Class 9 English Kaveri Chapter 8, Follow That Dream, is a letter from a mother to her teenage daughter, followed by Robert Langley’s poem Believe in Yourself and the poem Always Believe in Yourself. It is the last unit of Kaveri.
What Is in Class 9 English Kaveri Chapter 8
Follow That Dream is a letter dated 19 June 1995 from Irene Chua’s collection My Daughter, My Friend, written to her daughter Ming. It tells her to pursue her dream, because what separates greatness from the ordinary is the effort and sacrifice people put in.
Believe in Yourself by Robert Langley is about taking the first, hardest step towards a challenge.
Always Believe in Yourself closes the book, after a discussion of A.P.J. Abdul Kalam’s words on dreams.
Words, grammar and role models: ‘dreamscape’ is a compound word in which ‘-scape’ means a view or scene. The grammar covers the first conditional for real or possible future situations. The poem Believe in Yourself says the first step is the hardest, and the unit recalls Queen Madālasa, wife of King Ritudhwaja, who taught her children about the soul and detachment.
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.
Read Class 9 English Chapter 8 Online
More Chapters
- Previous: Chapter 7: Carrier of Words
- All English chapters and the other Class 9 books: Class 9 NCERT books 2026-27
FAQ
Who wrote Follow That Dream?
Irene Chua, as a letter to her daughter Ming, from the collection My Daughter, My Friend.
Who wrote the poem Believe in Yourself in Kaveri?
Robert Langley.
What does ‘-scape’ mean in ‘dreamscape’?
A view or scene of something.