Class 9 English Kaveri Chapter 4, Vitamin-M, is a story about a boy and his ageing grandfather, followed by Rabindranath Tagore’s poem I Cannot Remember My Mother and Thomas Hood’s I Remember, I Remember. The unit is about family, memory and growing older.
What Is in Class 9 English Kaveri Chapter 4
Vitamin-M begins on the first day of Ravi’s holidays, when his mother leaves him to look after Grandpa. Grandpa has come to live with them because he is too old to live alone; in the past month he took a double dose of his medicines by mistake and got lost on a walk.
I Cannot Remember My Mother by Rabindranath Tagore recalls a mother the poet cannot picture through the scent of shiuli flowers, the morning temple service and the sky.
I Remember, I Remember by Thomas Hood looks back at the house where the poet was born.
Activities in This Unit
- Each piece is followed by Check Your Understanding, Vocabulary in Context and grammar, speaking and writing tasks, after a Reflect and Respond warm-up.
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FAQ
What is Vitamin-M about?
Ravi looking after his forgetful Grandpa during the holidays, and what he learns from him.
Which poems are in Kaveri Chapter 4?
I Cannot Remember My Mother by Rabindranath Tagore and I Remember, I Remember by Thomas Hood.