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प्रश्न
Discuss in groups plays or films with a strong message of social reform that you have watched.
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उत्तर
A classroom activity
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Maggu’s achievements are particularly noteworthy because – as is well known – academic institutions in India are less than sold on the idea of inclusive education. In fact, when Maggu lost her sight in class IV, her school (which she declines to name) expelled her while suggesting she attend a “blind school”. Though shocked, Maggu rejected the advice. “Attending a special school would have tarred me with a handicap forever, which was not how I saw my future. Therefore I did the rounds of other public schools with my father, a small – time merchant, explaining that my case was different Since I had vision till the age of ten,” she recalls.
Impressed by her persistence and ambition, Delhi’s Bluebells School not only admitted her but pulled out all the stops to support her in academics sporting events and also notched up a respectable 73 percent average in the class XII exam with the help of Braille, interactive textbooks and extra coaching.
The respectable average in her CBSE exam paved the way for admission into LSR where again she proved her mettle by winning medals in a slew of inter – collage events (100 200 and 400 metre sprints) high jump, long jump, javelin and discuss throw: resulting in her being declared ‘Athlete of the year’ 2003’ at a sports meet for 100 physically challenged athletes. And the cherry on the cake was the selection to the IBSA Games last year. “It was a tough regimen,” recalls Maggu. “I had to attend sports camps manage my studies and officiates as sports president. But I managed.”
Questions:
(1) What qualities of Maggu are highlighted in this passage?
(2) Why did Maggu refuse to attend a ‘blind school’?
(3) Quote the lines that show that Jyoti Maggu was good in academics as well as in sports.
(4) Use any two phrases in sentences of your own :
(a) To win laurels
(b) To pave the way
(c) To prove one’s mettle
(d) A tough regimen
(5)
(a) I did the rounds of other public schools with my father [Change the voice]
(b) though shocked Maggu rejected the advice [Rewrite as a simple sentence]
(6) Should the physically challenged be sent to special schools? Express your views.
Answer any three of the following in 30-40 words each:
(a) Why has the poet’s mother been compared to the ‘late winter’s moon’?
(b) The poet says, ‘And yet, for these Children, these windows, not this map, their world.’ Which world do these children belong to? Which world is inaccessible to them?
(c) What was the plea of the folk who had put up the roadside stand?
(d) What will happen to Aunt Jennifer’s tigers when she is dead?
There were many reasons for Helen Keller's embittered childhood. What were they and how were they overcome?
Why are animals considered as intelligent as humans ?
Underline the important words and phrases.
Why did the narrator of the story want to forget the address?
This play, written in the 1950s, is a humorous and satirical depiction of the status of the mother in the family.
Do you think it caricatures these issues or do you think that the problems it raises are genuine? How does the play resolve the issues? Do you agree with the resolution?
The episode has been narrated in a light vein. What social mores does the author seem to ridicule?
There lies a great difference between text book medicine and the world of practising physician. Discuss.
Identify some of the improbable images the author has used to effect greater humour.
Discuss the following in pairs or in groups of four:
“Tribal arts are not specifically meant for sale.” Does this help or hamper their growth and preservation?
What does the bird in the poem announce? How is this related to the title, ‘Coming’?
Some poets do not use uniformity in rhyming words, nor a steady rhythm. Such poems with no uniformity in rhyme, rhythm, length of lines or stanzas are called Free Verse. Walt Whitman, Ezra Pound, T.S. Eliot, Rabindranath Tagore are some famous poets who have composed poems in Free Verse.
A quick glance at the poem ‘Vocation' reveals that the style used by Tagore is Free Verse.
Now turn the pages of your textbook and see if you can find other poems in Free Verse.
Using points from the lesson, give the details of the following in a short paragraph.
Different types of kites.
What is the Rhyme scheme of stanzas 1 to 3 and the last two stanzas?
How does it differ in the remaining stanzas 4 to 7?
Read the lesson and name the following.
Anaesthetics used from mid 19th century ______
Discuss with your teacher how/why are ‘stars’ given to a movie.
Read the passage and answer the following question:
What is seen on the obverse and reverse of the PVC medal?
Select the correct options :
A Midsummer-Night’s Dream is a ___________________.
- poetic drama
- comedy of errors
- a comedy based on fantasy
- a character play
- a revenge tragedy
- belongs to realm of dreams
Who was Sushruta?
Expand the following ideas in a paragraph or two:- Courage and resourcefulness are the keys to overcome problems.
An activity:
Speak fast, think faster! Form groups of 4-6. Discuss each of the following topics. Then each person in the group should choose a topic and speak about it for one minute. Try to say as many sentences as you can in that time
What is not likely to happen or will never happen...
‘It won’t rain in the classroom... I won’t ever see a live dinosaur... The sun will never set in the east...’ etc.
Write an imaginary telephone conversation in which you invite your friend to the above function.
Find and read other poems of R. L. Stevenson using the internet. Find other rhythmic poems about trains, in English, or other languages.
Present these points in the form of a review, and give it a suitable title.
Write the symbol that is used in the poem to represent the following idea.
It was tempting and needed to be tried.
List the phrases which have the expression 'many a ______'.
Find the meaning of the following word.
delicious
What common qualities did the three brothers have?
Write what you can do to welcome birds in your surroundings.
Identify the character or speaker.
Now pray tell me, sir, your reason for raising this sea-storm?
Identify the character or speaker
He repented and implored his brother’s forgiveness.
What did the Bodwells think when they heard the mother shout.
Where did Chulong catch the bird?
Why did Dr. Ashok’s cousin call him?
Complete the following table with information from the anecdote about Mr. Scotti’s short trip.
| Name | Nicholas Scotti |
| Occupation | |
| Reason for his trip | |
| Means of transport | |
| Destination |
He decided to find his cousins’ home without their help. He asked the policeman for information in Italian because he.
What do you infer about speaking with others from this poem?
A turtle’s flippers help it to ______.
Read the lines and answer the question given below.
And ever again, in the wink of an eye,
Painted stations whistle by
- ‘In the wink of an eye’ means very quickly. Explain ‘painted stations whistle by’.
How did Gulliver overcome the adversity?
The farmer was thankful at the sight of the verdant bowl because______.
How does the poet describe the Indian seasons? Write in your own words in about 50 words.
How did the third daughter use the grain?
Look at the picture and Choose the correct word.
Write the homophone for the given word and draw the picture.
_______ is our culture.
The bird-catcher had a pigeon in his _______.
Some words sound the same but their spelling and meaning are different. Such words are called homophones. There are many homophones.
Circle and write the adverbs.
Suddenly the old man fainted. ______
Where do ants pile their food?
Where do the crocodiles save?
The monster tree was protecting the ______.
Pick out the rhyming words and write.
| green | |
| human | |
| will | |
| welfare |
Savings is done after fulfilling the______.
Match the rhyming words.
| 1. | earn | day |
| 2. | fend | learn |
| 3. | glow | end |
| 4. | play | slow |
What would you have done if your grandmother would have slipped?
Who was Hiawatha?
Why did the dogs feel scared when they saw the jackal?
