Class 9 English Tuition — Tamil Nadu (SCERT)
A year of English for Class 9 on the Tamil Nadu state syllabus, following the SCERT reader through every prose lesson, poem, drama and supplementary reading. Each is taught over three short days: the lesson, then a sheet marked at once, then a recall round. The grammar the book sets unit by unit — prepositions, degrees of comparison, clauses, modals, tenses, connectors, the passive, determiners and reported speech — is taught inside the lesson it belongs to.
66 daily sessions of 10–15 minutes. Follows: English, Standard IX (SCERT Tamil Nadu — Free Textbook Programme, Revised edition, current print).
Enrolment and classes run on LangVR, the BRETS learning platform.
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What is covered
66 modules, taught in this order.
- 0115 minDay 1 · Learn · Learning the Game (Sachin Tendulkar)
About 15 minutes. By the end of this unit you can read a sportsman’s account, and use prepositions.
- 0215 minDay 2 · Practise · Learning the Game (Sachin Tendulkar)
About 15 minutes, ending in a sheet marked the moment you submit it.
- 0310 minDay 3 · Recall · Learning the Game (Sachin Tendulkar)
About 10 minutes: read aloud, then 0 questions from earlier units.
- 0415 minDay 4 · Learn · Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening (Robert Frost)
About 15 minutes. By the end of this unit you can read Frost, and follow a rhyme scheme that chains.
- 0515 minDay 5 · Practise · Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening (Robert Frost)
About 15 minutes, ending in a sheet marked the moment you submit it.
- 0610 minDay 6 · Recall · Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening (Robert Frost)
About 10 minutes: read aloud, then 1 questions from earlier units.
- 0715 minDay 7 · Learn · The Envious Neighbour
About 15 minutes. By the end of this unit you can read a folk tale about envy, and state its moral.
- 0815 minDay 8 · Practise · The Envious Neighbour
About 15 minutes, ending in a sheet marked the moment you submit it.
- 0910 minDay 9 · Recall · The Envious Neighbour
About 10 minutes: read aloud, then 1 questions from earlier units.
- 1015 minDay 10 · Learn · I can’t Climb Trees Anymore (Ruskin Bond)
About 15 minutes. By the end of this unit you can read Bond on growing up, and compare with degrees.
- 1115 minDay 11 · Practise · I can’t Climb Trees Anymore (Ruskin Bond)
About 15 minutes, ending in a sheet marked the moment you submit it.
- 1210 minDay 12 · Recall · I can’t Climb Trees Anymore (Ruskin Bond)
About 10 minutes: read aloud, then 2 questions from earlier units.
- 1315 minDay 13 · Learn · A Poison Tree (William Blake)
About 15 minutes. By the end of this unit you can read Blake on anger, and follow an extended metaphor.
- 1415 minDay 14 · Practise · A Poison Tree (William Blake)
About 15 minutes, ending in a sheet marked the moment you submit it.
- 1510 minDay 15 · Recall · A Poison Tree (William Blake)
About 10 minutes: read aloud, then 2 questions from earlier units.
- 1615 minDay 16 · Learn · The Fun They Had (Isaac Asimov)
About 15 minutes. By the end of this unit you can read a story set in the future, and read it as an argument.
- 1715 minDay 17 · Practise · The Fun They Had (Isaac Asimov)
About 15 minutes, ending in a sheet marked the moment you submit it.
- 1810 minDay 18 · Recall · The Fun They Had (Isaac Asimov)
About 10 minutes: read aloud, then 2 questions from earlier units.
- 1915 minDay 19 · Learn · Old Man River
About 15 minutes. By the end of this unit you can read a play, and know how a script works.
- 2015 minDay 20 · Practise · Old Man River
About 15 minutes, ending in a sheet marked the moment you submit it.
- 2110 minDay 21 · Recall · Old Man River
About 10 minutes: read aloud, then 2 questions from earlier units.
- 2215 minDay 22 · Learn · On Killing a Tree (Gieve Patel)
About 15 minutes. By the end of this unit you can read Patel, and follow a poem built as an instruction.
- 2315 minDay 23 · Practise · On Killing a Tree (Gieve Patel)
About 15 minutes, ending in a sheet marked the moment you submit it.
- 2410 minDay 24 · Recall · On Killing a Tree (Gieve Patel)
About 10 minutes: read aloud, then 3 questions from earlier units.
- 2515 minDay 25 · Learn · Earthquake
About 15 minutes. By the end of this unit you can read about a disaster, and use clauses.
- 2615 minDay 26 · Practise · Earthquake
About 15 minutes, ending in a sheet marked the moment you submit it.
- 2710 minDay 27 · Recall · Earthquake
About 10 minutes: read aloud, then 3 questions from earlier units.
- 2815 minDay 28 · Learn · Seventeen Oranges (Bill Naughton)
About 15 minutes. By the end of this unit you can read a comic story, and use modals.
- 2915 minDay 29 · Practise · Seventeen Oranges (Bill Naughton)
About 15 minutes, ending in a sheet marked the moment you submit it.
- 3010 minDay 30 · Recall · Seventeen Oranges (Bill Naughton)
About 10 minutes: read aloud, then 3 questions from earlier units.
- 3115 minDay 31 · Learn · The Spider and the Fly (Mary Howitt)
About 15 minutes. By the end of this unit you can read a cautionary poem, and hear flattery working.
- 3215 minDay 32 · Practise · The Spider and the Fly (Mary Howitt)
About 15 minutes, ending in a sheet marked the moment you submit it.
- 3310 minDay 33 · Recall · The Spider and the Fly (Mary Howitt)
About 10 minutes: read aloud, then 3 questions from earlier units.
- 3415 minDay 34 · Learn · The Cat and the Painkiller (Mark Twain)
About 15 minutes. By the end of this unit you can read Twain, and see how comic writing is made.
- 3515 minDay 35 · Practise · The Cat and the Painkiller (Mark Twain)
About 15 minutes, ending in a sheet marked the moment you submit it.
- 3610 minDay 36 · Recall · The Cat and the Painkiller (Mark Twain)
About 10 minutes: read aloud, then 3 questions from earlier units.
- 3715 minDay 37 · Learn · Water: The Elixir of Life (Sir C.V. Raman)
About 15 minutes. By the end of this unit you can read Raman’s essay, and use the perfect tenses.
- 3815 minDay 38 · Practise · Water: The Elixir of Life (Sir C.V. Raman)
About 15 minutes, ending in a sheet marked the moment you submit it.
- 3910 minDay 39 · Recall · Water: The Elixir of Life (Sir C.V. Raman)
About 10 minutes: read aloud, then 3 questions from earlier units.
- 4015 minDay 40 · Learn · The River
About 15 minutes. By the end of this unit you can read a poem about a river’s journey.
- 4115 minDay 41 · Practise · The River
About 15 minutes, ending in a sheet marked the moment you submit it.
- 4210 minDay 42 · Recall · The River
About 10 minutes: read aloud, then 3 questions from earlier units.
- 4315 minDay 43 · Learn · Little Cyclone: The Story of a Grizzly Cub
About 15 minutes. By the end of this unit you can read about a wild animal, and describe precisely.
- 4415 minDay 44 · Practise · Little Cyclone: The Story of a Grizzly Cub
About 15 minutes, ending in a sheet marked the moment you submit it.
- 4510 minDay 45 · Recall · Little Cyclone: The Story of a Grizzly Cub
About 10 minutes: read aloud, then 3 questions from earlier units.
- 4615 minDay 46 · Learn · From Zero to Infinity
About 15 minutes. By the end of this unit you can read about Ramanujan, and use connectors and the passive.
- 4715 minDay 47 · Practise · From Zero to Infinity
About 15 minutes, ending in a sheet marked the moment you submit it.
- 4810 minDay 48 · Recall · From Zero to Infinity
About 10 minutes: read aloud, then 3 questions from earlier units.
- 4915 minDay 49 · Learn · The Comet
About 15 minutes. By the end of this unit you can read a poem about the sky, and handle scale.
- 5015 minDay 50 · Practise · The Comet
About 15 minutes, ending in a sheet marked the moment you submit it.
- 5110 minDay 51 · Recall · The Comet
About 10 minutes: read aloud, then 3 questions from earlier units.
- 5215 minDay 52 · Learn · Mother’s Voice
About 15 minutes. By the end of this unit you can read a story about a remembered voice, and write a letter.
- 5315 minDay 53 · Practise · Mother’s Voice
About 15 minutes, ending in a sheet marked the moment you submit it.
- 5410 minDay 54 · Recall · Mother’s Voice
About 10 minutes: read aloud, then 3 questions from earlier units.
- 5515 minDay 55 · Learn · A Birthday Letter
About 15 minutes. By the end of this unit you can read a letter as literature, and use articles and determiners.
- 5615 minDay 56 · Practise · A Birthday Letter
About 15 minutes, ending in a sheet marked the moment you submit it.
- 5710 minDay 57 · Recall · A Birthday Letter
About 10 minutes: read aloud, then 3 questions from earlier units.
- 5815 minDay 58 · Learn · The Stick-together Families
About 15 minutes. By the end of this unit you can read a poem about family, and hear a refrain work.
- 5915 minDay 59 · Practise · The Stick-together Families
About 15 minutes, ending in a sheet marked the moment you submit it.
- 6010 minDay 60 · Recall · The Stick-together Families
About 10 minutes: read aloud, then 3 questions from earlier units.
- 6115 minDay 61 · Learn · The Christmas Truce
About 15 minutes. By the end of this unit you can read a true account, and report speech.
- 6215 minDay 62 · Practise · The Christmas Truce
About 15 minutes, ending in a sheet marked the moment you submit it.
- 6310 minDay 63 · Recall · The Christmas Truce
About 10 minutes: read aloud, then 3 questions from earlier units.
- 6415 minDay 64 · Learn · Everything from Class 9
About 15 minutes. By the end of this unit you can put the whole year together.
- 6515 minDay 65 · Practise · Everything from Class 9
About 15 minutes, ending in a sheet marked the moment you submit it.
- 6610 minDay 66 · Recall · Everything from Class 9
About 10 minutes: read aloud, then 3 questions from earlier units.