Mentor Guidelines: Please send the text (The Story of Edmund Hillary) the grammar exercises, the points of discussion and homework as well as the short poem to your mentee.
Have your mentee read the story aloud, ask questions based on the story, encourage him/ her to be creative with the theme and above all, get your mentee to speak in full sentences as much as possible.

The Story of Edmund Hillary
Edmund Hillary was born on July 20, 1919 in Auckland, New Zealand. As a young child, he lived in a tiny village. He described himself as “a small and rather lonely child.” Indeed, he was shy and studious, often buried in books. He discovered his love of snow and climbing at the age of sixteen, during a school trip to the mountains.
On May 29, 1953, at 11.30 a.m. Hillary and the Nepali Sherpa mountaineer, Tenzing Norgay, were the first to reach the summit of Mount Everest, the highest mountain in the world.
They stood there for about fifteen minutes, planted flags of their countries on the peak and shook hands and hugged each other. Norgay made a food offering to the gods and Edmund Hillary buried a crucifix at the top of the world.
Edmund Hillary founded the Himalayan Trust which built schools, and hospitals and rebuilt monasteries in Nepal.
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What Edmund Hillary said:

“I think it all comes down to motivation. If you really want to do something, you will work hard for it.”
“People do not decide to become extraordinary. They decide to accomplish extraordinary things.”
“Life’s a bit like mountaineering. Never look down.”

Points of Discussion and Homework.

• Give examples of confident and successful people. Tell the story of Narendra Modi, who went from being a tea seller to becoming Prime Minister of India, the story of Mary Kom or Dipa Karmakar, who have achieved their dreams in spite of difficulties.
• Discuss three ways in which one can build self confidence.
• How does focus help to achieve goals? Would Edmund Hillary have reached the top of the world if he hadn’t had focus?

Fill in the blanks: using the present tense, fill in the correct form of the verb in brackets.
Example: My mother ____ tea. (to like)
My mother likes tea.

1. I ___ football very well. (to play)
2. Ram ___ little English. (to speak)
3. The earth___ around the sun.( to revolve)
4. We ___ to watch action movies but my friend ___ scared of horror movies. (to like, to be)
5. I ___ 20 years old and my brother ___15 years old. ( to be)
6. Bad driving___ many accidents.( to cause)
7. The zoo___ many tigers.( to have)
8. She ___very upset. Did you___ her? ( to look, to scold)
9. He ___a full pizza but I ___ only a slice.( to eat)
10. She ___tea from the teapot into my cup, while my sister ___ for her cup to be filled.( to pour, to wait)

Make sentences in the present tense with the correct form of the following verbs: to visit, to climb, tohave, to be, to dream, to think and to enjoy.

Poem

Run!
Foot pounding
Beat sounding
Blood pumping
Chest thumping
Sweat breaking
Breath taking
Mood lifting
run!