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प्रश्न
Before you read "Keeping It From Harold", the teacher will encourage you to answer or discuss the following.
- What are the different weight categories in Boxing?
- Have you ever heard the song whose lyrics go like...."He floats like a butterfly and stings like a bee"? Who does 'he' refer to? He is also known as 'The Greatest' boxer of all times. What was his original name? How many times did he win the World Heavyweight Belt?
- Find out from your friend if he /she watches WWE and who is his/her favourite wrestler. Also find out why he/she likes this wrestler.
- Discuss with your friend as to why these wrestlers have such a large fan following. Has the perception of the people changed over the century with respect to those who fight in the ring?
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उत्तर
A classroom activity
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Discuss in pairs and answer question below in a short paragraph (30 − 40 words.
How did George and Harris react to this? Did Jerome like their reaction?
Answer the question in a short paragraph.
The author has drawn powerful images and pictures. Pick out three examples each of
(i) the atmosphere of ‘febrile confusion’ outside the temple of Pashupatinath (for
example: some people trying to get the priest’s attention are elbowed aside…)
(ii) the things he sees
(iii) the sounds he hears
Thinking about the Poem
What does the poet say the wind god winnows?
Six humans trapped by happenstance
In black and bitter cold.
Each one possessed a stick of wood,
Or so the story's told.
Their dying fire in need of logs;
The first man held his back.
For on the faces around the fire,
He noticed one was black.
Read the lines given above and answer the question that follow:
What does happenstance mean?
The waves beside them danced, but they
Out-did the sparkling leaves in glee;
A poet could not be but gay,
In such a jocund company!
I gazed-and gazed-but little thought
What wealth the show to me had brought:
Read the lines given above and answer the question that follow.
Which jocund company is the poet referring to ?
Give a brief description about Mr Nath’s visitor.
What did Kari eat and how much?
Ray was not a pawnbroker. Why then did he lend money to people in exchange for their old watches and clocks?
How did the monkey respond to crocodile’s invitation?
Why do the fathers find trees useful?
Discuss the question in pairs before you write the answer.
Who did he finally choose as his master and why?
Read the newspaper report to find the following facts about Columbia’s ill-fated voyage.
Height at which it lost contact: ____________
Multiple Choice Question:
What are hymn books”?
Sit in a circle so that you can see each other. Each one must talk to complete the following sentence in his own way. “What makes me very angry is …”. Remember to listen with respect and without comment to each person as he/she speaks.
Answer the following question:
Why was the shop called ‘Lucky Shop’?
Who went the other way?
What event were the children in Ray Bradbury’s story, ‘All Summer in a Day’ eagerly awaiting?
Gratiano explains, "We are the Jasons, we have won the fleeee." In this context the word 'fleeee' refers to ______.
Which of the following lines contains the same literary device as the one in 'I wandered lonely as a cloud,' from wordsworth's poem, 'Daffodils'?
The poem, 'A Considerable Speck’, captures ______.
