Activity on Unit 6.1 Nation's Strength

Q.Read the given extract and do all the activities that follow.
                      What makes a nation’s pillars high

                      And it’s foundations strong?

                      What makes it mighty to defy

                      The foes that round it throng?

                       It is not gold. Its kingdoms grand

                       Go down in battle shock;

                       Its shafts are laid on sinking sand,

                       Not on abiding rock.

                       Is it the sword? Ask the red dust

                      Of empires passed away;

                      The blood has turned their stones to rust,

                      Their glory to decay.

A.1  Point Out                                                                                                                            (2)

        Point out the expressions from the extract that state:

       i) material wealth does not make the nation powerful and safe

       ii) rich kingdoms have been defeated and destroyed.

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A.2 Poetic Devices :                                                                                                                     (2)

                 'Their glory to decay'

       Name the figure of speech in the above line and find out the another example of the same.

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A.3 Personal Response :                                                                                                               (2)

       Explain your idea of a developed country.

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A.4 Poetic Creativity:                                                                                                                   (2)

        Ask the red dust, is it sword?

        of empires passed away;

        

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       Their glory to decay.

            The word order in the first line changed. Now complete the third line 

             to rhyme with the first line

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An Activity on Unseen Passage

Q.2 A) Read the following extract, read the first activity and do all the activities given below:                                                                                                                  

A1. Complete                                                                                                                              (2)

     Complete the following statement:

According to the writer the education means,

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Education is not all about studying and getting good marks. It is really nice to discover new things and increase our knowledge. Education is light of our life. Education is movement from darkness to light. It is the key feature to a bright future. It gives our thinking a different appearance and helps us keep away on our darkness and ignorance. It leads us to the path of the success.

    Un-educated people can be easily cheated, be-fooled. Many people in our country do not receive education because of poverty, lack of educational facilities or social conditions especially in case of girls. Education helps us in boosting up confidence, at the same time it opens new doors of success. Knowledge is never waste. Learning process must not end until death. If a man is educated the only individual is educated. But if a woman is educated the whole family is educated this will help to change the society as well as whole. Government also has taken up many programs for this purpose.

 An educated person has ability to differentiate between right and wrong. It is our foremost priority of a society to educate it's citizens. Focus should be on women's education because knowledge of women can bring change in a family and the society as a whole.

We must realize the importance of education. We must ensure that each citizen of our nation is educated, because education makes man perfect.

A2. Read the following statements and write down two statements which explain the theme of            the  extract                                                                                                                                (2)

1.     Education is studying books, passing exams and getting good grades.

2.     Education is continuous progress.

3.     Education is enlightenment and movement towards progress.

4.     Woman education is important for the social change.

A3. Give Reasons

  Education leads us to the path of success because                                                                (2)

A4. Vocabulary:                                                                                                                           (2)

  Find out the antonyms of the following words from the extract      

                                               

1. Wise                  X     --------------------------------------
2. Darkness           X     --------------------------------------
3. Knowledge       X    ---------------------------------------
4. Part                   X    ---------------------------------------

A5. Personal Response:                                                                                                               (2)

           Write any four advantages of education.

         

                                                           

A6. Grammar:                                                                                                                                (2)

           Do as directed

1.     We must realize importance of education    

                                     (Rewrite using ‘should’ ) 

2.      Education helps us in boosting up confidence, at the same time it opens new doors of success.                                                                       (Rewrite using ‘as well as’)

(B)  Write the brief summary of the above extract with help of the points given below and suggest a  suitable title                                                                                                              (3)

Cherry Tree by Ruskin Bond summary and analysis

(XI Std.)   2.1 Cherry Tree  by Ruskin Bond 

  Ice Breakers:

•      Trees are revered because:

          (a) They give us joy

          (b) They provide habitat for birds and many species

          (c)  Trees provide oxygen, fruits and shelter

          (d) They help to prevent soil erosion

          (e)  Trees keep environmental balance.

 Column A shows your involvement in growing a tree, as well as the stages in the life of a   tree. Column B shows the feelings you experience at all the stages. Match them appropriately.

Ans:

A	B
1. You planted a sapling.	You wanted to make a humble beginning.
2. You watered the plant.	You cared for it.
3. You saw the shoot for the first.	The new experience brought excitement to you.
4. You fenced the plant.	Your motive was to protect it.
5. The plant gradually saw lush green leaves grow on it.	The colour, symbolizing life, gave you a feeling of hope.
6. The tree had buds too.	Gave you a feeling of joy to see the promising future.
7. Birds made a nest on the tree which was fully grown and laden with flowers.	You were happy and satisfied because you experienced what you had often heard, that small beginnings can lead to great achievements.

About the Poet:

    Ruskin Bond is regarded as one of the prolific writers of Indian writings. Born in Kasauli, (Himachal Pradesh) in 1934, he grew up in Jamnagar (Gujarat), Dehradun, New Delhi and Shimla. his first novel The Room on the Roof written when he was seventeen and received the John Llewellyn Rhys Memorial Prize in 1957. Since then and he has written over 500 short stories essays and novellas and more than forty books for children. He was conferred 'Sahitya Akademi Award' in 1992 for Our Trees Still Grow In Dehra. He was also awarded the Padmashri in 1999 and Padma Bhushan in 2014.

Appreciation: 

Ruskin Bond being a worshiper of nature his poem Cherry Tree faithfully depicts environmental awareness grows in the child. The poem Cherry Tree is about the poet's ecstasy over a tree which is seeded eight years ago. He expresses his wonder at the ways of nature and how it takes care of itself to survive against all hindrances. Eight years ago the poet planted a cherry seed and he watered it daily but he was totally unaware of the fact that the cherry sapling needs special care to grow into a tree. Inspite of getting any special attention, by the end of May, the poet saw the cherry sapling sprouted into five months' small, young and fragile plant. It was suffered from all kinds of external dangers. Tall wild grass grew all around it, goats ate its leaves, the grass cutter cut into two mercilessly; its tender steam faced heavy monsoon and blight. But, despite all these obstacles/hindrances, the cherry tree had no intention of dying. By the next spring, the poet saw three new shoots growing out of it. The young tree struggled a lot for its existence and fiercely made an 'upward thrust' to get 'light and air and sun.'

The young poet was the eyewitness of its struggle and existence. The cherry plant blossoming into a tree as the time and the rain nourished the tree and like a miracle, the tree grew, too stubborn to give up. Then he left Kashmir to spend a season there. After a few months when he returned from Kashmir, he was overjoyed to find a six feet high cherry tree at his doorstep. A year passes by and the poet watches the tree in full bloom.
One day, the poet lies on the grass and describes the wonders of nature- the sky, finches, bees, crickets and blooming cherry tree. As the poet enjoyed the rapture of nature and felt himself akin with it, he marvelled at his own creation, the small cherry plant that has grown into a big tree over the span of eight years. 
  Thus, the poem gives us an underlying message about the tree's resilience and its determination to grow despite all odds. In the same way, humans too can overcome the obstacles that they face in life and become resilient like the cherry tree.

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Format of the Complaint Letter (HSC)

FORMAT OF COMPLAINT LETTER

Complaint Letter Format and Examples.

Write a complaint letter regarding  ----(Name of the problem)----in your locality / village.

Applicant’s  Name and Address

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To,
The ------------ Officer,

------------ Department,

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Subject: Regarding ----------------------------------

Respected / Dear Sir,

        We are totally four hundred families residing in our locality. We are facing a severe problem of----------------------- for the last three months in our locality.
       This -------------------------- causes ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

       We have already given many complaints to our local authority. They are always giving us empty promises. So, I request you to look into this matter personally. Kindly do the needful and oblige.

Thank you

Yours faithfully,

  X y z

Example: 01

Write a complaint letter regarding the overflow of drainage in your locality/village.

 Sanjay S.Patil

 Shradha Apartments,
Bitco Colony,
P.B. Road,
Shiroli, Kolhapur.  

13th February 2018

To,
The Public Health Officer,

Public Health and Sanitation Department,

Kolhapur.

Subject: Regarding the overflow of drainage.

Dear Sir,

        We are totally four hundred families residing in our locality. We are facing a severe problem of the overflow of drainage for the last three months in our locality.
       This overflow in drainage causes severe health problems and children playing outside the door have already affected by diarrhoea. Sometimes we feel vomiting and nausea.

        We have already given many complaints to our local authority. They are always giving us empty promises. So, I request you to look into this matter personally. Kindly do the needful and oblige.

Thank you,

Yours faithfully,

     

        (Sd/-)

Sanjay S.Patil

Activity sheet on A Tale of Many Cities

 Activity sheet on A Tale of Many Cities

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Activity Sheet on ' A TALE FOR MANY CITIES'

3.3 A Tale for many cities

                                                 Activity Sheet -01                 (HSC, July-2019, SET-C)

Q.1 (A) Read the first activity, read the extract and then do all the activities:                (12)

A1. Choose-

  Choose two sentences that appropriately mention the main idea of the extract:

1. Lack of planning and inadequate implementation of system in city development is the cause of poor quality of cities.
2. Urban renewal programme is updated frequently depending on changing needs of its people.
3. The citizens are not pro-actively involved when evolving master plans.
4. This extract concerns with protection and conservation of heritage.

Ans:

(Extract -Our urban planners------------------- educational and healthcare facilities too.

Page-63, 64.)

A2. Find out-

 Find out suggestions for good development of a city from the extract :

1. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
4. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

A3. Guess-

Read the following sentence:

          ‘The citizens need to involve pro-actively when evolving master plans.’  

The sentence means--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

A4. Vocabulary –

Give opposite meanings of the following words from the extract:

1. decrease          X       ------------------------------
2. functional        X       ------------------------------
3. remember        X       ------------------------------
4. unaffordable    X       ------------------------------

A5. Personal Response–

Suggest your ideas to change your city into a smart city.

Ans:

A6. Grammar-

Rewrite the following sentences in the ways instructed:

1. It needs to preserve and protect its heritage.

(Rewrite the sentences using ‘not only------------- but also’.)

Ans:

2. A city must provide equity.

(Rewrite the sentences using another modal auxiliary showing ‘ability’)

Ans:

Ref:
HSC Board examination, July 2019 Que.paper, SET-C.

Unit 3.4 Amachi Mumbai and I

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Activity on Unit 3.4 Amachi Mumbai and I

Unit 3.4  Amachi Mumbai and I        

Activity :01

Q.5 (A) Read the first activity, read the extract and then do all the activities.

A1. Complex factual/ Global understanding:

1. Write down the attractions of the following places with the information in the extract.

Sr.no.	Places	Attractions
1.	Asiatic library
2.	NCPA
3.	Wilson College
4.	Fort
5.	Fountain

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A1. Match the expressions under column ‘A’ with those of under column ‘B’:

Sr.no.	A		B
1.	Rainy season		a  The narrator’s old friends
2.	Palm trees		b. The narrator’s friend
3.	Celebrities		c. The narrator arrived in Mumbai
4.	The sea		d. Symbolize elasticity and humility

                                     Extract Page 68 & 69 (Like any other-------------everyday)

A2. Describe:

1. Describe the activities that the writer enjoyed in Mumbai.

A3. Complete:

    Complete the following sentence:

      The writer bids adieu because----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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A4. Vocabulary:

    Give one word for the following from the passage:

    1. appear suddenly :---------------------------------

    2. Very impressive  :---------------------------------

    3. attracted  :------------------------------------------

    4. making thorough research :---------------------

A5. Personal Response:

      'Mumbai' is known as a 'cosmopolitan city'. Explain.

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A6.  Grammar:

        1. I enjoyed so many performances.

                                                      ( Rewrite using 'used to' )       { March-2014}

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     2. They are teaching lessons of resilience and flexibility.

                                                            ( Change the voice)

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