TEACHGYAN • CBSE CLASS 6 ENGLISH • POORVI

Unit 4 – Sports and Wellness

Complete lesson-wise study resource • explanation • literary analysis • vocabulary • grammar • competency questions • MCQs • writing • worksheet

Unit focus: The unit connects sport, character, healthy habits and yoga. Its lessons are Change of Heart, The Winner and Yoga – A Way of Life.

🏏 Lesson 1 — Change of Heart

Lesson at a Glance

This story uses a sporting situation to explore how a person’s attitude can change. The important learning is not simply about winning a match; it is about recognising the effect of one’s behaviour on others and developing empathy, fairness and respect.

What to Notice

• How competition affects the characters’ choices.
• The point at which an attitude begins to change.
• How actions can reveal values more clearly than words.
• Why sportsmanship includes respect for opponents.

Exam Questions

1. What does the title Change of Heart suggest?
2. Which event influences the change in attitude?
3. How does the story connect competition with empathy?
4. What does the lesson teach about fair play?
5. Describe one situation in which you changed your opinion after understanding another person’s point of view.

🏆 Lesson 2 — The Winner

Lesson at a Glance

The lesson examines what it really means to be a winner. It encourages students to look beyond the result of a competition and consider effort, discipline, attitude, resilience and the way a person responds to success or disappointment.

Key Ideas

• Winning is not always the same as achieving the highest score.
• Effort and perseverance matter.
• A healthy competitor respects others.
• Setbacks can become opportunities for learning.

Questions

1. What qualities make someone a winner beyond the final result?
2. How can losing teach a person something useful?
3. Why is discipline important in sport?
4. Compare external success with inner growth.
5. Write a short profile of a sportsperson you admire, focusing on qualities rather than fame.

🧘 Lesson 3 — Yoga – A Way of Life

Lesson at a Glance

The lesson presents yoga as more than a set of physical exercises. It connects body, breath, attention, discipline and balanced living, encouraging learners to see well-being as a combination of physical and mental habits.

Key Learning

• Yoga can involve physical postures, breathing and mindful attention.
• Regular healthy routines can support overall well-being.
• Discipline and balance are important aspects of a healthy lifestyle.
• Students should learn practices safely and under appropriate guidance.

Questions

1. Why can yoga be described as a way of life?
2. How are physical and mental well-being connected?
3. Why are regular habits important for wellness?
4. Design a simple one-day wellness routine for a student.

📚 Vocabulary Builder

sportsmanship, perseverance, discipline, resilience, opponent, wellness, posture, balance, concentration, empathy. Write a meaning and an original sentence for each.

✏️ Grammar Lab

Practise verbs, adverbs, modals and conjunctions through sports and wellness sentences.

1. Write five sentences using modal verbs such as can, should and must.
2. Underline adverbs in five sentences about training.
3. Combine five pairs of sentences using suitable conjunctions.
4. Rewrite five sentences in the past tense to narrate a sporting event.

🧠 Competency / HOTS

1. Is winning without fair play really success? Explain.
2. How can a coach help a student handle both victory and defeat?
3. Compare the ideas of “winner” in the first two lessons.
4. How could a regular wellness routine change a student’s school day?
5. Write five principles for healthy competition.

🧩 MCQs

1. Sportsmanship includes — A. respect and fair play B. winning at any cost C. insulting opponents D. avoiding rules
2. Perseverance means — A. continuing despite difficulty B. giving up quickly C. avoiding practice D. ignoring feedback
3. A balanced approach to wellness includes — A. healthy physical and mental habits B. only competition C. only studying D. only exercise
4. A modal such as “should” can express — A. advice or recommendation B. a noun C. a place D. a colour
5. Resilience is the ability to — A. recover and continue after setbacks B. avoid every challenge C. win every time D. never change

Answer Key: 1-A, 2-A, 3-A, 4-A, 5-A

📝 Writing Tasks

1. Write a diary entry after winning or losing an important competition.
2. Write a paragraph titled “The real meaning of victory”.
3. Create a five-point student wellness plan.
4. Write a short dialogue between two players who disagree about fair play.

📄 Unit Worksheet

1. Summarise all three lessons.
2. Write ten vocabulary meanings.
3. Answer four inferential questions.
4. Complete five grammar exercises.
5. Write two competency-based answers.
6. Prepare a sportsmanship poster in words.
7. Prepare a one-day wellness timetable.
8. Write five revision points.

🔁 Quick Revision

Remember: Change of Heart → empathy and changing attitudes; The Winner → true success includes effort and character; Yoga – A Way of Life → balance, discipline and well-being.

✅ Mastery Checklist

• ☐ I can explain all three lessons.
• ☐ I can discuss sportsmanship and resilience.
• ☐ I can explain the wider idea of wellness.
• ☐ I can answer inferential questions.
• ☐ I can use the vocabulary correctly.
• ☐ I can apply the grammar in context.

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