Section wise weightage for 1st Sem Exam for Std 12th

Section

Marks 

Prose Section 

(22Marks) 
 

Seen Extract 8 
Unseen Extract. 8
Summary Writing 3
Mind Mapping 3

Poetry Section

(12Marks)

 Comprehension of seen poem 8 Marks. 
Appreciation of seen poem 4  

 Writing Skills (8.Marks)

Interview, Report Writing, Film Review, Expansion of an Idea.

Literary Genre

 Novel (8Marks)


4.2 To Sir With Love
(4 Marks)
4.3 Around The World in 80 Days.
(4 Marks)


Portion for Ist Sem Exam. 2023

Section

Marks

Prose Section 

(22Marks) 

1.2 to 1.5

Poetry Section

(12Marks)

 2.5 to 2.8

 Writing Skills (8.Marks)

Expansion of an Idea, Interview, Report Writing Film Review.


Literary Genre Novel (8Marks)


4.2 To Sir with Love 
4.3 Around The World in Eighty Days.






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Ist Sem Exam Oct 2023 Activity Sheet. 


Important instructions.

(1) Each activity has to be answered in complete sentence/sentences. Answers written in only one word will not be given complete credit. Only the correct activity number written in case of options will not be given any credit.

(2) Web diagrams, flow charts, tables etc. are to be presented exactly as they are with answers.

(3) In point 2 above, only the words written without the presence of activity format/design, will not be given credit. Use of colour pens/pencils etc. is not allowed. (Only blue/black pens are allowed.)

(4) Multiple answers to the same activity will be treated as wrong and will not be given any credit.

(5) Maintain the sequence of the Sections/Question Nos./Activities throughout the activity sheet.


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Section I Prose Lesson.

(Reading for Comprehension, Language Study, Summary and Mind Mapping)

Q 1 (A)Read the extract and complete the activities given below (8) 

Soapy had confidence in himself from the lowest button of his vest upward. He was shaven, his coat was trim and his neat, black bow had been presented to him by a lady missionary on Thanksgiving Day. If only he could reach a table in the restaurant unsuspected success would be his. The portion of him that would show above the table would raise no doubt in the waiter’s mind. A roasted mallard duck, thought Soapy, would be about the thing with a bottle of wine and then some cheese, a cup of coffee and a cigar. One dollar for the cigar would be enough. The total would not be so high as to call forth any extreme revenge from the cafe management, and yet the meat would leave him filled and happy for the journey to his winter island. 
But as Soapy set foot inside the restaurant door, the head waiter’s eye fell upon his tattered trousers and decadent shoes. Strong and ready hands turned him about and conveyed him in silence and haste to the sidewalk and averted the ignoble fate of the menaced mallard. 
Soapy turned off Broadway. It seemed that his route to the coveted island was not to be an easy one. Some other way of entering the limbo must be devised. 
At a corner of Sixth Avenue, electric lights and cunningly displayed wares behind plate glass made a shop window attractive. Soapy took a stone and dashed it through the glass. People came running round the corner, a policeman in the lead. Soapy stood still with his hands in his pockets and smiled at the sight of brass buttons. 

“Where’s the man that done that?” inquired the officer agitatedly. 

“Don’t you think that I might have had something to do with it?” said Soapy, with a friendly voice, as one greets good fortune. 

The policeman refused to accept Soapy even as a clue. Men who smash windows do not remain to chat with the police. They take to their heels.


A1. Complete the following web with different things soapy planned to order from the restaurant. (1)

A2. Give the reasons for the following 1

📌 Soapy was restricted to enter the restaurant...............

A3. Describe the physical appearance of Soapy. 2

A4. What is your dream in life? How will you fulfil your dream? 2

A5. Rewrite the following as instructed. 1

i) Men who smash windows do not remain to chat with the police.

The main clause from the above sentence is.......... 

  • a) Men smash windows. 
  • b) Men smash windows do not remain. 
  • c) Men do not remain to chat with the police. 
  • d) To chat with the police. 

A6. Find out the words from the extract which means. 1

  • a) Without any doubt. 
  • b) Expertly. 

Q2  Read the following extract and complete the activities given below it. (08)


Reading a lot is essential. It is stupid not to venture outside the examination ‘set books’ or the textbooks you have chosen for intensive study. Read as many books in English as you can, not as a duty but for pleasure. Do not choose the most difficult books you find, with the idea of listening and learning as many new words as possible: choose what is likely to interest you and be sure in advance, that it is not too hard. You should not have to be constantly looking up new words in the dictionary, for that deadens interest and checks real learning. Look up a word here and there, but as a general policy try to push ahead, guessing what words mean from the context. It is extensive and not intensive reading that normally helps you to get interested in extra reading and thereby improve your English. You should enjoy the feeling which extensive reading gives. As you read you will become more and more familiar with words and sentence patterns you already know, understanding them better and better as you meet them in more and more contexts, some of which may slightly differ from others. Some people say that we cannot learn to speak a language better with the help of a book. They believe that spoken language and written language are quite different things. This cannot be true.

A.1 Based on the above extract state whether the following statements are true or false. (2)

  1. You must choose the most difficult books you can find to read.
  2. You must choose what is likely to interest you.
  3. You must read books for pleasure.
  4. You should be constantly looking up new words in the dictionary.

A2 Complete the sentences with the correct word or phrase from the extract. (2)

  1. We must read the book in English for............ 
  2. The author believes that the spoken and written languages are not......... 
  3. and.............reading helps us to develop the interests in reading.
  4. Some people believe that spoken language can not be learned........... 

A.3 What, do you think, you should do to improve your English? (2)

A.4 Choose the correct meaning of the underlined word of the following sentence from the given options: (1)

a) You should enjoy the feeling that extensive reading gives.

  • Covering a large area
  • Supplementary
  • Explanatory
A5 Rewrite as instructed.
Choose the correct alternative for the change the voice of the following statement.(1)
1) Do not choose the most difficult books.
  • a) Let the most difficult books not to be choosen.
  • b) Let the most difficult books to be choosen.
  • c) You are requested to choose the most difficult books.
  • d) You are ordered to choose the most difficult books.

(B) Write a summary of the above extract with the help of the following points and suggest a suitable title for it: (3 Marks)

Read a lot - outside the textbooks - pleasure - avoid difficult books - choose interesting ones - avoid dictionary - guess meanings - extensive reading differs from intensive reading

(C) Write the Mind-Mapping of the topic "Spirituality" which contains main and sub points. (3)

Section II Poetry.

Q 3A. Read the following lines and complete the activities given below it. 


My father travels on the late evening train
Standing among silent commuters in the yellow light
Suburbs slide past his unseeing eyes
His shirt and pants are soggy and his black raincoat
Stained with mud and his bag stuffed with books
Is falling apart. His eyes dimmed by age 
Fade homeward through the humid monsoon night.
Now I can see him getting off the train
Like a word dropped from a long sentence.
He hurries across the length of the grey platform,
Crosses the railway line, enters the lane,
His chappals are sticky with mud, but he hurries onward.
Home again, I see him drinking weak tea,
Eating a stale chapati, reading a book.
He goes into the toilet to contemplate
Man’s estrangement from a man-made world. 



A1. State whether the following statements are True or False. 2 

  1. The speaker of the poem is the father. 
  1. The season describes in the poem is the rainy season. 
  1. The poet's father was living in a rural area. 
  1. The poet's father is an unimportant person. 

A2. The poet has described the rainy season in the poem. 1

Give proof of the above sentence with the help of the above lines. 

A3. Describe the problems of the daily commuters of trains. 1

A4. Name and explain the figure of speech in the following line. 1

I can see him getting off the train as a word dropped from a long sentence. 

A5. Compose the poem of four lines on your Father. 2

Q 3B. Read the following lines and write an appreciation of the poem which contains the main details of the poem.


When I had money, money, O!
I knew no joy till I went poor;
For many a false man as a friend
Came knocking all day at my door.

Then felt I like a child that holds
A trumpet that he must not blow
Because a man is dead; I dared
Not speak to let this false world know.

Much have I thought of life and seen
How poor men’s hearts are ever light;
And how their wives do hum like bees
About their work from morn till night.

So, when I hear these poor ones laugh,
And see the rich ones coldly frown
Poor men think I, need not go up
So much as rich men should come down.

When I had money, money, O!
My many friends proved all untrue;
But now I have no money, O!
My friends are real, though very few.

Section III Writing Skills 

Q. 4 A Attempt any one of the following. 4. 

OR

Report Writing 

You are the Class Representative

Recently there has been a awareness program on "Cyber Crime and security" write a report on the same for the College Magazine.

OR

Expansion of an Idea

Expand the following idea with the help of the points given below (100/150 words):

'Actions speak louder than words'

  • Focus on actions
  • Words are useless where there is no action.
  • Actions lead to success / result.

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Q. 4 B Attempt any one of the following. 4

Film-Review 

 You have recently seen a 'Short Film'. Write a Review of the same with the help of the following points.

  • Title of the film.
  • Subject/story/plot
  • Presentation/Photography/Music.
  • Message.

OR

Interview 

 Imagine, you have to interview a student who recently scored 595 Marks in the NEET Exam without any tuition only with the help of youtube Educational videos. With the help of the given table and points, draft questions for an interview. (Do not change the sequence of the questions.)



Name of the interviewee:

Field/reputation

Date/venue/time

Duration of interview

                 Questions

Questions based on :

1 Personal reaction. 

2. Feelings of family members. 

3. Change after success.

4. Preparation for study.

5. Reson to do this. 

6. Challenges in the task. 

7. Requirement for success. 

8. Bad phases in life 

9. Message. 



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Section IV Literary Genre Novel 

Q.5 A Complete the following activities as instructed.4 

  1. What is the theme of the extract of the novel "To Sir With Love" 2
  1. Write the character sketch of Ricky Braithwaite from the extract of the novel 'To Sir With Love' 2

Q.5 B Complete the following activities as instructed.4 

  1. Explain the plot of the extract of the novel "Around The World in Eighty Days" 2.
  1. The the setting of the extract from the novel "Around The World in Eighty Days" helps the plot to move ahead. Explain.

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All The Best.👍

 

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