JOKES

While visiting a veterans' hospital with my son, I overheard a retired army sergeant asking people which branch of the military they'd served in. Some said Army, a few Navy, othes Air Force. "What were you in?" She asked a man who'd just entered the room.

  Confused,  he mumbled, " The bathroom."

                                                         Susan Lopshire

An  Annual Survey among my fellow junior officers indicated that lack of communication from our superiors was a big problem. The commanding officer, however, refusd to believe the results.

   "If communication is realy so bad," he demanded of his department heads, "why am I only hearing about it now?"

                                                            Ricky Ruffin


                            From  "Humour in Uniform" - Readers's Digest

QUOTATIONS

ACTIONS

Dream, dream,dream.  Think,think,think. and then put that thought into action, action, action.

- A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

ADMIRATION

Admiration is a very short -lived passion,that immediately decays upon growing familiar with its object- Addison

Distance is a great promoter of admiration.
- Dickerot
ADVICE

Advice is a drug in the market , the supply always exceeds the demand.
- Josh Billings

Advice is like snow: the softer it falls,the longer it dwells upon and the deeper it sinks into the minds.
-Samuel Taylor Coleridge

ANGRY
Anybody can become angry- that is easy: But to be angry with the right person, and to the right degree, and at the right time, and for the right purpose, and in the right way  -that is not within everybody's power and is not easy. 
- Aristotle

ARGUMENT

A good man does not argue.  He who argues is not a good man.
-Lao Tzu

BEAUTY

Beauty is eternity gazing at itself in a mirror.
-Khalil Gibran

"Beauty id truth, truth beauty,'- that is all

Ye know on earth, all ye need to know.

-John Keats

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

-Margaret Hungerford

True beauty consists in purity of heart..

-Mahatma Gandhi

BELIEF

My belief is that to have no wants is divine.
-Socrates

BLESSING

Men are seldom blessed with good fortune and good sense at the same time.
-Livy
Blessed be he who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed
-Pope

ORUKKAM SOLVED - DIARY-ENTRY

1.   Lucia was greatly troubled at the sight of her younger brothers who work hard to save her life.  She was much worried about them. But she had none to express her feelings.  So she notes down her thoughts in her diary.  Write the possible diary entry.

Date.....

     Oh! what a pity! My brothers have to work so hard at such a young age.  They are unable to go to school. They  sell fruits and newspapers. They shine shoes and show tourists around the town. They run errands too.  They never take rest-- all because of me! Oh! when will I get well?!! When can I walk - and sing ?!! I know they are longing to see me walk and sing too.  Oh! God hear my prayers - make me get well soon and take care of my loving brothers...

2. Swami's father is worried about the way the boy is being brought up. He makes a diary entry showing his anxiety. Write the possible diary entry.

Date......

      I am really worried about the upbringing of my son, Swami.  My mother is pampering him too much.  He is afraid of darkness.  I want him to be a courageous boy.  That is why I told him to sleep alone in my office-room.  But he went and slept beside his granny as usual.  His mother and granny together are really spoiling him.  My wife puts all the blame on my mother.  She doesn't  look after him at all.  I don't know what is in store for him! I'm helpless.  I don't have the time to take care of his needs.  I'm so worried about him...

3. Imagine that Helen wrote her exciting experiences of the second day of her imagined eyesight in her diary. Write the likely diary.

Date.....

   Today was such a wonderful day.  First, I experienced the beauty of the sunrise.  Then I saw the pageant of man's progress, the Kaleidoscope of the ages.  The art of the ages was  a beautiful sight.  I tried to probe into the soul of man through his art.  The evening spent at the theatre  was such a wonderful experience.  I just can't forget the actions and expressions of the characters of the play . I wish I would regain my eyesight permanently.  I don't want to loose my eyesight. Oh! God help me..

4. Nicola was really moved by the help given by the author and records it in her diary. What could he have recorded?

Date......

   Mr.A. J Cronin was such a good friend.  He was watching us carefully and appreciating us.  For any help, he would call us. We showed  him  the places  around the town- we ran errands  for him. Wherever we are -  he would appear like an angel. He wanted to know why we are working so hard.  But it is a great secret.  We did not tell him.  He agreed to drive us to Poleta. He dropped us there and waited till we returned . He is really such a good person.  I miss him so much.....

Julius Ceasar

Events  are arranged in order- 1

1. Ceasar  defeated the sons of Pompey in the battle of Munda in Spain and there were celebrations.

2. The Tribunes,Flavius and Marullus did not like the celebrations.

3. During the celebration of the Feast of Lupercal a soothsayer warned Ceasar to beware of the Ides of March.

4. Antony offered Ceasar a crown thrice, but Ceasar refused it.

5.  Brutus did not like Ceasar to become the king of Rome.

6.  Cassius, Casca, Cicero made a plot against Ceasar.


                                                    2

1.  Cassius,Brutus,Casca,Cicero made a plot against Ceasar.
2.   Strange scenes, events and unnatural happenings occurred in Rome
3.   Men were found walking in flames. A night owl sat in the market place at noon and shrieked
4.  These strange happenings are a warning to Rome that one man has grown too powerful.
5.  Cinna joined the conspiracy.
6.   Casius gave Cinna the letters to be thrown inside Brutus's house.
7.   The letters were supposed to be written by the admirers  of Brutus, urging him to save Rome from the clutches of Ceasar.
8.  The conspirators believed that seeing the letters Brutus would join them.


                                                3


1. After putting the letters Cassius, Trebonius, Decius,Casca,Cinna and Metellus came to meet Brutus.
2. They decided to kill Ceasar.
3.  The next task was to tempt Ceasar to come to the Capitol.
4.  Decius volunteered to bring Ceasar to the Capitol.
5   It was the morning of the Ides of March.
6.  Calphurnia had been troubled by bad dreams. She had vision of murder thre times.  She did not allow Ceasar to go out.
7.  Decius came to prompt him to go to the Senate. Ceasar told him about Calphurnia's dream and said that he was not coming to the Senate.
8.  Decius said that the dream means that Rome will receive new strength and greatness from Ceasar.  He added that the Senators had planned to give him a crown.
9.  Artimidorious warned Ceasar.


                                                 4

1.  Ceasar disregarded all hte warnings and went to the Senate House.
2.  Mettellus pressed towards Ceasar with a petition for the recall of his brother Publius from banishment.
3. Ceasar flatly rejected the request.
4.  Brutus and other conspirators crowded round Ceasar.
5.  Suddenly Casca stabbed Ceasar in the neck from behind.
6.  All the others rushed upon their victim.  Brutus was the last to strike.


                                                 5


1.  Young Octavius and Mark Antony were coming down upon Brutus and Cassius with a great force.
2.   Brutus and other conspirators decided to march to Phillippi.
3.  When left alone the ghost of Ceasar appeared befor Brutus.
4.  The ghost said that he would meet Brutus at Phillippi.
5.  Brutus and Cassius marched with their army towards Phillippi.


                                               6


1.   Some arguments took place between Octavius  and Brutus.
2.   Octavius said that he would take revenge for the thirty-three wounds of Ceasar.
3.  The battle started and went on.
4.  Cassius's army was defeated by Antony.
5.  Cassius managed to flee to a hill with Titinius and Pindarus.
6.  Brutus army gained a small victory over Octavius.
7.  Pindarus told Cassius that Titinius was taken prisoner.
8.  Cassius told Pindarus to stab him and Pindarus obeyed his master's orders.


                                               7


1.  Ceasar  fell down dead.
2. Conspirators cried out "peace, freedom and liberty!"
3. Brutus extended to Antony the offer of friendship inspite of Cassius' uneasiness and doubts.
4.  Antony asked permission to speak at Ceasar's funeral and Brutus agreed.
5.  The Romans assembled at the Forum to know why Ceasar had been murdered.


                                              8


1.  Brutus and Antony took their positions to address the Romans.
2.  Brutus spoke first. He said," Had Ceasar lived, each Roman would have become a slave".
3. Next Antony came to the Forum, carrying Ceasar's bleeding body.
4.  Antony said that Ceasar was not ambitious. He had denied the crown thrice. He had enriched the public treasury.  Whenever the poor cried, Ceasar wept for them.
5.  Antony said that Ceasar had left a will with him.  He read the will.  Ceasar had bequeathed to the Romans all his private roads, his groves of trees and newly planted orchards.  He had also left seventy-five drachmas to each of them.
6.  The furious mob rushed off to set fire to the traitors houses.


                                                    9

1.   Antony, Octavious, and Lepidus,  the three men of power, formed the governing council known as the triumvirate.
2.  They devised ways and means to encounter the forces of Brutus and Cassius.
3. Brutus and Cassius had fled Rome after Antony's speech.  They were in exile near Sardis in Asia Minor.  They had raised an army in the Eastern Mediterranean.


                                              10


1.  Titinus killed himself when he came to know of Cassius' death.
2.  Brutus went to the battle field to try his luck in a second fight.
3.  Brutus' army was defeated in the battle.  Heretired to a rock with the remaining friends.  Brutus asked them to kill him.
4.  Brutus' friends told him to flee.
5.  Brutus was left alone in another  part of the plain with Strato, his faithful servant.  At his request Strato held the sword and Brutus ran upon it.
6.  Antony paid the warmest tribute to Brutus.


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STD X SAMPLE QUESTIONS SOLVED

Read the following lines from the poem 'Light the Lamp of Thy Love' and answer the following questions:-

Touch me but once and I will change
All my clay into Thy gold
All the sense lamps that I did light
Sooted into worries
Sitting at the door of my soul
Light Thy resurrecting lamp!

1.  Who is the speaker ?

2.   Mention two things the speaker wants God to do for him.

3.   What does the poet mean by sense lamps?

4.   Pick out an instance of alliteration.

Answers

1.   The devotee is the speaker.

2.   The speaker requests to God  to light the lamp of  love  in  his heart and to transform him into a better person.

3.  The poet means the five senses of eyes(sight),ears(hearing), nose(smell),tongue(taste) and skin(touch).

     4.  Lamps and light ; sitting and soul    

This post is contributed to the blog by:

Helen Joys

H.S.A. English

St. Mary's H.S. Palliport

STD X SAMPLE QUESTIONS SOLVED

 3.   Imagine that you are Swami's granny and narrate how Swami became a hero overnight.

         I have a grandson named Swami.  I like him very much. He sleeps beside me. He is afraid of darkness.

        

         One night his father was reading the newspaper. He came upon a news report of a village lad who fought with a tiger. Soon he told Swami that courage is more important than strength and age. He also told Swami to sleep alone in the office -room to prove his courage

           However, he slept beside me. But his  father forced him to sleep alone in the office-room. He was very afraid. He asked permission to leave the door open

           He slept under the bench because he felt it to be a safer place. He had many fearful thoughts. He had nightmares too. He dreamed that a tiger was chasing him. He felt that the devil would carry him away. He felt something moving. So he attacked it. He bit his leg. That person yelled in pain. He fell on the furniture. There was a great noise. My son, the cook the servant--everyone came running.

            Swami had caught a notorious house-breaker. We called the police. They congratulated him. At school also his classmates praised him. Thus Swami became  a hero overnight.

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4.  "Cowards die many times before they actually die." Examine this statement in the light of the lesson 'The Hero '

           In this passage we find that Swami became a hero by chance. He was a coward. He was afraid of darkness  and did not have the courage to sleep alone at night.

              

            Swami usually slept with his grandmother. But one day Swami's father told him to sleep alone in his office room. He said that courage is everything ,strength and age are not important. But Swami disputed with this theory.

            Swami tried his best to escape from sleeping alone. Finally, he had to sleep alone. Every moment of the night he was facing death. He had many nightmares He dreamed that a tiger was chasing him. He thought that the devil would carry him away. Thus Swami behaved like a typical coward. He was so afraid that he felt that he would die that night. Thus it is true that cowards die many times before they actually die.

AN ANECDOTE OF MY WEEKEND BUS JOURNEY

              This weekend bus journey was from Palliport to Angamaly Via Cherai- N.Parur.A question arose in my humble mind - Are all private buses [Red-killers and similar buses] alike?!!!
                I had an appointment at 1210 hrs, for my son at the famous eye-hospital in Angamaly. Kudos to this hospital  for improving the vision of his right eye, Which was affected with Keratoconus.. He had a minor operation in last August and this was a follow-up visit.
                 We were already late to leave the house because the coconut-climber appeared before me when I popped into the verandah to take my slippers. I was on the look-out for him for quite some time and wished to inform him about it through the media. It was such a great surprise  you know!They are in such great demand these days that one has to go and pick  him up in his posh car to put the coconuts ( and don't ever forget to drop him back home.) This is one of the reasons why I wish to live in a flat during my old age. At least I won't have to put up a look-out notice for coconut-climbers or peep out of the window every half-a-second to see if this very important person is passing by. My coconut-climber is very tricky. We  have only about 5 coconut trees and 5 palm trees in our compound. Whenever, I see him appear on the road,I have to call him in because he would  not climb more than two trees on a single visit and I would have to pay him a handsome amount on every visit. Each time he would say there are bees high up there that sting him. So as soon as I spotted him I clapped my hands and beckoned him. He came and to my surprise agreed to climb a coconut  tree and a palm tree with full of arecanuts.  Fortunately,he was only on his way to the toddy shop and had not consumed it, for the palm trunk was too thin and dancing in the wind - if he fell from it......I can't imagine what would happen.....However, I gained confidence because he was in his senses, although in his sixties-moreover arecanuts have a good market value these days. All these factors prompted me to call him , although it was about to be 9 O' clock. and we were supposed to leave by ten.
             Another mystery had also happened last week--All of a sudden one of the taps in my bathroom found a better place in my hand rather than on the bathroom wall. I jumped away to escape from the attack of the rushing water. Here also I showed some courage to fight back and had put  the tap in its place , although in a very insecure way. My husband is a good mechanic, although he is an executive in a finance company. He says he loves to repair taps - but like most husbands, did not find time for it, for the last one week. A lot of water was leaking along the wall from the pipe and every time I touched it, it seemed to say,"I'll drench you"! My patience had crossed all limits . I had called a plumber and told him to make his appearance before 9.30 a.m. He had agreed. But he reached only by ten. He frowned at the tap for being worn out and thus his prescription ran- "change the tap". He asked me for Rs. 50/- and went to the nearby shop. He returned with a cute green plastic tap and some tape. Replacing a tap is a matter of 5 minutes . But to show that he was inventing some new method of replacing it, he took about 20 to 30 minutes to finish the work.  Again I was getting late to go to the hospital.
              At last we were ready and  my son went a little ahead of me to recharge my phone and  I was a little behind.  Suddenly, I spotted the Parur bus and started heading for it, because it was already at the bus-stop. My son was already at the bus-stop waiting for me to reach. There were quite some people to board the bus  and I  managed to reach near the door only to hear the 'kili' put a double bell and the bus moved forward without taking me in. Then an Ernakulam bus came and we got down at Cherai .From  Cherai we got a bus to Parur and yet another bus from Parur took us to Angamaly via. Manjali. Fortunately I had a good nap in the bus from Parur to Angamaly.
                On my return journey my eyes were wide open to enjoy the bus ride. But the main thi ng I learned during this ride was to pray  because my life was in the hands of the driver, who was driving it like my son playing a computer car game. However,  I noticed that the people around me were quite cool.  They seemed to be confident about reaching home safely. But  I took out my rosary and started praying , as the bus was rocketing down the road. Thanks for the bus stops and the people waiting for the bus that forced the driver to put a brake and stop the bus.
                 At this point, I remember an incident, that happened in last . I was traveling from Palliport to Cherthala, to attend the mass on my father's 15th death anniversary. I was in a KSRTC bus that was heading to Thiruvananthapuram from Kodungallur. A young lady was seated beside me. She seemed to be very restless. She  was murmuring something. I inquired what the matter was. She said that the bus used to reach Ernakulam from Kodungallur within half-an-hour , but then it had reached only Njarackal. She was cursing the new driver who was not driving fast enough for her.
                  So, I think, the working class of people really enjoy their journey in a speeding bus for three reasons- one, they can reach office on time even if they start late.Secondly, they can be back home to see their little ones faces and their partner's smile as early as possible,engage in their daily chores and  hobbies at the earliest possible time. Thirdly, these buses ply at every nook and corner of our state and provide an affordable means of transportation for the common man. Only occasional passengers like me complain about over-speeding. So, I must be the odd man out.!!

The Hero

The Hero -video

SAMPLE QUESTIONS Std. X

2.  Gardiner says, "We can be neither complete anarchists nor complete socialists in this complex world."Do you agree? Give reasons.

        In the passage 'On the Rule of the Road', A.G. Gardiner discusses the need of giving more importance to social liberty in our life . Individual liberty has to be curtailed to a great extend to enable all of us to enjoy social liberty.

        Gardiner says, " We can be neither complete anarchists nor complete socialists in this complex world. I agree with his view. If we become complete anarchists and oppose the government and its rules the society cannot function at all. Every body will be getting in everybody else's way and nobody will get anywhere.

         For example the stout lady in the passage walks through the middle of the road and creates chaos.  Similarly the man who talked in a loud and pompous voice in the train proved to be a complete anarchist. He became a nuisance for the passengers.

         Complete socialists strictly obey the rules of the society and government. We may not be able to obey all the rules laid down by the government.  All the rules may not be acceptable and good for the society. We must have the freedom to question the government . In such situations we must use our individual liberty.

          For example if the government makes changes in the school curriculum without considering the rights and feelings of all sections of the society and without proper professional advice, we must express our individual liberty to question the government and establish a school curriculum which is acceptable to all for the good of the students and the society.

          Thus we cannot be complete socialists or complete anarchists. We have to be a judicious mixture of both.

ZENSTORIES

ZEN STORIES

Obedience

The master Bankei's talks were attended not only by Zen students but by persons of all ranks and sects. He never quoted sutras nor indulged in scholastic dissertations. Instead, his words were spoken directly from his heart to the hearts of his listeners.

His large audiences angered a priest of the Nichiren sect because the adherents had left to hear about Zen. The self-centered Nichiren priest came to the temple, determined to debate with Bankei.

"Hey, Zen teacher!" he called out. "Wait a minute. Whoever respects you will obey what you say, but a man like myself does not respect you. Can you make me obey you?"

"Come up beside me and I will show you," said Bankei.

Proudly the priest pushed his way through the crowd to the teacher.

Bankei smiled. "Come over to my left side."

The priest obeyed.

"No," said Bankei, "we may talk better if you are on the right side. Step over here."

The priest proudly stepped over to the right

"You see," observed Bankei, "you are obeying me and I think you are a very gentle person. Now sit down and listen."

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Riddles

1.Feed me and I live

Give me drink and I die.

What am I?

2.How could I place a bookbag on the floor where no one could jump over it?

3. A chest without hinges key or lid but inside golden treasures are hid. What is the chest and what is the treasure?

4.I went to the garden and got it, when I came into the house I cried because of it.

5What English word means burning wood when you take away the first letter of the word?

Std. X -English sample questions solved

1.  Imagine yourself to be the cherry tree and describe how Rakesh and his grandfather took care of you.

       One evening Rakesh bought me from the Mussoorie market .After eating me he planted me in the shady corner of his garden.  Then he forgot about me.
       Days passed.  One morning grandfather chanced to see me. He called Rakesh and showed how I had grown into a plant.Rakesh circled me with pebbles and watered me.  He took great care of me.
       Some months passed and I had many leaves. One day a goat ate all my leaves.  Rakesh was very sad. But grandfather consoled him.Somehow  I survived.
        Then I was attacked by a woman cutting grass. She cut me in two. Grandfather scolded her.  Rakesh cried.Somehow I survived again.
        I grew quickly. Rakesh also grew up with me.We were  great friends.A praying mantis visited me. Then a hairy caterpillar.
         One day I bloomed. Grandfather and Rakesh were very happy. Then I bore fruits. Rakesh tasted me and said I was sour.  But I bore more and more cherries. Birds ate them.
          I grew up into a big shady tree.  Grandfather took rest under me. Rakesh saw the hand of God in my growth from a seed to a big shady tree.

APPRECIATION OF THE POEM"LINES WRITTEN IN MARCH"

Lines written in March is a poem written by William Wordsworth. The poem is about the happiness of the withdrawal of winter season.All things in nature are happy.The cock is crowing ,the stream is flowing, the cattle are grazing, the small clouds are sailing and the blue sky is prevailing.There are a lot of word-pictures in the poem which mark the arrival of spring season.In the line 'the plough boy  is whooping anon-anon'-the word anon is repeated to show the happiness of  of the plough boy.The poet has compared the retreating winter season to a defeated army.Winter represents the bad time of the year ,when there is illness,poverty etc.The crowing of the cock suggests the end of the winter season This is a beautiful poem which has rhyme and rhythm too.

The above appreciation is contributed to the blog by

Shereena M.S

Std.VIII D

St.Mary's H.S.Palliport.

DIARY ENTRY

Today I had a very sad experience. Early  morning a phone-call woke me up to say that a  friend of  of my husband had a heart attack last night and collapsed on the way to the hospital. It was a very bad news for us.We went for the funeral and it was a real-life experience of the poem "Home They Brought Her Warrior Dead".The dead man's wife never swooned nor uttered cry. The people around thought that she would die if she didn't weep.It was really a pity. Finally when the body of her husband was about to be buried -she burst into tears-she held her only daughter and wept bitterly-she lost all her control and fell on his body-It was a terrible scene-I just can't forget it.....

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I went for the funeral in a line -bus{commonly known as red -killers in the town}.I travelled on the busy Vypin -Munambam route. This is a comparatively narrow road with about eight narrow bridges.The posh houses on either side of the road gives us an impression that the people here are well-off.However ,the coastal belt is not , all that well -off.There are narrow lanes leading to the east and west end of the island which is densely populated. But I don't know why they crowd on either side of the road and create problems for the vehicles passing by.All vehicles including cars,lorries.tempos carrying loads of fish,tourists buses and long -distance buses -are just speeding away.They are just least bothered about the lives of the people standing on either side of the road.These vehicles have already taken many of the innocent lives.I think it is high time that the islanders develop some kind of road sense and try to avoid standing on the roads and gossiping.The drivers too must have the sense that they are travelling along a narrow busy road and try to avoid over-speed. Both these precautionary measures can save a number of innocent lives!

John Keats

                   John Keats (pronounced /ˈkiːts/; 31 October 1795 – 23 February 1821) was an English Romantic poet. Along with Lord Byron and Percy Bysshe Shelley, he was one of the key figures in the second generation of the Romantic movement, despite the fact that his work had been in publication for only four years before his death.

                 During his life, his poems were not generally well received by critics; however, after his death, his reputation grew to the extent that by the end of the 19th century he had become one of the most beloved of all English poets. He has had a significant influence on a diverse range of later poets and writers: Jorge Luis Borges, for instance, stated that his first encounter with Keats was the most significant literary experience of his life.

                The poetry of Keats is characterized by sensual imagery, most notably in the series of odes. Today his poems and letters are considered as among the most popular and analyzed in English literature.

Works

The Odes of 1819  
Ode on Indolence  
Ode to Psyche
Ode to a Nightingale
Ode on a Grecian Urn
Ode on Melancholy
To Autumn
La Belle Dame Sans Merci
Song of the Indian Maid, from Endymion
On first looking into Chapman's Homer
The Eve of St Agnes
The Human Seasons
Lines on the Mermaid Tavern
In drear-nighted December
Asleep
Dedication. To Leigh Hunt, Esq.
Fancy
Imitation of Spenser
Sonnets 
Bright Star! would I were steadfast as thou art
When I have fears that I may cease to be
On Fame
To Some Ladies
On receiving a curious shell, and a copy of verses, by the same ladies
Robin Hood. To a friend.
Woman! when I behold thee flippant, vain

Ode   A lyric poem of some length, usually of a serious or meditative nature and having an elevated style and formal stanzaic structure.

Sonnet   A 14-line verse form usually having one of several conventional rhyme schemes.

Romantic Poetry 

Romanticism largely began as a reaction against the prevailing Enlightenment ideals of the day. Inevitably, the characterization of a broad range of contemporaneous poets and poetry under the single unifying name can be viewed more as an exercise in historical compartmentalization than an attempt to capture the essence of the actual ‘movement’. Indeed, the term “Romanticism” did not arise until the Victorian period. Nonetheless, poets such as William Wordsworth were actively engaged in trying to create a new kind of poetry that emphasized intuition over reason and the pastoral over the urban, often eschewing modern forms and language in an effort to use ‘new’ language.

English Romantic Poets

• William Blake
• George Gordon Byron
• Samuel Taylor Coleridge
• P B Shelley
• William Wordsworth
• John Keats

Daisy's song

The sun, with his great eye,
Sees not so much as I ;
And the moon, all silver, proud,
Might as well be in a cloud.

And the spring -- the spring !
I lead the life of a king !
Couch'd in the teeming grass,
I spy each pretty lass.

I look where no one dares,
And I stare where no one stares,
And when the night is nigh,
Lambs bleat my lullaby.

Daisies

Daisies are simple yet sophisticated and one of the most beautiful flowers in the floral world. Daisies convey cheer and exuberance in spades. Not surprisingly, daisies are popular both for gifting and growing in gardens.

 
Daisies belong to the Daisy Family of Compositae, now known as Asteraceae in flowering plants. Daisies are native to north and central Europe.
The origin of the word Daisy is Anglo Saxon “daes eage” literally meaning “day’s eye”. It was called this because daisies open at dawn as the day is just beginning.
A Daisy symbolizes innocence and purity. It can also symbolize new beginnings. The flower meaning of daisy is “loyal love”, “I will never tell”.
daisy pictures

THREE QUESTIONS POSSIBLE DISCOURSES

para 11 - 15

Write a conversation between the king and the hermit when he was digging the ground

Write  a speech on "The importance of planting trees."

para  16

Imagine that somebody falls sick in your house.How will you take care of him/her?

Para 18

 Write a story or incident of revenge.

Para 19

Write  a story of  reconciliation.

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para 10

Make a collection of  stories of sages.

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PARA  7

In your opinion which is the most important thing in the world -science,warfare or religious worship?

Explain why you think so.

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para 4

Write a conversation among the learned men while trying to answer the first question of the king. Role play it too.

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para 2

Imagine that one of the teacher of your school lost her watch in the school ground.She proclaims a reward for the person who finds it. Write the proclamation.

Students and teachers,

I have lost my wrist watch in the school ground. It has a golden case and strap.It is a Titan Watch.

I proclaim a reward of Rs.100/- for the person who finds it.

                                                                Name

                                                                 Address     

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New Year message

Today I gave my students a message for the New Year. It was one - of inspiration - to change - to forget the past and be ready to act because the present and the future is always there for all of us.

WISH YOU ALL A VERY HAPPY

   AND PROSPEROUS  NEW YEAR

Today I had been to Malipuram beach and aqua tourism zone

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There are acres of fish farms and Kandal gardens(mangroove forests) It is a very beautiful place.

Kandal trees are very short. There were swings on some trees. To add to the beauty the tree trunks were painted.

There were painted bamboo bridges.

I t is a wonderful place. We can go boating too. Of course there was the mouth-watering Karimeen curry fresh as ever! wow!! Don't miss it

To the fish farm

You are so calm

with short trees and palm

A cave inside with 

a roof of leaves

The bamboos painted 

in red and green

for bridges that cross

small brooks

Boys and Girls went 

canoeing around

enjoying nature so cool

I went near the pool

to see the fish 

jump and fall 

to be caught in nets 

and served for all.