1.4 Big Data -Big Insights

What is Big Data 

Big Data - Big Insights is an important prose for teachers and students of 21st  century . In the age of information technology, everyone should be aware of the importance of information shared, stored, monitored and analysed. The data is such a huge that the adjective big to Data seems to be small. Reading of the prose gives  the teacher as well as students the big insights. We are aware of the words like kb (kilo byte), mb (mega byte), gb (giga byte) and tb( tera byte) . These are the measures of information( data.).

 Through this lesson we understand what exactly data means and how huge it is. Our sharing on whats-app , face book , twitter and other social media , our online transactions over amazon, snap-deal, flip-cart are recorded and analysed.  The data is used by different organisations .  

Uses of Big Data 

 We get calls, emails and messages from unknown for selling goods and services. When our child is in 9th or 10th std,  we get messages from coaching classes. Have you ever given thought how do they know that your child is in std 10th? They get such information from big data. Our online activities are collected and analysed. While surfing shopping websites, they show the things of your interest first.Our mobiles show how many steps we have walked. 

There are many uses of data collected. 

• Location Tracking 
• GPS and Google Maps make use of Big Data to track the location 
• We get information about traffic and one way route and accident prone areas . 
• Understanding the weather pattern
• Weather sensors and satellites use data to forecast weather. 
• Banking, Finance and Trading 
• Design suitable plans for investors knowing their needs .
• Monitor financial markets 
• Sports
• Sportsmen used data to improve their performance.  

After studying this lesson we can be well informed about data world wide. We can find a way to use such data to improve the educations system. We can take precaution what to share and what not. We are warned not to share passwords and pin codes of Credit/ Debit Card. Here we find the reason. 

  Vocabulary Test

    There are four pages in the following presentation. Try  with full screen view.

Big Data - Big Insights by Prafulla Mahure

Activity Sheet No 1

Read the extract and do all the activities. 

(There is a revolution.............natural resources like water. )

A1. Global Understanding                                                                                                                         2

Complete the web chart. 

Ans : Facebook, whatsapp, twitter, online transaction

A2. Complex Factual                                                                                                                                 2

State whether the following statements are true or false.

1. Everything including food habits, healthcare and travelling has changed 360 degrees.

2. Whatever activity we do offline is recorded and monitored.

3. Big Data can be gigabyte.

4. The available data is enormously increasing in 5 Vs. 

Ans: 1. True 2. False correct- Whatever activity we do online is recorded and monitored. 3. False correct- Big Data can be petabytes 4. True

A3. Inference/ Interpretation/ Analysis                                                                                                     2

By using Big Data condition of goods can be checked. Explain

Ans : GPS helps us to get the status of the goods we have ordered. Online shopping sites provides the facility of checking the condition of goods. Data exchanged among the seller, supplier and consumer helps to check the condition.

A4. Personal Response                                                                                                                              2

Narrate how will you make use of Big Data.

Ans : I will make use of big data to decide about launching startup. Data will help me to know about the need of the people and availability of particular product. 

A5. Language Study                                                                                                                                  2

1. Choose the statement of passive voice.

a. Many industries have advanced by miles from their competitors. 

b. Huge amount of data is continuously being received from them.  

Ans : b. Passive Voice : Huge amount of data is continuously being received from them. 

2. Big Data has been useful in identifying and tracking the exact location of place. (Use 'to identify' and rewrite the sentence.)

Ans : Big Data has been useful to identify and to track the exact location of place. 

A6. Vocabulary                                                                                                                                         2

Find four words with a similar meaning to 'massive'. 

Ans : huge, big, enormous, vast 

Activity Sheet No 2

Read the extract and do all the activities. 

(Today we see that.................manage transactions accordingly. )

 

A1 Complete the web chart                                                                                                                     2

A2. Show the benefits of Big Data to doctors and pharma companies.                                                  2

A3. State how banks finance companies utilize Big Data.                                                                      2

A4. If you find some messages like 'I'm down with flu' on facebook , what will you do?                     2

A5. Language Study.                                                                                                                               2

1. It will be monitored. (Begin with 'They....' and rewrite the sentence.)

2. New insights have enabled the banks and finance companies to come with suitable plans. ( Rewrite the sentence by using 'not only ...... but also.')

A6. Word Register. Find four words closely related with 'Disease'.                                                      2

Activity Sheet No. 3 

(From question bank)

Read the extract and complete the activities given below : 

( So a huge amount of data....................... improve speed and reliability in delivery.)

A1. Arrange the given sentences in the order to summarize the extract according to

proper occurrences. (2)

i. Big data improved the logistics services.

ii. Every online activity is stored in big data.

iii. Big data is comprehensible due to Big Data Analytics.

iv. The industries gained advantages from the big data.

Ans : ii. Every online activity is stored in big data.

          iii. Big data is comprehensible due to Big Data Analytics.

          iv. The industries gained advantages from the big data.

          i. Big data improved the logistics services.

A2. Big Data analytics play a vital role. Justify. (2)

Ans :  Big Data Analytics gives insights that were previously beyond understanding. The industries can have numerous advantages. Many industries have surpassed their competitors by using big data analytics.

A3. Big data is a great challenge to the present computing technologies. Explain. (2)

Ans : Big data is collected from different sources . So it is enormously increasing in volume, velocity, veracity, and value. Such a huge data is a great challenge to the different computing technologies. 

A4. We tend to refer to certain features of the product or services before orders. Give

reasons for such conduct. (2)

Ans : We tend to refer to certain features of the product or services before orders. Because it gives us required information about the product. We can see whether the product meets our needs or not. It helps us to take the decision about buying the product.

A5. Do as directed. (2)

1) If you have ordered something online you can track the location of your goods in

transit.

(Choose correct alternative to use ‘After+ing’)

i. After you have ordering something online, you can track the location of your

goods in transit.

ii. After ordering something online, you can track the location of the goods in transit.

iii. After you have ordered something, you are tracking the location of your goods in transit.

iv. After ordering something online, you can tracking the location of your goods in transit.

Ans : ii. After ordering something online, you can track the location of the goods in transit.

2) Big data analytics is the complex process.

(Choose correct alternative to change the sentence as negative sentence)

i. Big Data analytics is not the complex process.

ii. Big Data analytics is not a compound process.

iii. Big Data analytics is not an easy process.

iv. Big Data analytics is not the simple process.

Ans : iv. Big Data analytics is not the simple process.

A6 Pick out the antonyms of the following words from the passage. (2)

a) Understandable b) hide c) available d) similar

Ans : a) Understandable - incomprehensible 

b) hide - uncover 

c) available -  closed 

d) similar - varied

Worksheet: My Village

My village

............ is my native place. It is a small........

It is situated in ......... ( Name of tahsil/ District). Or It is situated on the bank of.......... ( name of river) . Or . It is situated at the foot of.......... ( name of mountain) . The population of my village is ....... Most of the families depend on ............ for bread and butter. Some villagers go to....... for work. ............a primary school in .......... . It runs classes from.. to...  . The roads  in my village are......  . My village is free from........ . My village is green because............ Villagers live.......... and ............ together. 

Writing Skills: Worksheet No 2

Copy the following sentences and write your responses. 

About My School/College

My school's name is .................. Or I learn in ...........

My school/college is situated in................

I have been learning in this school/college since......... Or for...........

My school/college has..................

My school/college is..............

My school/college opens at --:-- and closes at --:-- .

The subjects  taught in my school/ college are ....................., ........., ........., ....... and.........

............ in my school/ college are well educated and experienced.

My school/college has a well equipped l...... , l.......... ,l........ .

Classrooms have ......... board

The headmaster/ principal is ..................

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Worksheet About Me

My Village

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Writing Skills : Worksheet No.1

Copy  the following sentences in your notebook and complete them. 

About Me

My Name is ....................

I was born in .............

My Favorite Colors are ...................

My Favorite Hobbies are ................

My Favorite Foods to Eat are...............

My favorite place to visit is ...................

My Favorite Movie is .....................

My favorite book is ........................

I laugh and smile when ................

I will make the world a better place by ...................

My dream is to  .................

Worksheet 2 About My School/College

Listen and Read : Poetry

  Indian Weavers

Weavers, weaving at break of day,
Why do you weave a garment so gay?......
Blue as the wing of a halcyon wild,
We weave the robes of a new-born child.
Weavers, weaving at fall of night,
Why do you weave a garment so bright?........
Like the plumes of a peacock, purple and green,
We weave the marriage-veils of a queen.
Weavers, weaving solemn and still,
What do you weave in the moonlight chill……
White as a feather and white as a cloud,
We weave a dead man’s funeral shroud.
- Sarojini Naidu

Audio Files of poetry . Touch/Click on the blue radio button to play audio.

 Indian Weavers      

Songs of the Open Road

 She Walks In Beauty
 

The Inchcape Rock
 

Have You Earned Your Tomorrow?

Father Returning Home  

O Money
 

Small Towns and Rivers

Innovative Teaching Application

Put the incorrect sentences on the board. Create some funny sentences. 

Ask students to think and correct. 

 1. Grass is singing. 

 2. Singer is growing.

 3. A mango eats a man. 

4. A letter has written me. 

5. A train 🚆 is flying on the track. 

6. English taught us Mrs. Joshi. 

7. We unwelcome the guests. 

8. Ripen fruits falls to the sky. 

9. Covid 19 is suffering from the world.

 10. Kites are flying children in the sky.

Developing Writing Skills

Mechanics : Capital letters at the beginning of sentences and for 

names of persons,days, months , cities etc. Periods at the end of sentences.

Each new sentence begins with a capital letter and ends with a

period (.) 

This is a good sentence, this is not correct 

Names begin with capital letters, too:

Mayank, Rajesh, Salman, Christopher, Jahir, Premjit, Akanksha, Jarina, 

Copy the sentences, and make all the corrections that are necessary.

1. i am varsha jagnade

2. i am from telangana

3. we are square dancers

4. dancing is our hobby

5. it is an american dance

6. akhtar and marsha are our friends

7. roshansingh and roshan are another couple

8. a couple is a man and a woman

9. yaswant is my husband

10. we are in the front of the picture

The Cop And The Anthem

Activity Sheet No 1

Read the extract and complete the activities given below: (12)

Soapy left his bench and strolled out of the square and across the level sea of asphalt, where Broadway and Fifth Avenue flow together. Up Broadway he turned, and stopped at a luxurious cafe. Soapy had confidence in himself from the lowest button of his vest upward. He was shaven, and his coat was trim and his neat, black bow had been presented to him by a lady missionary on Thanksgiving Day. If only he could reach a table in the restaurant unsuspected, success would be his. The portion of him that would show above the table would raise no doubt in the waiter’s mind. A roasted mallard duck, thought Soapy, would be about the thing with a bottle of wine and then some cheese, a cup of coffee and a cigar. One dollar for the cigar would be enough. The total would not be so high as to call forth any extreme of revenge from the cafe management; and yet the meat would leave him filled and happy for the journey to his winter island. But as Soapy set foot inside the restaurant door, the

head-waiter’s eye fell upon his tattered trousers and decadent shoes. Strong and ready hands turned him about and conveyed him in silence and haste to the side-walk and averted the ignoble fate of the menaced mallard. Soapy turned off Broadway. It

seemed that his route to the coveted island was not to be an easy one. Some other way of entering the limbo must be devised. At a corner of Sixth Avenue electric lights and cunningly displayed wares behind plate glass made a shop window attractive.

Soapy took a stone and dashed it through the glass. People came running round the corner, a policeman in the lead. Soapy stood still with his hands in his pockets, and smiled at the sight of brass buttons. “Where’s the man that done that?” inquired the officer agitatedly. “Don’t you think that I might have had something to do with it?” said Soapy, with a friendly voice, as one greets good fortune. The policeman refused to accept Soapy even as a clue. Men who smash windows do not remain to chat with the police. They take to their heels. The policeman saw a man half-way down the block running to catch a car. With drawn club he joined in the pursuit. Soapy, with disgust in his heart, drifted along, twice unsuccessful.

A1 Soapy’s attempts to get into Winter Island: (2)

Attempt 1 : Soapy tried to enter a luxurious cafe. He thought to consume enough eatables and refuse to pay the bill. That would enable him to land in to a Winter Island i.e. jail. But the waiter prohibited him from entering the cafe.

Attempt 2 : He smashed the glass with a stone and remained on the spot to get arrested.  

A2 Complete the given statement in 30 words. (2)

Soapy couldn’t enter the restaurant because………

Soapy couldn’t enter the restaurant because his shoes were decadent and trousers was tattered. The head waiter in the luxurious cafe found it and turned him away. Soapy missed the mallard duck. 

A3 Soapy had confidence in himself from the lowest button of his vest upward. Here the

lowest button of his vest upward means ……………. (2)

Ans : He was wearing a coat and a black bow. He was cleanly shaven. This suited to the luxurious cafe. But his tattered trousers and decadent shoes didn't suit the cafe. Here the lowest button of his vest upward means his appearance after sitting at the table.

A4 If a person tries to damage the public property, how you will react in such a situation.

(write your response in 3/ 4 lines) (2)

Ans : If a person tries to damage the public property, I will explain the importance of public property. I will try to convince him/her not to damage. We all are the owner of public property. How can we damage our own property.

A5 Do as directed. (2)

1) The policeman refused to accept Soapy even as a clue.

(Choose the correct alternative to transform as a negative statement)

i) The policeman didn’t accept Soapy even as a clue.

ii) The policeman had never accepted Soapy even as a clue.

iii) The policeman didn’t accepted Soapy even as a clue.

iv) The policeman couldn’t accept Soapy even as a clue.

3) “Don’t you think that I might have had something to do with it?” said Soapy.

(Choose the correct alternative to change the sentence into indirect speech)

i) Soapy asked if he didn’t think that he might have something to do with that.

ii) Soapy asked if he didn’t think that he might have had something to do with that.

iii) Soapy asked if he didn’t thought that he might have had something to do with that.

iv) Soapy asked if he didn’t think that he might had had something to do with that.

A6. Match the words in column A with column B: (2)

 A                                               B

1) stroll                   a) border place between heaven and hell

2) decadent           b) walk in a leisurely way

3) limbo.                 c) old and worn out

4) coveted              d) very hard and torn

                                 e) greatly desired

1) stroll -    b) walk in a leisurely way

2) decadent - d) very hard and torn

3) limbo  -   a) border place between heaven

4) coveted  -    e) greatly desired

Activity Sheet No 2 

A1. Global Understanding 

Complete the web chart. 

A2. Complex Factual 

Give reason : 1. Soapy was confident of himself to enter into cafe because .........

2. He could not enter the cafe because.....

A3. Inference 

Explain why Soapy misbehaved. 

A4. PRT

Write an incident when you felt scared of police. 

A5. Language Study

1. But as Soapy set foot inside the restaurant door, the head-waiter's eye fell upon his tattered trousers and decadent shoes. ( Rewrite using 'no sooner .... than ) 

2. Some other way of entering the limbo must be devised. (Begin the sentence with "Soapy.......)

A6. Find the words which mean: 

a. decorated b. without doubt c. danger d. greatly desired 

Key

A1.  Soapy thought to eat - 

1. a roasted mullard duck  2. cheese 3. wine 4.  coffee ( draw the diagram and put these there )

A2.(1) Soapy was confident to enter the luxurious cafe because he was shaven and wearing a decorated coat , black neat bow. 

(2) He could not enter the cafe because the head-water's eye fell upon his tattered trousers and worn out shoes. 

A3.  Soapy misbehaved. He took a stone and dashed it through the glass of shop window. He did this to get arrested as he utterly wanted a roof in winter days to save himself from the cold. 

A4. Once I got scared of police. I was riding a bike and I had no valid license for riding. At the corner I saw a traffic police checking vehicles. Seeing him there I got frightened. 

 A5. 1. But no sooner did Soapy set foot inside the restaurant door than the head-waiter's eye fell upon his tattered trousers and decadent shoes. 

2.  Soapy must devise some other way of entering the limbo.

A6. 

a. decorated - trim b. without doubt  - unsuspectedly c. danger -manaced  d. greatly desired - coveted 

Activity Sheet No 3

A1 State whether the following statements are true or false.

a) Soapy was hungry and trying to get food.

b) He was trying to get arrested.

c) He was drunken and so he was misbehaving.

d) Soapy wanted umbrella because it was raining.

A2. Arrange the following statements in order as the events occurred in the extract

a) Seeing the cop Soapy began to yell like a drunkard.

b) Two waiters threw Soapy on the pavement for not paying the bill.

c) Soapy picked up the umbrella and walked away.

d) Soapy consumed eatables at a restaurant and declared he had no money.

A3. The umbrella owner slowed his steps. Soapy did likewise. Explain the underlined expression. 

A4. Discuss what will you do to earn your livelihood.

A5. Language Study

1. In a cigar store he saw a well-dressed man lighting a cigar. ( Frame wh question to get the underlined part as an answer.)

2. Why don't you call a cop? ( Rewrite as an assertive sentence.) 

A6. Give the antonyms.

1. Disconsolate 2. Slowly 3. Harsh 4. buttoned 

Key

A1. a) Soapy was hungry and trying to get food. True

b) He was trying to get arrested. True

c) He was drunken and so he was misbehaving. False

d) Soapy wanted umbrella because it was raining. False

A2. 

d) Soapy consumed eatables at a restaurant and declared he had no money.

b) Two waiters threw Soapy on the pavement for not paying the bill.

a) Seeing the cop Soapy began to yell like a drunkard.

c) Soapy picked up the umbrella and walked away.

A3 Soapy did likewise means Soapy did the same the umbrella owner did . The umbrella owner followed Soapy as he grabbed the umbrella. When Soapy asked the man to call the police, the man slowed his steps. Soapy also slowed down his steps to make sure the man called the police. Soapy wanted to get arrested. 

A4 . I will set up a start up.  I will get necessary guidance from the expert. Thereafter I will apply for loan and set up a small business with the help of parents. 

A5. 1. Where did he see  a well-dressed man lighting a cigar?

       2. You should call a cop. 

A6. 1. Disconsolate - happy 2. Slowly - fast, hastily 3. Harsh - soft 4. buttoned - unbuttoned 

Vocabulary Test

Brainstorming Activities 

(A1) (i) Discuss with your partner and find out the different ways in which Soapy 

tried to get arrested. The first one is given.

(ii) Describe the atmosphere when Soapy reached near the Church.

(A2) (i) Read the story and match the incidents given in Column A with the 

consequences given in Column B.

Column A	Column B
(1) Soapy tried to enter a cafe.	A) The cop ran after another man
(2) Soapy broke a glass window.	B. Suddenly a wonderful change came in his heart.
(3) Two waiters pitched Soapy on  the callous pavement.	C. Dream of turning around in life was  shattered.
(4) Soapy heard the anthem being  played in the Church.	D.  He stood up slowly beating the dust  from his clothes.ch.
(5) Cop arrests Soapy for hanging  around.	E. Strong and ready hands of the head waiter turned him around.

Ans: 1-E, 2-A, 3-D,4-B 5-C

(ii) Give reasons and complete the following :

 (a) Soapy had confidence in himself because he was saven and his coat was trim.

 (b) The head waiter of the luxurious cafe did not allow Soapy to enter because his eyes fell upon Soapy's trousers and decadent shoes.

 (c) The cop did not arrest Soapy for breaking the glass window because he didn't believe Soapy had smashed the window glass.

 (d) The cop did not arrest Soapy for shouting and dancing because he thought Soapy was Yale lad celebrating.

(iii) Pick out the lines from the text which show that : 

 (a) Soapy wants to enter the cafe for two reasons. 

Lines: Yet the meat would leave him filled and happy for the journey to his winter island.

 (b) Soapy was afraid that he won't be able to enter the prison.

Lines : It seemed that his route to the coveted island was not to be an easy one.

 (c) Soapy was not caught by the cop for throwing stones at the glass.

Lines : The policeman refused to accept Soapy even as a clue.

 (d) Soapy actually did not want the umbrella.

Lines : He hurled the umbrella angrily into an excavation.

 (e) Listening to the anthem, Soapy remembered his good old days.

Lines: And the anthem that the organist played cemented Soapy to the iron fence, for he had known it well in the days when his life contained such things as mothers and roses and ambitions and friends and immaculate thoughts and collars.

(iv) ‘He would make a man of himself again’ – The word ‘man’ in the sentence 

means

(v) Soapy’s earlier life was much different from his present life. Complete the 

table to show this contrast. One is done for you.

Earlier life	Present life.
(a) Contained friends  and roses	( a) Unworthy desires
(b) Mother and ambitions	(b)No roof, No destination, degraded days
(c) Clean thoughts and collars	(c) Villainous attitude, decadent shoes dead hopes

(vi) After listening to the sweet and solemn organ notes, Soapy decides to : 

(a) Soapy decides to lead a simple life working hard to earn livelihood. He would try to be placed as a driver.

(A3) (i) O’Henry has used different words to indicate prison where Soapy wants 

to reach. Make a list of those words.

And : winter island, coveted island, limbo, the island,

(ii) Find out the words used for the 'degraded state of Soapy'.

Ans : degraded days, unworthy desires,dead hopes, wrecked faculties and base motives

(iii) The specific meaning of word 'anthem' in the content of the story is.......

Prayer offered in the church

(A4) (i) Convert the following sentences into negative without changing their 

meanings.

(a) The policeman refused to accept Soapy even as a clue.

Ans : The policeman didn't accept Soapy even as a clue.

(b) Soapy drifted along twice unsuccessful.

Ans : Soapy didn't drift along twice successful.

(c) Soapy stopped his unavailing racket.

Ans : Soapy didn't continue his unavailing racket.

(d) The island seemed very far away.

Ans : The island didn't seem near ( in his realm) .

(e) The island seemed an unattainable Arcadia.

Ans : The island didn't seem an attainable Arcadia.

(ii) Convert the following sentences into affirmative without changing their

meanings.

(a) Men who smash windows do not remain to chat with the police.

Ans : Men who smash windows avoid to chat with the police.

(b) Why don’t you call a cop?

Ans: You should call the police.

(c) On the opposite side of the street was a restaurant of no great pretensions.

Ans :On the opposite side of the street was a restaurant of less pretensions.

(d) Noisy; but no harm.

Ans : Noisy; but harmless.

(e) They seemed to regard him as a King who could do no wrong.

Ans: They seemed to regard him as a King who could do everything right.

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