Summer is synonymous with fun, fiestas and far-off places to explore! As
you enjoy yourself, make summer time more productive with the following
guidelines:
- Help your parents/grandparents/guardians with daily chores around the house and spend quality time with them.
- Reflect on what has been, and, what lies ahead. Begin a diary this summer or add a new entry to your existing diary listing down your personal goals.
- Ask yourself where you want to be twenty years down the line and do a fish bone analysis to identify the milestones which will help you achieve that dream.
- Spread newspaper sheets on your balcony/verandah and keep a bowl of water / grains out for the birds every day.
- Learn to write a cheque this summer and ask your parents about different types of bank accounts – savings, current, recurring, fixed deposit etc.
- Ask your helpers if they have children younger than you whom you can teach basic Arithmetic, English and Hindi.
- Learn to cook at least one new dish this summer
- Return and share your experiences with your peers.
A)
The following lessons have been covered in class
before the summer vacation. Kindly ensure that the notebook work is complete as
indicated below:
Poem 01: A Photograph
(Vocabulary, poetic devices, summary and homework assigned on May 22,
2019 - i.e. Q1-7 on pg. 12 of your textbook)
CH01: The Portrait of a Lady
(Homework assigned on May 22, 2019-05-30 i.e.
Q.1. Why is the story titled 'The
Portrait of a Lady'?
Q.2. How was the village school
different from the city school?
Q.3. When did the common link of friendship between the
grandmother and grandson snap and what was the turning point in their
relationship?
Q.4. Do you think the grandmother was lonely? Justify
your stance with evidences from the lesson.
Q.5. Trace the changes in the author's relationship with
his grandmother from their time in the village to the final chapter of her
life.)
CH02: We’re Not Afraid to Die
(From Pg. 18 of
your textbook, attempt:
Q1 from ‘Understanding the text’, Q1 – 3 from ‘Talking
about the text’)
Poem 02: The Laburnum Top
(Poetic devices, summary, homework: Pg.
32: Q1 to Q5 from ‘Think it Out’)
B) RTC QUESTIONS
FOR POETRY:
A Photograph
1)
Some twenty –
thirty years later... ease of loss
a.
When did the
poetess first see the photograph?
b.
Who were Betty
and Dolly?
c.
Which two pasts
have been mentioned in these lines?
d.
Why are these
memories ‘wry with the laboured ease of loss’?
2)
Now she’s
been... silence silences
a.
Who is the ‘she’
in the above lines?
b.
How many years
have gone by since ‘she’ has been dead?
c.
Why is the
poetess left silent when thinking of this circumstance?
Laburnum Top
1)
Till the
goldfinch comes... identity mask
a.
How does the
goldfinch’s arrival change the tree?
b.
What is meant by
‘the engine of her family’?
c.
Whom does the
goldfinch represent?
2)
Then with
eerie... subsides to empty
a.
How is the sound
of the goldfinch different in these lines?
b.
Which types of
imagery have been used in these lines? Quote the relevant words.
c.
The goldfinch
flies off but the family is still in the nest. Then why do you think the poet
use the word ‘empty’ rather than ‘silent’?
C) GRAMMAR: Attempt
the following grammar tasks in your notebook. You need not copy the questions.
Write only the answer number and the correct answers. Use the heading ‘Holiday
Homework’ in the index:
Omission: Before Missing Next
Back in the 16th century, children baptised, a) ________ ________ ________
that is, they were blessed given their Christian b) ________ ________ ________
names church, three days after birth. According c) ________ ________ ________
to historical records his baptism, Shakespeare’s d) ________ ________ ________
birthday is assumed by us be April 23, 1564 in e) ________ ________ ________
Stratford-on-Avon. Stratford is town in England f) ________
________ ________
situated on bank of the river Avon. This is why g) ________ ________ ________
Shakespeare is often called the Bard Avon h) ________ ________ ________
The word bard means a poet – but Shakespeare was a more! i)
________ ________ ________
Editing: Incorrect Correct
Shakespeare begin his journey as an actor, a) __________ __________
turned through a poet and earned his true b) __________ __________
reputation as a playwright. He living in the c) __________ __________
times of Queen Elizabeth or King James. d) __________ __________
This period in history is described as a e) __________ __________
golden age of English literature. His soon f) __________ __________
became the world’s more pre-eminent g) __________ __________
dramatist and some of the many prolific h) __________ __________
writer of his times. Even today, he remains i) __________ __________
the writer most rarely translated into other j) __________ __________
languages.
Reordering of jumbled words into a meaningful sentence:
a) penned / long poems / miscellaneous / has /
Shakespeare / 38 plays, / and some other / down / 154 sonnets, two / work
b)
‘Lord
Chamberlain’s Men’ and / group / to ‘The King’s Men / were called / were later
/ Shakespeare and his / renamed
c)
his fellow
actors / Globe Theatre / their plays / Shakespeare and / built
/ the / to showcase
d)
gem / 52nd
birthday / on 23rd April 1616, / his / lost this / the
world
e) remains! / curse anyone / gravestone / famous: / even
the words / have become / who dares to / on his / I / disturb my
Gap-filling:
a) _________ father John was a glove-maker and a hatter. His mother Mary b) _______ a landowner’s daughter. They c) _______ eight children of d)
_______ Shakespeare was the third. Here’s what’s strange - Shakespeare e) ________ to a local grammar school
and received only basic education. f)
_______, he polished his skills with constant and thorough practice.
Students, the g) _______ time you
pick up a pen to create something beautiful - a poem or story, remember that
practice h) _______ perfect!
a) i) Shakespeare ii)
Shakespeares’ iii) Shakespeare’s iv) Shakespearean
b) i) is ii)
had been iii) being iv) was
c) i) were ii)
had iii) were
having iv) had been
d) i) which ii)
who iii) whose iv) whom
e) i) was going ii)
went iii) go iv) had gone
f) i) Furthermore ii)
However iii) Moreover iv) Consequently
g) i) other ii)
another iii) only iv) next
h) i) is making ii)
makes iii) will make iv) can make
