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Answer the following question.
Do you think the hermit knew, beforehand, not only about the king’s arrival but about the ambush by his enemy? Think a little about this and say what you really feel.
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Consider this list of the different things that happened and rearrange them in the order of time, that is, what happened first, what happened next, and so on. Read the related paragraph again if you are uncertain.
- The bearded man resolved to kill the king.
- The king went alone to see the hermit.
- The king executed the bearded man’s brother.
- The king spent the night at the hermit’s hut.
- The bearded man laid an ambush to kill the king.
- The king’s bodyguards recognised and wounded the bearded man.
- The bearded man came out of the ambush.
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Read the story in your own language, summarize the following aspects of the story in 4 to 5 lines each in your own language. Write it in your notebook.
(a) King’s problem : __________________
(b) Attempts made to find a solution : __________________
(c) Climax : __________________
(d) Solution : __________________
(e) Message : __________________
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From the story, find the collocation of the following.
____________ time.
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Write down in your notebook two points for the following. How do you know?
the learned advisers who came to the court confused the king.
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Connect the dots to get what means a lot to you.
The word is ___________.
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You are quite familiar with computers, especially personal computers. Form pairs and make a list of famous computer manufacturing companies. One is given to you.
(a) Apple (b) _________ (c) _________ (d) _________.
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Complete the web by filling the various benefits of computers.
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Rearrange the incidents in the life of Steve Jobs in chronological order.
(a) Steve Jobs started Next.
(b) Jobs underwent surgery.
(c) Jobs learned about serif and sans serif typefaces.
(d) Jobs returned to Apple Inc.
(e) Jobs married Laurene.
(f) Jobs was diagnosed with cancer.
(g) Jobs dropped out of Reed College.
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Read the third story again. Complete the flow-chart given below.
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Read the lesson. Refer to a dictionary and match the words in column ‘A’ with their meanings in column ‘B’.
| No | ‘A’ | ‘B’ | |
| (a) | diagnosis | (i) | the power believed to control events |
| (b) | devastating | (ii) | complete list of items especially in a special order and description. |
| (c) | intuition | (iii) | act of identifying the nature of a problem or illness. |
| (d) | calligraphy | (iv) | power of understanding situations or people’s feelings before hand. |
| (e) | destiny | (v) | causing great destruction |
| (f) | catalogue | (vi) | beautiful handwriting did with a special pen or brush. |
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Go through all the three stories. Identify some qualities of Steve Jobs and complete the web chart.
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Complete the following table.
‘The Three Stories in the Life of Steve Jobs’
| About | Setbacks | Reactions | Achievements and benefits | |
| First story | ||||
| Second story | ||||
| Third story |
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Say HOW?
The calligraphy classes helped Steve Jobs after 10 years.
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Say HOW?
You can connect dots.
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Say HOW?
Jobs reacted later on, after the shock of being fired from Apple.
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Say HOW?
Jobs was cured of rare cancer.
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Say HOW?
Jobs acquired the famous words ‘Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish’
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Besides those given at the end of the talk by Steve Jobs, pick out other pieces of advice that Jobs gives in his speech.
(a) _______________________________________________________
(b) _______________________________________________________
(c) _______________________________________________________
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Prepare a speech on the title “The Will to Win” to be delivered before the class during a competition.
Hints -
- Title
- Introduction
- Objective and Illustrations
- Specific examples
- Purpose of the title
- Sources/Resources for implementation
- Usefulness/Benefits
- Conclusion.
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