Two old men-1

STD 7 ENGLISH                                                                                                  29/8/15

WELL ITS GREAT TO BE BACK TO WORK AFTER THE BOSCO KALA UTSAV THAT HELPED SHOWCASE THE MULTIPLE TALENTS THAT GOD HAS BLESSED OUR BOYS WITH.

PRESENTLY  ALL THE STD 7 CL;ASSES HAVE COMPLETED THE CHPT. THE TWO OLD MEN PART1 AND 2.

I WOULD LIKE TO LIST DOWN A FEW QUESTIONS THAT CAN HELP MY STUDENTS COMPREHEND THE CHPT. WELL.

Q1.WHY WERE THE TWO FRIENDS SAID TO BE LIKE CHALK AND CHEESE?

Q2.WHY WAS ELISHA READY TO UNDERTAKE THE PILGRIMAGE AND WHY WAS EFIM RELUCTANT?

Q3.WHAT IS THE VALUE OF A ROUBLE? TO WHICH COUNTRY DOES THIS CURRENCY BELONG TO?

Q4.SOLVE THE PROBLEM-

ONE ROUBLE =-----------

70 ROUBLES = ------------

100 ROUBLES =-----------

200 ROUBLES =-----------

Q5. WHY WAS ELISHA HAPPY  WHEN HE LEFT FOR THE PILGRIMAGE AND WHY WAS EFIM WORRIED AND ANXIOUS?

Q6.DESCRIBE THE HUT AND ITS OCCUPANTS?

Q7.WHAT DID ELISHA DO WHEN HE DID SEE THE SITUATION BEFORE HIM?

Q8.WHAT WAS THE REASON FOR THE OCCUPANTS OF THE HUT AND THEIR MISERABLE CONDITION?

Q9.LEARN AND REVISE THE PARTS OF SPEECH AND THE ADJECTIVES.

Q10. WHAT WAS THE EFFECT OF ELISHA’S HELP ON THE OCCUPANTS IN THE HUT?

Q11.WHAT DID EFIM FIND ON REACHING THE PLACE OF PILGRIMAGE?

Q12.HOW DID THE OCCUPANTS OF THE HUT TREAT ELISHA?

Q13.WHAT IS THE BEAUTIFUL MESSAGE THAT WE RECEIVE FROM THIS STORY?

Q14.LEARN AND REVISE VERBS AND ADVERBS.

.Q15 HOW IS A PILGRIMAGE DIFFERENT FROM A PLEASURE TRIP ?

ACTIVITY  1-READ STORIES OF LEO ACTIVITY AND STUDY THE LIFE OF THE VARKARIS IN MAHARASHTRA WITH SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON LOVE AND COMPASSION.

 CONTD. TWO OLD MEN 1AND 2  ACTIVITY 2- TO SUPPLEMENT THE CONTENT IN THE TEXT

VIDEOS FROM THE YOU TUBE THAT WILL GIVE YOU A BETTER UNDERSTANDING ABOUT THIS GREAT AUTHOR – LEO TOLSTOY

1.       LEO TOLSTOY BIOGRAPHY

2.       LEO TOLSTOY – TOP 1O QUOTES

VIEW THE ABOVE AND UNDERSTAND THE BEAUTIFUL VALUES THAT LEO TOLSTOY CONVEYED TO THE PEOPLE THEN AND TODAY IN PRESENT TIMES.

LEO TOLSTOY ALSO MAKES US UNDERSTAND WHAT WE NEED TO VALUE IN LIFE IF WE WANT GOD TO BE HAPPY WITH US.

GREAT AUTHOR WITH GREAT MORAL VALUES.

HAPPY INSPIRING VIEWING!

BY ELIZABETH

ERRORS THAT CAN BE AVOIDED BASED ON THE ENG.TEST1

DEAR PARENTS                                                                                      14/8/2015

WE WISH TO LET YOU KNOW THE ERRORS COMMITTED IN THE ENGLISH 1^ST TEST PAPER.

THIS WILL HELP YOU TO GUIDE YOUR WARD TO AVOID THE SAME.

COMPREHENSION SECTION

1. STUDENTS NEED TO READ AND UNDERSTAND THE QUESTION BEFORE   ANSWERING AND SEE TO IT THAT THEY ANSWER TO THE POINT.
2. FRAMING OF SENTENCES NEEDS TO BE TAKEN CARE OF ESPECIALLY IN THE RIGHT TENSE . THE SENTENCE CONSTRUCTED AS AN ANSWER MUST BE GRAMMATICALLY SOUND AND MAKE COMPLETE SENSE.
3. PUNCTUATION MARKS THE CAPITAL LETTERS AND SMALL LETTERS.
4. SPELLINGS OF PARTS OF SPEECH.
5. THEY NEED TO REFRAIN FROM GIVING TWO OPTIONS FOR ONE ANSWER.
6. STUDENTS NEED TO UNDERSTAND THE PREPOSITION .
7. THEY NEED TO KNOW WHETHER THE PASSAGE IS AN EXTRACT OR A POEM.
8. THEY NEED TO EXPLAIN   THE LINES OF THE POEM CORRECTLY  .

COMPOSITION SECTION

IN PARAGRAPH WRITING THEY NEED TO FOLLOW THE GUIDELINE GIVEN.

UNDERSTAND THE CUT-OFF MKS FOR EACH MAIN  QUESTION

Q1. 41/2/5MKS

Q2.41/2/5MKS

Q3.41/2/5MKS

Q4 31/2/5MKS

THE CUT-OFF MKS FOR THE ENGLISH PAPER IS HIGHEST 17/20MKS.

THE CUT-OFF MKS IS CONSIDERED SO THAT THE STUDENT IS ENCOURAGED TO IMPROVE FURTHER.

                                                                           FROM – ELIZABETH SOARES