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Subrat SaurabhAuthor of Kuch Woh PalWallace Jacob is presently working as a Sr. Asst. Prof. at Tolani Maritime Institute, Induri, Pune, where he teaches Principles of Management and Project Management. He has been working on numbers since 1990 as a result of which this tome has come forth. He has also authored a few stories and articles which have been featured in leading magazines like Women's era and Alive. He solicits constructive criticism of this book of his and can be reached at wallace_jacob@yahoo.co.in.Read More...
Wallace Jacob is presently working as a Sr. Asst. Prof. at Tolani Maritime Institute, Induri, Pune, where he teaches Principles of Management and Project Management. He has been working on numbers since 1990 as a result of which this tome has come forth. He has also authored a few stories and articles which have been featured in leading magazines like Women's era and Alive. He solicits constructive criticism of this book of his and can be reached at wallace_jacob@yahoo.co.in.
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Poems in syllabus
• Haunted Houses – H. W. Longfellow
• The Glove and the Lions – Leigh Hunt
• When Great Trees Fall – Maya Angelou
• A Considerable Speck – Robert Frost
• The Power of Music – Sukumar Ray
I feel that a poem conveys a deep message through words which might or might not be rhyming. A poem might be based on a person, event, object, place, circumstance, nature or emotion. In one way, poems force the
Poems in syllabus
• Haunted Houses – H. W. Longfellow
• The Glove and the Lions – Leigh Hunt
• When Great Trees Fall – Maya Angelou
• A Considerable Speck – Robert Frost
• The Power of Music – Sukumar Ray
I feel that a poem conveys a deep message through words which might or might not be rhyming. A poem might be based on a person, event, object, place, circumstance, nature or emotion. In one way, poems force the reader to think.
William Shakespeare’s play Julius Caesar is a treatise on political behavior, leadership, ingratiatory behaviors, socio-political violence, defensive behavior, social and anti-social behavior, social sensitivity, psychological safety, insecurity, anxiety, mob mentality, perception, ambivalence of relationships between men, literal bribery, axiology, ideology and the frailties of human nature.
The play can also help the reader in gaining insights into
William Shakespeare’s play Julius Caesar is a treatise on political behavior, leadership, ingratiatory behaviors, socio-political violence, defensive behavior, social and anti-social behavior, social sensitivity, psychological safety, insecurity, anxiety, mob mentality, perception, ambivalence of relationships between men, literal bribery, axiology, ideology and the frailties of human nature.
The play can also help the reader in gaining insights into the esoteric concepts of Epicureanism, Stoicism and Pyrrhonism.
The Education Policy (NEP 2020) of our country lays emphasis on the development of ‘foundational capacities’ of literacy and numeracy and ‘highest-order’ cognitive capacities, social, ethical, and emotional capacities and dispositions. The question papers framers will thus frame questions which gauge the skills mentioned in the preceding statement. The material in this workbook is developed with a special focus on NEP 2020.
The questions in this workbook have been designed in such a way that if the students are able to find the correct answers, they will gain a sound understanding of the play, poems, and stories in their ICSE 2024 English Paper 2 syllabus. The syllabus includes The Merchant of Venice (Shakespeare’s unabridged play by A. W. Verity – Acts 3, 4, and 5), Daffodils by William Wordsworth, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou, The Patriot by Robert Browni
The questions in this workbook have been designed in such a way that if the students are able to find the correct answers, they will gain a sound understanding of the play, poems, and stories in their ICSE 2024 English Paper 2 syllabus. The syllabus includes The Merchant of Venice (Shakespeare’s unabridged play by A. W. Verity – Acts 3, 4, and 5), Daffodils by William Wordsworth, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou, The Patriot by Robert Browning, Abou Ben Adhem by Leigh Hunt, Nine Gold Medals by David Roth, An Angel in Disguise by T. S. Arthur, The Little Match Girl by Hans Christian Andersen, The Blue Bead by Norah Burke, My Greatest Olympic Prize by Jesse Owens, and All Summer in a Day by Ray Douglas Bradbury.
In addition, to practice questions on The Merchant of Venice (Acts III, IV, and V), Daffodils, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, The Patriot, Abou Ben Adhem, Nine Gold Medals, An Angel in Disguise, The Little Match Girl, The Blue Bead, My Greatest Olympic Prize, and All Summer in a Day, this workbook also includes test papers with answer keys.
The sample paper retrieved from https://cisce.org/UploadedFiles/PDF/ICSE_20 23_SPECIMEN_PAPER_ENGLISH_2.pdf (on 07 Aug 2022) has four sections. Section A contains sixteen multiple choice questions. Section B contains questions from The Merchant of Venice. Section C has questions from short stories and Section D has questions based on poems. In Sections B, C and D, the first four sub-questions are of 3 marks each and the fifth sub-question is of 4 marks.
The sample paper retrieved from https://cisce.org/UploadedFiles/PDF/ICSE_20 23_SPECIMEN_PAPER_ENGLISH_2.pdf (on 07 Aug 2022) has four sections. Section A contains sixteen multiple choice questions. Section B contains questions from The Merchant of Venice. Section C has questions from short stories and Section D has questions based on poems. In Sections B, C and D, the first four sub-questions are of 3 marks each and the fifth sub-question is of 4 marks.
Punctuation marks statistics of Leigh Hunt’s Abou Ben Adhem
Number of apostrophes : 01
Number of commas : 19
Number of colon symbols : 01
Number of exclamation marks : 02
Number of full stops : 06
Number of hyphens (dash symbols) : 02
Number of question marks : 02
This test booklet contains questions based on
Shakespeare The Merchant of Venice (A. W. Verity edition): Act III, Act IV and Act V only,
Maya Angelou’s I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings,
Robert Browning’s The Patriot,
Leigh Hunt’s Abou Ben Adhem,
David Roth’s Nine Gold Medals,
Hans Christian Andersen’s The Little Match Girl,
Norah Burke’s The Blue Bead,
Jesse Owens’ My Greatest Olympic Prize,<
This test booklet contains questions based on
Shakespeare The Merchant of Venice (A. W. Verity edition): Act III, Act IV and Act V only,
Maya Angelou’s I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings,
Robert Browning’s The Patriot,
Leigh Hunt’s Abou Ben Adhem,
David Roth’s Nine Gold Medals,
Hans Christian Andersen’s The Little Match Girl,
Norah Burke’s The Blue Bead,
Jesse Owens’ My Greatest Olympic Prize,
Ray Douglas Bradbury’s All Summer in a Day.
There are seven full-stops (period symbols at the end of the first, third, fourth, fifth and sixth stanzas; and at the end of the second line in the second and sixth stanzas), 29 commas, two colon symbols, two question mark symbols, three hyphens, four dashes, five apostrophes and three exclamation marks in Robert Browning’s poem ‘The Patriot’.
‘The Tempest’ is a mesmerizing odyssey which dwells on treachery, remorse, forgiveness, reconciliation, politics, political malfeasance, true love (innocent love), father-daughter relationship and games played by people in power. It explains how fear, greed and power eclipse humanity. It is a tale of loss and restoration. It helps the reader appreciate the vagaries of life, the whims and fancies of the human mind, the frailties of human nature, and
‘The Tempest’ is a mesmerizing odyssey which dwells on treachery, remorse, forgiveness, reconciliation, politics, political malfeasance, true love (innocent love), father-daughter relationship and games played by people in power. It explains how fear, greed and power eclipse humanity. It is a tale of loss and restoration. It helps the reader appreciate the vagaries of life, the whims and fancies of the human mind, the frailties of human nature, and the power of patience.
The Merchant of Venice is a didactic play which dwells on love, friendship, sacrifice, revenge, elopement, atonement, domestic skirmishes, legal convolutions, and the complexities of life. The play can indeed be a source of great learning. This workbook is an attempt to explore the aforesaid aspects as well as comprehend the beauty of Shakespeare’s rhetoric.
While reading the play The Merchant of Venice, the reader might come across terms/no
The Merchant of Venice is a didactic play which dwells on love, friendship, sacrifice, revenge, elopement, atonement, domestic skirmishes, legal convolutions, and the complexities of life. The play can indeed be a source of great learning. This workbook is an attempt to explore the aforesaid aspects as well as comprehend the beauty of Shakespeare’s rhetoric.
While reading the play The Merchant of Venice, the reader might come across terms/nouns such as Janus, Nestor, Oracle, Jason, Sibylla, Diana, Midas, Pythagoras, Troilus, Cressid, Thisbe, Dido, Medea, Orpheus, Erebus, Endymion . . . These terms/nouns have been explicated in this workbook.
The authors of this book have made an attempt to build a picture of the life and thinking patterns of seafarers, to comprehend the challenges faced by the seafarers and to understand how the challenges of the maritime industry are affecting seafarers.
The authors of this book have made an attempt to build a picture of the life and thinking patterns of seafarers, to comprehend the challenges faced by the seafarers and to understand how the challenges of the maritime industry are affecting seafarers.
This to me contains many interesting facts related to numbers, Magic Squares, Pythagorean triplets, relationship between Pythagorean triplets and Fibonacci numbers, e (frequently used in Mathematics), Tower of Hanoi, leap years, etc. which the reader will find useful. It will be very useful to anyone who pursues Mathematics and/or Computer Programming as a hobby. It will also be helpful to aspirants who are preparing for competitive exams wherein ques
This to me contains many interesting facts related to numbers, Magic Squares, Pythagorean triplets, relationship between Pythagorean triplets and Fibonacci numbers, e (frequently used in Mathematics), Tower of Hanoi, leap years, etc. which the reader will find useful. It will be very useful to anyone who pursues Mathematics and/or Computer Programming as a hobby. It will also be helpful to aspirants who are preparing for competitive exams wherein questions related to logic are being set.
AN UNSOLVED MYSTERY On Wednesday, November 24, 1971, a man wearing a dark suit, shirt with a white collar, a black necktie, black sunglasses, and a mother-of-pearl tie pin boarded a Boeing 727-100, Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 305 bearing FAA Reg. N467US on its way from Portland International Ai Read More...
THE TRUTH At his wife’s insistence, Sunil was returning home after leaving his parents (Awadesh and Priya) at ‘SnehKutir’ – a home for the aged and orphans. He was feeling sad. He felt as if he had lost a battle. He never wanted to oust his parents from his house. In fact, hi Read More...
SEPARATION June 10, 2004 was a “happy day” in the life of Henry (or so he thought). He was being married to Pinky. The marriage was an arranged one. Henry had been working as a computer teacher for eight years at St. Aloysius Vocational Training Institute and the then Principal of Read More...
LOVED AND UNWANTED “I can’t even obtain a proper night’s rest”, screamed Amita, ensuring that she was audible to her neighbours. “Your mother is washing the utensils at 11:00 p.m. Is this the time for washing the utensils? Can’t she wash the utensils at som Read More...
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