8.3 World Population Crosses 6.5 Billion Mark

Extract : View Section. A1. Fill in the blanks with correct words from the extract.
1. They arrived at this figure by calculating the amount of heat a human body...........
2. In fact, ............is actually on the decline worldwide.
3. The earth is capable of comfortably .............. a population several times the current 6.5 billion.
4. Figures show that a bigger population does not amount to greater .............
5. Concerns over scarcity of food are equally ........
6. If people starve in many countries, it is not because food is becoming .........
A2. Read the following statements and state whether they are true or false. Correct the false statements.
l . Researchers recently announced that the earth could actually withstand upto 200,000 times the current population.
2. Though population has grown, the rate of growth has risen sharply.
3. The US is overpopulated.
4. Human population will stabilize at about 11.5 billion.
5. Global food population has actually kept up with population growth.

A3. 20' of world's highest income group account for 86% of total private consumption. Explain.
A4.Match the worlds in column A with their meanings in column B .

Column A	Column B
habitable	liveable
withstand	decrease
fertility	bear
decline	capacity to produce

A5. Write your views about overpopulation.

A6.Rewrite as directed
1. Though population has grown, the rate of growth has risen sharply.(Rewrite using 'but'.)
2. Would you say the US is overpopulated?( Rewrite as assertive.)

Extract : Counterview Section

A1. Fill in the blanks with correct words from the extract.
1. The number of people on this planet right now is approaching....... billion.
2. ........itself has more than a quarter of its population below the poverty line.

3. The researcher predicts......... buildings to hold a burgeoning earth population.

4. With that sort of crowding in, our lives are sure to become.......... .........

5. We might have trouble finding on the same hemisphere as our workplace or
any.......... ever in our homes.

A2. Read the following statements and state whether they are true or false. Correct the false statements.
l. With about a quarter of our population in cities living in slums, there is a serious lack of non-collapsible roofs over our heads.
2. In time, even if we do solve some of the problems that a population several times today's will bring, there is still a lot to worry about.
3. We will live in a world of artificial lighting.
4. Technology will help us in solving the problem.
A3. Narrate the problems India will face with an increasing population.
A4. Match the words in Column A with their Antonyms in column B.

Column A	Column B
enough	natural
decreasing	thinness
thickness	insufficient
artificial	increasing

A5. The future does not look bright. Explain.
A6. Rewrite in the ways instructed.
1. We live in a world of artificial lighting.( Rewrite in present perfect continuous tense.)
2. All that will make us an industrious, closely-packed society.(Make it less certain.)

8.2 Ecowatch - "R" You Ready

A1. Complete the web chart showing 6 R's that can help reduce consumption.

A2. Complete the table given below

A3. Point out the risks factors in using pesticides at home.
The use of pesticides at home is risky. It may risk the entire family. Knowingly or unknowingly it his/her death.may be consumed by any member of family. It may result in
A4. Word Register: List out four words that are used in a discourse between :
i) a teacher and student - class work , activity, subject, brilliant,
ii) a doctor and his patient- headache,pharmacy,prescription,diagnosis
A5. Enlist the benefits of car pooling
A6. Rewrite in the ways as instructed
1. Let's help protect our planet in very simple ways.(Rewrite using a proper modal auxiliary)
We should help protect our planet in very simple ways.
2. Well, here is one day that deserves not only a commemoration, but out total dedication- Earth Day, 22 April.( Use 'as well as')
Well, here is one day that deserves a commemoration as well as out total dedication- Earth Day, 22 April.
Or
3. Protecting Mother Earth can make us both happy and safe.( Use 'not only ...... but also')
Protecting Mother Earth can make us not only happy but also safe.

7.3 The Animal School : A Fable

A1. Complete the following table.

A1. Complete the web chart.

Once upon a time, the animals decided they must do something heroic to meet the problems of a “new world”, so they organized a school. They adopted an activity curriculum consisting of running, climbing, swimming and flying. To make it easier to administer the curriculum, all the animals took all the subjects.
The duck was excellent in swimming. In fact, better than his instructor. But he made only passing grades in flying and was very poor in running. Since he was slow in running, he had to stay after school and also drop swimming in order to practice running. This was kept up until his webbed feet were badly worn and he was only average in swimming. But average was acceptable in school so nobody worried about that, except the duck.
The rabbit started at the top of the class in running but had a nervous breakdown because of so much makeup work in swimming.
The squirrel was excellent in climbing until he developed frustration in the flying class where his teacher made him start from the ground up instead of the treetop down. He also developed a “Charlie horse” from overexertion and then got a C in climbing and D in running.
The eagle was a problem child and was disciplined severely. In the climbing class, he beat all the others to the top of the tree but insisted on using his own way to get there.
At the end of the year, an abnormal eel that could swim exceedingly well and also run, climb and fly a little had the highest average and was valedictorian.

A2. State whether the following statements are true or false. Correct the false statements.
1. In the animal school all the animals opted for their favorite subjects.

2. The duck was better than any other animal in swimming.
3. The duck passed flying with flying colours.
4. The rabbit was excellent in running.
A3. Complete the statements by giving the reasons.
1. The rabbit faced the problems because........
2. The squirrel was frustrated because .........
3. The eagle was disciplined severely because .........
4. An abnormal eel became a valedictorian ..........
A4. The words like 'completely satisfied', tiger's roar' are collocations occurring in the extract. Find out such four pairs of collocations from the extract.
A5. Write about your favourite subjects with supporting details.
A6. Rewrite in the ways as instructed.
1. They must do something heroic to meet the problems of a “new world”. (Replace the modal auxiliary with another indicating advice.)
2. Since he was slow in running he had to stay after school.(Rewrite it using 'because'.)
For Practice
1. The duck was excellent in swimming. ( Rewrite as exclamatory sentence.)
2. The rabbit started at the top of the class in running but had a nervous breakdown. ( Rewrite it using 'though'.)

Growing Sentences

Growing Sentences 1

Sing.
Sing song.
Sing a song.
Sing a patriotic song.
Sing a patriotic song sweetly.
You sing a patriotic song sweetly.
You are singing a patriotic song sweetly.
You are singing a patriotic song very sweetly.
You are singing a great patriotic song very sweetly.
You are singing a great short patriotic song very sweetly.
Hey! You are singing a great short patriotic song very sweetly.
Hey! You are singing a great short patriotic song very sweetly.

Growing Sentences 2

Grow.
Grow tomatoes.
Farmers grow tomatoes.
Farmers grow tomatoes here.
Farmers grow tomatoes herein.
Farmers grow tomatoes here in yard.
Farmers grow red tomatoes here in yard.
Farmers grow red fresh tomatoes here in yard.
Farmers grow red fresh tomatoes here in back yard.
Farmers grow red fresh tomatoes here in back yard.
Farmers will grow red fresh tomatoes here in back yard.
Farmers will grow red fresh tomatoes here in back yard next year .

Farmers will grow red fresh tomatoes plentifully here in back yard next year .

Growing Sentences 3

Fly
Fly kite.
Fly kite high.
Fly kite very high.
Fly kite in the sky.
Fly kite high in the sky.
Fly kite very high in the sky.
Fly red kite very high in the sky.
Fly red kite very high in the sky on Makar Sankranti.
We fly red kite very high in the sky on Makar Sankranti.
We are flying red kite very high in the sky on Makar Sankranti.

Growing Sentences 4

Write.
Write a story.
I write a story.
I am writing a story.
I have been writing a story.
I have been writing a short story.
I have been writing a short story about a king.
I have been writing a short story about a wise King.
I have been writing a short story about a wise King and minister.
I have been writing a short story about a wise King and his minister.
My friend and I have been writing short stories about the King and his minister.
My friend, Amit and I have been writing short stories about the King and his minister.

Activities On 7.1 Peace Is A Woman And A Mother

A1. State whether the following statements are true or false. Correct the false statements.
1.According to the poet peace is a woman.
2.The poet met the peace on his way to home.
3.Peace is a woman because she was sad.
4.Peace had a wonderful face.
A2. Give reason : The woman was sad.
The woman was sad because her baby was killed in war. Her sons and daughters were killed in different parts of the world. Those who survived also were at stake of nuclear attack.



A2. Narrate the state of affairs in the world.

A2. “On my winding way”. Name and explain the figures of speech. Give one more example.
Alliteration : The consonantal sound ‘w’ is repeated pleasingly for poetic effect.
Example : ‘ golden flower faded’, ‘moonlit message’
A3. “Peace is a woman and a mother.” Explain.
Peace is a woman and a mother. The poet compares peace with a woman and a mother hinting at the safety of human being in the world. The poet urges the world to establish peace in the world. A woman as a mother always wants her children safe. Peace in the world can better have safety of children.
A3. Justify the comparison between mother and peace.
A4. Compose two different lines succeeding the following line.
I met her yesterday
-------------------
-------------------


I met her yesterday
Riding a horse
On her way to Mars

Activities On India's Underclass Gets Upwardly Mobile.

A1 Rearrange the following jumbled statements into order as the events occurred.
1. The narrator and his friend had had fresh coconut water
2. The narrator visited the country farm of a friend.
3. The narrator’s friend pulled out his cellphone and dialed a number.
4. Toddy tapper brought the coconuts down.
1.The narrator visited the country farm of a friend.
2.The narrator’s friend pulled out his cellphone and dialed a number.
3.Toddy tapper brought the coconuts down.
4.The narrator and his friend had had fresh coconut water .
A2 “Having a telephone was a rare privilege.” Support the statement with examples from the extract.
In India only upper class people have the privilege to have telephone. Government officials, doctors and journalists would have the telephone. Others might have languished in a long waiting list without guarantee of getting telephone. 90% of the population had no access to a telephone line. The MPs had the right to allocate 15 telephone connections to whomever they deemed worthy.
A3 “India’s transformation is like a makeover of an elephant into a tiger.” The statement implies that………
The statement 'India’s transformation is like a makeover of an elephant into a tiger' implies that India was underdeveloped. It was lumbering, sleepy, ponderous like elephant. It was slow to move and slow to change. But in recent years with advent of technology and telephone and other devices of communication India became as powerful as tiger.
A4 Match the words in column ‘B’ which collocate with the words in column ‘A’.

Column A	Column B
1. refreshing	a. privilege
2. self	b.drink
3. rare	c. official
4.government	d. explanatory

A5. Write your counterviews on ‘the cellphone has made us global’.
(Students are expected to write opposite views of the statement)
A6. Rewrite the following sentences as instructed.
1. My friend asked if I wanted fresh coconut water.
( Choose the correct direct speech.)
A. My friend said, “Do I want fresh coconut water? “
B. My friend asked, “Did you want fresh coconut water?”
C. My friend said, “I want fresh coconut water.”
D. My friend said, “Do you want fresh coconut water? ”
2. He pulled out his cellphone and dialled a number. (Rewrite as simple sentence. )
Pulling out his cellphone he dialled a number.

Activity Sheet No. 2
A1. DIFFERENTIATE a 'trunk call' and a lightening call completing the following table.

Trunk Call	Lighting Call

A2. Give reason : Having a telephone was not necessarily a blessing in the past.
A3. Justify :The cellphone has made a great difference to the lives of the less privileged class.
A4. Give the antonyms of the following by adding one of these affixes (Prefix /Suffix) {un-, in-, - ful, dis-}
usual, satisfied, honorable, important, fruitless,
A5. It is not just the cellphone that has caused a paradigm shift in Indian society. There are other electronic devices that have played a key role changing our society. State the names of those electronic devices along with their roles.
A6. Rewrite in the ways instructed.
1. I was able to report in it. (Rewrite using proper modal auxiliary. )
2. India has been breaking its own record. (Identify the type of tense. )

Activities on 6.2 Audience With Anant Pai

A1 Complete the statements
1. The writer had no anxiety or high ambition initially because ….
2. He realised the task was mammoth when…….
3. He realised that Indian kids were ……. About their heritage.’
4. His aim was to introduce Indian Children………

1. The writer had no anxiety or high ambition initially because it looked like simple task.
2. He realised the task was mammoth when the work began.
3. He realised that Indian kids were ignorant about their heritage.’
4. His aim was to introduce Indian Children with their heritage.

A1 . Enlist the versions of the Ramayana the writer read.

A2 Complete the web chart about the challenges the writer faced in creating comics for children.

A3 Narrate the incident that gave way to creation of Amar Chitra Katha.
The interviewee had the opportunity to witness the quiz contest on Doordarshan. There the participants could answer the questions on Greek mythology but could not answer the questions on Indian mythology. It is here the seed of Amar Chitra Katha was sown.

A4. Write homophones for the following words.
a) Know b) route c) rich d) whole
a) Know - no b) route - root c) rich - reach d) whole - hole

A5. Comics captivate the children more than story books. Support the statement
Comics captivate the children more than story books. Comics have the interesting stories depicted with pictures. The comics have beautiful sketches. They are in conversation style.
A6. Rewrite the sentences as instructed.
1. The participants could answer the questions on Greek mythology but could not tell the name of Ram’s mother. (Rewrite using ‘though’)
Though the participants could answer the questions on Greek mythology, they could not tell the name of Ram’s mother.
2. I immediately resigned from the The Times of India and grabbed the opportunity. (Begin the sentence with ‘As soon as… ‘)
As soon as I resigned from the The Times of India, I grabbed the opportunity.

Practice Time : 5.1 My Mother

When the stars go off
Tall chimney-sirens sound
Daily with fast steps
Marching to the mill
Who looked backwards
And told us so lovingly
"Do not fight with anyone"
Gave us two paise
On the day before Dasara
She went with five of us
To see the festival
We bantered in the lanes
What a great pleasure
Beyond words
We returned with balloons
And whistles and pipes
We became birds

What happened on one day
They brought her in a cart
Her eyes were open
Blood gushed from her mouth
Her partner saluted
Came near, caressed us and said 'Balu'
We saw mutely everything
We searched our umbrella
Our roof, our mother.


A1. Complete the statements by choosing the correct options.
1. The chimney sirens sound at noon/in the evening/in the early morning.
2. The speaker of the poem is mother/ the child/bird.
3. The mother advised children not to argue/ not to fight/not to come to the mill.
4. She gave them two rupees/three paise/two paise .
A1 State whether the following statements are true or false.
1. The mother was a worker in the mill.
2. The mother went to see the festival of Diwali with her children.
3. The mother had five children.
4. The children had a great pleasure in the festival.
A1 Complete the web chart.

A2 ‘Tall chimney sirens sound’ .Name and explain the figures of speech. Give one more example of it.
Alliteration: The consonantal sound ‘s’ is repeated pleasingly. Another example is : ‘ Marching to the mill.’
A2 ‘We returned with balloons
And whistles and pipes’. Identify the figures of speech and explain. Give one more example of similar kind from the extract.
Climax: Ideas are arranged in an ascending order of importance.
Similar examples : i) We searched for our umbrella
Our roof, our mother.
ii) Came near, caressed us and said ‘Balu’.


A2 ‘We searched for our umbrella’. Identify the figures of speech and explain. Give one more example of similar kind from the extract.
Metonymy : ‘Umbrella’ represents protection and love of mother.
Similar example: ‘Our roof’
A3. Write a piece of advice to your younger brother/sister when you leave him/her alone at home.
1. You should not leave the home unlocked.
2. You should not argue with anyone.
3. You should not fight with anyone.
4. You should take meal at proper time.
A3. Describe the fun you had in the festival or fair.

A3. Describe the tragic event in the life of the mother and children that occurred in the extract.
A4. Rewrite the following lines by changing the background of mill to farm.
When the stars go off
Tall chimney sirens sound
Daily with fast steps
Marching to the mill

Ans:
When the stars disappear
Cock sounds cock a doodle do
Daily with long steps
Walking to the farm.

Activities on The Felling Of The Banyan Tree.

The Felling of The Banyan Tree
A1 Complete the following statements by using words from the extract.
1. The poet’s house was on the ……
2. Trees are regarded as ………
3. According to poet’s grandmother felling tree is a ……
4. The banyan tree is compared ………

1. The poet’s house was on the hill
2. Trees are regarded as sacred
3. According to poet’s grandmother felling tree is a crime.
4. The banyan tree is compared to problem and house.
A1 State whether the following statements are true or false. Correct the false statements.
1. The banyan tree was a problem because its roots lay deeper.
2. The banyan tree was as tall as the poet’s house.
3. The age of the banyan tree was fifty years.
4. The poet was unafraid and fascinated to watch the cutting of the banyan tree.
1. The banyan tree was a problem because its roots lay deeper. True
2. The banyan tree was as tall as the poet’s house.False
Correct statement:The banyan tree was three times taller than the poet’s house
3. The age of the banyan tree was fifty years. False
The age of the banyan tree was two hundred years.
4. The poet was unafraid and fascinated to watch the cutting of the banyan tree. False
The poet was afraid of and fascinated to watch the cutting of the banyan tree.
A1. Arrange the following statements in order as they occur in the extract .
1. The poet’s father massacred all the trees.
2. The poet’s father asked the tenants to leave.
3. The banyan tree stood as a hurdle.
4. The structures on the hill were pulled down.
1. The poet’s father asked the tenants to leave.
2. The structures on the hill were pulled down.
3. The poet’s father massacred all the trees.
4. The banyan tree stood as a hurdle.

A 1 Complete the web


A2. ‘But the huge banyan tree stood like a problem.’ Name and explain the figure of speech. Write one more example of your own of simile.
Simile: The 'banyan tree' is compared to 'problem'by using the word like. 1. She used to sing like a nightingale.

A2. Find out an example of each: 1. Antithesis 2. Repetition
Antithesis : We watched in terror and fascination this slaughter. 'terror and 'fascination' are opposite ideas brought together.
Repetition : Fifty men with axes chopped and chopped. The word 'chopped' is repeated for the poetic effect.
A2. ‘Its trunk had a circumference of fifty feet.’ Identify the figure speech and explain. Write one more example of it.
Alliteration : The consonantal sound 'f' is repeated pleasingly. Another example : Soon afterward we left Baroda for Bombay.
A3. Pick out the expressions that give pictorial quality to the extract.
The expressions that give pictorial quality to the extract are as follows: 'the huge banyan tree', 'roots lay deeper' , the banyan tree was three times as tall as our house', 'trunk had a circumference of fifty feet', 'aerial roots fell to the ground'.

A3 There are some words in the extract which are associated with the ‘killing’ of the banyan tree. Pick them out from the poem and write them down.
The word which are associated with the 'killing' of the banyan tree are 'massacred', 'slaughter', 'felling' 'cut down' 'sawing' 'chopped'.
A3. Discuss ‘ Trees are the saviors of mankind.
A4. Write four lines on the importance of trees.

First Term Activity Sheet

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Practice Time : The Jamun Tree

Read the extract, read the activity and do all the activities.
A1. The events in the extract have been arranged in a jumbled way. Rearrange them in a proper sequence.
1. At night the gardener gave the man some rice and dal to eat.
2. All the bystanders came forward to lend a hand in removing the man from under the tree.
3. A Superintendent stopped the bystanders from removing the tree.
4. A man lay crushed under a tree.
Ans : 4,2,3,1
OR
A1. State whether the following statements are true or false. Correct the false statements.
1. The tree had fallen in the lawn of the Agricultural Department. False Correct: The tree had fallen in the lawn of the Industries Department.
2. The people in the industries Department agreed to remove the tree. False Correct : The people in the industries Department fumed.
3. In the evening the matter was referred to the Horticultural Department. True
4. The jurisdiction of the Agricultural Department is limited to foodgrains and agriculture. True
At lunch time a big crowd had gathered round the man who lay crushed under the tree. There were as many suggestions as there were tongues. Some enterprising clerks from among the crowd decided to take the matter in hand without waiting for orders from the high – ups. They were about to get down to the job when the Superintendent came running, a file in hand.
“We can’t remove the tree ourselves,” he said waving the file. “The issue in hand concerns a tree which comes under the purview of the Agriculture Department and rightly so. I’ll mark the file urgent and send it to the Agriculture Department. As soon as orders are received from there, I’ll have the tree removed.”
Next day a reply came from the Agriculture Department. The tree, it said, had fallen in the lawn of the Industries Department. And so, it was entirely up to the Industries Department whether to remove the tree or let it remain where it was.
The people in the Industries Department fumed. They wrote back that the responsibility for removing the tree squarely rested on the shoulders of the Agriculture Department. The Industries Department was very clear in its mind. Removing the tree was none of its concern.
The second day the file kept moving from table to table. The reply came in the evening – the matter was being referred to the Horticulture Department. The tree, the Agriculture Dept. Pointed out, was a fruit – bearing tree. The jurisdiction of the Agriculture Department did not extend beyond food grains and agriculture. The jamun tree, it emphasized, was a fruit tree and hence it came under the jurisdiction of the Horticulture Department.
At night the gardener gave the man some rice and dal to eat. The police had by now moved in to prevent the people from taking the law into own hands and shifting the tree from its place. A constable took pity on the man and allowed him to be fed.
A2 Complete the statement:
'There were as many suggestions as there were tongues.' This statement implies that........
Ans: This statement implies that all the people who gathered round the man under the tree suggested plans to bring out the man. Everyone has its own suggestion. They pitied the man and talked about the pros and cons of their plans.
A3. Draw and complete the flowchart about pushing the responsibility of removing the fallen tree to save the man under it.



A4 Find the meanings of following words:
A. Onlookers - bystanders B. Very angry -fumed C. stressed - emphasized D. to stop doing something - to prevent
A5. Suggest the immediate action to take to remove tree and save man.
A6. Do as directed.
1. As soon as orders are from there, I’ll have the tree removed. (Rewrite using ‘No sooner….. than’)
No sooner are orders from there than I’ll have thhe tree removed.
2. Removing the tree was none of its concern. (Rewrite using infinitive form the underlined word.)
To remove the tree was none of its concern.

Practice Time : Schooling on the Streets

Read the extract, read the activity and do all the activities:

A1: Complete the statements choosing the appropriate words from the extract.
1. The Door Step school is established in Mumbai in……..
2. The Door Step school expanded to ……… in 1993.
3. The school has reached over …….. children.
4. In the school the language of instruction is………
Ans: 1. 1988 2. Pune 3. 50000 4. Marathi

Established in Mumbai in 1988 responding to a massive need for literacy in the slums, the Door Step School builds its program to address three major needs: school enrolment, education for those not in school and retention to help those in school thrive and stay in school. Expanding to Pune in 1993, the Door Step School has impacted over 50,000 children.
The Door Step School is truly a school at one’s doorstep. The organization sets up a classroom in a particular area and gathers children there for learning. The team goes there every day and conducts regular classes. This particularly helps those who can’t send their children to school due to distance and time issues. The programmes are tailor made for the groups that they serve. In Pune, the language of instruction is Marathi. When asked why English was not introduced to the children, Rajani replies thoughtfully, “We are not against any language. Our experience tells us that a child can pick up his mother tongue or the regional language quickly. One must understand that these are students with no educational background. They are what we can call first generation learners. Most of the municipal schools in the city are Marathi medium. So while enrolling them in the mainstream school, it’s essential that they know good Marathi. Also, when they come to us, they can hardly read and write in the language that they speak and hear, learning a foreign language is far more difficult. The other factor is the dropout rate. Keeping all this in mind, we think that children must read and write in their own language till the time they are with us.”
In Pune, the main focus of the Door Step School is educating on construction sites. “We conducted a survey and found that lots of young children move into the city with or without their families to work on construction sites. Earning the daily bread is a challenge and education thus remains a distant dream. We try and reach out to such children and as a result, today, we are operating on over distant dream. We try and reach out to such children and as a result, today, we are operating on over 100 construction sites in the city. However, there are several challenges. The opening as well as the closure of the sites is not in our hands. When the site is completed, the labour moves out and so does the child. This results in a high dropout rate.
A2: Give Reason : English was not introduced to the children.
A child can pick up his mother tongue quickly. The children were hardly able to read and write their mother tongue. Learning a foreign language like English is far more difficult for them. So English was not introduced to the children.
A3: Find out the challenges the Door Step School face in educating children.
The challenges the Door Step School face in educating children are as follows – The children are from not educational background. They do not stick to one place as they move when the construction site is completed.
A4: Give one word for the following expressions
a. Leave school before the course is finished - dropout
b. The action of keeping something rather than losing it -retention
c. Made for a particular person or purpose - tailor-made
d. To follow the progress and development of someone - track

A5: Education always opens doors for a brighter future. Give examples to support the statement.
Education enables us to live a better life. It helps us get skills required to lead life. Education opens many career options for us. Famous personalities like Dr A.P.J Kalam, Dr Ambedkar and Indira Gandhi reached to great height.
A6: Grammar:
1. It’s essential that they know good Marathi.(Choose and rewrite the Simple Sentence from the given alternatives)
a. It being essential they know good Marathi.
b. Knowing good Marathi is essential for them.
c. They know good Marathi and it is essential.
d. Essentially they know good Marathi.
2. The opening as well as the closure of the sites is not in our hands.(Rewrite using ‘neither…nor’)
Neither the opening nor the closure of the sites is in our hands.

Rapid Reading : The Joy Of Learning

1) Complete the statement:
The narrator was the worst nightmare for every teacher in the school because she disrupted each class.
2) Describe the personality of Mr. Kaplan, in two or three sentences.
Mr. Kaplan was young and handsome with blue eyes and blond hair.He seemed to be a carefree. He was dressed in Calvin Klein jeans and V-neck sweater.He kept talking in the class and hold the attention of the students.
3) Choose the statements which show the narrator's previous view about learning.
1. There could be joy in learning.
2. School is not about learning and joy.
3 She did not believe that learning could be about her, the learner.
4. Learning history is mystery.
4) State true or false about the activities done in Mr. Kaplan's class.
1. The students lay down on the floor and imagined they were slaves. True
2. They pretended to cross the high seas on ships.True
3. They skipped the class of Mr Kaplan.False
4. They pretended to fight the Civil War and sign the Declaration of Independence.True
5) Describe the method of Mr. Kaplan’s teaching.
Mr Kaplan adopted the method of active participation of students in learning. He sidelined the boring and tedious textbooks.He arranged different activities in the class to make students realize real experience of learning.
6) Complete the statements
1. The school management wanted to fire Mr. Kaplan becausehe did not stick to the curriculum.
2. The narrator opposed the idea of firing Mr. Kaplan because he was the best teacher in then school.
3. The principal warned the students that they would be suspended for walking out of the school in support of Mr Kaplan.
4. There were tears in Mr. Kaplan's eyes becausehe was moved by the affection of students and parents

Activities on Poetic Creativity

1.1 The Person I Am Looking For

A4. Rewrite the following lines replacing the underlined words:
If you accept counsel without getting sour
And re-assess yourself in the light thereof
Act: If you accept advice/suggestion/ without getting bitter/irritate/angry
And re-examine/re-check/introspect yourself in the sunrays/brightness/focus thereof
(Do not write all options suggested.)

2.1 I Ran Into A Stranger

A4 Frame four poetic lines on the following situations using a rhyming pattern:
“While introducing great personalities, we praise them very highly and talk about their qualities, but while speaking about our friends we may not follow the same trend.”
The above situation is written in the structure of prose. Simply breaking sentences into lines will be poetic structure. Let the students know the structural difference between prose and poetry. Let them practice the pattern of rhyme scheme such as aabb, abab,abba
Activity: 1. While introducing great personalities,
We praise them very highly and talk about their qualities,
But while speaking about our friends
We may not follow the same trends
Activity 2 . While introducing great personalities,
While speaking about our friends,
We do not follow the same trends.
We praise the great very highly and talk less of friend’s qualities.

Activity 3.
While introducing great personalities,
And speaking about our friends
We praise the great very highly and talk less of friend’s qualities.
Why do we follow the different trends?
Activity 4
For great personalities we have a lot of praise.
As if it is a craze of todays.
But the praise we forget for friend.
Praising friend is not today’s trends.

3.1 Suburbs

Life is beautiful, enjoy it. Don’t run after money, don’t destroy it or you will be a fool.
Based on this theme compose two poetic lines of your own.
Activity 1
Run not after money to make you fool
Life is a thing of beauty to enjoy cool.
Activity 2
Don’t run after money. Life is beautiful.
Don’t destroy it or you will be fool.
Activity 3
Enjoy the beauty of life
Money stabs you with greed’s knife.

4.1 Old Women

Compose four poetic lines keeping in view your parents’ love and care for you and your accountability for them.
Activity 1
How can we forget?
The love and care
The parents, with us share
Are we not accountable to see
Their life is set?


Activity 2
O dear mom, O dear dad!
We pledge never to make you sad.
You are our dearest mentors,
We will always be your protectors.

5.1 The Felling Of the Banyan Tree
Compose tow poetic lines against the cutting of trees.
Activity 1
When you cut the trees, you cut your life short.
When you uproot the tree; it will damage your heart.
Activity 2
Do not cut trees, it’s not fair.
It will deprive you of fresh water and air.
6.1 Nation’s Strength
Activity 1
Ask the red dust of empires passed away
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And their glory to decay.
Add two poetic lines to with rhyme scheme pattern of ‘ abba’
Ask the red dust of empires passed away
Is it the sword? Is it the blood?
That turned their stones to rust with bleeding flood
And their glory to decay.


7.1 Peace Is A Woman And A Mother
Her daughter in Hiroshima
And her sons in Vietam
………………………………….
………………………………………..

Compose the last two lines of your own using the names of countries and the names of cities rhyming with each other
Activity 1
Her daughter in Hiroshima
And her sons in Vietam
Her moms in Kohima
And her sisters in Suriname.

8.1 Concrete Jungle
Compose two more lines to rhyme with following lines
Activity 1
No more woods
No more natural goods.
Want of foods
Loss of moods.
Activity 2
No more woods
No more natural goods.
No more happy moods
No more natural foods.


…………………………………

Rapid Reading : The Girl With An Apple

Extract : ‘My brothers and I were………………………………. a hunk of bread or, better yet, an apple.
A1 Complete the statements using words/expressions from the extract.
1. The writer and his brother were transported to …………….. Germany
2. The work given to Hermon at Buchenwald was …………..to load the dead into a hand cracked elevator.
3. Hermon was identified as ……….. 94983
4. Hermon and his brother were sent to …….. Schlieben
A1. Characters: Enlist the characters that appear and are referred to in the extract.
The characters that appear are Hermon, his brother and a little girl. The characters that are referred to in the extract are Hermon’s mother.
A1.Theme: Arrange the statements in order to get the central idea of the extract.
1. After a couple of days he spotted a girl on the other side of the camp’s fence.
2. The writer and his brother were taken to the concentration camp.
3. Once he dreamt that his mother would send him an angel.
4. They were issued uniforms and identification numbers.
Language: A1 Point out the words / expressions related with war and its effects exploitation
The words related with war , exploitation and its effects are ‘transported in cattle car’, ‘concentration camp’, ‘issued uniforms and identification numbers’, ‘camp’s crematorium’
A2. Add an imaginary paragraph before the extract. 2
It was the period of Second World War. The Nazi were seeking for the Jew. One day a troop of Nazi army reached our village. They started picking every single Jew from our village. I was playing with my brothers in the backyard of my house. I heard the footsteps and screaming of a group of people. We hid behind the lonely tree in the backyard. One of the soldier’s eyes fell on us and he rushed to lift us. We were put into a cattle car. I looked for my parent in the car in vein.

Extract : We were in Theresienstadt ………………. I was starting to settle in.
A1: Theme : Choose the correct option and rewrite the statements.
1. The girl with an apple/ Mother is called an angel.
2. The writer escaped from the camp at Buchenwald / Theresienstadt.
3. At 10 A. M. / 8 A. M. the writer heard shouts and saw people running in the camp.
4. The writer was trained in electronics in England/ America.
A1. Language: Point out the vivid description employed in the extract.
Ans : In the following lines we find vivid description- ‘ there was commotion’ ‘ I heard shouts, and saw people running every way through camp’ ‘The gates swung open’ .
A1. Plot: State the role of different countries in the escape and settlement.
Ans : (The writer was sent to Germany to keep in concentration camp. From there he was taken to Theresienstadt in Czechoslovakia.) At Thereseinstadt the writer was scheduled to die in gas chamber. Somehow troops of Russia liberated him. In England he was kept in a hostel and given training in electronics. He served in the U. S Army during Korean War.
A2. Write the gist of the extract.
Ans: The writer, his brothers and other inhabitants of the camp were liberated by Russian troops. The writer owes his survival to the apple girl whose goodness saved his life. After getting liberated, he went to England. There he got training in electronics. Then he moved to America. His brother Sam also was there. In America he opened his electronics shop to settle in.


Extract 3 ' We piled back......... I have never let her go.'
A1. The extract tells us about human relationship. Explain.



A2 Write a piece of dialogue between Roma and the writer Herman.
(Scene: Sid in driver’s seat, Roma and Herman in back seats )
Roma: (in a soft tone) Where were you during the war?
The writer: (looking towards her) In the camps. And you?
Roma: My family was hiding on a farm in Germany, not far from Berlin?
The writer: ( surprisingly) Weren’t you caught ?
Roma: My father knew a priest who got us Aryan papers.
The writer : Thank god. You didn’t witness the sufferings of the people in the camp
Roma: I know it. I saw a boy in the camp. I would throw him apples every day.
The writer: Did he tell you one day not to come back?
Roma: (In an amazement)Yes
The writer : That was me. I’m not letting you go. Will you …..m…marry me?
Roma : (blushing) You’re crazy.







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5.4 Realisation Of A Dream

Read the extract, read the activity and complete all the activities.
A1. Complex Factual
Complete the following statements using the expression from the extract.
1. Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru is referred to as India’s epoch maker.
2. The state of Maharashtra will work for the betterment of the common people of Maharashtra.
3. The greatness of Maharashtra depends on the greatness of India.
4. The Himalayas stand for India and the Sahyadri stands for Maharashtra.
5. Hard labour is the watchword of our times.
6. Our saints have taught us the principle of equality and taught us to fight against injustice.
A2 Interpretation:
State the features of the Himalayas and the Sahyadri.
Ans: The snowy Himalayas are the highest mountain ranges. They symbolise India. The Sahyadri is formed of black rock structure. There is 200-300 inches rainfall. It stands for Maharashtra.
A2 Match the following

Column A	Column B
India	blackest rock structure
Maharashtra	snowy
Himalayas	Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
Sahydri	Dnyaneshwar

A3. Conclusion: ’On this historic moment, I stand here to thank Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru.Here the historic moment implies……….
The historic moment implies that formation of Maharashtra is a great moment for the people of Maharashtra. It will definitely last forever. It will work for the betterment of the common people of Maharashtra. At the same time India will be of prime importance.
A3. Point out the relation of India and Maharashtra.
A4 Vocabulary :
Find out from the extract the one word for the expression given here.
1. Giving honour or glory by doing something – blessing
2. Give up something valued for the sake of others – sacrifice
3. The arrangement of parts or elements of something complex – structure
4. A person or a thing providing protection - shield
Give the anonyms of :
1. Gratitude x ingratitude 2. Recently x lately 3. Sinful x sinless 4. Patriotism x treason
A5 Personal Response Type Question
Differentiate the having dreams and the realising dreams.

Write your vision about the dream nation.
A6 Grammar:
1. India’s epoch maker has come over here to bless the State of Maharashtra ( Rewrite it using gerund forms underlined)
India’s epoch maker has come over here for blessing the State of Maharashtra
2. Identify the voice (active/passive) of following sentences.
a. I have made this clear by bringing to your notice. Active Voice
b. It will be done primarily for India. Passive Voice
A6. Grammar
1. We Maharashtrians love him, worship him. (Rewrite using ‘not only …….. but also’)
We Maharashtrians not only love him but also worship him.
2. India and Maharashtra can progress only when there is oneness of interest. (Rewrite using ‘unless’)
India and Maharashtra cannot progress unless there is oneness of interest.

A Poem : A Nation's Strength

I.State whether the following statements are true or false. Correct the false statements.
1. The grand structures of wealthy kingdoms cannot endure the ravages of war.
2. There is nothing glorious about nations with great military might.
3. Those nations are great which can boast of a huge army.
4. Wars cause senseless violence.
5. True patriots are those who do not think of their own comfort.
II Read the poem carefully and do the following activities
1. The extract begins with a couple of questions. State the purpose they serve.
2. The nation is described as a structure or building. Explain.
3. Give reasons : Wealthy kingdoms are unstable.
4. Point out the legacy that victories won through wars leave behind.
5. Describe the aftermath of bloody wars.
6. War victories turn 'glory to decay' . Explain.
7. A nation having weapons of mass destruction can be judged as a strong one. Give your opinion.
8. State why the poet says that national pride 'seems' sweet.
9. State the ultimate fate of pride .
10. Point out the kind of men who build a mighty nation.
l l . Enlist the qualities of great men that contribute to the strength of a nation.
12. The poet has tried to create a conversational tone in the poem. Pick out the words or expressions used to create this tone.
III. Poetic Devices
1. In the first line of the 2nd and 3rd stanzas, the words 'gold' and 'sword' denote wealth and strength. The figure of speech where a word is used to represent a class or category of things is known as Metonymy.

2.. Antithesis is a figure of speech wherein two opposite words or ideas occur in the same sentence. Try and identify them in stanzas 2 and 3.
3.. Pick out the rhyming pairs of words in the 4th and 5 th stanzas along with rhyme scheme.
IV. Towards Appreciation
l. Find out type of foundation the poet referring to in the poem.
2. Write your opinion about the underlying message of the poem.

5.3 Under The Yoke

Read the story carefully and complete the statements given below with appropriate expressions from the story:
1.The boys came to school whenever they felt like it.
2.The school-master did time-honoured jobs without murmur.
3.It was unusual for disputes to cross the boundary of village.
4.If financial difficulties threatened to postpone a scheduled wedding, the village often helped to tide over the situation.
5.Sheku asked the teacher to find him a bullock from somewhere.
6.Sheku's better half was a strapped woman.
7.Sheku's wife pulled by the side of the bullock by sheer physical strength.
8.Together they went to work with a rake until the seed was covered.
9.The school-master was consulted in regard with whenever the sheep was loss or wife quarreled.
10.Complete the list of excuses the school-master made for the poor enrollment of students .........
11. Two acre land was sown by Sheku and his wife by the evening.
12.The incredible tale of Sheku's wife was talked of in the village with admiration, astonishment and scornful amusement .

A2. Complete the web chart about subsidiary roles of school master.

A2 Complete the web chart about varied roles of school master

A1. Complex Factual:
State whether the following statements are true or false. Correct the false statements.
a. Sheku was very often seen in the village. FalseCorrected statement: Sheku was not often seen in the village.
b. Cultivation of land was the only interest of Sheku. True>
c. He used his dhoti as blanket.True
d. He asked Ayubu to lend him a bullock. FalseCorrected statement:He asked the teacher to lend him a bullock.

One day, while the sowing operation was at its height, Sheku came to see me. He was not often seen in the village. He had two or three acres of land outside the village and its cultivation was his only interest in life. It was early morning and the man had covered himself with a dhoti–as if it were a blanket. All I could see of him were his scraggy face and dusty feet–they looked leathery from constant trekking; the toes had coarse ungainly nails on them. His hands were hidden from view. Ayubu and I were by ourselves when Sheku came.
‘Teacher’, he said, without bothering to sit down, 'Do find me a bullock from somewhere. It’s sowing time you know!’
It was pointless to say that as a school-master I was not likely to own a bullock. He said, ‘You can easily borrow one for me. I have one. The other died. I can sow if I get another. Otherwise it means starving–the whole year through.’
‘Let me know first who has a bullock to lend. Then I can ask him.’
‘Those that own bullocks have their own sowing to do. Who would put up with a delay in his own sowing? I have tried everywhere.’
‘Whom do you want me to ask in that case?’
‘Do what you like but help me in my need. The whole village says: “the school-master is always helpful, always there in times of difficulty!” Why do you treat me different ?’
Ayubu, who had listened to all this without a word, now intervened. He turned his face towards Sheku and said:
‘Are you crazy, Sheku? Where would the teacher get a bullock? Is he a farmer? Is he a cattle dealer? Have you no sense that you come and beg for whatever stupid thing enters your head? Go away!’

A2. Appreciation:
Narrate about the problem of Sheku.
Ans : It was a time of sowing. His one of the bullocks died. He tried to get a bullock from villagers in vain. He could sow if he got a bullock with the help of teacher. Otherwise it would be starving for a whole year.
A3. : Conclusion /Guessing
Arrange the jumbled sentences in the sequence of events occurred.
a. Sheku realised his mistake when Ayubu intervened.
b. Sheku’s bullock died.
c. Sheku came to school master and asked for a bullock.
d. Sowing operation was in full swing.
Ans: d. Sowing operation was in full swing.
b.Sheku’s bullock died.
c. Sheku came to school master and asked for a bullock.
a. Sheku realised his mistake when Ayubu intervened.
A4. Vocabulary:

Match the words in Column A with their antonyms in column B

Column A	Column B
1.constant	a.lend
2.coarse	b.smooth
3.borrow	c.timely
4.delay	d.sporadic

Ans:

Column A	Column B
1.constant	d.sporadic
2.coarse	b.smooth
3.borrow	a.lend
4.delay	c.timely

A5.PRT:
Many farmers have been facing the problems like Sheku’s . Suggest solutions to the problems.
A6.Grammar
1) Find the assertive substitute of the following rhetorical question.
Where would the teacher get a bullock?
a. The teacher would get a bullock anywhere.
b. The teacher would get a bullock.
c. The teacher should get a bullock.
d. The teacher wouldn’t get a bullock.
2) He turned his face towards Sheku and said , “ Are you crazy, Sheku?”
He turned his face towards Sheku addressing him and asked if he was crazy.

Unit Test 2018

Unit Test Std 12 English

Activity Sheet on '7.2 What Would It Be Like ?'

Read the activity, read the extract and do all the activities.
A1. Complex Factual
Complete the statements by using the appropriate words from the extract.
1. A poverty-free world means that everyone has the ability to take care of ................
2. In such a world ............. would not be the cause of death.
3. ................ is a goal of world leaders for decades.
4. Due to hunger related diseases today ........... die each day all over the world.
Ans :1. A poverty-free world means that everyone has the ability to take care of basis life needs
2. In such a world hunger would not be the cause of death.
3. A poverty- free world / A world without poverty is a goal of world leaders for decades.
4. Due to hunger related diseases today 4000 children die each day all over the world.
To me, a world without poverty means that every person would have the ability to take care of his or her own basic life needs. In such a world, nobody would die of hunger or suffer from malnutrition. This is a goal world leaders have been calling for for decades, but have never set out any way of achieving it. Today 40,000 children die each day around the world from hunger-related diseases. In a poverty- free world, no children would die of such causes. Everybody in every part of the globe would have access to education and health-care services because he or she would be able to afford them. Unlike today, the state would not be required to provide free or subsidized health-care or schooling. All state organizations created to provide free or subsidized services for the poor would no longer be required and could be done away with. Thus, no need for welfare, or local welfare agencies, or the national welfare department. No need for hand-outs, no soup-kitchens, no food stamps, no free schools, no free hospital care, no begging in the streets. State-run safety -net programme would have no rationale for existence because no one would live on charity any more. State-run social security programmes, income-support programmes would be unnecessary. Social structures in a poverty-free world would, of course, be quite different from those that exist in a poverty-ridden world. But nobody would be at the mercy of anyone else, and that is what would make all the difference between a world without poverty and one riddled with it. Finally, a poverty-free world would be economically much stronger and far more stable than the world today.
A2. Interpretation
Complete the Web chart about have’s and haven’t in poverty free world. ( Draw the web chart. )

Ans :

A3 Conclusion / Guess
Differentiate the world without poverty and the world riddled with poverty.
Ans : Social structure in these two world would be different. Everybody would be able to afford basic needs in poverty-free world. But in the poverty riddled world some people would be at the mercy of government and private agencies .
A4. Vocabulary
Match the words in Column A with their meaning in Column B

Column A	Column B
Malnutrition	Sympathy
Decade	Paying part of cost
Subsidized	A period of ten year
Mercy	Under nourishment

A5. Personal Response Type
Poverty-free world will be a reality or dream. Express your views about it.
A6 Grammar
1. Nobody would die of hunger or suffer from malnutrition.
( Choose the two appropriate rhetorical questions for the above statement.)
a. Who would die of hunger or suffer from malnutrition ?
b. Would you not die of hunger or suffer from malnutrition ?
c. Would nobody die of hunger or suffer from malnutrition ?
d. Would anybody die of hunger or suffer from malnutrition ?
Ans : a. Who would die of hunger or suffer from malnutrition ?
d. Would anybody die of hunger or suffer from malnutrition ?
2. The state would not be required to provide free or subsidized health care or schooling. ( Rewrite using neither..... nor )
Ans :The state would neither be required to provide free or subsidized health care nor schooling.

5.3 Under The Yoke

Activities On 5.2 Towards Ideal Villages

Complex Factual/ Global Understanding A1 Complete the flow chart showing revival of Hiware Bazaar .

A1 Complete the web chart about processing of making Adarshgaon.

A1.State whether the following statements are true or false. Correct the sentences if they are false:
i.The aim of the State government's AGY is to make 37 villages 'Adarsh'every year.
ii.Any village that sends the proposal is selected under the AGY scheme.
iii.The decision to become an ideal village is taken by the village panchayat.
iv.Yavatmal was the worst affected district with the highest number of farmer suicides•
v.Financial empowerment is one of the many perks of being an 'Adarshgaon'.
Ans i. False,50 villages ii False, Villages following strict rules is selected under AGY. iii. True iv. True v.False , Banking is one of the many perks of being an 'Adarshgaon'
Interpretation : A2 Choose the statements that state the strategies the villagers employed to come out of poverty.
a. They adopted crash crops.
b. They accepted subsidy from NGOs and governments.
c. They made marketing of their dairy product.
d.They set up factories in the village.
Conclusion/ guess :A3 Prove that Hiware Bazaar got succeeded in creating employment in the village itself. Vocab : A4 Give one word for a. a group of people appointed for a specific function b. occurring before marriage
c. moving from one place to another place to settle d. a surgical procedure for male sterilization or contraception
Ans : committee , pre-marital, migration, vasectomy
PRT: A5 Give your views about behavioral changes among people of Ideal village. Or Write your plan about making your village as an ideal village.
Grammar :
1. Choose the statement which means the same as ' There are no liquor or tobacco shops in the village.
a. There are no liquor but tobacco shops in the village.
b. There are neither liquor or tobacco shops in the village.
c. There are neither liquor nor tobacco shops in the village.
d. There are either liquor or tobacco shops in the village.
2. Identify whether the following sentences are active voice or passive voice
a. Hiware Bazaar has seen a complete revival.
b. Watershed development was adopted to fight the acute water crisis.
c. Vasectomy has been made compulsory.
d. The decision to become an ideal village was taken by the entire village.

Rapid Reading : The Daisy

Complete the statements
1. A little daisy grew at ............
2. The daisy learnt from the sun and from its surroundings ............
3. The daisy felt that it is very rich because.............
4. The daisy thanks God because ...........
5. The bird (lark ) honoured the daisy by ..........
6. The daisy was very glad and grateful because .........
7. The bird was sad because ...........
8. The bird felt that it would die because..........
9. The boys were responsible for the death of the bird because.........
Arrange in order
1. Lark kissed the daisy.
2. Daisy felt ashamed but glad
3. They cut the turf round the daisy.
4. Lark was caged.
5. The daisy felt very grateful.
6. Lark’s song sounded sad.
7. The following morning two boys came to the ditch.
8. Other flowers were vexed.
9. A girl cut the tulips.
10. The girl carried the tulips away.
Pick out the lines that creates suspense.
Pick out the expressions that show the death of lark and daisy.

Read the extract and extend it by adding an imaginary paragraph of your own in about 120 words.
“I have no water,” said the captive lark, “they have all gone out, and forgotten to give me anything to drink. My throat is dry and burning. I feel as if I had fire and ice within me and the air is so oppressive. Alas! I must die, and part with the warm sunshine, the fresh green meadows, and all the beauty that God has created.” And it thrust its beak into the piece of grass, to refresh itself a little. Then it noticed the little daisy, and nodded to it, and kissed it with its beak and said: “You must also fade in here, poor little flower. You and the piece of grass are all they have given me in exchange for the whole world, which I enjoyed outside. Each little blade of grass shall be a green tree for me, each of your white petals a fragrant flower. Alas! you only remind me of what I have lost.”
Extended Para
Clouds gathered in the sky. The wind blew hard. The Cage started to swing. The lark inside the cage felt nervous. The lark tried to get free. It fluttered its wings against the bars of the cage. Suddenly the cage fell down. Three bars of the cage dislocated. The lark saw the opening in the cage. It rolled over in the cage to bring opening to sideways. The lark’s joy knew no bounds. It came out of the cage slowly and safely. “I will not forget the company you gave in the cage,” the lark said to daisy. It said , “Goodbye”. Seeing the lark flying away the little daisy faded calmly and happily.


Composition

Activities On 4.3 A Yawning Divide

A1. Choose the correct alternative
1. Early risers /late risers miss trains on regular basis.
2. It’s almost as if they live in different time zones and different countries/same time zones and different countries.
3. All over the country, things are likely t be much the same/ different in this respect.
4. The writer’s sister, a teacher and her husband, a doctor wake at 4 am/10 am each day.
5. It is learnt that the garbage man turns up at the writer’s house/ his sister’s house every day at five in the morning.
A1 State whether the following statements are true or false. Correct the false statement.
1.The media personality goes for morning walk at 1pm.
2.The writer is a late riser.
3.Late risers are the early birds.
. 4.Writer’s sister finishes her household work by 6 am.
5.Differentiate the young and the old.
A2. Choose the correct alternative. Purpose of the text is .. 1. To encourage the people to work hard.
2. To encourage the people to rise early.
3. To highlight the importance of early rising.
4. To tell about the writer’s different relatives’ wake up habit.
Complete the flow chart

A3. Guess the reason
Supply suitable reasons for the following statements.
1. Some people have never seen a sunrise.
2. Father would be left shaking his head.
A4.Find out one word substitutes from the text for the following meanings:
a. Done quickly and with a lot of activity in an unorganised manner = frantic
b. Connected with a house and people living in it = household
c. A person who treats ill and injured people = doctor
d. A group of people or nations who have united for a particular purpose = zones
e. A group of people who meet together regularly for a particular activity = team
f. Means which offer information and entertainment to large number of people i.e. television, radio, newspaper, and internet = media
g. A person who collects waste food, paper. Etc. that you throw away = garbage man
A4 Make a list of 4 compound words( with a hyphen, without a hyphen , using separate words) from the text.
1. Slumber-land, rubbing-eyes
2. Milkman , sunrise, household, newspaper
3. Morning walk, snooze button, media personality, distance calls ,text messages , quality time, operating team
A5 PRT
1.Do you like to rise early? Give reason.
2. Narrate disadvantages of late risers.

Activities On 4.2 16 Killed In Haridwar Stampede

A1. Complete the statements by choosing the appropriate words from the extract.
1. The stampede took place on …………
2. ……people were given the first aid.
3. According to SDM ………might have led to the stampede.
4. The Yagya was scheduled to begin at ………..
Read the columns and match the names with which they are associated

Column A	Column B
i. Manmohan Singh	a)survivor
ii. Senthil Pandian	b) Uttarakhand C. M.
iii.Sarswati Devi	c) Then Prime Minister
iv.B. C. Khanduri	d) District Magistrate

A2. Glance through the extract and say whether the following statements are true or false
Correct the false statements : 1. The number of deaths was 64 in Haridwar stampede.
2. The five-day 'Mahayagya' was attended by nearly two lakh people.
3. SDM Harbir Singh is not sure about the cause of death of pilgrims.
4. Most of the victims were from Danapur, Bihar.
A3 Find the proof for the victims and their kin were given help.
A4. Match the word under column A with their meanings listed under column B.

Column A	Column B
i. ceremony	a)the 100 th anniversary
ii. centenary	b) an inquiry
iii. mishap	c) formal celebration or event
iv. emanating	d) accident
v. probe	e)giving out

A5. Justify an effective disaster management may avert disasters.

A6 Rewrite the sentences as instructed
1. I too fell down and became unconscious . (Begin the sentence " After felling down.......")
2. Identify the voice of the following sentences
a. Devotees started gate crashing at one of exit point.
b. The exact cause of the incident can be confirmed only after an inquiry.
c.The area was overcrowded .
d. Senthil Paandian has ordered a Magisterial probe into the incident.

Activities On Poem 4.1 Old Women

4.1 OLD WOMEN

Old women do not fly on magic wands
nor make obscure prophecies
from ominous forests.
They just sit on vacant park benches
in the quiet evenings,
call doves by their names
and charm them with grains of maize.

Or, trembling like waves
they stand in endless queues in
government hospitals
or settle like sterile clouds
in post offices awaiting mail
from their sons abroad,
long ago dead.

They whisper like drizzles
as they roam the streets
with a lost gaze as though
something they had thrown up
never returned to earth.

They shiver like December nights
in their dreamless sleep
on shop verandahs.

There are swings still
in their half-blind eyes,
lilies and Christmases
in their failing memory.
There is one folktale
for each wrinkle on their skin.

All dawns pass
leaving them in the dark .
They do not fear death,
they died long ago.
Old women once
were continents.
They had deep woods in them,
lakes, mountains, volcanoes even,
even raging gulfs.
When the earth was in heat
they melted, shrank,
leaving only their maps.
You can fold them
and keep them handy :
who knows , they might help you find
your way home.

K. Satchidanandan




1. Webchart

A2. Complete the following statements by choosing the correct alternatives.
1. Old women sit ….. in the quiet evenings.
i. In the chair
ii. In the verandah
iii. On vacant park benches
2.The old women are seen roaming aimlessly because
i. They have lost something.
ii. They have become blind.
iii. They have become insane.
3. ‘They shiver like December nights’ mean ----
i. They undergo trauma.
ii. They don’t have anything to cover.
iii. They shiver because of severe cold.
4. ‘lilies and Christmases in their failing memory’ means ---
i. They like lilies during Christmas festival.
ii. They remember good old days with family members.
iii. They have forgotten about lilies and Christmases.
5. ‘ …. One folktale for each wrinkle on their skin’ mean…
i. Old age with wisdom and lot many experience
ii. Old age with wrinkled skin
iii. Remembering folktales in old age.
2The line 'All dawns pass leaving them in the dark' suggest....
Ans : The line 'All dawns pass leaving them in the dark' suggest that they have lost their youth and now they are old. Their days of happiness are over. Now they are living a miserable life.
3. Pick out the lines that reveal isolation and loneliness of the old women.
4. Pick out the lines that highlight that the old women were living a happy and prosperous life.

Ans :There are swings still
in their half-blind eyes,
lilies and Christmases
in their failing memory.

5 Poetic Devices
I. 'settle like sterile clouds'. Name the figure of speech used .Find similar examples .
2. In the line 'They do not fear death, they died long ago' 'death' has been treated as a human being. Name the figure of speech.
3. You know that an implicit comparison is called a Metaphor. Now find examples of Metaphor from the poem.
4. 'All dawns pass leaving them in the dark'.
A striking opposition or contrast of words or ideas is employed to achieve emphasis. Such a figurative use is called 'Antithesis'.
5. 'They whisper like drizzles'. ' The figure of speech in the line is 'Onomatopoeia'. Name the other figures of speech in it .

Activities On Aamchi Mumbai And I

A1. State whether the following statements are true or false
a. Migrants come to Mumbai in search of new opportunities.
b. Mumbai’s monsoon is pleasant.
c. The columns of the Asiatic library are made with gothic style.
d. The Nehru Centre is famous for theatre performances.
A2 Complete the webchart

A3. ‘One cannot step into the same river twice.’ Explain

Ans : As the river continuously flows , we can not step into the  same water of the river. Mumbai also like a river always keeps changing and developing. The flow of people towards Mumbai does not stop. So when we visit Mumbai for the next time we can not have same Mumbai.

A4. Word Puzzle

A5. ‘Mumbai is known as ‘cosmopolitan city.’ Give reason.
Ans: Mumbai is known as cosmopolitan city because people from different parts of the nation have come to Mumbai and settled .Though it is a capital of Maharashtra , people from almost all states reside here. It is one of the biggest cities in India.
A6. Grammar :
1. Match The Sentences in Column A with their Tense Forms in Column B

Column A	Column B
1. Grey clouds were hanging low over the Arabian sea.	a. Simple Present Tense
2. I stood trembling outside the RBI building. .	b.Past Perfct Tense.
3. The fearsome monsoon had just begun..	c. Simple Past Tense.
4.I explore the again the “Internalities and Externalities of memory. ”.	d. Past continuous Tense .

2. Identify the mood of the underlined modal auxiliary from the following sentences.
a. One could watch the world go by.
b. Someday I will return.
c. I may , perhaps, return sometime.
d. Mr. Shanbagh would materialise magically at one’s elbow with a special price.

Write down the attractions of the places in Mumbai

Places	Their attractions
1.Asiatic Library	a. Gothic columns
2.NCPA	b.Theatre Performances
3.Wilson College	c.The Amul Hoarding
4.Canteen Near SBI	d.bhelpuri and vada pav
5.Strand Book Store	e.browse books for hours
6.Fountain	f.lined pavements, could watch world go
7.Nehru Centre	g.classical music
8.Fort	h.spectacular buildings

A2 Complete the statements by choosing the appropriate options
1. The writer came to Mumbai in……….
a. Spring. b. monsoon c. winter. D. autumn
2. The palm trees teach the lesson of …….
a. Bend not with wind b. stay calm c. flexibility and elasticity d.eagerness
3. The writer would take the upper floor of the double decker bus ………..
a. To get a seat b. to see the sea c. to see the glimpse of Mumbai d. to get aloof
4. ………. seemed like old friends.
a. Mr. Shanbagh and boys b. the page three people c. co-passengers d.tourists
5. ……….. mood of the sea was mostly liked by the wrier.
a. Calm b. violent c. silent. D. tide falling
6. Migrants promise themselves that…….
a. they will return b. they will never return c. they will settle d. they will leave forever
A3 Guess how the writer would spend her time in Mumbai .
A 5. Write about the people in Mumbai.