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Subodh Public School2020-21

(Affiliation Number- 1730042, School Code- 10439)

Rambagh Crossing Jaipur Movers – 2 (VII)

Online Assignment – English (184) DETAILED LEARNING AND CONCEPT LEARNING

Date - April 3, 2020

Instructions:-

Read the chapter carefully

LITERATURE

CHAPTER- PUSHKAR

Dates to complete the topic- 3rd-8th April 2020

Revision Test on April 9, 2020

Learning Outcome :

The readers narrate stories (real or imaginary) and real life experiences.

Date-April 4, 2020

Instructions:-

• Read the chapter carefully

LITERATURE

CHAPTER- PUSHKAR( (Cont’d)

Date: April 5, 2020 (Sunday)

Instructions: o Read full chapter Pushkar studied on 3rd and 4th April.

o Understand and comprehend properly.

Date: April 6, 2020 ( Holiday- Mahavir Jayanti)

Instructions:

o Learn word meanings

Date- April 7, 2020

Instructions :-

o All work to be done in ruled A4

o Do the Question & Answers neatly.

o Leave one line after every answer.

o Learn all the word meanings from the text provided.

LITERATURE

CHAPTER- PUSHKAR

(Cont’d)

(Question &Answers)

1. Read these lines from the text and answer the questions:

a) We risked his appearance and told him what he wanted.

i) Whose appearance did the narrators risk?

Ans. The narrators risked the appearance of a dhaba owner from whose shop they

wanted to eat the delectable pakoras and jalebis.

ii) What was the problem with his appearance?

Ans. The dhaba owner looked very intimidating to the narrators. According to them he

had the physical build of a wrestler with expressions of the movie villain.

iii) Why did the narrators risk his appearance?

Ans. The narrators risked his appearance because the aroma of the frying pakoras and

the juicy, moist , golden jalebis reached them and they could not resist themselves from

eating them. So they approached him.

b) What an incredible sight !

i) Which sight are the narrators referring to ?

Ans. The narrators are referring to the panoramic view of the ghats with the

majestic Jayeshtha Pushkar lake spread on all three sides.

ii) Where were the narrators seated?

Ans. The narrators were seated on the elevated platform on the flat roof of a lake

side building.

iii) Describe their feelings in a sentence.

Ans The narrators felt ecstatic on seeing the view of the beautiful lake and the ghats.

Moreover, they also appreciated the devotion and beliefs of the people who had come

from far off to celebrate the auspicious day.

Date -April 8, 2020

Instructions :-

• All work to be done in ruled A4

• Do the Question & Answers neatly.

• Leave one line after every answer.

• Learn all the word meanings from the text provided.

LITERATURE

CHAPTER- PUSHKAR

1. Complete the following sentences:

a. The narrators went to the dhaba to taste the jalebis and then took a

photograph of the tourist sitting on a camel who looked very nervous.

b. They walked through the crowd, cheered during the camel race and the

turban tying competitions. They were thrilled to see the bike stunts at

the Well of Death.

c. Only then did they realize that an entire day had passed when they saw

the women shopping for jewellery and camels slurping water from a

trough and the shadows lengthening.

d. The village people offered to share their food with the narrators when

they travelled through their tented camps where they were cooking.

e. As they sat on the roof of the building overlooking the lake, they could

see the panoramic view of the ghats.

f. On the steps leading down to the the Jayeshtha Pushkar lake, hundreds

of men and women looked at the glowing eastern horizon, and the

moment when they could see the sun. They plunged into the water and

threw flowers into it. Then the pilgrims carried lamps and set them afloat

on the water. It was a ceremony of offering thanks for the year which

had gone by.

2. Do you think the Pushkar fair is full of contrasts? Give reasons for your

answer?

Ans. The Pushkar fair is full of contrasts. The old and the young jostle for space at

the same venue. The narrators saw a man with a mobile phone to his ear with

one hand, and the other, holding a chaukni . At the same fair , there were

motorbikes zooming around in a ‘Well of Death’ , while a few steps away people

were buying and selling camels – an older mode of transport.

Date-April 9, 2020

Instructions :

• Read the poem carefully

• Learn word meanings

• Understand the poem

POEM- THE SOLITARY REAPER

Dates to complete the topic: 9th-15th April 2020

Revision test on April 23, 2020

Learning outcome

• Critical Thinking

Date –April 10, 2020 (Holiday- Good Friday)

Instructions: o Memorise word meanings

Date –April 11, 2020

Instructions: o Learn word meanings o Understand the poem

POEM- THE SOLITARY REAPER

The Summary

‘The Solitary Reaper’ is a beautiful description of the poet’s personal experience. Once,

while passing through the hills of Scotland, a melodious song catches his attention. He

sees a young girl reaping and binding grain in a field. She is all alone and is singing a sad

song. The poet stops there to listen to her song. He makes no noise so that she is not be

disturbed.

The poet finds the song very enchanting and melodious. The entire valley is flooded with

her beautiful voice. The song is sweeter than the song of a cuckoo or a nightingale. The

poet then says that no nightingale could have sung so sweetly to welcome and soothe the

tired travellers of the Arabian deserts as the solitary reaper. Her song is sweeter than the

song of the cuckoo bird that disturbs the seas’ silence in the distant islands.

The poet cannot understand the theme of this reaper’s song as the dialect is quite

unfamiliar to him. So, he makes some guesses. Perhaps, she is singing about some

tragic event of the past or some familiar event of her life, like the loss of parting from the

dear ones. It could have been about some battles that were fought long ago.

Then the poet moves on to say that whatever is the theme of the song, the music of her

song and the melodious voice leaves the poet spellbound. He stands motionless to listen

to the girl’s song. It seemed as if the song was never ending. The poet listens to her as

she reaps and binds the grains bending over the sickle. Then the poet goes up the hill but

he carries the music of the melodious song with him. The song leaves an everlasting

impression on his mind and haunts him for long.

Date- April 12,2020 (Sunday)

Instructions: Understand and comprehend the poem with the help of the summary

Learn word meanings of the poem

Date -April 13, 2020

Instructions :

• All work to be done in ruled A4




POEM

THE SOLITARY REAPER - William Wordsworth

(Question & Answer)

1. What was the reaper doing when the speaker first saw her?

Ans. The speaker was cutting and binding stalks of grain in field. She was singing a

sad yet melodious song to herself while working.

2. Why does the speaker seem unsure about whether he wants to stay or move

on?

Ans. The speaker seems to be unsure about whether he wants to stay or move on

because he is enraptured by the beauty of the reaper’s song. She sings without being

conscious of any audience around her.

3. Why does the speaker compare the reaper’s song to that of a nightingale and

the cuckoo?

Ans. The speaker becomes completely captivated by the reaper’s song. He compares

her song to the calm and soothing notes of a nightingale’s song which relieves the

weariness of the travelers in the Arabian deserts. Her song echoes in the valley like

the song of the of the cuckoo whose song shatters the silence of the seas in the

remote areas. He feels that the reaper’s song is as beautiful and melodious as the

songs of the nightingale and the cuckoo.

4. Why is the speaker not sure about the theme of the song? What are the

alternatives he suggests?

Ans. The speaker is not sure about the reaper’s song because he is not familiar with

the language she was singing in. He imagines that the song could be about sad or

unfortunate distant events or about ancient battles. The song could also be about the

reaper’s pain sorrow or loss from which she is suffering at present.

Date- April 14, 2020 (Holiday-Ambedkar Jayanti)

Instructions:

Revise the Question & Answers of the Poem

Learn the Word meanings

Date- April 15, 2020

Instructions :

• All work to be done in ruled A4 sheet




POEM

THE SOLITARY REAPER - William Wordsworth(Cont’d)

I listened, motionless and still;

And,as I mounted up the hill,

The music in my heart I bore,

Long after it was heard no

more.

1. How did the speaker feel as he walk away from the scene?

Ans. The tune and music of the song stayed with him long after he had left the field.

The speaker says he carried the song in his heart even as he climbed the hill till he

could hear it no more.

2. Did the song affect the narrator greatly?

Ans. Yes the song affected the speaker greatly. In spite of not being familiar with the

language the reaper was singing in, he was deeply affected by the beauty of the

song’s tune and melody.

3. Write the rhyming scheme of the above stanza.

Ans. aa,bb

4. What is this poem about?

Ans. In this poem the poet describes an incident when, on one day of his walks in

Scotland, he came across a Highland girl singing melodiously as she cut and bound

the grain in the field. He tries to understand what she is singing about but the tune

affects him so deeply that he carries the music in his heart long after he has left the

scene.


Instructions :


• Do the work neatly.

• Leave one line after every literary device.

• Learn all the word meanings from the text provided

• Decorate the page with colours.

ART INTEGRATED LEARNING (AIL)

TOPIC- LITERARY DEVICES

Dates to complete the topic: 16th- 17th April 2020

Learning Outcomes:

Acquaint yourself with the ornamental language used by the poet and identity the

poetic devices used after thoroughly understanding the devices given below.

Simile In a simile, a comparison between two distinctly different things is indicated by the word 'like' or 'as'. For ex-

As idle as a painted ship.

He lifted his head from his drinking, as cattle do.

Metaphor 1. The standard or literal meaning of a word denoting a thing, quality or action is

applied to another in the form of a statement of identity instead of comparison. 2. The words 'like' & 'as' are not used. 3. The poet does not say that one object is like another. He says it is another.

For ex-

Now I am a lake.

All the world is a stage. Example to distinguish between the two

She is like a red rose. (Similie)

She is a red rose. (Metaphor)

Onomatopoeia

It refers to the process of creating a word that phonetically imitates, resembles, or

suggests the sound that it describes. Common onomatopoeias include animal noises

such as "oink", "meow", "roar" and "chirp".

For ex-

Ticktock, ticktock… the sound of the clock was all that could be heard in the

hospital waiting room.

Quack, quack went the ducks as we threw them our stale bread.


Instructions :


• Do the work neatly.

• Leave one line after every literary device.

• Decorate the page with colours.


LITERARY DEVICES (Cont’d)

Personification

Personification is the poetic practise of attributing human qualities, a character or

personality to an inanimate or non-human being such that they appear to be living human

beings.

For ex-

• Out of the sea came he. (The Sun)

Alliteration

It is “the repetition of usually consonant sounds in a sequence of words- only when the

recurrent sound occurs in a conspicuous position at the beginning of a word or a stressed

syllable within a word.”

For ex-

• When wasteful wars. /w/ sound is repeated.

• Neither stones, nor prayers, nor sticks. /n/ and /s/ are repetition.

Rhyme Scheme

A rhyme scheme is the pattern of sounds that repeats at the end of a line or stanza.

Rhyme schemes can change line by line, stanza by stanza, or can continue throughout a

poem.

For ex-

• The rhyme scheme ABAB means the first and third lines of a stanza, rhyme with

each other, and the second line rhymes with the fourth.


Instructions : EXTRA MARKS -NOTICE

Read and comprehend Notice

Keep in mind *Points to remember *

GRAMMAR- NOTICE WRITING Dates to complete the topics: 18th – 22nd April 2020

Revision Test on- April 23, 2020

Learning outcome-

Understand the context for various types of writing

Date – April 19, 2020 (Sunday)

Instructions:

• Revise notice and memorize the rules to be followed while drafting a

notice.


Instructions : All work to be done in ruled A4 sheet

Do the work neatly.

Notice to be written in a square box.

Understand and remember the format of a notice for the next assignment

GRAMMAR- NOTICE (Cont’d)

Format of a Notice

Name of the Institution/Organization

NOTICE

Date

Suitable Heading /Title

Content with relevant information

Word limit – 50 words

No Grammatical errors

Signature

Name

Designation

Date - April 21, 2020


Do the work neatly.

Copy the question also


Full notice should come on one page. (Notice is never broken into 2 pages)

Notice Writing (Cont’d)

1. To celebrate Basant Panchmi Uttrayan, your school is organizing a ‘Kite-

flying Competition’. As the School Pupil Leader of your school, write a notice

in about 50 words for the school notice -board.

St. Francis School, Rohtak

NOTICE

April 20,2020

Kite -Flying Competition

To celebrate Basant Panchami Uttrayan the school is organizing a Kite Flying

Competition on 30th April 2020 in the School Playground from 11.00 a. m to 2.00 p. m.

There are prizes for the top three kite-fliers. Interested students should submit their names

to the undersigned latest by 25th

April 2020.

Rohnish

Rohnish Sharma

(School Pupil Leader)



Do the work neatly.

Copy the question also.

Draft a notice for the following question in your own words.


Full notice should come on one page. (Notice is never broken into 2 pages)

Notice Writing (Cont’d)

1. You are Rahul Sharma, Secretary, Cleanliness Club of MM Public School,

Sudershan Vichar, New Delhi. Your school has taken the initiative to start a

door-to-door awareness drive next week to rid the city of polybags. Write a

notice informing the students about the drive and requesting them to join it.

Do not use more than 50 words. Put the notice in a box.

Date- April 23, 2020 Quarantine Fun! Instructions: • Make a poster on a A4 sheet. • Give the title GO CORONA. • Poster can include pictures, graphics or drawings. • Use sketch pens, gel pens and colours to enhance your poster. • You can use the hints given below:

1. Wear masks 2. Wash your hands 3. Maintain 1 meter distance with people around you and practise social

distancing 4. Dab while coughing or sneezing 5. Avoid touching eyes, nose or mouth…. Etc.

Learning Outcome Testing the creativity and knowledge of the students on measures to be taken to prevent themselves from CORONA VIRUS.

ART INTEGRATED LEARNING (AIL)

TOPIC- COLLAGE MAKING (Pushkar)

Instructions: • All work to be done in ruled A4 sheet • Do the work neatly • Draw or paste the pictures from newspapers, old books or magazines

Learning outcome: Enhanced the knowledge about the various culture, custom and tradition of Rajasthan.

1. India is one of the most diverse countries in the world with cultural, social and religious diversity. Make a collage of various festivals, food and dresses of the people of Rajasthan.

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