Class 6 English Unit 4, Sports and Wellness, explores true sporting spirit, outdoor play and physical-mental health through the story Change of Heart, Georgia Heard’s poem The Winner, and the informational essay Yoga—A Way of Life.
What Class 6 English Unit 4 Covers
Change of Heart (Prose) follows Prabhat, a boy who cannot bear losing and cheats on the badminton scoreboard to beat cheerful newcomer Surya—watching Surya laugh and enjoy playing basketball despite not scoring a single basket inspires Prabhat’s ‘change of heart’ to play for joy and fairness rather than just winning.
The Winner (Poem by Georgia Heard) & Yoga—A Way of Life (Prose) captures children playing ball beside a creek until dusk when ‘Night wins’ and play ends, followed by an essay on the origin of Yoga from Sanskrit ‘Yuj’ (to unite), Sage Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras, physical and mental benefits of asanas, pranayama and meditation, International Yoga Day (21 June) and the WHO mYoga app.
Exercises in Unit 4
- Let us discuss and Let us think and reflect comprehension & extract-based questions.
- Let us learn (vocabulary & grammar), Let us listen, Let us speak, Let us write, and Let us explore activities.
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FAQ
What are the three selections in Unit 4 of Class 6 English Poorvi?
1. Change of Heart (prose), 2. The Winner (poem by Georgia Heard), and 3. Yoga—A Way of Life (prose).
What caused Prabhat’s ‘change of heart’ in the story?
Seeing Surya enjoy every game with a smile—even basketball, where he was hopeless—taught Prabhat that true sporting spirit lies in enjoying the game itself rather than winning by hook or by crook.