PA3 Paper Discussion

• ENG
• Secondary Education

Expected Learning Outcomes

I will be able to:

• comprehend the questions of PA3.
• identify the missing value of the questions.

Paper Discussion

21. You are Ritu/Rohan, living at 26, Chetna Apartments, Shri Aurobindo Colony, Calcutta. You are a member of the Literary Club of your school. Your club has chalked out a plan for educating the adults in your area. Write a letter to your friend Tejal/Tejas who is in Pune, that you being busy in this noble task will not be able to visit her/him during this winter vacation. (100-120 words)

F – 1
:C – 2 :E – 2 

Value Points:

• Regret for not visiting.

• Informing about the plan chalked out by the Literary Club.

• Illiteracy is a curse.

• Got an opportunity to remove it a bit.

• Feeling happy about it.

"True friends are like diamonds, precious and rare, false friends are like autumn leaves lying everywhere." Write a descriptive paragraph on the bond of friendship that was shared by Sue and Johnsy.

• Introductory lines on the most priceless relationship, i.e. friendship.

• Sue a true friend, who is quite affectionate towards Johnsy.

• When Johnsy is unwell and gloomy, Sue made all the efforts to cheer her up.

• Took help from his neighbour, Mr. Behrman, to motivate and help her to come out of the depressed state.

• Ensured that her friend recovers and is back to life.

• Proved that friendship is above all the relations.

How does Prashant become a saviour of orphans and widows?

• Brought the orphaned children and widows together.

• He made a shelter for them.

• Arranged cricket matches for them, to motivate.

• Made childless widows to look after them.

• He encouraged the women to work under `Food for Work' programme started by an NGO. ...

• Did not let anybody suffer.

• The widows and the orphaned children looked upon Prashant as their saviour.

Maria at a very young age learnt that excellence comes at a price. Analyse the given statement. 

• Right from her childhood, Maria was calmer, more composed and more tolerant than others.

• Had immense will-power and tenacity that gave her the strength to make sacrifices.

• Grueling training schedules and occasional meeting with father.

• Put up patiently with the torment and humiliation inflicted on her by her fellow mates.

The poet, Gieve Patel has been successful in convincing his readers that a tree cannot be killed with a simple jab of knife. Explain.

• A tree takes its nourishment from the earth, sun and air.

• The real strength of the tree lies in its roots, which are penetrated deep into the earth.

• Its only when these roots whither that the tree loses its life.

Packing was a nightmare experience to the three friends. Justify. (Packing)

• Jerome thought that he was an expert at packing and asked his friends to leave packing to him.

• When he had finished, certain things remained out.

• He had pack and unpack number of times, packing still was not complete.

• Later George and Harris took the charge, but created nuisance all around.

• Damaged number of things and did the job shabbily.

• Montmorency added to the confusion and created a fuss during the process.

• At last the packing was done by 12:30 a.m. at midnight and they went to bed with an intention of waking up at 6:30 in the morning.

How does James Kirkup prove that no men are foreign?

• Human beings all over the world have identical behaviour.

• The differences are man-made and unnatural.

• Those who spread hatred and age wars are criminals and deserve to be condemned.

• The poet emphasizes on the thought of universal brotherhood.

• Every human being responds positively to love.

• Hence no human being in a foreigner or an outsider.

Love is reciprocal and it has the power to transcend even the barrier of species. Justify the statement with reference to the lesson, 'The Bond of Love.'

• One day, by accident the author found a bear cub in a field, he took it home and gifted it to his wife.

• She embraced it with open arms and even christened it as Bruno and later Baba.

• The bear and the author’s wife developed a great love for each other.

• When the bear grew up, was sent to Mysore zoo, on the advice of author’s friends and relatives.

• This separation made both of them very sad.

• Bruno fretted for author’s wife and grew pale.

• After few months, when they visited to zoo, Bruno recognised them and danced with happiness.

• Author’s wife decided to bring him back and so pleaded to the Superintendent to return it to him.

• A special place was made for Bruno at home and later both of them, lived there happily.

Now, I CAN:

* comprehend the questions of PA3.
* identify the missing value of the questions.

1. Agree
2. Strongly Agree
3. I need some help.
4. Can't Say