ALS Grade 9 Holiday Homework · Q: Imagine you must design a society where everyone is equal. This...

ALS Holiday Homework/Semester 1/Grade 9/2017-18

Pathways World School, Aravali, December 2017

ALS

Grade 9

Holiday Homework

2017-18 Student’s Name:_________________



Q: Imagine you must design a society where everyone is equal. This may mean equal in wealth, equal in education, equal in opportunity, but it is up to you to decide what “equal” means. A. Analyse the 7 commandments in the Animal Farm. B. List five rules or laws that you would need to make so that everyone is equal. (For example, everyone must wear green pants and white shirts.)

C. Can you predict any problems that might result from these rules and laws? (For example, some people don’t like the colour green.)

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News Report • The key elements of a News Report are:

• HEADLINE

• BYLINE

• PLACELINE

• LEAD

• BODY

• QUOTATION

# Imagine yourself to be a bystander while the old major was giving his speech,

create a News Report about the same.

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Imagery and Stylistic Devices



Q1) Explain how the poet been able to evoke imagery in the poem? (250 words) Q2) Identify and explain the stylistic devices employed by William Wordsworth in Daffodils? (500 words) _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________



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Q: Look for the list of figure of speech in the word search and explain any 5 by giving examples.



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Given below are some important tools that the author uses while writing a piece.



Q: Now that you know and have understood the rhetoric devices, channel the inner author and write a blog about the excessive use of technology in today’s day and age . _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________



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Style The choices that a writer makes about words and sentences in a work determine its style. A writer may choose to use long or short sentences, formal or informal words, common or poetic descriptions, or any combination of these elements. All these contribute to the style of the work and help reveal the writer’s purpose and attitude Passage 1 There’s a lake out back, and a planked dock juts out into the water, awkward and lonely, like the last front tooth in a school-picture smile. We’d tethered a rowboat out there last summer, but with all the bustle in the house—workers tramping in and out all summer, knocking down walls and renovating—the boat had somehow been forgotten. It sat there until well after the first frost, ice-locked and snow-covered, like a desolate child wondering where its playmates had gone. In February, someone finally spotted the boat and noticed that it had upended itself in the water and then frozen at forty-five degrees. Alex helped excavate it after the spring’s first thaw, though he knew on sight that it was ruined. Still, he spent most of a Sunday helping his father tries to salvage the rowboat, scooping detritus and decomposed leaves out in careful, mud-lovely handfuls.



Passage 2 One day, Maria was home sick, watching television and eating ice cream straight from the carton, when she heard a strange, cracking noise. What’s that? she wondered. Her parents were at work and she wasn’t expecting visitors. The cracking noise continued. The floor began to rock. The television rolled across the room. The plug popped out of the wall. A photograph fell from the wall and shattered. Pots flew out of open cabinet doors. Pans slid across the kitchen floor. Maria jumped up onto the radiator and pushed opened the shutters. The sidewalk cracked before crumbling away. The walls had turned from yellow to red, and the roof, once pointed, was dome-like. In fact, her house did not look like her house at all. It had turned into a spaceship. Whether she liked it or not, Maria was taking off to the stars. 1.Look at the first passage. Is there anything distinctive about the sentence structure or the use of language in this paragraph? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 2. Compare Passage 1 and Passage 2. How would you define the stylistic differences between the two? _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________



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Symbolism

An author uses a symbol, such as an object, a person, a place, or an experience, to represent something else. The thing represented is often abstract, but it can be concrete as well. A symbol may have more than one meaning, and its meaning may change during the story. DIRECTIONS: Read the following passage. As you read, try to determine what symbols the author uses. Then answer the questions that follow. There was once a neighbourhood where people lived in small, low houses with open yards. Flowers grew in front of these houses, and children played on the front lawns. Everyone knew each other, and everyone watched out for each other. When a child cried, all the neighbours came running. Then one day, Mr. Folderoy woke up and noticed his neighbour's dog rooting in his rose bushes. This has happened one time too many! he thought. That afternoon, he split some wood and built a low wooden fence, just high enough to keep the dog out. Nobody had ever thought of building a fence before, and soon the news spread around the neighbourhood. “What a good idea,” said the neighbours. “Let’s build one, too!” Soon everyone had low wooden fences. The neighbours were all very pleased with their fences, and they went on living more or less as they had before. Then, Mrs. Moriarty was sitting on her sun porch, rocking on a rocking chair, when a neighbour waved. Mrs. Moriarty was in a private mood and felt annoyed. This is my own porch, she thought. I deserve some privacy! What I need is a better fence! So she hired some workers to make one. When completed, the fence was very high—so high that she could see nothing of her neighbour’s yard and her neighbour could see nothing of hers. Soon everyone was building higher and higher fences. Once they had the taste of privacy, they couldn’t stop. They grew high, thick shrubs, erected impregnable gates, and installed shades in every window. Each house became a fortress, imposing and secretive. Soon no one knew anything about anyone else. “It was wonderful,” the people said. But when Elaine Foley’s baby came a month too early, she screamed and nobody



heard her. When children fell and stubbed their toes, no neighbours came running. When Thanksgiving came, people no longer went door to door, distributing food and greeting neighbours. A coldness fell over the neighbourhood And when neighbours passed each other on the street, their eyes glazed over and they nodded coldly. It was as if they carried their fences wherever they went 1.Identify the central symbol in this story and explain what it represents. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 2. At what point were you aware that this object carried a symbolic value? Identify the point at which you realized this object was a symbol, and explain what clues in the passage suggested that the object should be viewed symbolically. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________



3. Often, authors use symbols to convey a larger point or message. What is the point or message of this story, and how does the symbolism serve to convey this message? _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Descriptive Writing Task 1: Descriptive Writing: Descriptive writing is to involve the readers enough so that they can visualize the things being described. You must realize that Description very often relies on emotions to convey its point. So Verbs/ Adjectives and Adverbs convey more to the readers than do the noun. Adjectives Instructions: Complete these words(nouns) with suitable adjectives. An example has been furnished for your clarity. Road: long, tiring, inviting, beautiful, damaged, bumpy, dangerous, lonely Nature…………………………………………………………………………………………. Journey……………………………………………………………………………………….. Luggage……………………………………………………………………………………… Birds…………………………………………………………………………………………... Companion………………………………………………………………………………......



Q: In about 250 words write a descriptive essay on ‘A Trek Through beautiful Nature’. (Possible adjectives: beautiful, enthralling, captivating, breath taking, incredible, serendipity, calm, delightful…fulfilling…etc.) You can also use suitable adjectives from the list above. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________



Let’s examine Freytag’s Triangle:

Exposition/ Orientation

• Introduces the characters-their roles and relationships

• Establish the setting in time and place

• Introduce the conflict faced by the character(s)

Rising Action • Develop the conflict and build tension

• Create a moment of crisis with a climax-the pint of highest emotional intensity. This is the turning point in the action.

Falling Action • Show how the protagonist’s fortunes change for the worse

Denouement • Create a resolution



Script Writing:

Following Freytag’s triangle, Create a scene from ANY ONE the following scenarios:

• A teacher discovers a student with a cheat sheet in an exam

• A shopkeeper sees a customer trying to steal something

• An office worker is late for meeting. The manager is waiting

Before you begin your scene plan how will you do the following:

• Orientation

• Rising Action

• Denouncement

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Task Read the following excerpt from ‘Animal Farm’ by George Orwell and answer the question that follows:

"Now, comrades, what is the nature of this life of ours? Let us face it: our lives are miserable, laborious, and short. We are born, we are given just so much food as will keep the breath in our bodies, and those of us who are capable of it are forced to work to the last atom of our strength; and the very instant that our usefulness has come to an end we are slaughtered with hideous cruelty. No animal in England knows the meaning of happiness or leisure after he is a year old. No animal in England is free. The life of an animal is misery and slavery: that is the plain truth." But is this simply part of the order of nature? Is it because this land of ours is so poor that it cannot afford a decent life to those who dwell upon it? No, comrades, a thousand times no! The soil of England is fertile, its climate is good, it is capable of affording food in abundance to an enormously greater number of animals than now inhabit it. This single farm of ours would support a dozen horses, twenty cows, hundreds of sheep–and all of them living in a comfort and a dignity that are now almost beyond our imagining. Why then do we continue in this miserable condition? Because nearly the whole of the produce of our labour is stolen from us by human beings. There, comrades, is the answer to all our problems. It is summed up in a single word–Man. Man is the only real enemy we have. Remove Man from the scene, and the root cause of hunger and overwork is abolished forever.”



Using the table, Analyse the extract and Interpret how the writer uses different aspects of style ( diction, syntax, tone, mood, figures of speech etc.) to get his message through to the reader and reach his aim.

Aspect of Style Explanation Animal Farm

Areas of Communication

Is it for mass audience, is it poetic, is it professional or academic

Type of text (Genre)

Is it news article, letter, poem speech etc.?

Topic What subject the text is about

Purpose of the text

Is it to entertain, persuade or inform?

Context Where and when does the text take place

Audience Who is being addressed?

Tone Is there an attitude to the voice used? For example, is the voice affectionate/flat/secure/confused?

Mood What atmosphere is created by the writer? For example, gloomy or dull?

Diction What words are used in the text? Short words, or slang words or formal language?

Imagery What imagery is created in the text? Are there any metaphors or similes that contribute to the imagery in the text?

Syntax Is there anything unusual about the grammar and punctuation in the text? For example, are the sentences complex or simple? Are there questions in the text? Is there dialogue?



Propaganda Techniques

Extract1: "It's no longer needed, comrade," said Squealer stiffly. "Beasts of England was the song of the Rebellion. But the Rebellion is now completed. The execution of the traitors this afternoon was the final act. The enemy both external and internal has been defeated. In Beasts of England we expressed our longing for a better society in days to come. But that society has now been established. Clearly this song has no longer any purpose." (Chapter 7) Extract2: “That was part of the arrangement!" cried Squealer. "Jones's shot only grazed him. I could show you this in his own writing, if you were able to read it. The plot was for Snowball, at the critical moment, to give the signal for flight and leave the field to the enemy. And he very nearly succeeded–I will even say, comrades, he would have succeeded if it had not been for our heroic Leader, Comrade Napoleon. Do you not remember how, just at the moment when Jones and his men had got inside the yard, Snowball suddenly turned and fled, and many animals followed him? And do you not remember, too, that it was just at that moment, when panic was spreading and all seemed lost, that Comrade Napoleon sprang forward with a cry of 'Death to Humanity!' and sank his teeth in Jones's leg? Surely you remember that, comrades?" exclaimed Squealer, frisking from side to side.” (Chapter7) Extract 3: "Comrades!" he cried. "You do not imagine, I hope, that we pigs are doing this in a spirit of selfishness and privilege? Many of us actually dislike milk and apples. I dislike them myself. Our sole object in taking these things is to preserve our health. Milk and apples (this has been proved by Science, comrades) contain substances absolutely necessary to the well-being of a pig. We pigs are brainworkers. The whole management and organization of this farm depend on us. Day and night we are watching over your welfare. It is for YOUR sake that we drink that milk and eat those apples." (Chapter 3)



Q. Analyse the use of propaganda by Squealer in the given extracts from ‘ Animal Farm’ in 250-300 words. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________



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