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   2.4 Have You Earned Your Tomorrow                     - Edgar Guest (1881-1959) Topic- Appreciation- 4 marks  About the Poet, Poem, and Title- Edgar Albert Guest was born on 20th August 1881 in England and died on 5th August 1959 in the United States. He began his writing career in 1885 when he was fourteen. He was known as the “People’s Poet” for his simple style and optimistic tone of writing.  About the Poem - This poem was first published in the Detroit Free Press in 1916.  About the title - The title suggests verbal questions to the readers to rethink the treatment that they are giving to others. The theme- This poem is a motivational, inspirational, and didactic poem. It motivates the readers to do good deeds for the others. We should give up negative actions and negative thoughts. The poem is also helpful to us in the process of ‘self-introspection’. We may bring positive change in our behavior and may ...

   2.3  There Is Another Sky A ppreciation- 04Marks With the help of the following points, write a poetic appreciation of the poem. (4) Points-  -The poet, poem & title -Theme -The language/ poetic devices used in the poem -Special features -The message, values, morals   -Opinion 1. The Poet, Poem & Title- This poem is written by Emily Dickinson . The title "There is Another Sky" suggests that a place of heaven metaphorically means their home.   There are two types of the world- - 1. Pessimistic and 2. Optimistic.  Here, the poetess indicates that there is a second (another) world with a bunch of promising expectations. So be always optimistic. Life is full of surprises or challenges so see the world  through an optimistic lens 2. The theme of the poem-  The poet is communicating to her brother Austin through the letter . She is encouraging him not to get depressed and  walk forward to achieve success in life. ' If o...

  1.3 The Call of the Soil: A Scent of Rice Activity No.2 Read the first activity, read the extract, and complete the following activities. Passage - I decided to give................................................ he claimed he had to force himself to eat this rice that was so insipidly.     A.1.Complete the information of Kasbai-     (2) Ans-i. It is a traditional long-grained rice variety.  ii. It has a distinct aroma, though much milder than Basmat  iii. Very few old people were known about Kasbai. iv. In old times like as Devu Handa’s, people were taking desi Kasbai rice crops. A.2. Write the information about Devu Handa.  (2) Ans- i. He was a greying old man wearing a cap     ii. He was an ex-sarpanch of the village of Dhanivari.    iii. He was a rich man, having acres of land, a huge house, and a large family.   iv. He had knowledge of the Kasbai rice variety. His nature ...

2.2 The sower . Figure of speech Used in this poem are-  1. Personification 2. Inversion 3. Alliteration 4. Antithesis 5. Hyperbole Special Figure of Speech - Imagery Symbolism  Imagery - ‘Marches, he along the plane’ –  in this line the word ‘marches’ indicates movement and thus creates a visual image in the minds of the readers. Symbolism - The dominance of the silhouette of the sower over the deep furrows is symbolic of the dominance of man over nature .

 1.4 Big Data Big Insights Do as Directed   1. Big data helps in monitoring the outbreaks of epidemics and diseases. (use as well as) ( Use not only but also) Ans- Big data helps in monitoring the outbreaks of epidemics as well as diseases. Ans- Big data not only helps in monitoring the outbreaks of epidemics but also diseases. 2. They detect our heart rate. (Change the voice) Ans- Our heart rate is detected by them. ( Use simple future tense) Ans- They will detect our heart rate. 3. The analysis of of this data collected can give new insights. ( Change the voice)  Ans- New insights can be given of this data collected by the analysis.  Or    New insights can be given by the analysis of this data collected. 4. Pharmaceutical companies would pay huge amount to receive the health data of people to promote research in the particular area. (use used to) Ans-Pharmaceutical companies used to pay huge amount to receive the health data of people to promote research ...

1.1. Being Neighborly Activity No. 1. What in the world are you going..........................a great mind to go over and tell the old gentleman. Pg no.-2&3 A.1 Global Understanding State whether the following statements are true or False. 1.     The atmosphere was cold and dull.  = True 2.     The wall separated the Marchs’ house from that of Mr.Laurence. = False 3.     Beth and Amy were playing snow ball throwing. = True 4.     Laurie was isolated and need to be socialized. = True A.2  Complex Factual : Describe the house of Mr. Laurence. Ans- The house of Mr. Laurence was a stately stone mansion having every sort of comfort  and luxury. It was a big coach house with well-kept grounds, conservatory and lovely things that could be seen through rich curtains. Yet it seemed a lonely and lifeless sort of house. A.3 Analysis: “That boy is suffering for society and fun”.   ( Guess the meaning of this s...

  Cherry Tree - Figure of Speech 1. Antithesis - 1. It was very small, five months child Lost in the tall grass running wild. Ans- Two opposite ideas "small and tall" are placed to each other for showing contrast effect. 2. Come back thinner, rather poor, But richer by a cherry tree at my door. Ans-Two opposite ideas "thinner and richer" are placed to each other for showing contrast effect. 2. Metaphor- Explanation- Indirect comparison between two objects. Example- For e g.  It was very small, five months child   Lost in the tall grass running wild. Ans- Indirect comparison between cherry tree's life and child's life. 3. Personification - Explanation- It is a figure of speech where human qualities are given to non-human/ non-living objects. e.g. 1. And forgot; but cherries have a way of growing, Ans- 'Cherries' have been given the human quality of growing. 2. I found a tree had come to stay. Ans- The 'tree' has been given the human qualit...