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WRITTEN WORKS FOR CLASS IX 2021-23

Saturday, February 20, 2021



WRITTEN WORKS FOR CLASS IX


UNIT I: HUMOUR

A READING: THE SNAKE AND THE MIRROR


SLOT 1 (Has….the mirror)

  1. Why did all of them fall silent?

  2. Who asked the question?

  3. What was the familiar sound?

  4. Why did he light the kerosene lamp?

  5. What was the doctor's possession?

  6. What did he hang up?

  7. Where was the traffic of rats?

  8. What did the wind God do?

  9. What were on the table?

Discourse: Write an essay on Doctors.


SLOT 2 (One feels… could I do)

  1. Who feels tempted to look into a mirror?

  2. How did the doctor make his presence felt?

  3. What was an important decision the doctors took?

  4. What was the earth-shaking decision?

  5. What was the full thud?

  6. Why was the doctor turned to stone?

Discourse: Write description of the doctor's rented room.


SLOT 3 (At my slightest…own beauty)

  1. What would happen if he moved a little?

  2. Why did he smile at himself?

  3. What was certain?

  4. When did he remember that he was a man of flesh and blood?

  5. What did he do after he had gone to his friend's room?

  6. Why was his room cleaned out?

Discourse: Write a description of the doctor's feelings when the snake was on his body. 



B READING: THE DUCK AND THE KANGAROO


SLOT 1 (Said…. the Kangaroo)

  1. Where does the Kangaroo hop?

  2. What does the duck want?

  3. How is the duck's life?

  4. What was the request of the duck?

  5. What was the objection of the Kangaroo?

  6. How did the duck convince the Kangaroo?

  7. How did the duck and the Kangaroo enjoy the ride?

Discourse: Write a summary of the poem. 


C READING: LITTLE BOBBY


SLOT 1 (Little Bobby…. Bobby)

  1. Why did Little Bobby come into the kitchen?

  2. How do you say that Bobby was a bit of a troublemaker?

  3. Did the boy deserve the bike? Explain.

  4. What did the boy say in the first letter?

  5. Did he repent in any letter? Explain.

  6. Why was Little Bobby upset?

  7. What did the boy do in church?

Discourse: Write a description of mother’s thoughts about Little Bobby.


UNIT II: HUMOUR

A READING: TRUE HEIGHT


SLOT 1 (His palms….Junior Olympics)

  1. Why were his palms sweating?

  2. Why is the pole vault a glamorous game?

  3. What made Michael’s dreams full of colour and beauty?

  4. What did Bert Stone do to his son?

  5. How did Michael know that he cleared the bar at 17 feet?

Discourse: Write an essay on the role of parents in the success of their children with reference to Michael Stone.


SLOT 2 (Michael cleared...was blind)

  1. What was Michael’s vision?

  2. Why did the runway feel different?

  3. How did Michael free himself from tension and anxiety?

  4. How did Michael’s parents react to his winning National Junior Olympics?

  5. What is great about Michael’s victory?

Discourse: Describe the feelings of Michael Stone in the Olympics.


B READING: WHAT IS A PLAYER?


SLOT 1 (A player is one…a true player)

  1. What does the player do at the sight of defeat?

  2. What is an unacceptable crime?

  3. What does the player do not to settle anything less?

  4. What is the mindset of the player?

  5. Who is a true player?

Discourse: Write the summary of the poem.


C READING: V. V. S. LAXMAN VERY VERY SPECIAL


SLOT 1 ("Treat success…Indian cricket itself.)

  1. How long did V. V. S. Laxman play cricket? 

  2. Why was he lucky?

  3. How did Laxman's parents support him to be successful? 

  4. How is it easy for the young talent to get recognition?

  5. What were the most memorable moments of V.V.S. Laxman? 

Discourse: Write a diary entry of V. V. S. Laxman on the day when he scored 281 runs. 


SLOT 2 (When you look back…this big dream.)

  1. When did the transformation for India to  become No. 1 start? 

  2. What changed the mindset of Indian cricket?

  3. What are Laxman's hobbies? 

  4. Who are his favourite players?

  5. What TV programmes impress V.V. S. Laxman? 

Discourse: Write the biographical sketch of V. V. S. Laxman.


UNIT III: SCHOOL LIFE

A READING: SWAMI IS EXPELLED FROM SCHOOL LIFE


SLOT 1 (The headmaster….pink ears!)

  1. Why did Swaminathan wish he had been outside the class?

  2. Whose names did the headmaster read out?

  3. Why did the second student go home?

  4. What was the punishment given to the second student?

  5. What was an intolerable sight?

Discourse: Describe the school atmosphere.


SLOT 2 (He was…. dirty school.)

  1. What was the impulse of Swaminathan?

  2. Why would Swami bite everybody dead?

  3. What was the invitation to the headmaster?

  4. How long should Swami stand on the desk?

  5. Why did Swami feel that school was a dirty school?

Discourse: Write the diary of Swami on the day he left school.


B READING: NOT JUST A TEACHER, BUT A FRIEND


SLOT 1 (I had….. my friend)

  1. Who need to know about the poet?

  2. What did the teacher do when the boy wanted to hide in a hole?

  3. What did the sentence, "You stayed there by my side" mean?

  4. Why did the boy think that trust would fade?

  5. Why is the boy happy?

Discourse: write the summary of the poem.


C READING: HOMEWORK


SLOT 1 (Homework…. back pain)

  1. Why was Homework given?

  2. What did Tamim Ansary report?

  3. Why do teachers defend large amounts of homework?

  4. What did researchers of Simmons College find?

  5. Why were 800 kids treated in emergency wards?

Discourse: Write an essay on Homework and its importance.


SLOT 2 (The large amount…. enjoys it)

  1. Why are the children not getting sufficient sleep?

  2. Why are the children facing obesity problems?

  3. What is the effect of homework on family relations?

  4. Why do children resort to copying?

  5. Justify "less is more".

Discourse: Write the description of your feelings about homework.


UNIT IV: ENVIRONMENT

A READING: WHAT IS MAN WITHOUT BEASTS


SLOT 1 (People….  my brother)

  1. Why did Chief Seattle become world famous?

  2. What are holy in the memory and excellence of red Indians?

  3. Who belong to the same family?

  4. What does the Great Write Chief say?

  5. What does Chief Seattle request of the white people?

Discourse: Write a description of your locality with reference to the flora and fauna?


SLOT 2 (The air…. survival)

  1. What should the Americans keep apart and sacred?

  2. Why were there thousands of rotting buffaloes on the prairie?

  3. What would happen if all the beasts were gone?

  4. How are all things connected?

  5. Why is destiny a mystery?

Discourse: Write an essay on protection of the flora and fauna?


B READING: THE RIVER

SLOT 1 (River………eternity.)

  1. Where does the river dance?

  2. Where does the river flow when it is impetus?

  3. When does the river seem still?

  4. What is compared to eternity?

  5. What stages of human life are depicted in the poem?

Discourse: Write the summary of the poem.


UNIT V: DISASTERS

A READING: A HAVOC OF FLOOD


SLOT 1 (Kurnool………four days.)

  1. Give a geographical description of Kurnool.

  2. What happened on 27 September 2009?

  3. In what way was the day of 28 September different?

  4. What was the trauma of the people?

  5. What caused much damage?

Discourse: Write an essay on natural calamities.


SLOT 2 (The government…received.)

  1. What did the government do for the food victims?

  2. What was the pathetic plight of the people?

  3. Who helped the people in relief camps? Explain how they helped?

  4. What was the story of a widow of past 40?

  5. "Help answers pays gratitude." Explain.

Discourse: Write a News Report on the floods in Kurnool.


B READING: GRABBING EVERYTHING ON THE LAND


SLOT 1 (There came….'Tsunami')

  1. What did the wave do?

  2. Where was the hand born? 

  3. What happened when the wave came?

  4. "A huge wall of white horses galloping ashore" Explain.

  5. "The few that survived understand the meaning of "Tsunami".

Discourse: Write the summary of the poem.


C READING: THE HAM RADIO


SLOT 1 (The world….. Interoperability)

  1. Why is the world not a safe place?

  2. Why is an efficient disaster management system needed?

  3. What happens in the times of natural calamity?

  4. How do the Amateur Radio Operators communicate?

  5. Why are Annual Field Days held?

Discourse: Imagine yourself as an Amateur Radio Operator and write a diary entry recording your experience.



SLOT 2 (In the Gujarat……radio/)

  1. What did Amateur Radio Operators do on the day of the Gujarat earthquake?

  2. What were the natural calamities in which amateur radio helped in establishing communication?

  3. What do the Amateur Radio Operators do in times other than natural calamities?

  4. How can one become an Amateur Radio Operator?

  5. Who issues a licence to the Amateur Radio Operator?

Discourse: Write an imaginary interview with an Amateur Radio Operator?



UNIT VI: FREEDOM

A READING: A LONG WALK TO FREEDOM


SLOT 1 (In…. humanity.)

  1. What are the twin obligations?

  2. What was impossible for a coloured man?

  3. How free was the narrator?

  4. When was the narrator not troubled by the laws of man and God?

  5. When did the narrator feel that his boyhood freedom was an illusion?

  6. What were the basic and honourable freedoms?

  7. What animated Nelson Mandela's life?

  8. Who is a prisoner of hatred?

  9. Who are robbed of their humanity?

Discourse: Write an imagined interview with Nelson Mandela.


B READING: WHERE THE MIND IS WITHOUT FEAR


SLOT 1 (Where….awake.)

  1. What do you understand by "head is held high"?

  2. Why do you think the world has been broken into fragments?

  3. Do the words really come out from the depth of truth?

  4. What requires perfection?

  5. What happened to the reason?

  6. Who should lead the mind?

  7. What is freedom compared to?

  8. Whose country needs to be awakened?

Discourse: Write the summary of the poem.


C READING: AN ICON OF CIVIL RIGHTS


SLOT 1 (Martin….common problems.)

  1. What happened to the Negros in the United States of America?

  2. What is Martin Luther King mindful of?

  3. What is the essence of the Nobel Prize?

  4. Who are Negros following?

  5. What led to the Civil Rights Bill?

Discourse: Write a description of brutalities on the Negros in America.


SLOT II (I accept this award….or gold.)

  1. What is the cynical notion?

  2. Explain how Martin Luther King is hopeful of brighter days for the Negros.

  3. What problems are faced in the process of a genuine civilization being born?

  4. Whose contribution does not appear in the headlines?

  5. What does Martin Luther King Jr want Alfred Nobel to know?

Discourse: Write an essay on the sufferings of the Negros in America .
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