Thursday 31 October 2013
Monday 28 October 2013
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
class IX for 2013-14 only
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
Friday 25 October 2013
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.
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.
Thursday 17 October 2013
PPT on A SHADY PLOT
Follow the link for the PPt
http://www.authorstream.com/Presentation/Merlinmagic-1317755-shady-plot/
http://www.authorstream.com/Presentation/Merlinmagic-1317755-shady-plot/
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.
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