ARMY PUBLIC SCHOOL KIRKEE

2011-2012
ENGLISH
CLASS X
April- May 2011
No of days - 22+6 =28
No of periods 33
Literature
Name of the lesson- Two Gentlemen of Verona
Author- A.J.Cronin
Key concepts
The story recounts the hard life chosen by two young boys as observed by the author.
the author learns that the hard life was a conscious choice made by the two boys to
collect and save money for the for the treatment of their sister.
The two boys work very hard and do every possible job like distributing newspaper,
polishing shoes, as guides selling fruits and running errands.
They eat less and wear old clothes to save the money to pay the expenses of the hospital.
Thus the boys sacrifice sincerity and devotion to the cause and the maturity they display
in their actions gives a new hope for humanity.
Learning outcome
LWBAT
list the qualities of gentlemen.
analyze that appearances are deceptive.
infer that the story promises the hope for society.
portray the characters who endure hardship to achieve a higher goal.
learn the value of family life.
be inspired to fight adversities of life with determination and will power.
learn to face difficulties without cribbing and losing hope.

Grammar
Phrases and their meanings ( that occur in the lesson)
e.g. # to set up- to start / establish
#to put up with to tolerate a situation /person.
Writing task
Article writing: Display lesson of love, faith and trust.
Diary entry: Lucia writing a diary about her past life and present situation.
Listening activity
They listen to an extract from Ziatas Diary followed by questions based on it.
Formative assessment
Oral questions (Conversation type with MCOs.)
e.g. The narrator was most impressed by the boys
(a) desire to earn money (b) willingness to work
(c) ability to perform many tasks (d) sense of fun.

Questions requiring brief answers.

 e.g. # Why were the narrator and his companion impressed by the boys?
#How are the boys useful to the author?

Questions requiring discussion (extrapolator)

e.g. #Appearances are deceptive.
#Lesson promises hope for society.

Name of the lesson The Frog and the Nightingale.

Poet- Vikram Seth
Key concepts.
The poem is a story of a cunning frog and a gullible nightingale.
The wicked frog tried and exhausted an innocent but stupid nightingale to death.
The cunning and crafty frog exploited her magical voice only to collect money.
The simple and unsuspecting nightingale allowed the frog to misguide and ruin her career
and life.

Learning outcome
LWBAT
Recite the poem and identify the rhyming scheme.
Explain how the nightingale was exploited by the cunning frog for his own selfish
motives.
Organize the events in the order in which they happened.
Sketch a pen portrait of the frog and the bird.
Compose a humorous poem on two creatures or people.
Criticize frogs behavior towards the nightingale.
Judge that the bird was a foolish gullible creature that got carried away by the
frogs words.
Writing task
Diary entry:
e.g. the nightingale writes a diary entry expressing her fears as the audience starts
dwindling.
Listening task
Listen to poem on a similar theme by Mary Howitt and compare the Fly to Vikram Seths
Nightingale.

Class discussion (activity)

A poor self- image can do irrepairable damage to us, discuss with suitable examples.
Formative assessment
Oral questions (conversation type with MCQs)
e.g. The audience was tired of her song because .
(a) they had heard it many times (b) it had become mechanical
(c) she looked tired (d) she added thrill to her song
Questions requiring brief answers.
e.g. #Which are the different ways in which the frog asserts his importance?
#Why was the frog angry?
 Questions requiring discussion (extrapolator)
e.g. Imagine you are the frog and write a letter to your friend telling him how you ruined
the Nightingale .
JULY 2011
No of days - 25
No of periods 28

Name of the lesson- Mrs Packletides Tiger

Author- Saki
Key concepts
Mrs. Packletides tiger is a satire describing hunting of a tiger for prestige.
Mrs. Loona bimberton killed a tiger and was praised and got a great fame.
Mrs. Packletide, jealous of her, wanted to do the same to get the fame.
A lot of money was spent and the whole village was involved in the hunt.
Miss Mebbin, a paid companion, sat with her on the platform constructed for the hunt.
A goat with a particular persistent bleat was tied to a tree as bait.
The tiger was spotted and Mrs. Packletide shot it.
The humour was that the goat died because of the shot and the tiger died because of the
noise which led to his heart failure.
Packletide got her share of name and fame but Miss Mebbin blackmailed her and
purchased a cottage and christened it LES FAUVES (wild animals) and in the garden
planted Tiger lilies.
Learning outcome
LWBAT
Identify the purpose behind Mrs. Packletide hunting the tiger.
Explain how jealousy led to killing of harmless animals.
Generalize that most of the hunting of animals takes place for wrong reasons.
Infer that such a ruthless killing of Tigers for prestige issue has brought the Tiger on the
verge of extinction.
Develop a sense of responsibility towards environment and endangered species.
Grammar
Figure of speech
OXYMARON: combines normally contradictory term.
e.g. cold sun, dark sunlight, faces grimly gay.

Writing task
Autobiography by Mrs. Packletide describing the humorous episode of killing the Tiger.
Listening task
Listening to the passage on Lion Hunting and answering the questions.
Formative assessment
Oral questions (conversation type with MCQs)
e.g. Ninrod was a biblical character famous as .
(a) a mighty builder of boats. (b) a preserver of nature and its species
(c) the great ruler of Babylon (d) a mighty hunter.
Questions requiring brief answers.
 e.g. # Why did Mrs.packletide wish to kill a tiger?
#How did the beast of pray die?

Questions requiring discussion (extrapolator)

e.g. Diary entry.
Imagine youre Miss Mebbin. Write a diary entry describing the hunting episode.

Name of the poem- Mirror

Poet Sylvia Plath
Key concepts
Sylvia Plath personifies the mirror in the poem Mirror.
The mirror reflects what it sees.
It has no preconceptions.
It is not cruel but truthful.
It doesnt hide or conceal anything.
It is not a lair like the candles or the moon.
It is not misted by love or dislike.
The woman who stands before it sees what actually she is.
In it she has drowned a young girl.
And in it she rises as a woman growing older every day.

Learning outcome
LWBAT
Identify the figure of speech (personification).
Recognize it as a narrative poem without any rhyme scheme.
Understand the ageing concept and that one must accept it gracefully
Interpret the mirror as an object representing truthfulness and displaying reality.
Paraphrase the poem in their own words.
Writing task
Speech writing: imagine you are the mirror. Write a speech that you would like to deliver
to the humans who come to see their reflections in you.
Class activity
After listening to another poem on mirror, the students have a class discussion on the
comparison in terms of the theme, the tone and the language used.
Formative assessment
Oral questions (conversation type with MCQs)
e.g. the mirror has been called a four cornered god because .
(a) it is square shaped
(b) like God it watches you unbiased and fair from all four angles
(c) it reflects back all that it sees (d) it never stops in reflecting
Questions requiring brief answers.
e.g. #How does the mirror usually pass its time?
# What makes the woman start crying?

Questions requiring discussion (extrapolator)

 e.g. Imagine you are the mirror. Write a diary entry describing the womans reactions
when she saw her reflection.

AUGUST 2011
No of days - 25
No of periods 28

Literature : Name of the lesson- The Letter

Author- Dhumaketu
Key concepts
The letter is the story of an old father who passes through the agony and pangs of
separation of his married daughter.
Ali got no news of his daughter Miriam who was married to a soldier in punjab for five
years.
The post office became his place of pilrimage.
Even though he never received any letter from Miriam, he would be the first to reach
there.
But with boundless faith and patience, he went to the post office everyday, and returned
home empty-handed.
The long expected letter from Miriam did come but it came too late.
Finally, the letter was laid on Alis grave.
Learning outcome
LWBAT
Describe the importance of love and separation in ones life.
Give examples of the change in the means of communication over a period of time and its
importance in ones life.
Analyze the change in the postmatres behaviour towards Ali when his own daughter was
not well and he did not receive any news from her.
Criticize the behaviour of the pepole at the post office.
Prepare a summary of the story and narrate it in the class.
Sketch a pen-portrait of Ali and the postmaster.
Grammar
Explain the phrases:
e.g. # happy memories light up a life that is nearing its close
# when the evening of his life was drawing in, he left his old ways and suddenly
took a new turn.
Writing task
Diary entry: Postmaster writes a diary entry as he is tortured by doubt and remorse.
Listening task
Listening to the passage on Break-upof the Joint Family System in India, students
complete the boxes given below.
Speaking task
Present your views in front of the class about the fact that the postmaster saw Ali at the
door.
Formative assessment
 Oral questions (conversation type with MCQs)
e.g. The Post Masters rudeness to Ali reveals his .
(a) lack of empathy (b) preoccupation with his work.
(c) preconceived notions (d) sensitivity.
Questions requiring brief answers.
e.g. #How do you know Ali was a familiar figure at the post office?
#Why were Alis eyes filled with tears of helplessness?

Questions requiring discussion (extrapolator)

e.g. Imagine you are Aliss daughter and you write a letter to your father describing your
inability to write for all these years .

POEM
Name of the Poem- Not Marble,nor the Gilded Monuments
Poet- William Shakespeare
Key concepts

Learning Outcome
LWBAT
Why do rich and powerful people erect monuments and statues in their memory.
How monuments and statues brave the ravages of time.
Poet refers to Time as being sluttish.
Neither forces of nature nor can wars destroy his poetry.
Alliteration used to heighten the musical quality of the sonnet.
Personification used in the poem.
Sonnet has been divided into three quatrains of 4 lines followed by a rhyming couplet.
Rhyming couplet is
Grammar
The rhyming scheme in the poem.
Alliteration used in the poem.
Formative assessment
Oral questions (conversation type with MCQs)
e.g. The poet addresses his sonnet to .
(a) time (b) war.
(c) the person he loves (d) powerful rulers
Questions requiring brief answers.
e.g. #Why does the poet refer to time as being sluttish?
#Describe how the monuments and statues brave the ravages of time?

Questions requiring discussion

e.g. Identify Shakespeares use of personification in the poem.
Main Course Book
Unit 1: Health And Medicine.
Key Concepts
Do Indians get enough sleep? : The reasons behind and effects of sleep deprivation.
Laughter the Best Medicine: The fundamentals of laughter yoga, the role of laughter as a
link between body and mind.
Whopping Walter Hudson: The problems faced by obese people.
The world of sports: The role of sports in maintaining good health.
Natures Medicine: After Renaissance the major shifts that occurred in the approach
towards Herbal plants.
Learning Outcomes
Identify the main points of the text
Analyze, interpret and infer the ideas in the text.
Reading a poem for Global and local comprehension and appreciation.
Deducing the meaning of unfamiliar lexical items in a given context.
Categorizing sports activities.
Write an informal letter.
Write an E-mail.
Take active part in group discussion.(obesity)
Write a diary entry.
Express opinions whether Indians get enough sleep.

Formative assessment
Write a letter to your school going sister who is sleep deprived.advise her to make
life style changes in her daily schedule.
Write an E-mail to your overstressed sister who is preparing for her class XII
exams suggesting her to join a laughter club to combat anxiety.
Read the telephonic conversation and write a message.
You decide to become a mentor to nurture a poor boys talent. Write a diary entry
about the feelings that the young but poor talented person evoked in you.

UNIT 2
EDUCATION
Key Concepts
My struggle for an education:
Educating the girl child:
Inculsive education:
Vocation education:

Learning Outcomes
Complete a web chart.
Write a conversation
Write a letter to the editor.
Make an oral presentation, expressing opinions and feelings about present day education
system.
 Learn to write biographical sketch.
Learn to make a poster depicting things they learn in school will be useful in future.
Write an articles on Inclusive Education is not an alternative but an inevtability, the
growing need for vocational education, education curriculim requires fresh
perspective.
Recapitulate to write a Notice.