Wreck of the Titanic - Movie Scene

 

Still We Rise എന്ന Unit മായി ബന്ധപ്പെട്ട കൂടുതല്‍ വിവരങ്ങള്‍ (Class 6)

 

Cinderella
Fairy Tale
A Fairy tale is a magical story intended for children. The term ‘fairy’ refers to the magical powers within the story. Fairy tales are traditional. They were passed down from generation to generation before being printed as books. Fairy tales include magic spells, talking animals, evil queens, witches, wizards, goblins etc. They spark imagination in children. Through imagination we are able to explore outcomes and possibilities.
Some of the famous Fairy Tales are:
👉Beauty and the Beast
👉Cinderella
👉Rapunzel
👉Puss in Boots
👉Snow white and the seven Dwarfs
👉Hansel and Gretel
👉Peter Pan
👉Little Mermaid
👉Sleeping Beauty
👉Shrek

Still We Rise എന്ന Unit മായി ബന്ധപ്പെട്ട കൂടുതല്‍ വിവരങ്ങള്‍ (Class 6)

Woman Work

1.    Read the following poem and answer the questions that follow.
    Shine on me, sunshine
    Rain on me, rain.
    Fall softly, dewdrops
    And cool my brow again.
    Storm, blow me from here
    With your fiercest wind
    Let me float across the sky,
    Till I can rest again.
a)    What does the poet ask the dewdrops to do?
b)    Pick out a pair of rhyming words.
c)    ‘Till I can rest again’. Who is the ‘I’ referred  to here?
d)    Where does the poet want to float?
Answers:
a)    To create a cooling effect on her brow.
b)    rain - again
c)    A woman, the speaker of the poem.
d)    Across the sky.

2.    a) Write a message to your mother in connection with ‘Mother’s Day’.
Message
Dear Mom,                                8 May 2022

May I extend to you, dearest Mom, all my good wishes on this great day. I can sincerely say that  what I am now is only because of you. You are the one who has been taking care of me even before I was born. For me  you are the synonym of love, care and sacrifice. You are the most precious gift God has given me. I love you Mom.
Vidya

b)    Design an invitation card for ‘Mother’s Day’.
    (Include the details like whom you want to invite, where the venue is, when it will be conducted etc.)
Answer:
Mother’s Day Celebration

                                             Place: Ernakulam
                                             Date: 5 May 2022
We propose to celebrate Mother’s Day this year. Our M.L.A,
Ms.Leelavathi has agreed to preside over the function.
Venue: Rose Villa
              River Valley
              Ernakulam

The programme begins at 4 p.m.
on 8 May 2022. I invite you to join us
 for the celebration.

Sd/-      
Abel
Secretary
Reception Committee

Cinderella
3.    Read the passage. There are some errors in it which are underlined. Edit and rewrite the passage.
    The fairy touch Cinderella in her magic wand. Her rags changed into betiful clothes on silk and gold. There were
diamonds in her hair, and she wore two pretty glass shoe.
Answers: touched, with, beautiful, of, shoes

Tales and TuneS എന്ന Unit മായി ബന്ധപ്പെട്ട കൂടുതല്‍ വിവരങ്ങള്‍ (Class 7)

 Aesop’s Fables
The Aesop’s  Fable for children :
The Wolf and the Crane
A Wolf had been feasting too greedily, and a bone had stuck crosswise in his throat. He could get it neither up nor down, and of course, he could not eat a thing. Naturally, that was an awful state of affairs for a greedy Wolf.
So away he hurried to the Crane. He was sure that she, with her long neck and bill, would easily be able to reach the bone and pull it out. “I will reward you very handsomely”, said the Wolf, “if you pull that bone out for me”.  The Crane, as you can imagine, was very uneasy about putting her head in Wolf’s throat. But she was grasping in nature, so she did what the Wolf asked her to do. When the Wolf felt that the bone was gone, he started to walk away. “But what about my reward!” called the Crane anxiously. “What!” snarled the Wolf, whirling around. “Haven’t you got it? Isn’t it enough that I let you take your head out of my mouth without snapping it off?”

Moral:  Expect no reward for serving the one who has no honor. Staying in a company of selfish people will not do anyone any favor.

Hues and Views എന്ന Unit ലെ കൂടുതല്‍ ചോദ്യങ്ങളും ഉത്തരങ്ങളും (More Questions and Answers) Class 8

 

 ⏹ The Mysterious Picture

 1.    Read the excerpt from the story ‘The Mysterious Picture’ and answer the questions that follow.     
    The Captain knew Flemish painters and their pictures were in great demand all over Europe. Tyl was presented to the Archduke. He saluted the Archduke three times and stood before him with his head bowed. ‘May your Highness pardon me for my rashness in thinking that one of my paintings will please your Highness. I have brought a picture of Our Lady, the Virgin, in her royal robes. I have painted it specially so that I might lay it at your noble feet’. Tyl paused a few moments for his words to sink in. Then he continued, ‘You must forgive me, Your Highness, if I’ve dared to hope that this picture will please you. Perhaps Your Highness might wish to offer me the chair of your court painter who died recently. I can see the empty velvet chair waiting to be filled’.
a.     What is the speciality of Flemish paintings?
b.     Pick out a line which shows Tyl’s smartness in presenting things.
c.     What is the intention of Tyl?
d.     Find out from the passage a word which means to ‘forgive someone’.
e.     According to Tyl what is it that may please the Archduke?   
Answers:  
a.     Flemish paintings have great demand all over Europe.
b.    ‘You must forgive me, Your Highness, if I’ve dared to hope that this picture will please you. Perhaps Your Highness might wish to offer me the chair of your court painter who died recently’.
c.    Tyl’s intention is to become the court painter.
d.    Pardon
e.    Tyl believed that his painting of Our Lady, the Virgin, in her royal robes will please the Archduke.
2.    After showing the mysterious picture, Tyl fled from the palace. The Archduke assigns his senior guard to make an announcement to the public to find Tyl. Prepare the text for the announcement.

 3.  Read the excerpt given below from the story ‘The Mysterious Picture’ and answer the questions that follow.
    ‘Your Highness, may it please you to remember me  and my donkey, Jeff, for just one more minute,’   Tyl replied. ‘My donkey has been feeding himself fairly well all along the way on the thorns in the hedges and the grass on the roadside.  But I have had nothing to  eat for the past three days. My stomach has been  complaining very
loudly. Perhaps Your Highness can  even hear it now. I have been feeding myself with  dreams of good food and drink at your royal table’.  The Archduke smiled and said, ‘Well, my dear fellow, you will certainly have something more solid than  dreams to feed on. But where is your donkey?’ ‘I left him outside, opposite the palace. I shall be most  grateful if Jeff is looked after. He needs a little fodder  and lodging at night,’ said Tyl. The Archduke immediately ordered the donkey to be taken care of  and he added. ‘ Treat it like one of my own animals.’
a.      Why is Jeff, the donkey not hungry?    
b.     Pick out the word from the passage that means ‘food for animals’.    
c.     ‘I have been feeding myself with dreams.’ What did Tyl dream of?    
d.     What expression does ‘Tyl use to show that he is  extremely hungry?    
e.     What does Archduke mean by saying, ‘something more solid than dreams’?   
Answer:
a.    Because it has eaten on the way.
b.  Fodder.
c.  Tyl was dreaming of good food and drink at the royal table.
d. The expression was that his stomach had been complaining very loudly.
e.     A nice meal.

The Boy Who Drew Cats
4.    You are the secretary of the Arts Club in your school. The club decides to honour the boy in the story ‘The Boy Who Drew Cats’, in your school assembly. Prepare a speech of appreciation.
    (Hints: The boy always drew cats-sent away from temple by the priest as he always drew cats-went to next village-drew cats in the haunted temple-goblin rat was killed-blood on the mouth of the cats drawn by the boy-became a famous artist)        
Answer:
    Respected principal, teachers and dear friends,
    Today, I am so happy to stand before you to say something about the boy, who saved a village from a monstrous animal, with his work of art. First of all, let me convey my gratitude to the boy for his drawings. It is a fact that his happiness lay in drawing cats. But because of this, he was sent away from the temple. So he reached the nearby village and found the haunted temple. While waiting for the priests, he drew cats all over the white screens there. When he was tired, he found a small room to sleep in, remembering the words of his old priest. At night he heard loud noises outside, and in the morning he found a big goblin rat lying dead. He understood that it was the goblin rat that had frightened the priests away and taken possession of the temple. He found that it was the cats he had drawn, which had killed the goblin.
    Thus, his work of art and its perfection saved a village. Once again let me appreciate his ability and I wish him to become a famous artist in future.
Thank you
5.    Edit the following passage.     
    Whenever he found himself alone, he draw (a) cats. He drew them on the margins of the priests (b) books, and on all the screans (c) on the temple, and on the walls, and on the pillars.
Answer:
a)     drew
b)    priest’s
c)    screens

1. Prepare a character sketch of Tyl Ulenspiegel, the protagonist of the story ‘The Mysterious Picture’.
(Hints: Flemish painter- slim- looks like a skeleton- attracts attention- clever and cunning- sense of humour- values freedom of creativity)
Answer: Tyl was a painter. He wandered from court to court  on his donkey-Jeff. He was a Flemish painter who was slim and he looked like a skeleton. He always wore a cap with feathers. He was cunning and tricky. He had a good sense of humour and he valued his own freedom and
creativity.

2. Edit the following.
      Tyl reach (a) the palace of the Archduke of Battenburg. He had to wait there for 
sometime. the (b) Captain of the gaurds (c) was play (d) chess with his friends. He stopped Tyl on (e) the gate and asked why he came over there.
Answers:
a) reached b) The c) Guards d) playing e) at

 

Bonds of Love എന്ന Unit ലെ കൂടുതല്‍ ചോദ്യങ്ങളും ഉത്തരങ്ങളും (More Questions and Answers)

 Maternity

1.     Report the following comment of the Chinaman about Mikali.     
    Chinaman : “I cannot bear the sight of Mikali wandering across the streets with the wailing baby in his arms. I am ready to help him in any possible way.”
    The Chinaman said that he .....................
    ................. (a)........................... and he added
    that ................ (b) ...........................
    
Answer:
(a) could not bear the sight of Mikali wandering across the street with the wailing baby in his arms.
(b) he was ready to help the boy in any possible way.

2.    Complete the conversation between Chinaman and Mikali.    
Chinaman    :    My dear boy, why are you crying?
Mikali    :    I feel so lonely.
Chinaman     :    You are from the refugee camp, _____(a)____?
Mikali     :    Yes I am.
Chinaman     :    _______ (b)_____?
Mikali     :    It’s my brother on my shoulder and he is hungry.
Chinaman     :    (c)_______?
Mikali     :    I can’t take him to my mom because she is no more.
Chinaman     :    Oh! I’m sorry. If you come with me, ___(d)____
Mikali     :    No sir, Thank you.
Chinaman     :    Don’t worry boy, my wife will feed the child.
Mikali     :    _________(e)______

Answers:
(a)    aren’t you?      
(b)     What is on your shoulder?
(c)     Why can’t you take him to your mom?
(d)     We shall save you both.
(e)     Ok. May God bless you.

3.    Mikali could never forget the day his little brother was fed by the Chinaman’s wife. He records his thoughts and feelings in his diary. Write the diary entry.    

19 August, Tuesday
    Oh God, I am very happy today. How long a time have I been wandering in the camp for some milk for my little brother! He was crying all the time. I knew it was because of his hunger, but I was helpless. I was carrying him on my back and I saw the irritated faces of the people because of his loud cry. My search for a nursing mother was in vain. Somebody who approached us to help us cried aloud and drove us away seeing the horrible face of the child. But a kind Chinaman approached us and  invited us to his house. When I stumbled, he took the baby in his arms with care. He and his wife gave us a warm welcome and showed me their baby. She fed my little brother. It was God’s grace that we met the kind Chinaman and his wife.

Interesting Facts about William Wordsworth

 1.    William Wordsworth was orphaned at an early age.
2.    Wordsworth suffered from anosmia (an inability to smell)
3.    Although Wordsworth had begun to write poetry while still a schoolboy, none of his poems was published until 1793. Although fresh and original in content, the poems received little notice, and few copies were sold.
4.    His masterpiece "The Prelude" was not published during his lifetime.
5.    Even though his contribution led the tide of Romantic movement in English literature, only a few poets imitated his poetic style. Even his best friend Coleridge modified Wordsworth's  poetic theory in the way of creating his own works.
6.    Wordsworth’s popularity was so great in the late 1840s that his home in Grasmere became a tourist attraction
7.    Canadian actor Mike Myers is a descendant of the famous poet. Myers’ grandmother is Eliza Jane Wordsworth which makes the actor & the poet first cousins, seven times removed.

Lines Written in Early Spring എന്ന പാഠത്തിലെ കൂടുതല്‍ ചോദ്യങ്ങളും ഉത്തരങ്ങളും

 1.  Read the following lines from ‘Lines Written in Early Spring’ and write a note of appreciation focusing on the theme, imagery, and other poetic devices.                                    
    The budding twigs spread out their fan,
    To catch the breezy air;
    And I must think, do all I can,
    That there was pleasure there.

    If this belief from heaven be sent,
    If such be Nature’s holy plan,
    Have I not reason to lament
    What man has made of man?
Answers:     
    In the poem ‘Lines Written in Early Spring’ Wordsworth personifies nature, giving her the ability to make decisions, to link herself with the human soul and to experience pleasure. Nature is presented as the doer of the right things.
    This poem has a simple form. It is composed of six  stanzas, each consisting of four lines. The poet has used imagery and other poetic devices to visualise the ideas of the poem. ‘The budding of twigs’ and ‘To catch the breezy air’ are examples of beautiful imagery. He has used personification cleverly. eg: ‘belief be sent from heaven’. Alliteration is another device he used in the poem.
eg: 'Through primrose tufts, in that green bower'. The rhyme scheme of the poem is ab ab.

2.    Read the following lines from the poem ‘Lines Written in Early Spring’ and answer the questions that follow. Each question carries one score.
a.    What does the poet mean by the expression ‘a thousand blended notes’?
b.    Why did the pleasant thoughts bring sad thoughts to the poet’s mind?
c.    Pick out an example of an auditory image from the given lines.
d.    Identify the lines that tell us Nature is linked to the soul of human beings.
Answers: 
a.     The expression ‘a thousand blended notes’ stands for the chirping of the different kinds of birds.
b.    Man’s cruelty to nature and to his fellow beings made the poet sad.
c.    ‘A thousand blended notes’.
d.    ‘The human soul that through me ran
    And much it grieved my heart to think’
3.     Read the lines from ‘Lines Written in Early Spring’ and answer any THREE questions that follow.    
    I heard a thousand blended notes,
    While in a grove I sate reclined,
    In that sweet mood when pleasant thoughts
    Bring sad thoughts to the mind.
    To her fair works did Nature link
    The human soul that through me ran;
    And much it grieved my heart to think
    What man has made of man.
a)    How does the poet describe his ‘mood’ and ‘thoughts’?
b)    Pick out instances of a visual image and an auditory image.
c)    Why did the poet grieve?
d)    ‘To her fair works did Nature link...’ What is personified here?
e)    What does Nature link the human soul with?
Answers:  
a) The poet describe his mood as sweet and thoughts  as pleasant.
b)    Visual image    :    In a grove
    Auditory image    :    I heard a thousand blended notes
c)    The poet grieved white thinking what man had made of man.
d)    Nature is personified here.
e)    Nature is personified
f)    Nature links the human soul with her fair works