Activities on A Boy With A Mission

A1. Fill in the blanks and complete the following sentences.
1. The price of the thing that set Reuben's heart racing was....... .
2. Reuben's father ....... made fishing.
3. Reuben requested the shopkeeper to .......
4. He got an idea ....... to raise the money.
5. People in bay Roberts made use of ....... to build their homes.
6. An empty sack could be resold for.......
A2. Choose the correct alternative .
1. On day one Reuben found three / two empty sacks.
2. He told them for ten cent / five cent a piece.
3. He reached home at supper time / breakfast time.
4. His father / mother was the centre of the house.
5. Every day he wandered the town to collect / sell nails empty bags.
6. Reuben was more delighted when the school was closed for the winter / summer.
A3. State whether the following statements are true or false.
1.Reuben never felt cold, tired and hungry.
2. The thought of the object in the store made him forget hunger.
3. He needed more than 20 cents.
4. He arrived at the factory in the evening.
5. The sack buyer took the sacks and gave 20 cent to Reuben.
6. Reuben rushed to the store from the factory.
7.He told the store owner that he had no money.
8. He bought the brooch from the store on the father's day.
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Activities on To Be A Sombody ..

Welcome Prafulla Mahure , Mahatma Gandhi Jr.College Gadchandur Dist Chandrapur A1 Say whether the following sentences are true or false.
1) To be a somebody is a prominent urge in everyone's life.
2) To do something to win honour and praise is the human tendancy.
3) According to Emily Dickinson it is joyful to be somebody.
4) When you become somebody, you stop making progress.
A2. Match the following.

Column A	Column B
1.Emily Dickinson	a. connects raising palaces to decline
2. Rahim	b. Cleaned latrines to brush aside adulation
3. Gandhiji	c. learnt Greek and Latin to read classics.
4.John Stuart Mill	d. declared, 'I'm nobody'
5.C Northcote Parkinson	e. keen to help the needy

A3. Excessive praise by parents stops the natural growth of children. Explain.
Ans : Most of the Parents praise the simple acts and common utterances of their children excessively. Such children feel heady . Simple talent is lauded to the extent of killing. Instead of trying harder and more they consider themselves somebody and go waste.
A3. Give two examples of practicing of remaining nobody inspite of being somebody.
Ans : Two examples of practicing of remaining nobody inspite of being somebody are as follows 1. Gandhiji at the Congress cleaned up the latrins inspite of the star of the session.
2. John Stuart Mill had learnt enough Greek at very early age but he did not feel heady. A3. Draw a table giving information about what to do and what not to do for upbringing of children.

WELCOME Prafulla Mahure, Mahatma Gandhi Jr.College, Gadchandur Cell 9421813483 A1. Complete the following statements by choosing appropriate words/phrases from the extract.
a) The narrator was advised to ........ complete rest.
b) He stayed at ......... for his complete rest.
c)He decided to .........in his idleness.
d) He compared his writing progress with........
A2. Complete the flow chart stating how the narrator was unprepared for writing his novel.

• [Never seen a thesaurus]
  • [_____________]
    • [____________]
  • [______________]
    [______________]
  A2. Complete the flowchart how the narrator was haunted by his writing.
  • [Characters took shape]
    • [_____________]
      • [____________]
    • [______________]
      [______________]

    A2 Give reason: The narrator threw his manuscript in the ash can because........... A3. State the qualities of the narrator that impress you most. A3. Pick out the expressions/sentences to prove that the narrator was engrossed in his writing of a novel. A3. Select the type of patients the doctor/narrator had 1) Nice old ladies without any wrong with them. 2)Rich and poor villagers nothing wrong with them. 3)Cabbies, porters, deadbeats everything wrong with them. 4) Wounded soldiers nothing wrong with them. A3 Rearrange the events in prpoer sequence. 1) The novel was dramatized, serialized ,translated into 19 languages and bought by Hollywood. 2)Encouraged by farmer's words , the doctor wrote harder than ever. 3) The turning point of his life was the words of the farmer, Mr Angus : "If you only dig enough, a pasture can be made here." 4)The narrator learnt the lesson:"The victory of all achievements is victory over oneself." A3. Complete the table

    
    

    School master's encouraging words	Narrator's response

Activities on A Two Billion Dollar Dream

A1. Write jumbled sentences in order as they occur in the story.,
a) Michael Dell caught more fish than his family had caught
b) Michael worked hard to prepare a trotline.
c) His family made fun of him for coming empty handed.
d) He cast the trotline far into the water.
Ans : b,d,c,a ( Students need to write sentences in the exam )
A1. Write jumbled sentences in order as they occur in the story.
a) Michael opened out his new computer to see how it works.
b) Michael turned down the idea of getting highschool equivalency diploma.
c) He earned $18000 by selling newspaper
d) He bought Personal Computer with$2000 he earned by advertising in stamp magazines.
Ans: b,a,d,c( Students need to write sentences in the exam )
A2. Enlist the names of profession from the extract.
Ans : Orthodontist, Stockbroker, Saleswoman , Salesman, Manager, Technician,
A2. Enlist the business attempts tried by Michael.
Ans : trading stamps,selling newspapers, selling improved versions of computer.
A3. Match the following .

Column A	Column B
1. Brand of car	A. University of Texas.
2. Computer manufacturing company	B.BMW
3. Computer	C. IBM
4. Dell enrolled	D. PC

Ll Ans : 1-B ,2-C , 3-D , 4-A
A3. Michael succeeded in catching more fish. Write his idea he applied.
A3. Write marketing strategies Dell applied.
A3. Give reasons:
a) The car Salesman was flabbergasted because.........
b) Dell's father disliked his idea of starting a business.....
A.Complete the statements :
1) The dealers were selling computers at a .....
2) Low cost custom made machines were not .....
3) ........ wanted dealers to lift monthly quota.
4) Keeping....... was costly.
5) Dell offered......... for his customized computers.
6) His room became a ........... and a trunk of his car became a........
7) His patents were concerned about..........
8) His business made more than............ a month.
9) He told his father that he wanted to compete with.........
10) Dell incorporated Dell Computer Corp on .......... when he was.........
A3. Choose the statements that are against writers views
1) Something good comes out of crisis.
2) We learn from necessity.
3) Computer problems can hardly be solved over telephone.
4) Develop products as per the need of manufacturers .
5) Competition among the manufacturers is good for the consumers.
6) We should try to realize our dream.
Ans : 3,4.
A. Fill in the gaps of a summary of the extract. Moving to a larger quarters, Dell hired more staff. The staff assembled the units as per _____ .Only........ were orderd. Daily....... of parts was assured. When the manager........ Dell learned the basics of...... . He gave ....... guarantees and guarantee of on site service for........ . He introduced phone service to talk with technician. Contact with.......... kept the company close to the market.
A.Complete the table

Dell Computer Corp Today
Subsidiaries	____________
___________	$2Billion
Employees	__________
___________	$250 Million

Interview : Environmentalist

Imagine, you have to conduct an interview of a distinguished personality in the field of environment. 

Name of Interviewee : Dr Paul Johnson

Area of Success : Environment

Date Venue Time : 4 March , Green Culture Society Office

Duration of Interview : 30 Minutes

1. As an environmental scientist working for Greenpeace, what is it that you do?
2.   We saw the headline “Hottest Year on Record” , how worried should we be about the warming climate?

3. What ’s your opinion about  global temperatures and disaster?


4. And if we do manage to take action in time? Will the world be magically saved: will forests be replenished, will the Arctic stop melting…?


5. What do you say to someone who doesn’t believe in climate change?


5. What scientific concepts do people often get wrong that really annoys you?

6. Of all the terrible things that are happening in the world — poverty, war, lack of universal education and healthcare — why is environmental protection the most important thing for a scientist to work on?

7. How can we engage in a discussion about climate change or the environment without sounding too gloomy?

8. If there’s one thing that everyone could do today to help protect the environment, what would that be?

Polite Words are nothing but Hypocrisy

Polite Words are nothing but Hypocrisy

View: People use polite words very often with strangers. With the dear and near ones they forget to use polite words. Instead they behave rudely. What does this kind of behaviour show? Isn’t it hypocrisy? On many occasions just to get their work done, people use polite words. After the work is done, they start abusing behind. Some people make use of polite words in English as a status symbol. Polite words on the face and rude word on back is a common practice among the people. This shows polite words are nothing but hypocrisy

Counter-view: Politeness costs nothing but buys everything.

It cannot be said that politeness is the mark of hypocrisy. Many people are of the opinion that politeness begets politeness. The use of polite words can calm the storm of hot words. Polite words have the power of establishing peace and win-win atmosphere. What people speak behind you doesn’t make any difference if they are polite with you. Due to their politeness, you become polite. You pass this politeness to others. This becomes a circle.

The Real Rain Man : Activity Sheet

Read the first activity, read the extract and do the activities that follow. [12 marks)
A1. Complete the following statement by choosing two correct reasons from the options given below .
TO hold conversation With Kim was difficult because ___________ and _____________
I) he was overexcited to speak.
ii) his mind shifted quickly from one topic to another.
iii) he was not interested in the conversation.
iv)he needed somebody's help to steer him back to the original topic.

The Oscar-winning role played by Dustin Hoffman in 1988 film. about an autistic savart with astounding arithmetical skills, is indeed based on Kim Peek (among others), although Kim is rot autistic but developmentally disabled. Most savant possess remarkable expertise in up tiree subjects. Kim is a mega-savant, because he is expert in at least 15 different subjects. No one in the world is thought to possess a brain as extraordinary as Kim Peek's. NASA hoping to use modem advances in brain imaging and data fusion techniques to shed light om how Kim's brain ticks.
I ask Kim what he feels about it. "It's the best way of all,' he replies enigmatically. Why does he think he knows so much? •l have great love for everybody I see," he answers. It is hard to hold a conversation with Kim. His mind flits from one subject to the next with bewildering rapidity — with Fran always trying to steer Kim back on course.
I tell them I grew up near a town called Cirencester. lt was a Roman Camp, called Corin, says Kim. •Corinium," I correct him. Later I check and find that he is right: the Romans based the name Corinium on the Celtic word Corin.
When Kim was bom in 1951, his head was a third larger than normal, with an encephalocele — a blister into which part of his brain protruded — across the back of his head. At the age of three the blister retracted, pulling a nodule into Kim's cerebellum, destroying most of it. In 1983 he had an x-ray which showed that he had one solid brain hemisphere, instead
of two. A later scan showed that the right half of Kim's cerebellum had exploded into three
A2 Order
Following sentences summarize the paragraphs but they are Jumbled up, arrange them in the order of their occurrence. 2
i)He had a photographic memory.
ii) Though physically challenged, Kim possessed unusual abilities.
iii) At the time of his birth his head had some abnormalities.
iv) He could flawlessly give the details of any information he knew, which amazed the scientists.

A3 Mention any two difficulties Kim would have to face in his life. 2
A4 Find and write four describing words from the extract which are similar in meaning to the word 'amazing '. 2
A5 Explain the role of a genius in human progress. 2
À6 Do as directed. 2
1) No one in the world is thought to possess a brain as extraordinary as Kim Peek's ( Rewrite the sentence in Superlative degree.)
ii) I ask him what he feels about it.(Change the narration)