THE BROOK EXTRA QUESTIONS

THE BROOK EXTRA QUESTIONS

Q1:    Where does the brook begin?

A  Place frequented by coots and herns.

Q2    Which is the last place to be visited by the brook?

A    Philip's farm is the last place to be visited by the brook. 

Q3 When is the brook specially noisy?

A    When it flows over stones.

Q4 What are the two things the brook is always doing?

A    Moving and making sounds are the two things the brook is always doing.

Q5Name some things that float down all streams (Use your imagination).

A  Flowers, leaves, twigs, insects, fishes.

Q 6 Why is the water described as silvery?

A   The sun shines on the water making it sparkle like white silver.

Q 7 Why is gravel said to be golden?

A   It is yellow and brown in colour.

 Read the extracts given below and answer the Questions that follow 

I come from haunts of coot and tern,
I make a sudden sally,
And sparkle out among the fern,
To bicker down a valley.

a) What is the birth place of the Brook?

b) How does the Brook emerge after its birth?

c) Why does it 'bicker down a valley'?

    a)The birth place of the Brook is actually the haunt of water birds like the coot and the tern.

b)The Brook gushes out in a sudden sally after its birth.

c) It (the Brook) seems to bicker down a valley because it flows down a hilly terrain. When the water flows over such a terrain, it creates a lot of noise. This noise is described as 'bicker'.

By thirty hills I hurry down,
Or ship between the ridges
By twenty thropes, a little town,
And half a hundred bridges.

a) How does the Brook seem to move?

b) What are the things that the Brook passes by before it joins the brimming river?

  a) The Brook seems to move very hurriedly by hills and seems to slip between the ridges as it flows.

b) It passes hills, thropes, a little town, several bridges and Philip's farm before it joins the brimming river.

Q

I chatter over stony ways,
In little sharps and trebles,
I bubble into eddying bays,
I babble on the pebbles.

a) How does the brook flow on a stony path?

b) What is the figure of speech used in the last two lines?

  a) The Brook creates a chattering sound when it flows on a stony path.

b) The poet has used alliteration with the use of the consonant sound 'b'. This produces a musical sound effect.

FORMAL LETTERS

FORMAL LETTERS ,FOR PRACTICE

1). Road rage is criminally violent behaviour which causes accidents

or incidents on the road. Road rage takes on forms like speeding,

switching lanes, honking to terrorize other drivers or pedestrians on

the street. The reasons could be drugs, alcohol, and affluent

background. Read the information given above and write a letter

to the editor of a newspaper on the topic: Road rage – an urban

monster ’ Contents

Reasons leading to road rage:

1. driving at a slow speed of 20 km/hr in the overtaking lane

2. overtaking from the wrong side

3. honking to push someone else to go faster

4. cutting across from the extreme left to take a right turn

5. using obscene gestures while driving

How one can avoid becoming a victim

1. Stay in the car

2. Avoid making eye contact

3. Never respond to an obscene gesture in a negative manner

4. Keep a sorry sign in the car and don’t hesitate to hold it up when there is a need

5. Follow traffic rules

6. If you are being harassed, approach a traffic policeman

2.)The world we live in today is weighed down by the evils of violence

and crime. Psychopaths often target innocent young children and

cause irreparable harm to their minds and bodies. You feel that

introducing martial training in schools could be one solution to this

problem. Write a letter to the Editor of a newspaper on the topic- ‘Need for compulsory martial art training in schools’ in 150 words.

THE BROOK--STANZA BASED QUESTIONS

THE BROOK

I.                 From the first stanza

 Questions

1.How does the brook flow after taking its 'birth' ?

2• Which birds frequent the place where the brook takes its birth ?

3. How does the brook now down the valley ?

Answers

1. It flows hurriedly.

2.Coots and herns.                                                                                                                

3. It flows down the valley with a noise.

II.By thirty hills I hurry down,
Or slip between the ridges, By twenty thorpes, a little town, And half a hundred bridges,
Questions
1.      What come the way of the brook ?
2. What does "Twenty thorpes' here mean ?
3. What is the poetic device used here ? Answers
1. Hills, ridges, thorpes, farms etc. 2. It means twenty small villages or hamlet, 3. Alliteration.
III. Till last by Philip's farm I flow To join the brimming river,
For men may come and men may go,
But I go on forever Questions I. Where does the brook flow before joining the river? 2. What is the 'destiny' of man mentioned here? 3. What does 'I go on forever' mean ? Answers   I. By Philip's farm 2. Taking birth and dying S'..JOO < 3. I will go on flowing forever.

HOW I TAUGHT MY GRANDMOTHER

HOW I TAUGHT MY GRANDMOTHER

SOME MORE EXTRACT BASED QUESTIONS

Q4 The amount of homework she did was amazing. she would read, repeat, write and recite.

Questions-

a)who is ‘she’ in the above lines?what home work is being talked about here?

b)why was she so keen on doing the home work?

c)what does this extract reveal about the character of ‘she’?

Q5 my grandmother called me to the pooja place and made me sit down on a stool. she gave me a gift of a frock material. then she did something unusual.

Questions—

a)who is the speaker here?

b)why did the grandmother make the speaker sit on a stool?

c)what was that, that was ‘something unusual‘ done by her?

Q6 it is the story of an old lady and her desire to go to kasha or Varanasi.

Questions—

a)who is this old lady?

b)why did she want to go to kasha?

c)why did the old lady not go to kashi?

SHORT  QUESTIONS

Q 1 why did the grandmother identify herself with the main character of her novel ‘kashi yatre’?

Q2 why could Krishtakka not go to school and learn to read?

Q3 what reason did grandma give for women not being educated?

Q4 what did the grandmother do to be literate? how was she successful?

Q5 when did the grandmother realize the worth and value of being literate?

Q6how did the grandmother treat her granddaughter as her worthy teacher?

VALUE BASED QUESTIONS

Q1 suppose you are sudha murthy. write a letter to your friend telling her how and why you taught your grandmother to read and write.(120 words)

GUIDELINES FOR INTEGRATED PROJECT

1.Project is all about application of theoretical knowledge for real life use. Hence Introduction of the project must  clearly state the purpose and objective of taking up /choosing a particular topic . (English language to be used.)

2. While providing historical background  & introductory descriptions for the chosen topic languages Hindi/Sanskrit to be used.

3. During presentation all team members will be asked questions related to team dynamics in order to assess their life skills.

4..Min 2 charts/posters/collage to be prepared where Art teacher can also grade the child.

5. Anticipating the challenges of 21st century , the  students must adopt environment friendly ways to prepare the project presentation. ICT(PPT/movie) presentation  which will not only satisfy one of the rubrics(an innovation again to satisfy Podar's new  mission statement)- environment friendly work -- it will also allow  assessment n grading in  IT  through work education.

6. Use of English language skills will be assessed in the following way:
A) writing & grammar skills through written text
B) listening comprehension  skills through listening to the questions from panelists and audiences and showing correct understanding by answering correctly.
C)Speaking skills through oral presentation  in English on the topic.

7. Project topic must be chosen and dealt with in such a manner that Social studies( History+Civics+Geography),Science and Math application can be shown with justification.

8. Conclusion of the project must prove the extent to which initial objectives are fulfilled. 
Concrete future recommendations on the topic/issue will be the yard stick for awarding the highest grade to a group.

9. Each group can be given 15 min for a smart and impactful presentation in front of assessment panel.

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