Mrs. Adis : Ice breakers and Brainstorming

Activities from the margin of the lesson 

The writer describes Mrs. Adis as -

• a small woman
• Thin woman
• Brown hard face
• Hair like wrinkles

Mrs. Adis asks Peter crouch whether he has had a quarrel with the keepers. This shows that

1.  Peter Crouch is hot temper
2.  He gets into quarrel easily.
3.  Mr. Adis knew his nature.

List some characteristics of Mrs. Adis based on this incident.
Faithful , trustworthy, good , helpful , forgetful
Give reason :
Vilder guessed that Crouch has taken refuge at Mrs. Adis’ house because he was a friend of Mrs. Adis’s son Tom. Crouch didn’t know that he had shot Tom dead.

The row took place because the keepers scared Peter Crouch who fired the gun in darkness.


Mrs. Adis unlocked the door because she had forgiven Peter and wanted him to run away safely.

Guess the meaning: ‘wrung’ here means
Find the difference between: shivering and trembling



BRAINSTORMING
(A1) (i) Discuss with your partner and describe the atmosphere in the woods when Peter Crouch was heading towards Mrs. Adis’s House. It was-
(a) a dark moonless night.
(b) a few stars in the sky
(c) windless , silent and clear night
(ii) Peter Crouch didn’t knock before entering Mrs. Adis’s house.
The reason was-
(a) Peter Crouch didn’t want to make noise.
(b) He wanted nobody to hear the noise of knocking
(c) He was in haste.
(iii) Go through the text again and find the reasons that forced Peter to shoot down a person.
(a) The keepers spotted him.
(b) He had fears of being caught.
(c) They were more in numbers.
(iv) Mrs. Adis didn’t hand over Peter Crouch to the keepers because-
(a) He was her son Tom’s friend.
(b) Tom would want her to stay by him.

(A2) The writer has used a phrase ‘Thudding Heart’ which means pounding, or beating of heart. Do you know ‘Thud’ is an onomatopoeic word which means a heavy sound made by an object falling to the ground. Discuss with your partner and make a list of Onomatopoeic words that you find in the text.
(a) crackling
(b) rustling
(c) bark

Activities other than the text 

A1 Choose the correct alternative and rewrite the following statements.
1) Peter/ Mrs. Adis was stooping over the fire.
2) Peter knocked the door/walked straight in the cottage.
3) Peter thought he killed/ shot a man.
4) Mrs. Adis was a woman with a hard/soft face.
A2. Complete the statement: Peter was in trouble because …………
A3. The kettle boiled over and Mrs Adis mechanically put it at the side of the fire. Find the deeper meaning of this statement.
A4. Imagine a young man comes to you pleading to protect him from police. Write how you will react.
A5. Language Study.
1. He did not knock, but walked straight in. (Rewrite into simple sentence.)
Ans. Without knocking he walked straight in.
2. I shot a man. (Rewrite into passive voice.)
Ans. A man was shot by me.
A6. Vocabulary.


Across.                                                                         
2.  a line in the skin of face                               
3, overcrowded
4. too many to be counted

Down
       1. reluctant to do something

Vocabulary Test

Choose appropriate words from the given WORD BANK and  complete the test.

( intensified, innumerable, ceased, stooping over, stuffy, shrug, wrinkles, knell, snap, deserved, huddled down, on the threshold, escape, hesitated, anxiety, straining, refuge, fetch, beseechingly, close at hand)

1. What word MOST NEARLY means: stroke?

2. What word MOST NEARLY means: very near?

3. What word MOST NEARLY means: appealingly?

4.What word MOST NEARLY means: bend over?

5.What word MOST NEARLY means: shrink oneself?

6.What word MOST NEARLY means: streching?

7.What word MOST NEARLY means: make a sharp sound?

8.What word MOST NEARLY means: sharpened?

9.What word MOST NEARLY means: get free of?

10.What word MOST NEARLY means: bring in?

11.What word MOST NEARLY means: nervousness?

12 What word MOST NEARLY means: small ridges in the skin?

13. What word MOST NEARLY means: competent ?

14. What word MOST NEARLY means: boundary?

15. What word MOST NEARLY means: to delay momentarily?

16. What word MOST NEARLY means: lacking in vitality?

17. What word MOST NEARLY means: too many?

18. What word MOST NEARLY means: shelter?

19. What word MOST NEARLY means: stopped

20. What word MOST NEARLY means: lift the shoulders?

Online Test on Vocabulary

Listening Assessment

Class : Std 12
Topic : Listening Assessment .
Objective : To enable students to listen attentively
To enable them to follow the instruction
Method : Giving instruction in English to draw a table
Open you note book at a new page. Uncap your pen. Draw a full scale table. Make four columns in the table of similar width. Draw the first row for header. Now draw four more rows below . Now we will fill the table with some information. Listen carefully. Write words or expression in the proper cells. Ok. Be ready. In the first column header row write ‘Birds’. Capital B . Bold letters. In the next header cell, write ‘Time to visit’. Write ‘Place of shelter’ in the third cell of header row. Place of shelter. Now the last header cell. Put your finger in the cell. Let me see. Ha! Right. Now write ‘Food’ there. Come to the second row. Write ‘Vishupakshi’ in the first column. Over? ……. Second column second row. Put down ‘When young stalks come out of rice field’ there. Look for the header ‘Place of shelter’ Under this header third cell write ‘Holes made by woodpecker’. Come to the first column last row write Woodpecker. Put dash in the next two cells. You will find some cells blanks in the table. Table is ready with incomplete information. Let’s check whether you followed the instruction properly. You yourself will check. Open your textbook at the page no. 56. Look at the table given there. Compare your table.

Blog Writing For FYJC

Blog format
1. Address of the blog like syjcenglish.blogspot.in
2. Bar with Search symbol /Create blog Sign in (options)
3. Title of the blog ( BLOG WRITING : A SKILL)
4 DATE
5. HEADLINE OF THE BLOG POST
6. Blog post on given topic.
7. Social profile

Child Labour : A Curse To Humanity

Child labour is a blot on humanity. Since time unknown it is practiced in our society. Children being yoked to the work depriving them from the childhood come under child labour category. We see children working in household, hotels, shops, even in industries like crackers, match box manufacturing companies. Instead of using their heads for books, children are using their heads for carrying bricks. Instead of enjoying in school, they are engaged in work pool.
Parents due to poverty are helpless and send their children to work. They support the family income. This is a primary cause of child labour practice. Industries employ children due to low wages. Children work more in less wages without complaints.

Childhood otherwise flourished have been crushed. It gives vent to illiteracy, health problems and pre maturity among children.

Blog on Cycling- A better way to commute

Say No To Junk Food

Appeal your classmates to say 'No to Junk Food' ' Avoid Fast Food'. Write an appeal to prefer organic food over junk food.  ( Two different appeals are given. )

• Attraction of fast-food items
• Effects on body and mind.
• Ways of avoiding the fast food.
• Options for fast food.
• Appeal to society.

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4.1 History Of English Drama

 Elements of drama.

State a type of drama each from any four periods of history.

Name any four periods of History of British Drama.

Types Of Drama

Differentiate poetry, drama and novel.

First Term Activity Sheet Pattern Std 11

First Term Activity Sheet
Blue Print
Questions.1 A Prose extract 12 (6x2)
A1 Global Understanding
A2 Complex factual
A3 Inference/Interpretation /analysis
A4 Personal Response
A5 Language study
A6 vocabulary
B. Language Study 3
1 Transformation 2
2 Spot the error 1

Question 2 A Unseen prose extract 12 (6x2)
A1 Global Understanding
A2 Complex factual
A3 Inference/Interpretation /analysis
A4 Personal Response
A5 Language study
A6 vocabulary

B Summary 3

Question 3 Poetry extract 10 (5x2 )*
A1 Global Understanding
A2 Inference/Interpretation /analysis
A3 Personal Response
A4 Poetic Device

A5 Poetic Creativity


Question 4 Complete the activities as per the instructions given below. Marks 8

A. Letter writing /Email writing

B. Expansion of idea
Or
Speech
Or
Report writing

Question 5 Complete the activity as per the instruction given below.

Activity on History of English Drama (objective type) Marks 2

2.3 There Is Another Sky: Brainstorming Activities

2.3 There is Another Sky

(i) Life is an amalgam of happy and sad moments. Think of such moments in your life, pair with your classmate and share both the aspects of life.

Happy Moments	Sad Moments
1. Winning the first prize in a competition	Losing your mobile, bicycle or wallet
2. Getting admission in the college of our choice	Not getting admission
3. Meeting old friends	Parting from friends

(ii) Discuss with your partner and find proverbs, idioms or phrases of similar meaning to the one given and fill them in the stars given below:

(i) When we look at the sky, we find several objects. They stand for something or the other. Complete the following table by finding the significance of the given objects. One example is given to you.

Sr. No.	Celstial Bodies	Association
1.	The Sun	Power, Heat, Energy, Commitment etc.
2.	The Moon	Beauty, Light , Calmness, Love etc
3.	The Rainbow	Unity, Beauty , Hope, etc
4.	The Stars	Light, Eternity, Guide, etc

(ii) Colours mentioned in the hexagons given below, are associated with something or the other. Discuss with your partner and fill in the blanks.

There is another sky,

Ever serene and fair,

And there is another sunshine,

Though it be darkness there;

Never mind faded forests, Austin,

Never mind silent fields—

Here is a little forest,

Whose leaf is ever green;

Here is a brighter garden,

Where not a frost has been;

In its unfading flowers

I hear the bright bee hum:

Prithee, my brother,

Into my garden come!

-Emily Dickinson

(A1) (i) Imagine your younger sister is not paying attention to her studies and is seen wasting time playing games on her cell-phone. Suggest some ways that will help her to concentrate on her studies and overcome her bad habit.
Ans : Hey, Amruta, you are not paying attention to your study . It’s a bad habit to play games on cellphone. You should keep in mind that it makes one lazy for everything and busy for nothing. You should be crazy for books. Work hard to be Lord.
(ii) You have noticed that many of your classmates are not interested in outdoor games or participating in co-curricular activities. Discuss some ways in which they will be encouraged to participate in activities.
Ans: The College should organise outdoor games. Participation in at least two activities should be made compulsory. Winners should get reward and certificate. The certificate should have weightage in the exam.
(A2) (i) Discuss with your partner and complete the web, highlighting the sad and gloomy aspects of life mentioned in the first part of the poem.

(ii) The poet encourages her brother in the second part of the poem by telling him about the brighter side of life. Discuss with your partner and make a list of the expressions in the poem that mean encouragement.
(a) Brighter garden
(b) unfading flower
(c) bright bee hum
(iii) The poet has described two different shades of human feelings by using imagery of various forces of Nature in the poem. Pick out the terms or phrases that describe them. Complete the table given below. One is done for you.

Nature	Feelings
Faded forests	Sad/gloomy
Silent fields	loneliness
Bright bee hum	joy

(iv) The poem expresses feelings of serenity. Pick out expressions from the above poem that express the same.

(v) Compare and contrast the two opposing human feelings as expressed by the poet.
(A3) ‘Never mind faded forests, Austin’. The word ‘faded’ means to become dim or faint. The word describes the forests that have become faint or dim in appearance. Now go through the poem again and complete the table.

Describing Word	Object	Explanation
1. faded	forests	The forests have become faint or dim in appearance
2. silent	fields	The field has no trace of birds.
3. unfading	flower	The flower that mains on tree forever.
4. bright	bee	The bee is excited.

(A4) ‘I hear the bright bee hum.’ The poet has used the word ‘hum’ that indicates the sound made by the bee. This is an example of Onomatopoeia. The poet has used different figures of speech like alliteration, inversion and hyperbole in the poem. Identify them and pick out the lines accordingly.
(a) Hyperbole – In its unfading flowers
(b) Alliteration – bright bee, faded forest
(c) Inversion – into my garden come
(A5) Imagine your friend is a table tennis champion who has won the semi-final in the inter-collegiate championship. Due to over confidence, she neither practices nor does she take her opponent seriously. This may result in her losing the final. Suggest some ways to make her aware of the importance of hard work and regular practice.
(A6) (i) Use the following points and write an appreciation of the poem:
• About the poem, poet and title
• Theme
• Poetic style, language, poetic devices used in the poem
• Special features
• Message/values/morals in the poem
• Your opinion about the poem

The poem 'There is Another Sky' written by Emily Dickinson is an inspirational poem with a message of 'never say-die'. It is a Petrarchan sonnet with octave and sestet. The poet is communicating to her brother through a letter. She encourages her brother not to get depressed under any circumstances and pleads with him to return home. Life is full of challenges; one can tackle the challenges with a positive attitude. The poem ends on an optimistic note. The brighter garden stands for choices that life offers to all.

The poem is full of nature imagery. The poem expresses feelings of serenity through them. The poet has deployed various poetic devices in the poem. They are hyperbole, alliteration, inversion, metaphor and onomatopoeia.


(iii) Let’s compose a poem. Two lines are given. Add two of your own.
There is another sky,
Ever serene and fair
Get up and fly
Wait not , ride on mare

Audio File of the Poem