English I

The Missing Mail

     The Missing Mail' is a well-loved short story. The story is set in an imaginary, small Indian village called Malgudi. The major character in the story is Thanappa, the village postman.

The Woman on Platform 8

     One of the best loved writers for childern and adults is Ruskin Bond. Bond has forged an enduring relationship with the hills of North India by living in a hill station there. His vivid description of Nature and people, and gentle humour are characteristics of his writing. He has written several novels and short stories.

The Necklace

     No amount of painstaking search reveals the jewel. They go to the jewellers, pay up 18,000 francs that his father had left him, borrow another 22,000 francs and buy a similar diamond necklace.

The Pendulum

     The pendulum is a story about the everyday life of an ordinary couple caught in the chores of mundane city life.

Palanquin Bearers

     This is one of the most rhythmic and picturesque poems of Sarojini Naidu. The poem is a description of one of the customs of ancient India.

The Brook

     The poet portrays himself as the brook. The poem gives the thoughts and impressions of the brook as it twists and turns and flows and falls through the changing landscape.

The Solitary Reaper

     The Solitary Reaper is Wordsworth's best loved shorter poems. The poem is set in the mountainous regions of Scotland. The poet is taking a walk through these Highlands when he sees something which makes him stop.

Lord Ullin's Daughter

     A Scottish chieftain is in love with the daughter of Lord Ullin. The Scots have close knit clans and are very proud of their clans. This often resulted in feuds and fights.

The Seven Ages

     The poem commences with life being compared to a huge stage where all of us are only actors. Each person has an entry into the world at birth and exits it at death.

The Road Not Taken

     The poem explores the inevitable need to make choices and once a choice is made and a path in traversed on there is no returning.

I Cannot Remember My Mother

     The parents of Rabindranath were very wealthy and had an active social life. Rabindranath had many brothers and sisters to take care of him. His mother passed away when he was still young.

Mirabai

     Mirabai, the princess of Merta has been married to Bhojraj, the son of the famous Rana Sanga, the ruler of Mewar. Mirabai has since moved to Mewar.

The Bishops' Candlesticks

     The story revolves around 3 main characters. A Bishop is a noble and kind hearted soul. He does not mind selling away his silver to pay for a a poor lady's house rent. He seems to have quite a large part of his savings such charity.

Importance of Effective Writing

     Here are a few reasons why everyone must learn to write. Firstly, writing helps us explore our own thoughts and feelings. Writing forces us to articulate our ideas, to discover what we really think about an issue.

Linguistically Controlled and Guided Exercises

     You are expected to do a wide variety of writing. We will start from the simplest Linguistically Controlled and Guided Exercises and go on to extended compositions requiring originality, creativity, wide vocabulary and general awareness.

Short Composition with Word Limit

     You are expected to do a wide variety of writing. We will start from the simplest Linguistically Controlled and Guided Exercises and go on to extended compositions requiring originality, creativity, wide vocabulary and general awareness.

Extended Composition Based on Verbal Stimulus

     This is usually done after a study of particular situations or problems. In this, the facts, reasons, effects and recommendations are clearly and precisely stated one below the other. This could take the form of a newspaper report, letter report or a simple report to your Department Head with your findings and recommendations.

Extended Writing with Visual Stimulus

     Writing in this case is no different from writing where a verbal stimulus is given. The only difference is that, here you have to take ideas from a photograph, picture, sketch or graph.

Reading

     While reading, we are interacting with a written text. This interaction with a text helps not only in decoding information, but also in enjoying the text for its own sake. In order to understand facts, extract information or derive maximum enjoyment, one needs to comprehend or understand the text.

Work Book

     Words that are used before a noun to give the precise meaning of the noun are called determiners. These are short, common words.