Village by the Sea Scheme of Work

B and D Publishing’s scheme of work on The Village by the Sea by Anita Desai. The resource pack includes notes on the text, worksheets and oral and written assignments suitable for KS3 and KS4 pupils. The workbook can also be used by pupils for revision, homework and home learning.

Our Village by the Sea resource pack contains 47 pages of worksheets covering story, characters, background information, themes and ideas. Free sample pages can be downloaded here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/village-by-the-sea-scheme-of-work-sample-pages-12603302

The Village by the Sea is about two young people, a brother and sister, and their struggles to keep their family alive in a small village by the sea on the west coast of India. At the beginning of the novel their father is an alcoholic and their mother is an invalid. Hari, the brother, is depressed and feels constrained by the limited opportunities available to him in the village. He runs away to Bombay where he is befriended by a kindly old watchmender who teaches him his trade.

Meanwhile, at home in the village, his sister Lila looks after the family. With the kindly assistance of a visiting family from Bombay, Lila manages to get her mother into the hospital in the nearby town. By the end of the novel their mother is cured and their father has given up drinking. Hari returns to the village with the money he has earned in Bombay, his new skills as a watchmender, and hope for the future. This is a beautifully written novel by the writer Anita Desai.

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