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Form groups and use the following topic for discussion. Take the help of your college library and your teacher.

Features of the Constitution of India

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Features of the constitution of India

  1. Drafting of the constitution of India
  2. Its structure – Parts, schedules, and appendices
  3. Sections pertaining to the legislature, government, and judiciary
  4. flexibility and scope for amendments.
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पाठ 1.4: Pillars of Democracy - Brainstorming [पृष्ठ ३९]

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बालभारती English Yuvakbharati [English] Standard 11 Maharashtra State Board
पाठ 1.4 Pillars of Democracy
Brainstorming | Q (A1) (i) | पृष्ठ ३९

संबंधित प्रश्‍न

Form groups and use the following topic for discussion. Take the help of your college library and your teacher.

Freedom of speech


In his speech, Dr. B. R. Ambedkar has expressed his deep concern over the absence of two things in the then Indian society. Discuss with your partner and complete the web.


Share your opinions/ feelings with your partner about a stranger who has a villainous look/appearance.


Given below are five main qualities for true sportsmanship.

i. Determination
ii. Optimisation
iii. Stamina
iv. Perseverance
v. Decisiveness

Get into groups of four. Each group will choose one quality to talk about to the whole class for about one minute. But before you talk, you have two minutes to think about it. You can make notes if you wish.


Prepare a speech in about 80-100 words for the morning assembly, stressing on the importance of games and sports in ensuring a healthy body and mind.


Work in groups of 4-6. Choose one folk art form, that is rarely or no longer performed.

Find out the reasons for this and suggest practical solutions/steps that can be taken to prevent this. After discussion and research, conduct a talk show in the class on the topic FOLK ARTS - A REVIVAL. The following inputs will help you.

Each group will consist of the following members.

1. The host
2. A folk artist
3. A representative from an NGO engaged in reviving some of the dying folk arts.
4. A student
5. A citizen from the city.

NOTE: Your teacher will distribute role cards with cues to each member of the group to help you play your roles.


What type of tree fits in your hand?

A ____________ tree.


Identify the character or speaker of the following line.

Greetings, traveller. You looked tired and cold.


Identify the character or speaker of the following line.

‘What has that got to do that with it?’


Read the clues given below and develop your story. Narrate your story to the class.

Robert Bruce - King - lying on the ground in a dejected mood - failed to defeat his enemies - was thinking of giving up the attempt - saw a spider falling down from the ceiling - the ceiling far away - wondered how it would get there - the spider fell back again - again it tried - again it fell - it made nine such attempts - no success - climbed up once more - at last succeeded in reaching the roof - Bruce imitated its example - he too tried once again - was successful.


While I was ______.


Have you ever been scared? What happened? How did you feel? Talk about it in one or two sentences with your friend. Repeat it to the class.


Prepare a welcome address on the occasion of Republic day celebration.


“How many photos have you got?”

He wants to know how many ______.


Read the different verb form where they remain the same in the direct and indirect speech in the following case. Fill in the blank with missing indirect speech.

If the reporting verb is in the present tense.


Read the different verb form where they remain the same in the direct and indirect speech in the following case. Fill in the blank with missing indirect speech.

When we report a universal truth (something that is always true)


Read the different verb form where they remain the same in the direct and indirect speech in the following case. Fill in the blank with missing indirect speech.

With modal verbs would, might, could, should, ought to, used to.


Read the different verb form where they remain the same in the direct and indirect speech in the following case. Fill in the blank with missing indirect speech.

In if-clauses and time-clauses.


Read the different verb form where they remain the same in the direct and indirect speech in the following case. Fill in the blank with missing indirect speech.

We do not usually change the modal verbs must and needn’t. But must can become had to or would have to and needn’t can become didn’t have to or wouldn’t have to if we want to express an obligation. Would/wouldn’t have to are used to talk about future obligations.


Present the review of a movie that you have watched recently.


Do you work individually or in pairs?


Identify the poetic lines where the following figures of speech are employed and complete the tabular column.

Figure of speech Meaning Lines
Synecdoche A figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa.
e.g. “The Western wave was all a-flame.
” The “Western wave” is a synecdoche as it refers to the sea by the name of one of its parts i.e. wave.
 
Paradox

A figure of speech in which a statement appears to contradict itself.

e.g. To bring peace we must war. Be cruel to be kind.

 
Onomatopoeia

A figure of speech wherein the word imitates the sound associated with the object it refers to.

e.g. Pitter-patter, pitter-patter Raindrops on my pane.

 
Rhetorical Questions

A figure of speech in the form of a question that is asked to make a point rather than to elicit an answer.

e.g. And what is so rare as a day in June?

 

Figure of speech.

The woods are lovely, dark, and deep,
  But I have promises to keep
And miles to go before I sleep,
and miles to go before I sleep.

Pick out any two lines of repetition from the poem.


Imagine that below are some of the paintings of Jane Eyre. Discuss with your partner and describe the paintings.







Put students into groups of three and let them act as Jane.

Student A: You are Jane. You live with the Reeds. Tell the other students about your life there.

Student B: You are Jane. You have been at Lowood School for a few months. Tell the other students about your life there.

Student C: You are Jane. You are eighteen. You are going to work at Thornfield Hall as a teacher. Tell the other students about your hopes for your life.

After this, decide who is the unhappiest of the three ‘Janes’.


Take something from your school bag. Describe it in three sentences. Ask the class to find out the thing you have described.


Change the following into Indirect Speech.

“Are you coming home with me?” he asked.


Change the following into Indirect Speech.

“Don't you know the way home?” asked I.


Change the following into Indirect Speech.

“Hurry up,” he said to his servant, “do not waste time.”


Match the poetic lines with Figures of speech.

1) So brainy personification
2) Mountains personification
3) It's so absent-minded hyperbole
4) Computer gobbled a worm metaphor
5) Very sick metaphor

Identify a sentence and a phrase which tells us that the story took place in summer.


Name the character or speaker.

“Wake up. Your ship is ready.”


Read the passage three times and colour a hen for each time.


Speak and win.

Join any group. Pick and support any one of the characters. Say some sentences for the one you support and say some sentences against another one to win.

I support the archer ______
I support the old man ______

Speak and win.

Join in one of the two groups. Speak 4 to 5 sentences supporting and opposing the intelligence of the saparrow.

I support the sparrow for her intelligence. I oppose the sparrow for using her intelligence to cheat others.

Interview your teacher and get her responses for the following questions.

  1. Why did you become a teacher?
  2. How do you come to school every day?
  3. Do you have any pets?
  4. What kinds of books do you like to read?
  5. What are your hobbies?

Look at the picture again. Describe the picture.


Some letter are missing in each word.

t ______ se


Some letter are missing in each word.

f ______ t


What do you think Alice saw in the garden?


What is the word that starts with 'c' , rhymes with ‘near’ and ‘fear’, and means easy to see, hear and understand?


Where did the tip of the tongue touch?


Do you think that –

Hiawatha liked learning new languages?


Have you seen

  1. a hippopotamus in a hat?
  2. a hen in a beehive?
  3. a helicopter with hair?
  4. a horse drink honey?

The word galore means in great numbers. Do you also have a class library or a school library which keeps many books? Can you borrow books?


All cultures have their own folk songs in which each line is repeated. This line is sung in a chorus. Sing a folk song in your own language.


Have you ever seen a puppet?


Tell the story of Pinocchio with actions.


Work in pairs and arrive at five points that bring out the benefits and challenges of living in either a nuclear family or a joint family. Share your views with your class.


‘Forgetfulness is the beginning of happiness’- Do you agree or disagree? Discuss in class.


As a friend of the narrator, describe how you would have behaved at the auction.


This phrase originates from the fable ‘The Monkey and the Cat’. Explain how Macavity contradicts the phrase ‘cat’s paw’.


On the occasion of World Environment Day, you have been asked to deliver a speech during morning assembly on the importance of tree planting. Write the speech in about 100 – 150 words.

  • Introduction
  • Suggested value points Pollution control – Medicine – Necessary for wildlife – Cause rainfall
  • Conclusion

Now use these ideas and prepare a speech on the topic ‘The importance of developing a positive attitude’ and deliver the speech in the school assembly


You are rushing to attend to an important work and you witness an accident on your way. Will you go to the rescue of the injured person? Share your views with the class.


Build a conversation for the following situation with a minimum of five exchange.

A father and his daughter about the advantages of the habit of newspaper reading.


Now, write a set of 8 to 10 instruction for the following situation.

A mother to her children, on safety measures to be taken before leaving home on vacation.


Now it’s your turn to speak against the motion “Wars create more problem than they solve.” Express your views with valid points.


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