Activity Sheet Format for Std.-XI

 Activity Sheet Format for Std.- XI 

 SECTION I – PROSE (34 marks) 

(Reading for Comprehension, Language Study, Summary, Note-Making/Mind Mapping)

Q. 1 A. Read the extract and complete the activities given below.         (12)

(Seen extract from Section No.1 consisting of 275-300 words)

A1) Global understanding                                (02)
A2) Complex factual                                        (02)
A3) Inference/Interpretation/Analysis              (02)
A4) Personal response                                     (02)
A5) Language study                                         (02)
A6) Vocabulary                                                (02)

B) Language Study (Non - textual Grammar)                                       (4)
B1) Do as directed / Transformation of Sentence (3)
B2) Spot the error                                              (1)

Q. 2 A. Read the extract and complete the activities given below          (12)

(Unseen extract consisting of 275-300 words)

A1) Global understanding                                (02)
A2) Complex factual                                        (02)
A3) Inference/Interpretation/Analysis              (02)
A4) Personal response                                     (02)
A5) Language study                                        (02)
A6) Vocabulary                                               (02)

B) Summary Writing                                                                         (03)
Write the summary of the above extract with a suitable title with the help of the given
points/hints.

C) Note-Making / Mind Mapping (Completion task)                             (03)
Read the given extract and complete the given activity as per the instructions.

 SECTION II – POETRY (POETRY AND APPRECIATION) (14 marks) 

Q.3 A. Read the extract and complete the activities given below           (10)

(Seen extract from a poem of about of 10 – 15 lines)

A1) Global understanding                              (02)
A2) Inference/Interpretative/Analysis             (02)
A3) Personal Response                                   (02)
A4) Poetic Device                                           (02)
A5) Creativity (compose 2-4 lines)                   (02)

B. APPRECIATION                                                                             (04)
Read the extract and write as per the instructions:

(Seen extract of 10 – 15 lines from another poem, not asked in Q.3 A)

 SECTION III – Writing Skills (16 Marks) 

Q.4 Complete the activities as per the instructions given below             (16)
A. E-mail / Letter Writing (Formal)                 (04)

B. Expansion of Ideas / Blog Writing / Film Review(04)

C. Appeal / Leaflet/Report Writing/ View-Counterview (04)

D. Speech Writing/ Compering / Dialogue Writing/ Interview (04)

 SECTION IV – Literary Genre (16 Marks) 

Q.5 (A) Complete the activities given below as per the instructions     (04)
1. Activities on History of English Drama        (02)
2. Activities on History of English Drama        (02)

(Activities: MCQ/Match the columns/Chronological order/Fill in the Blanks/True False/Elements

of Drama) (Activities should not be repeated in the sub-questions)

(Please Note: Activities in this section should be framed on the Unit 4.1)

(B) Answer in about 50 words to the questions based on One Act Play (04)

(Questions: Plot/Structure/Theme/Setting/Language/Character)

1. Describe/Explain/Compare/Contrast/Name/Discuss (02)
2. Illustrate/Interpret/Narrate/Justify/Find/Identify      (02)

(Please Note: Activities in this section should be framed on the Unit 4.2)

(C) Answer in about 50 words to the questions given below                 (04)

(Questions: Plot/Structure/Theme/Setting/Language/Character)

1. Describe/Explain/Compare/Contrast/Name/Discuss (02)
2. Illustrate/Interpret/Narrate/Justify/Find/Identify      (02)

(Please Note: Activities in this section should be framed on the Unit 4.3 A)

(D) Answer in about 50 words to the questions given below                 (04)

(Questions: Plot/Structure/Theme/Setting/Language/Character)

1. Describe/Explain/Compare/Contrast/Name/Discuss (02)
2. Illustrate/Interpret/Narrate/Justify/Find/Identify      (02)

(Please Note: Activities in this section should be framed on the Unit 4.3 B)

2.5 Father Returning Home - ICE BREAKERS & BRAINSTORMING

 

                       2.5 Father Returning Home

                              ICE BREAKERS

1) Write down the difficulties that you face while commuting to and from the college by public transport.

Answer:

a) Do not get seat.

b) Bad and dirty smell.

c) Loud noise of engine.

d) Dirty atmosphere.

e) Too much Crowd and their shouting.

2) Image the plight of the commuters on their way to go to their work place and suggest three solutions

Answer:

3) Complete the following table.

A	B
The way our elders take care of us	The way you can take care of elders in your family.
1.  Love and protect us	1. Help them in daily chores.
2.  Give pocket-money.	2. Provide healthcare facilities.
3.  Educate us for bright career.	3.  Share our spare time with them.

4) Write your duties towards the following:-

Brainstorming:

A1. (i) Give the list of difficulties faced by the father in the poem.

Answer: 

a) The father is returning very late in the evening.

b) He has to stand in the train.

c) His outfits become soggy.

d) He struggles to handle the bag of books.

e) His eyesight is dimmed due to old age.

(ii) Write the character sketch of the father with the help of the given points. (His pathetic condition, the treatment he receives at home, his solitude, the way he tries to overcome it)

Answer:

a) The father has to stand in the train when he is returning home late.

b) He gets weak tea to drink and stale chapati to eat at home.

c) His children are not interested to share jokes and secrets with him at home.

d) He tries to dream his golden past and expectations from the future.

A2.(i) Given below are the ideas conveyed through the poem. Match the pairs and draw out the hidden meaning from those expressions.

Answer:

	Expressions		Meanings
(a)	Children avoid expressing themselves.		Hostility of children.
(b)	Father was deprived of refreshing hot beverages or nourishing diet.		His basic daily requirements were also not catered to.
(c)	The father hurries home crossing railway line.		Father is so eager to meet family members that he even doesn’t bother about his safety.
(d)		The father was destined to listen only to the cracking sounds on media.	The father couldn’t even fulfil the least expectation of entertaining himself.
(e)		His sordid present is devoid of any hope.	Indulge into past and future.
(f)		The        father’s endless comminuting distance him from his children.	Father is not less than any tribal wanderer, a modern normed.
(g)		Suburban area, visible through the train, is past unnoticed.	Because there is hardly anything enchanting/ interesting in the monotonous routine journey to look out of the window.
(h)		He is just as a small word, dropping from a sentence.	Has least value in the society where his presence or absence might hardly make any difference.
(i)		He doesn’t get a place in a crowded train.	Uncomfortable journey.

(ii) Find the lines to prove the following facts from the poem.

a) Father is deprived of good food.

Answer:-

Home again, I see him drinking weak tea, Eating a stale chapati, reading a book.

b) Children did not have a healthy relation with the father.

Answer:-

 His sullen children have often refused to share

Jokes and secrets with him.