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Study together: free session plans for teachers and volunteers
Three practical, printable sessions with learning goals, activities and answers. Use them with a class, a club or a small learning circle.
One device, paper and a question
These sessions are designed for a classroom, college club, library or volunteer-led study circle. Read the linked lesson first, then choose one session. Learners can work in English, Hindi or discuss in another shared language. Pair a confident reader with someone who needs support; invite each person to explain one step.
Suggested level: beginner; the numbers and charts sessions assume basic fractions and division. Suggested time: 45 minutes each. You can read the complete lesson without signing in, print it, or save it as a PDF from your browser. On a weak connection, load the lesson before the meeting; saving or printing is needed for reliable offline use.
Use the same 45-minute rhythm
- 0–5 min: ask the opening question; let everyone answer before teaching.
- 5–15 min: read the explanation and work through one example together.
- 15–30 min: pairs attempt the task and explain each step.
- 30–40 min: compare answers; discuss why a tempting wrong answer fails.
- 40–45 min: answer the exit question independently; choose a next lesson.
Check a forwarded message
Learning goal: State one exact claim; distinguish an old record from a current instruction.
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Use the invented scholarship notice in section 3. Ask everyone to write the claimed deadline and the missing year. Read the archive and current-notice rows. Pairs then write a correction with both years.
Check understanding
Exit question: Does an authentic old image prove a current deadline? Answer: no; its date and scope must match the present decision. A good correction identifies 2024 versus 2026 without accusing the sender.
Explain a percentage headline
Learning goal: Explain both the denominator and the difference between percentage change and percentage points.
Open the full lesson →Activity
Begin with 20 of 50 learners attending, then 30 of 50. Learners calculate both shares individually. In pairs, compare “20 percentage points” and “50% relative growth”. Then change the second denominator to 80 and ask what changed.
Check understanding
Exit question: A share rises from 25% to 30%. Answer: 5 percentage points and 20% relative growth. Award understanding only when the learner can show the base 25 in the second calculation.
Read a chart beyond its shape
Learning goal: Explain why a chart baseline matters and why missing data is not zero.
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Draw bars for 40 and 50 starting at zero. Beside them, draw visible lengths 5 and 15 above a baseline of 35. Ask which picture makes the change look larger. Finish with the four-week table 40, 50, missing, 45.
Check understanding
Exit question: What is the total for the three observed weeks, and the full four weeks? Answer: 135 for the observed weeks; the full total is unknown. Do not mark 135 as the complete total.
Measure understanding without collecting personal details
Keep an anonymous tally: how many learners independently gave a correct answer and a valid reason before and after the session? Write down the most common unresolved step and use it in the next meeting. A small informal group does not prove a programme’s impact on all students, but it helps you decide what to teach again.
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