WINTER HOLIDAY HOME WORK (IX A & X A ,B, C )

Students of class X A,B,C & IX A 

1 Complete the Grammar book ( AII REMAINING UNITS)
2 Read the last two units of the MCB and do the exercises in the book only
3 Download  and do the assignments 1,2,& 3 and Paste in your grammar note book
(FROM THE BLOG)

4 Read lesson VIRTUALLY TRUE and prepare 7-10 questions for class quiz
 (ONLY FOR CLASS X A,B ,C)

5 Practice for PSA

ASSIGNMENT 1 CLASS IX & X

1. Choose the most appropriate option from the ones given below to complete the following 
passage. 

 A three year - old tigress at Bandhavagarh National Park (a) __________ under mysterious
circumstances. A group of tourists (b) __________ the injured tigress near the Tata range of the
reserve and (c) __________ the park officials. The tigress (d) __________ in the morning. This
(e) __________ the 18th tiger death (f) __________ in the country since January. The shocking
incident (g) __________ at a time when nationwide tiger census (h) _________ completion.


(a) (i) died (ii) had died (iii) has died (iv) was dead
(b) (i) observed (ii) noticed (iii) had spotted (iv) spotted.
(c) (i) will have informed (ii) informed (iii) had informed (iv) has informed
(d) (i) was being seen (ii) was noticed (iii) were seen (iv) was found
(e) (i) is (ii) was (iii) had been (iv) has been
(f) (i) reported (ii) occurred (iii) happened (iv) had been
 occurred
g) (i) is coming (ii) has come (iii) had come (iv) was coming
(h) (i) can reach (ii) will reach (iii) has reached (iv) is nearing

2. Given below are the instructions on how to make tea. Refer to the given notes and 
complete the paragraph. Below the paragraph, four choices are suggested for each blank. 
Find and write the most appropriate option for each blank 

Pour water in a pan – Heat it till it boils – Put tea leaves, sugar and cardamom – Add milk to it –
Heat it – After boiling , pour it into cups – Serve it hot.

To prepare tea water is poured in a pan. It (a) ________________ till it boils. Tea leaves, sugar
and cardamom (b) _____________________ into the boiling water. Milk is then (c)
______________________ and the concoction is further heated. After boiling, it (d)
_______________ into cups and then served hot.

 (a) (i) is heating (ii) was heated (iii) will be heated (iv) is heated
 (b) (i) is put (ii) are put (iii) is being put (iv) was put
(c) (i) being added (ii) adding (iii) is added (iv) added
 (d) (i) poured into cups (ii) was poured (iii) is being poured (iv) is poured


3. Read the conversation given below and report the dialogues between Sonu and Monu 
 by completing the passage that follows. 

Sonu : I’m dying, Monu.
Monu : Well, do me a favour after you reach heaven.
Sonu : What do you want me to do ?
Monu : Tell me if they play cricket in heaven.
 Sonu dies and Monu sees him in his dream.
 Sonu : There is one good and one bad news for you. The good news is that they play
 cricket here, and the bad news is that it is your turn to bowl tomorrow!

 Sonu told Monu that he was dying. Monu asked Sonu (i) __________ after he reached heaven.
Sonu asked (ii) __________ . Monu told Sonu (iii) __________ . After his death Sonu came in
Monu‟s dream and said that there was one good and one bad news for him. The good news
was that they played cricket there and the bad one was that (iv) _________.

GRAMMAR ASSIGNMENT 3 (IX & X)

Q 1.Complete the passage given below by writing the correct word: 

When you smile the world smiles (a)_______ you. (b)___________smile can help
you make friends. And your self esteem(c)_______ a boost if you can flash
bright(d)_________ teeth when you (e)________. That is (f)____________teeth
whitening procedures are getting popular.


Q2. Change the following conversation into indirect speech: 

Kutchu: Where have I kept my briefcase?
Mrs. Kutchu: You kept it on the bookcase yesterday.
Kutchu: Dear. Do you know where my glasses are?
Mrs Kutchu: You are so forgetful. They are on the bridge of your nose.


Q3. Rearrange the following words into meaningful sentence: 

a) so smile/a happy one/ each moment/ life has/ to offer/much/ and make
b) vicissitudes of life/ are left embittered/ as winners/everyone/while
some/experiences/some emerged
c) it/a healthy smile/ is said/to get/it takes/the ball rolling/is all

Q4. The following passage has not been edited. There is one error in each line. 
Underline the error and write the incorrect and correct word in your worksheet: 

                                                         Incorrect            Correct

a) we pray to temples, organise           _________         ______
b) jagrans, offered dakshinas to priests _________        ______
c) employ remedied along the evil eye _________          ______
d) yet we did not find happiness. Visiting _________      ______
e) temples, chant mantras, worshipping _________         ______
f) deities could help only if we can manage _________    ______
to keep our mind under control.

Q5. Use the information in the headlines to complete the sentences: 

a) FOUR HURT IN BLAST
Four ____________________________ when a gas cylinder ____________
in Sultanpur on Friday afternoon.


b) 42 ROBERRY CASES CRACKED; 4 HELD

A gang of robbers comprising four persons __________________________
by a team of police officials from the special staff. They were allegedly
involved in forty- two cases of robbery

THE SONG OF THE RAIN (SUMMARY)

The Summary :
Rain is dotted silver threads dropped from heaven by Gods which Nature takes away to adorn her fields and valleys. the rain falls in a rapid succession one after the other and appears like dotted silver threads . 

She is beautiful pearls plucked by the Daughter of the Dawn from a Sovereign's crown to embellish her gardens. The rain is plucked from the crown of Ishtar . Ishtar is the goddess of fertility,love,sex and it is significant as rain enhances or adds to the fertility of nature . 

The clouds and fields are lovers and she is a messenger between them. By pouring out she cures the cloud, and by coming down she quenches the thirst of the field. Also the rain is a messenger of mercy rather than a messenger of love as rain is natures merciful blessing on earth . 

The voice of thunder declares her arrival and the rainbow her departure. When she cries coming down, the hills laugh and when she reaches down, the flowers rejoice; and when she has seeped down deep into the soil, all things are elated. 

She emerges from the heart of the Sea and soars with the Breeze. When she sees a field in need, she descends and downpours and embraces the flowers and trees in her own million little ways. This describes some parts of the water cycle. 

In human houses, she touches the windows with soft gentle fingers and all can hear her welcome song which only the sensitive can understand. She is born out of the heat in the air which in her turn she kills, exactly as a woman overcomes a man with the strength she takes from him. 

Rain is the sigh of the sea, the laughter of the field and the tears of the Heaven and Love. One will wonder how scientific Kahlil Gibran was. The sea heaves a sigh of sadness as a part of it is leaving from it. It heaves a sigh of relief as it will be coming back to it in the form of rain . It is the laughter of the field as the field is filled with joy when rain falls on its parched surface, thus replenishing it. The heavens shed tears as the rain, which has been a part of it for some time in the clouds, is leaving it. It is as if he has entered the very soul of the Rain to sing on her behalf. This song is only one of Gibran's hilarious and exquisite creations. 

Kahlil Gibran's song of the rain is a song sung by the rain which describes the joyful journey of rain.The life of rain is more like a life of a human being 

Class IX

Complete the unit LINKERS in the grammar book and bring on 6/11/13

HAVE A HAPPY & SAFE DIWALI

,

MAY THE JOY, CHEER

MIRTH AND MERRIMENT

OF THIS DIVINE FESTIVAL

SURROUND YOU FOREVER.

MAY THE HAPPINESS,

THAT THIS SEASON BRINGS

BRIGHTEN YOUR LIFE

AND, HOPE THE YEAR

BRINGS YOU LUCK

AND FULFILLS ALL YOUR

DEAREST DREAMS!

HAPPY DIWALI…..

Allocation of Weightage to four sections in English Language Paper CLASS IX

Allocation of Weightage to four sections in English Language Paper and Weightage for 
                                                class IX  for 2013-14 only  

   

Written Examination   

    Reading                                    20 marks
 
   Writing & Grammar                 25 marks

   Lit & Novel                               25 marks


    ASL                                         20 marks

   Total                                         90 marks

   OTBA                                      10 marks

   Total ( S.A -II)                        100 marks

A SHADY PLOT

TEXT BOOK ANSWERS

Answer 4

(i) (d) working as an accountant in a lumber company.

(ii) (b) he was always able to write a ghost story whenever he had to write

(iii) (a) fear

(iv) (d) stop people from using the Ouija board

(v) (d) anxiety

(vi) (b) ironic

(vii) (d) the ghost materialising in sections.

(viii) (c) she is afraid of magic and hoodoo

one

Answer 5

(a) Jenkins had always called upon Hallock whenever he wanted a ghost story to be published in his magazine. John’s ghosts were live propositions as Jenkins called them. This time again Jenkins wanted
Hallock to come up with another supernatural thriller, which would give the readers horrors and that is what the public wanted too.

(b) The narrator lacked the self confidence as he himself talked of how he didn’t specialise in ghost stories; instead, he said that the ghost stories specialised in him. His first story had been a ghost fiction too; however,
for that also he had to chase inspiration in vain for months. This all shows that the narrator was, though natural, an accidental ghost fiction

(c) Helen and other co-ghosts organised The Writer’s Insipiration Bureau because they felt there were many writers without ideas, however, with a vulnerable mind who were looking for an inspiration to write ghost
stories. The bureau would assign a ghost to such a writer so that he/she could write good ghost stories.

(d) Helen provided inspiration to the narrator to write ghost stories. She and co-ghosts were going on a strike because they were tired of answering questions of Ouija board fanatics. They felt they were disturbed toooften to answer silly questions. She urged the narrator to influence his friends and acquaintances to stop using the Ouija board. It was on this condition she promised to help the narrator to write stories.

(e) Helen tells the narrator that she had helped him write his ghost stories. She tells the narrator of the many times when she had leaned on the narrator’s shoulder and had given him ideas, when he was thinking hard
while writing a ghost story. Helen tries to tell the narrator that had she not been there for him as a muse, he would not have been able to write good ghost stories.

(f) Lavina is a sensitive woman and is subject to hysterics. If she sees John talking to a ghost she would lose it all. Lavinia is crazy about every new fashion and fad, so much feminine in nature that John fears the thought of how she would react in such a situation.

(g) Helen, the ghost, had asked the narrator to influence his friends to stop using the Ouija board. It was only on this condition that Helen promised to help the narrator to write ghost stories. If Helen sees him now himself trying to communicate ghosts through Ouija board, he fears how and what she would do to him. That is why the narrator was reluctant to be a partner to Laura Hinkle during the Ouija Board party.

(h) Helen called John a traitor as he bluffs her. He had promised Helen that he would convince his friends to stop contacting ghosts; rather here he himself was doing the same. She is annoyed and filled with anguish
and so goes to everyone’s Ouija board one by one and tells that Mr. Hallock is a traitor. After this revelation everybody suspected John of cheating upon his wife, later John clarified to his wife and she even understood.

(i) The narrator felt that everybody in the room was looking at him suspiciously. That is why he called the assembly of women “manipulators”. The women were not manipulating things. However,
they were just reporting what was happening at their Ouija Board.

(j) John’s wife is angry because she, like other women, believed what thespirit said through the Ouija board, about her husband. A woman even reported that Helen has called John a traitor. Lavinia thought that her
husband was cheating on her. She decided to go to her grandmother’s house. She also decided to separate from her husband.

(k) John wished he was dead because a brief meeting with a ghost had created such situations that he was about to lose his wife, whom he loved dearly; it destroyed his happiness and home.

(l) John assures his wife that his flirtations with Helen the ghost are above board. He tries to tell her that whatever that has happened between him and Helen is over the board of Ouija and there was nothing that he wished to hide from his wife; in fact there was nothing to tell.

(m) John thought that his wife would become hysterical if she saw the ghost Helen; however, when the encounter happened, she confidently spoke to the ghost and was not at all scared of it.

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A SHADY PLOT

The story is in first person narrative describing a ghost story writer. The writer is urged by his friend to write a new ghost story for his magazine. When he begins to write, a she-ghost, Helen, descends and says that all the ghosts are going on leave and that thye be not disturbed by people like him. She explains that it is actually these people who have been helping all the writers to get new plots to write on. At noon, while he is still trying to work on a story, his wife Lavina brings a Ouija Board home and announces her party with the women from her Book Club. The writer, drowned in consternation by her declaration, tries to convince Lavina, his wife, to drop the idea. However, his wife made him a partner of Laura Hinkle, one of the women from the Book Club who is quiet fond of Mr. Hallock (the author), to work on one of the Ouija boards. Though he tried to resist, his wife paid no heed. When the spirit descended, Laura asked it to tell something, the pointer started moving towards the letters to point out the word 'TRAITOR '. Bewildered, the writer had nothing to say so his partner asked the spirit to explain itself more fully. In response, the spirit spelt 'ASK HIM '. That was when the author realised that it was actually Helen who was trying to interact with them. Unable to explain, the author felt miserable and his wife Lavina, who was already going ballistic threatened to walk out on him. The scene then shifts back to his room when he is in a mournful state and Helen re-appears and asks him of when his wife would get rid of the Ouija Board. However, Lavina entered to bid him bye. She felt the queerness about him and demanded like a boss what was he trying to conceal behind him and thrusted him aside only to see the ghost lady Helen. She was flabbergasted, and then she realised that she had speculated all wrongs that her husband was possibly flirting with Helen of troy over the Ouija Board. Finally the ghost departed and Lavina apologised to her husband.

CBSE CIRCULAR Change in date for conduct of Problem solving Assessment (PSA)

                            CBSE/Dir(ART&I)/2013/ Dated: 8th August, 2013

                          All Heads of Institutions Circular No. Acad-52/2013affiliated to CBSE

Subject: Change in date for conduct of Problem solving Assessment (PSA)

for classes IX and XI for academic session 2013-14

in Summer Bound Schools

Dear Principal

This has reference to an earlier circular No.35 dated 29th May,2013 with regard to conduct of Problem Solving Assessment (PSA)for classes IX and XI in summer Bound schools on 10th January,2014. The Board has received number of requests informing that some schools are likely to remain closed during that period till 15th January, 2014 due to prolonged winter vacations. The board has also been requested that the said examination may be conducted on any date after 15th January,2014.

Keeping in mind all such requests and convenience of the schools, the date of conduct of Problem Solving Assessment for classes IX and XI has been changed from 10th January,2014 to 18th January,2014 (Saturday). It may also be noted that the date for conduct of PSA for winter closing school remains as 19thOctober, 2013 as notified earlier through circular No.36 dated 29th May,2013.

You are requested to take a note of the above change in date for conduct of PSA for the session 2013-14 and all concerned may be informed according.

Thanking you

Yours faithfully

Dr. Sadhana Parashar

Director (ART&I)

Problem Solving Assessment

 Problem Solving Assessment

 Salient features of this test will be as follows:
 It will be compulsory for all students of classes IX and XI.
 It will comprise of 60 items of MCQ type and will carry 60 marks.
 The examination will be held from 10.00 AM to 12.00 Noon.
 There is no specific syllabus for this test. It will assess life skills related to the following
elements:
 Language conventions
 Qualitative Reasoning
 Quantitative Reasoning
 The items will incorporate assessment of 21st Century skills such as Creative Thinking,
Decision-making, Critical Thinking, Problem Solving and Communication skills that lead to
greater success at higher education as well as real life situations. These items will be
assessing students’ ability to process, interpret and use information rather than merely
assessing students’ prior subject knowledge.
 The assessment in language will contain items that will assess grammar, usage, vocabulary in
context and passage-completion.
 The items will be prepared in Hindi as well as English.
 PSA score will be counted towards FA4 which is 10% of total assessments for class-IX. This
score will be reflected equally in one language (English or Hindi), Mathematics, Science and
Social Science. Class-XI students will be issued a separate certificate for the same.
 All those students of classes X and XII (who appeared in PSA while studying in classes IX
and XI during the previous session) who wish to improve in PSA may be allowed to do so.
Related information may be indicated clearly at the time of submission of the List of
Candidates for 2014 annual examination.
 There will be no separate registration for appearing in PSA.

CLASS- IX TOPIC : LITERATURE

Read the following extracts given below and answer the questions that follow in one or two lines only.
Q1. And draw them all along, and flow 
 To join the brimming river 
 For men may come and men may go, 
 But I go on for ever 
1. What does ‘them’ refer to? 
2. What does the word brimming signify? 
3. Which poetic device is used in last two lines? 
Q2. Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, 
 And sorry I could not travel both 
 And be one traveler, long I stood 
 And looked down one as far as I could 
 To where it bent in the undergrowth; 
1. Why does the poet feel sorry? 
2. What is the poet talking about in this stanza? 
3. “…., long I stood’ what does this line mean? 
4. Why is the wood yellow?
 Q3 “She gave me a gift of a frock material. Then she did something unusual”. 
1. What was the occasion of the gift? 
2. What was ‘unusual’? 
3. She performed two acts - one expressing love and the other showing respect, respectively. What 
were they? 
 Q4 Answer the following questions in about 50-60 words each. 
1. How does onomatopoeia help in the poem ‘The Brook’?
2. Why do you think the poet lets the brook describe its journey rather than describing it himself? 
3. What is the dilemma faced by the poet-traveller? 
4. In what manner did the second road had a better claim? 
5. Why is Kashi Yatre important for Hindus? 
6. Describe grandmother as a student? 
Q5 Answer the following question in 100-120 words (VALUE BASED QUESTION) 
“Elders never touch the feet of youngsters. We have always touched the feet of God, elders and teachers. We consider that as a mark of respect. It is a great tradition but today the reverse had happened” What had happened? Discuss the values you imbibe from this episode? 

GULLIVER'S TRAVELS-CHARACTERS

Gulliver -  The narrator and protagonist of the story. Although Lemuel Gulliver’s vivid and detailed style of narration makes it clear that he is intelligent and well educated, his perceptions are naïve and gullible. He has virtually no emotional life, or at least no awareness of it, and his comments are strictly factual. Indeed, sometimes his obsession with the facts of navigation, for example, becomes unbearable for us, as his fictional editor, Richard Sympson, makes clear when he explains having had to cut out nearly half of Gulliver’s verbiage. Gulliver never thinks that the absurdities he encounters are funny and never makes the satiric connections between the lands he visits and his own home. Gulliver’s naïveté makes the satire possible, as we pick up on things that Gulliver does not notice.

The emperor -  The ruler of Lilliput. Like all Lilliputians, the emperor is fewer than six inches tall. His power and majesty impress Gulliver deeply, but to us he appears both laughable and sinister. Because of his tiny size, his belief that he can control Gulliver seems silly, but his willingness to execute his subjects for minor reasons of politics or honor gives him a frightening aspect. He is proud of possessing the tallest trees and biggest palace in the kingdom, but he is also quite hospitable, spending a fortune on his captive’s food. The emperor is both a satire of the autocratic ruler and a strangely serious portrait of political power.

The farmer -  Gulliver’s first master in Brobdingnag. The farmer speaks to Gulliver, showing that he is willing to believe that the relatively tiny Gulliver may be as rational as he himself is, and treats him with gentleness. However, the farmer puts Gulliver on display around Brobdingnag, which clearly shows that he would rather profit from his discovery than converse with him as an equal. His exploitation of Gulliver as a laborer, which nearly starves Gulliver to death, seems less cruel than simpleminded. Generally, the farmer represents the average Brobdingnagian of no great gifts or intelligence, wielding an extraordinary power over Gulliver simply by virtue of his immense size.

The queen -  The queen of Brobdingnag, who is so delighted by Gulliver’s beauty and charms that she agrees to buy him from the farmer for 1,000 pieces of gold. Gulliver appreciates her kindness after the hardships he suffers at the farmer’s and shows his usual fawning love for royalty by kissing the tip of her little finger when presented before her. She possesses, in Gulliver’s words, “infinite” wit and humor, though this description may entail a bit of Gulliver’s characteristic flattery of superiors. The queen seems genuinely considerate, asking Gulliver whether he would consent to live at court instead of simply taking him in as a pet and inquiring into the reasons for his cold good-byes with the farmer. She is by no means a hero, but simply a pleasant, powerful person.

Flimnap -  The Lord High Treasurer of Lilliput, who conceives a jealous hatred for Gulliver when he starts believing that his wife is having an affair with him. Flimnap is clearly paranoid, since the possibility of a love affair between Gulliver and a Lilliputian is wildly unlikely. Flimnap is a portrait of the weaknesses of character to which any human is prone but that become especially dangerous in those who wield great power.

Glumdalclitch -  The farmer’s nine-year-old daughter, who is forty feet tall. Glumdalclitch becomes Gulliver’s friend and nursemaid, hanging him to sleep safely in her closet at night and teaching him the Brobdingnagian language by day. She is skilled at sewing and makes Gulliver several sets of new clothes, taking delight in dressing him. When the queen discovers that no one at court is suited to care for Gulliver, she invites Glumdalclitch to live at court as his sole babysitter, a function she performs with great seriousness and attentiveness. To Glumdalclitch, Gulliver is basically a living doll, symbolizing the general status Gulliver has in Brobdingnag.

Gulliver's Travels

Gulliver's Travels is an adventure story (in reality, a misadventure story) involving several voyages of Lemuel Gulliver, a ship's surgeon, who, because of a series of mishaps en route to recognized ports, ends up, instead, on several unknown islands living with people and animals of unusual sizes, behaviors, and philosophies, but who, after each adventure, is somehow able to return to his home in England where he recovers from these unusual experiences and then sets out again on a new voyage.

Book I: When the ship Gulliver is traveling on is destroyed in a storm, Gulliver ends up on the island of Lilliput, where he awakes to find that he has been captured by Lilliputians, very small people — approximately six inches in height. Gulliver is treated with compassion and concern. In turn, he helps them solve some of their problems, especially their conflict with their enemy, Blefuscu, an island across the bay from them. Gulliver falls from favor, however, because he refuses to support the Emperor's desire to enslave the Blefuscudians and because he "makes water" to put out a palace fire. Gulliver flees to Blefuscu, where he converts a large war ship to his own use and sets sail from Blefuscu eventually to be rescued at sea by an English merchant ship and returned to his home in England.

Book II: As he travels as a ship's surgeon, Gulliver and a small crew are sent to find water on an island. Instead they encounter a land of giants. As the crew flees, Gulliver is left behind and captured. Gulliver's captor, a farmer, takes him to the farmer's home where Gulliver is treated kindly, but, of course, curiously. The farmer assigns his daughter, Glumdalclitch, to be Gulliver's keeper, and she cares for Gulliver with great compassion. The farmer takes Gulliver on tour across the countryside, displaying him to onlookers. Eventually, the farmer sells Gulliver to the Queen. At court, Gulliver meets the King, and the two spend many sessions discussing the customs and behaviors of Gulliver's country. In many cases, the King is shocked and chagrined by the selfishness and pettiness that he hears Gulliver describe. Gulliver, on the other hand, defends England.

One day, on the beach, as Gulliver looks longingly at the sea from his box (portable room), he is snatched up by an eagle and eventually dropped into the sea. A passing ship spots the floating chest and rescues Gulliver, eventually returning him to England and his family.

Book III: Gulliver is on a ship bound for the Levant. After arriving, Gulliver is assigned captain of a sloop to visit nearby islands and establish trade. On this trip, pirates attack the sloop and place Gulliver in a small boat to fend for himself. While drifting at sea, Gulliver discovers a Flying Island. While on the Flying Island, called Laputa, Gulliver meets several inhabitants, including the King. All are preoccupied with things associated with mathematics and music. In addition, astronomers use the laws of magnetism to move the island up, down, forward, backward, and sideways, thus controlling the island's movements in relation to the island below (Balnibarbi). While in this land, Gulliver visits Balnibarbi, the island of Glubbdubdrib, and Luggnagg. Gulliver finally arrives in Japan where he meets the Japanese emperor. From there, he goes to Amsterdam and eventually home to England.

Book IV: While Gulliver is captain of a merchant ship bound for Barbados and the Leeward Islands, several of his crew become ill and die on the voyage. Gulliver hires several replacement sailors in Barbados. These replacements turn out to be pirates who convince the other crew members to mutiny. As a result, Gulliver is deposited on a "strand" (an island) to fend for himself. Almost immediately, he is discovered by a herd of ugly, despicable human-like creatures who are called, he later learns, Yahoos. They attack him by climbing trees and defecating on him. He is saved from this disgrace by the appearance of a horse, identified, he later learns, by the name Houyhnhnm. The grey horse (a Houyhnhnm) takes Gulliver to his home, where he is introduced to the grey's mare (wife), a colt and a foal (children), and a sorrel nag (the servant). Gulliver also sees that the Yahoos are kept in pens away from the house. It becomes immediately clear that, except for Gulliver's clothing, he and the Yahoos are the same animal. From this point on, Gulliver and his master (the grey) begin a series of discussions about the evolution of Yahoos, about topics, concepts, and behaviors related to the Yahoo society, which Gulliver represents, and about the society of the Houyhnhnms.

Despite his favored treatment in the grey steed's home, the kingdom's Assembly determines that Gulliver is a Yahoo and must either live with the uncivilized Yahoos or return to his own world. With great sadness, Gulliver takes his leave of the Houyhnhnms. He builds a canoe and sails to a nearby island where he is eventually found hiding by a crew from a Portuguese ship. The ship's captain returns Gulliver to Lisbon, where he lives in the captain's home. Gulliver is so repelled by the sight and smell of these "civilized Yahoos" that he can't stand to be around them. Eventually, however, Gulliver agrees to return to his family in England. Upon his arrival, he is repelled by his Yahoo family, so he buys two horses and spends most of his days caring for and conversing with the horses in the stable in order to be as far away from his Yahoo family as possible.

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Gulliver's Travels

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Three men in a boat

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Three Men in a Boat

Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog) by Jerome K. Jerome was first published in 1889. It is the fictional story of three London friends and a dog taking a leisurely boat trip up the River Thames, from Kingston-upon-Thames to Oxford. It is narrated by ‘J.’, whose companions are George (awarded no surname), William Samuel Harris and the dog, Montmorency.

During a sociable evening in J.’s room, the three men convince themselves that they each have various illnesses. Their collective diagnosis is overwork, and they prescribe themselves a fortnight’s holiday. A stay in the country and a sea voyage are both ruled out, and they settle instead on a boating trip, travelling on the Thames by day and camping out in the hired boat at night.

They set out the following Saturday. George must work in the City in the morning, and so arranges to join them later that day. The other two, accompanied by the dog and a mountain of luggage, get a cab to Waterloo station, but are unable to find the correct train to Kingston. Eventually they bribe the driver of another train to take them there instead, one of the many humorous set-pieces that make the book more than a straightforward travelogue. George completes the trio at Weybridge, with a dubious-looking parcel tucked under his arm, which turns out to be a banjo and instruction book.

The story is a tapestry of incidents that occur, anecdotes on various topics (including the unreliability of weather forecasts), loosely connected digressions (such as J.'s uncle’s inability to hang pictures), and descriptive pieces on the places that they pass. It is in these descriptive pieces that the author’s original intention of writing a guidebook is most apparent. What he actually achieved was a classic of British humorous writing. Although the book was written over a century ago, it has an enduring, timeless quality.

FACE TO FAITH ACTIVITY CLASS X

GRAMMAR WORKSHEET CLASS IX & X

Q1. Choose the best word from the options given to complete the following passage. 
Humans unlike many (a)………………………… animals, are omnivores. We require (b)……………………..
vegetable matter and meat to be fully healthy. (c)…………………………………….. some humans
(d)……………………………….. to survive reasonably (e)…………………… whilst consuming no animal
products at all, (f)………………………… their protein mainly (g)…………………………… nuts and seeds. To
carry out its many complicated functions, the human body (h)……………………… seven categories
namely carbohydrates, proteins, fibre, minerals, vitamins, fats and water which form a balanced
diet.
a) i) another ii) other iii) others iv) anothers
b) i) neither ii) together iii) either iv) both
c) i) if ii) although iii) so iv) therefore
d) i) manages ii) are managing iii) had managed iv) manage
e) i) healthier ii) healthily iii) healthy iv) healthiness
f) i) find ii) found iii) finding iv) finds
g) i) into ii) in iii) inside iv) on
h) i) required ii) is requiring iii) require iv) requires
Q2. The following passage has not been edited. There is one error in each line. Underline the 
incorrect word and write the correct word in the space provided. 
Till a little years back, there were …………………………………
separate machines from printing, …………………………………
scanning, copying and faxing, and this …………………………………
is no long the case. Nowadays, the …………………………………
complete segment on ‘all-in-one’ printers …………………………………
offer copy, scan, fax and print options, …………………………………
plus excellence photo printing. All-in-one …………………………………
printers are sell in both inkjet and …………………………………
lesser models.
Q3. In the following passage one word has been omitted in each line. Write the missing word in the space provided along with the words which comes before and after it. 
 Ariens prefer choose vacation spots that ………….. …………………………………….
 offer new thrills, and often go outdoor …………………………………………………
 adventures test their endurance. …………………………………………………
 Being fire sign, they prefer warm, dry ………………………………………………….
 climates cold locales. Africa, Australia and Rajasthan …………………………………………………...
 in India the best holiday destinations for them. ……………………………………………………
 A camping trip involves many adventures rock climbing, ……………………………………………………
 sky diving bungee jumping which is a perfect deal ………………………………………………….
 for them.
Q4. Given below are some instructions. Use them to complete the paragraph that follows. Write the correct answer in the space provided.

How To Make Chocolate Brownie
Ingredients:
• 340 gm dark chocolate ½ tsp baking powder
• 3 eggs 100 gm flour
• 200gm sugar 110 gm unsalted butter
• 3/4th tsp. vanilla essence 1/4th tsp. salt
• 50 gm walnuts, chopped
Method:
• Melt the chocolate and butter in a double boiler until smooth
• Stir the flour, salt and baking powder together. Set aside
• Blend the eggs and sugar together and add the vanilla essence
• Add the melted chocolate and butter to the eggs and sugar mixture and mix well.
Fold in the flour and the baking powder mixture
• Add the walnuts and pour the batter into a greased tin. Bake at 180®C for 35-40
minutes
• Allow to cool before cutting into squares and serving
•
Here is how sinfully delicious brownies fillet with the gooey goodness of dark chocolate and crunch
of walnuts can be made at home. First of all, the chocolate and butter (a) …………................................
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… until they are smooth. Meanwhile the flour, salt and baling powder (b)____________________________________________________________________aside.
Next, the eggs and sugar___________________________________________________________ …… added. Now the melted chocolate and butter (d) …………………. .well.
The flour and the baking powder mixture are folded to prepare batter. At this stage, the walnuts
(e………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… and baked at 180®C for 35 to 40 minutes. When cool, neat square brownies (f)…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. with a scoop of ice and cup of coffee.

Q5. Given below is a conversation. Complete the dialogue by filling in the gaps. 
Kunwar: Do you think corruption can be eradicated by
(a) ________________________________________________________________________________?
Bharat: I am not too sure but Anna Hazare’s fast unto death (b)_____________________________didn’t it ?
Kunwar: But why did he take so long to begin his fight against corruption.
Bharat: Well, Anna Hazare’s battle (c) ……………………………………………………………………………………….
  Its been going on for years. The rampant corruption in recent times promoted him to go on
 fast unto death.
Kunwar: It was nice to see (d) ______________________________________________________________________________ It really looked  like a fight for second independence. ____________________________________________________

ASSIGNMENT TOPIC : GRAMMAR CLASS IX AND X

Q1. Choose the best word from the options given to complete the following passage.
Pampore, a small town (a)……………………… the banks of the river Jhelum, near Srinagar, is the main
centre (b)…………………………saffron cultivation in India. The best safforn (c)…………………….. from Spain,
which is the world’s largest producer. Saffron, the (d)…………………………………….. spice in the world, is
lnown as ‘kesar’ in (e)……………………………….. part of India. It adds a golden colour to food and gives it
(f)…………………… unique flavour. Moreover, (g)………………………………….. saffron goes a long way – for
example (h)…………………………… half a teaspoon is sufficient to flavour a litre of kheer.
a) i) in ii) on iii) from iv) between
b) i) for ii) from iii) in iv) to
c) i) is comming ii) will come iii) comes iv) came
d) i) much expenssive ii) more expenssive iii) most expenssive iv) expenssive
e) i) other ii) another iii) every iv) each
f) i) the ii) a iii) an iv) any
g) i) a few ii) the few iii) a little iv) the little
h) i) lesser than ii) less than iii) least than iv) lesser
Q2. Look and the words and the phrases given below and rearrange them to form meaningful
sentences.
a) the/Indian/English/ exploited/the/farmers
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
b) pay/the/had to/poor farmers/high taxes/very
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
c) natural disasters/farmers/share of taxes/even/pay/their/in times of/the/had to
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
d) also/cultivate/they/asked them to/ had to/those/which/crops/the English
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
. Q3. The following passage has not been edited. There is one error in each line. Underline the
incorrect word and write the correct word in the space provided.
Mohan Das Karamchand Gandhi went to England to …………………………………
higher studies at the age of 19.his mother was apprehensive …………………………………
about young men go astray in western …………………………………
society. But her fears were allayed that …………………………………
Mohan Das Karamchand Gandhi swore not for …………………………………
touch meat, wine and women. He faces a …………………………………
lot of difficulties due to their vegetarianism, …………………………………
but fulfil his vow resolutely. …………………………………
Q4. In the following passage one word has been omitted in each line. Write the missing word in the
space provided along with the words which come before and after it.
 Man’s practice increases hardwork. ………….. …………………………………….
 If he does not it, his practice …………………………………………………
 suffers. The lawer is judged the …………………………………………………
 cases he wins. The writer’s ………………………………………………….
 success examined by the opinion …………………………………………………...
 of the readers critics; whereas ……………………………………………………
 the typist’s efficiency is tested by speed ……………………………………………………
 and the accuracy his work. ………………………………………………….
Q5. Given below is a conversation. Complete the dialogue by filling in the gaps.
 A: Sir(a)__________________________________________________________________________

 B: Five hundred rupees as advance? Why?
 A: I need (b) …………………………………………………………………………………………………………
 B: What’s wrong with your eyes?
 A: Sometimes (c) …………………………………………………………………………………………………………
 B: Hmm, so your eyes water and you have difficulty in reading. How will you proof read the
 newly composed book?
A: Sir, proof reading is not a problem for I use glasses. Moreover it’s an occasional problem
 Only.
B: OK, go (d)
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………
the Accountant. Remember, it will be deducted from your next month’s salary.
A: Thank you, Sir.
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THE STORY OF MY LIFE

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THE STORY OF MY LIFE

Helen Keller, the little deaf and blind girl was triumphed over adversity to become world famous. Helen was born on June 27, 1880 in Tuscumbia, Alabama, to Captain Arthur Henry Keller, a confederate army veteran and a newspaper editor, and Kate Adams Keller. By all accounts, she was a normal child. But at 19 months, Helen suffered an illness – scarlet fever or meningitis that left her deaf and blind. Although Helen learned basic household tasks and could communicate some of her desires through a series of signs, she did not learn language the way other children do. Indeed, her family wondered how a deaf and blind child could be educated. At the age of six, her mother managed to get a teacher, Anne Sullivan, to teach Helen. After studying at the Wright Humason School for the Deaf and the Cambridge School for Young ladies, Helen entered Radcliff College in 1900 and finished her graduation in 1904.
The Story of My Life shows, Helen Keller’s life is neither a miracle nor a joke. It is a tremendous achievement. It is destined to be imprisoned in darkness and isolation for the rest of her life, Helen built upon the brilliant work of her teacher, Anne Sullivan, to become an inter-nationally recognized and respected figure. In 1908 Helen published “The World I Live In”, an account of how she experienced the world through touch, taste and scent. In magazine articles she advocated for increased opportunities for the blind and for improving methods of reducing childhood blindness. In 1909, Helen joined the Socialist Party of Massachusetts and supported many progressive era causes, including birth control, labour unions and the right of women to vote. In 1924, her popularity somewhat recovered, Helen began working as a lecturer fund-raiser for the American Foundation for the Blind (AFB).
Helen was devastated when her companion Anne Sullivan died in 1936. After the Second World War she toured more than thirty countries, continuing her advocacy for the blind. In 1955, she published the biography of Anne Sullivan “Teacher”, and in 1957 “The Open door”, a collection of essays. In 1964 she was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor, by President Lyndon Johnson. On 1^st June, 1968, she died at her home in Arcane Ridge, Connecticut.
I n the second part of the book, we can read the letters written by Helen to her beloved ones during 1887-1901. It was quite interesting and informative with wonder and curiosity. Through these letters, she opened her mind, saw, felt and touched the worlds of wonders. They are exercises which have trained her to write. The book “Story of My Life” is a story of courage and determination and a work of inspirational literature. 

THE DIARY OF A YOUNG GIRL

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THE DIARY OF A YOUNG GIRL

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How It All Goes Down

On her thirteenth birthday, Anne Frank’s parents give her a diary. She’s excited because she wants someone, or something, in which to confide all of her secret thoughts. Even though she has a rich social life, she feels misunderstood by everyone she knows. Anne starts writing about daily events, her thoughts, school grades, boys, all that. But, within a month, her entire life changes.

As Jews in German-occupied Holland, the Frank family fears for their lives. When Anne’s sister, Margot, is called to appear before the authorities, which would almost surely mean she was being sent to a concentration camp, Anne and her family go into hiding. They move into a little section of Anne's father's office building that is walled off and hidden behind a swinging bookcase. The little diagram of the office building and "Secret Annex" along with the Thursday, July 9, 1942 entry gives us the layout.

For two years, the Frank family lives in this Secret Annex. Mr. and Mrs. van Daan and their son Peter (who is a few years older than Anne) are also in hiding with the Franks. Later, Mr. Dussel, an elderly dentist moves in, and Anne has to share her bedroom with him. Anne’s adolescence is spent hidden from the outside world. She’s cooped up in tiny rooms, tiptoeing around during the day and becoming shell-shocked from the sounds of bombs and gunfire at night.

Luckily, the Franks have tons of reading material and a radio. Anne grows in her knowledge of politics and literature, and she puts tons of energy into studying and writing. At the same time, she grows further and further away from the other members of the Annex.

We see a real change in Anne when she begins hanging out in the attic with Peter van Daan. Around this time she starts having dreams about a boy she was in love with, another Peter, Peter Schiff. She sometimes even gets the two Peters confused in her head.

She comes to see Peter (of the Annex) as much more than she first thought. She finds him sensitive and caring, and they talk about everything, including sex. Eventually their relationship changes. Anne and Peter’s passion turns into a friendship and a source of comfort for them both.

Another big change for Anne happens when the war seems to be ending. She hears that personal accounts such as her diary will be in demand after the war ends. We see a return to her earlier optimism as she begins editing her diary with vigor and excitement.

Unfortunately, this does not last. Even as Anne becomes more and more sensitive to the suffering going on in the world, her own suffering becomes unbearable. She feels completely alone. She thinks everyone hates her. She feels constantly criticized. And there is no escape. At one point, she thinks it might have been better if she and her family had all died instead of hiding in the Annex. As Anne becomes harder on those around her, she also becomes harder on herself, berating herself for being mean to the other members of the Annex.

There her diary ends. Two short months after Anne’s fifteenth birthday, and two days after he last diary entry, the Secret Annex is raided. We don’t know Anne’s thoughts or feelings at that point or any time after, but we know things got worse.

As you probably already know, Anne and the other members of the Annex were sent to various concentration camps. Anne's father, Otto Frank, was the sole survivor.