.

Then you start working in groups. In each group you take turns discussing points and answering questions. In this way you can actually do the task. Your teacher may monitor and help you to do the work.

Lastly, through regular group work it is expected that there will be noticeable changes in your behaviour. Possible changes are:

• You will develop the skill of speaking freely in English with your classmates and teacher.

• Your shyness will gradually disappear.

• You will develop the attitude of helping and cooperating with each other.

• You will learn to behave in a democratic way.

Most importantly, these behavioural changes taking place in you inside the classroom will be carried over outside the classroom in real-life situations.

C. Suppose you have learned at school how to make your drinking water safe and when and how much you should drink it in a day. Now write a short paragraph about how to make drinking water safe and its importance.

D. Read the text below. Then discuss with your partner and write K (if the text is knowledge based) or S (if the text is skill based) or A (if the text refers to attitude) against each text.

1. According to Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States, a democratic government is a "government of the people, by the people, and for the people." This means that the people have the right to control their government.

2. Two students are making a kite with coloured paper, sticks, glue and string.

3. Tisha's room was always messy. She could not find things easily. Recent¬ly she visited her cousin Ritu in Chittagong. She saw that Ritu's room was very neat and tidy. Everything was exactly in its place. Ritu could instantly find what she wanted. After getting back home, Tisha spent a whole weekend making her room well organised.

4. "It is the duty of every citizen to observe the constitution and laws to maintain discipline, to perform public duties and to protect public properties." (The Constitution of The People's Republic of Bangladesh)

5. Students in pairs are acting out a dialogue in a class.

6. Mouli is back from school. She is very hungry and looks exhaust¬ed. "What's wrong, Mouli?" asks  her mother anxiously. "Don't

worry, Mom. I'm OK. I just didn't have my tiffin today." "But why?" "Our peon died this morning. With other students I gave my tiffin money to the widow."

7. The students of physical education class are practising stretching exercise in the school yard.

8. The affairs of Dhaka city were run by the Dhaka Municipality until 1978, when the city came under Dhaka City Corporation.

E. Discuss in groups. Write how K S A can be shown in the following topics:

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Lesson: 3 | Good Character