Dealing With News Report Writing

Objectives: 1. Encourage students to read newspaper.
2. Enable students to understand parts of news (headline, dateline, intro and main body)
3. Enable students to note down features of headlines.
4. Enable students to prepare news report.
Method: 1. Distribute newspapers to students.
2. Introduction of news, letters to the editor, editorial, article, ads, weather report, classifieds, leaflets, book review, film review if any.
3. Discussion on news.
Time : 1:30 hrs
Execution: About 30 newspapers of the month (The Lokmat Times and The Indian Express) were distributed in the class XII Arts A. One newspaper at one bench and one page one student was the plan. Students were shown different contents of the newspaper. They were introduced with the editorial section, classifieds, letters to the editor, news etc. Later on I zeroed on news. I asked them to find out the brief news of accident, celebration, theft, drowning, strike, arrest and lightening. Students started searching for it. Amazingly they were looking headlines only to guess the news. They pointed out such different news. I asked students to read headlines loudly one by one and wrote those headlines on white board. We held discussion on those headlines. I initiated the discussion by asking them about the tense, voice used in the headlines. I drew their attention towards the omission of article and use of concrete words. Students pointed out the use simple present tense in headlines. One of the students raised the query about the use of simple past tense used in one of the headlines. I explained how it is simple present tense and shortened form of passive voice.
However, I let the students know about the date line and intro. They observed the datelines (Name of the town/city and date, name of news agency) and noted down. Thereafter I led them to the intro/lead. I asked them to read the intro silently. After reading I asked them find out what happened in the news, who involved, where and when. I asked them to relate headline with the intro. I explained how the intro is an extended headline. The headline is converted into intro by using simple past tense, necessary articles, mentioning the place and time indicating with proper prepositions. I had some headlines and shot intros ready with me. I used them to match the pair activity. I asked students to guess the meaning of the headlines. It was not easy for some students. But they tried differently. Instead of telling them the meaning directly I provided the clue.
Lastly students were taken towards the main body. As usual students read the main body. I brought their attention towards how main body is written giving details of the event or story. With this workshop students were given the exposition the news writing and live English.

Second Unit Test

Q.1. Read the extract and then do all the activities: Marks 11

If we wish to maintain democracy not merely in form, but also in fact, what must we do ? The first thing in my judgement we must do is to hold fast to constitutional methods of achieving our social and economic objectives. When there was no way left for constitutional methods for achieving economic and social objectives, there was a great deal of justification for unconstitutional methods. But where constitutional methods are open, there can be no justification for these unconstitutional methods. These methods are nothing but the Grammar of Anarchy and the sooner they are abandoned, the better for us.
The second thing we must do is to observe the caution which John Stuart Mill has given to all who are interested in the maintenance of democracy, namely, not “to lay their liberties at the feet of even a great man, or to trust him with powers which enable him to subvert their institutions.” There is nothing wrong in being grateful to great men who have rendered life-long services to the country. But there are limits to gratefulness. As has been well said by
the Irish Patriot Daniel O’Connel, ‘No man can be grateful at the cost of his honour, no woman can be grateful at the cost of her chastity and no nation can be grateful at the cost of its liberty.’ This caution is far more necessary in the case of India than in the case of any other country, for in India, Bhakti or what may be called the path of devotion or hero-worship, plays a part in its politics unequalled in magnitude by the part it plays in the politics of any other country in the world. Bhakti in religion may be a road to the salvation of the soul. But in politics, Bhakti or hero-worship is a sure road to degradation and to eventual dictatorship. On the 26th of January 1950, we are going to enter into a life of contradictions. In politics we will have equality and in social and economic life we will have inequality. In Politics we will be recognizing the principle of ‘one man one vote’ and ‘one vote one value’. In our social and economic life, we shall, by reason of our social and economic structure, continue to deny the principle of one man one value. How long shall we continue to live this life of contradictions ? How long shall we continue to deny equality in our social and economic life ? If we continue to deny it for long, we will do so only by putting our political democracy in peril. We must remove this contradiction at the earliest possible moment or else those who suffer from inequality will blow up the structure of political democracy which this Assembly has so laboriously built up.
A1. Complete the following statements
1. We must hold fast to …….. achieve our social and economic objectives.
2. …….. are the grammar of Anarchy.
3. John Stuart Mill has given caution regarding the maintenance of ………..
4. No man can be grateful at the cost of his …………
A2. Give reason : The caution by the Irish Patriot Daniel is more necessary in India .
A3. Complete the table :

Column A	Column B
Bhakti	Lands in
1.
2.

A4. Suggest some ways to make India a strong nation.
A5. Language Study
1. How long shall we continue to live this life of contradictions?( Choose the assertive sentence meaning the same.)
i.) We shall continue to live this life of contradictions?
ii.) No longer we shall continue to live this life of contradictions..

A6. Find out 2 homographs having two different meanings .
Q.2 A. Read the extract and do the activities given below. Marks 4

Earth has not anything to show more fair:
Dull would he be of soul who could pass by
A sight so touching in its majesty:
This city now doth, like a garment, wear
The beauty of the morning; silent, bare,
Ships, towers, domes, theatres, and temples lie
Open unto the fields, and to the sky;
All bright and glittering in the smokeless air.
Never did sun more beautifully steep
In his first splendour, valley, rock, or hill;
Ne’er saw I, never felt, a calm, so deep!
The river glideth at his own sweet will:
Dear God! the very houses seem asleep;
And all that mighty heart is lying still!
A1. Choose the appropriate alternatives and rewrite the statements.
1. One who does not stop on Westminster bridge is of dull/cool soul.
2. The sight is majestic enough to touch/to hurt the heart.
3. The city wears the beauty of evening/morning.
4. The air is smoky/smokeless .
A2. Pick out the lines from the extract that add pictorial effect to the poem.

Q. 2. B Write an appreciation of the sonnet with the help of following points. Marks 4
• About the poem, poet and title • Theme
• Poetic style, language, poetic devices used in the poem
• Special features
• Message/values/morals in the poem
Q. 3 Drama Genre Marks 2
A1 Match the characters with their identity.

Column A	Column B
Theseus	carpenter
Egeus	father of Hermia
Quince	king of fairies
Oberon	Duke of Athens

Q. 4 Writing Skills Marks 4
Compose email to The Principal of Janata College, Chandrapur (principaljanatacollege@rediffmail.com) requesting him to be the chief guest on the occasion of annual day to be held on 23rd January 2020 in your college /school.

OR
Write a blog post on any one of the following topics.
1. My Village :Clean and Green
2. Democracy :The best governance

Key to the Activity  sheet 

Q.1 A1. Complete the following statements
1. We must hold fast to ……constitutional methods .. to achieve our social and economic objectives.
2.Unconstitutional methods are the grammar of Anarchy.
3. John Stuart Mill has given caution regarding the maintenance of Democracy
4. No man can be grateful at the cost of his honesty/honour.
A2 Bhakti or what may be called the path of devotion or hero-worship, plays a part in its politics unequalled in magnitude by the part it plays in the politics of any other country in the world.
A3

Column A	Column B
Bhakti	Lands in
1.In religion	Salvation of the soul
2. In Politics	Degradation or dictatorship

A5 I) ii.) No longer we shall continue to live this life of contradictions.

A6. 1. Form 2. Fast

Q2 A1 1. One who does not stop on Westminster bridge is of dull soul.

2. The sight is majestic enough to touch the heart.
3. The city wears the beauty of morning.
4. The air is smokeless .
A2 Ships, towers, domes, theatres, and temples lie
Open unto the fields,

The river glideth at his own sweet will:
These lines add poetic to the poem.

Q2B. The extract is taken from the poem 'Upon Westminster Bridge' .The poem is written by William Wordsworth. The type of poem is a petrachan sonnet . It is consisted of fourteen lines divided into octave and sestet .
The poem describes the beauty of the bridge and the surrounding areas. The poet makes the ordinary things look beautiful with his imagination. Poetic devices like personification, metaphor and simile add pictorial effect to the poem. The use of rhyming words and inversion create musical notes.
The poem enthrals us with the imagination of poet. Everyday things which we neglect are beautiful if we stay and observe .

Q. 3

Theseus	Duke of Athens
Egeus	father of Hermia
Quince	carpenter
Oberon	king of fairies

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2.4 Upon Westminster Bridge

Std 11 English Yuvakbharti

Short Notes on Poem Upon Westminster Bridge

ICE BREAKERS
• (i) A bridge connects people at either sides of a river or valleys in cities or villages. Discuss with your partner the importance of a bridge to both-the cities and the villages and complete the table.
Cities
Helps to reach other part
Helps to cross the road
Overbridge helps to smooth traffic
Avoids accidents

Villages
Shortens the distance
Saves time
Saves life
Increases contacts


(ii) Building a bridge needs careful planning. Think about what goes on before the actual construction begins.
Proper planning
Inspecting sights
Measurement
Drawing of the bridge (Blueprint)
Estimate
Purchasing land
Tendering

• You might have visited a bridge. Complete the web describing the sights you could see from the bridge.

BRAINSTORMING
Complete the following statements.
1. He would be dull soul who .......
2. ....... lie open to field and sky.
3. ....... never steeped so beautifully.
4. The city wears.......



1. The garment is compared with morning
2. The morning looks beautiful because it is silent.
3. Guess the meaning of ‘glideth’. It is archaic word meaning glide , here swim .
4. Guess what is referred to as the ‘Mighty heart’. People of the city

(A1) For preparing questions based on the poem, overall understanding of the poem is a must. Discuss with your partner and prepare a set of five questions.
For example:
a. What is the name of the bridge?
b. What does the city wear?
c. What is the beautiful morning compared to?
d. Mention the beautiful sights referred to in the poem.
e. State beautiful sights that can be seen from the bidge
f. How is the river?
g. What does the poet tell to the god?

(A2) (i) Choose the correct alternative for the given lines. Focus on the inference of the poet.
(a) ‘Earth has not anything to show more fair:’
The line means-
(1) The poet thinks that the place was not so good.
(2) The poet thinks that there is another place which is more beautiful than this.
(3) The poet thinks that there is no place on the earth which is as beautiful as this one.
(b) ‘Dull would he be of soul who could pass by’
The line means-
(1) One can walk over the bridge and ignore the surrounding beauty.
(2) One can halt at the place to enjoy the beauty.
(3) Anyone with an appreciative mind would not be able to ignore the beauty.
(c) Never did sun more beautifully steep. The line means -
(1)The sun did not shine so beautifully.
(2) The sun rise was more beautiful the poet had ever seen.
(3) The sun did not rise more beautifully that morning.
(d)
(ii) ‘Earth has not anything to show more fair.’
This line expresses the poet’s feelings. The sight he saw from the bridge is beautiful. There are a few more lines similar to the above. With the help of your partner find them and discuss what they express.

Never did sun more beautifully steep

Ne’er saw I, never felt, a calm, so deep!

The river glideth at his own sweet will:



(iii) The poem creates a delightful picture of the city, rich in its natural beauty. Work in pairs, groups and pick out the lines from the poem which give the pictorial effect to the poem. Write it in your own words.

This city now doth, like a garment, wear
The beauty of the morning;


Ships, towers, domes, theaters, and temples lie
Open unto the fields, and to the sky;

(A3) Find out the words and phrases which describe the following. One is done for you.
sight touching in its majesty
air smokeless
river sweet will
house asleep
morning like a garment
sun steep in his splendour
Heart mighty
Sky bright




(A4) Read the line :
(i) ‘The city now, doth, like a garment wear’. The poet imagines that the city is wearing a beautiful garment. Hence, the figure of speech is personification. Find out more examples of personification from the poem.

Never did sun more beautifully steep
In his first splendour
(ii) ‘Dull would he be of soul who could pass by.’
This line of the poem can be rewritten as:
'He would be of dull soul.'
The figure of speech is known as ‘Inversion’.
Find out one more example of Inversion from the poem.
Never did sun more beautifully steep

Ne’er saw I
(iii) The poem is a Petrarchan Sonnet. The poem is divided into two parts-
(a) An Octave
The first part comprising eight lines.
(b) A sestet
The second part comprising six lines.
Read the first four lines of the poem. The rhyme scheme is a b b a. Read the rhyme scheme for next four lines. It is a b b a. Now read the first three lines of the sestet and note the rhyme scheme. It is c d c. The rhyme scheme of the last three lines is d c d. This is the common design of a Petrarchan Sonnet.
(A5) (i) Write the appreciation of the poem.
The poem ‘Upon Westminster Bridge’ is a Petrarchan sonnet. In this poem the poet describes the beauty of the bridge. It is a romantic poem. The poet was mesmerised with the panoramic landscape, beauty, calm and quiet nature seen from the Westminster Bridge.
Theme: The theme of the poem is the beauty of the common things seen from the poet’s eyes. The nature is filled with varied beautiful object. The beauty lies in the eyes of beholder.
Poetic Devices:
The use of poetic devices like metaphor, simile, personification adds pictorial beauty to the poem.
The poem is a sonnet (14 lines) which is divided into two parts i.e Octave and sestet . The rhyme scheme is abba abba cdc dcd. The figures of speech like inversion adds special effect. There is use of archaic words. The poet has used simple and lucid language.
Message
Ordinary things also look beautiful if seen from the poet’s eye.

Audio Files of the Poem 

Compering for Prize Distribution Ceremony

Imagine that you are a compere of a ‘Prize Distribution Ceremony’ of your college. Write a script of the same.

1. Introduction – A brief introduction of the programme / function / show.

Good morning to one and all present here. We are gathered here for ………. . The guests have arrived here. Let’s welcome them with a thunder of applause.
2. Lighting the lamp
I call upon the honourable chief guest ……. And the Principal of our college ........to light the lamp and garland the photos of Mahatma Gandhi, Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar, Savitribai Fule and Fatima Sheikh.
I request all the dignitaries to take their respective seats on the stage. Please come over here sirs.

3. Welcome song
Now I request Mrs. ………. Madam and her team to recite the welcome song.

4. Welcome speech – Welcome of all guests. Felicitation – felicitation of the guests (the principal, vice principal etc.)
I request honourable Prinicipal ….. to welcome the chief guest honourable ……. with bouquet and book, also felicitate with shawl and shreefal.
I urge the vice Principal ….. to welcome The Principal by offering bouquet . ……… Thank you.

5. Main events
Now I request the honourable principal …… to deliver an introductory speech on the occasion.
Thank you sir for apprising us with achievement of our college.
Now the Prize Time .
1. I request the honourable chief guest to confer the award of sports.
I call upon SushilKumar and team to receive the trophy for cricket .

Mohan Kusale and team for Kabbadi.

Suhas Aswale and team for volleyball

2. I request honourable principal to confer award for cultural events and academic events.
I call upon Juhi and team to accept the trophy for group dance .

Manish Vasake for Individual dance.
Shruti Thamke for student of the year.

3. I request honourable chief guest ….. to guide us with his mesmerising speech.
Thank you sir for this guidance.

6. Vote of thanks
I call upon Suraj Nahate to propose vote of thanks.

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.

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