YOU ARE OLD FATHER WILLIAM --- EXTRA QUESTIONS

YOU ARE OLD FATHER WILLIAM

EXTRA QUESTIONS

Q1.What is the theme of the poem?

 The poet of the poem "You are Old, Father William", Lewis Carrol takes

generation gap as the theme. He brings this theme for our focus sarcastically

through the dialogue between old man and young man who represent older

generation and younger generation.

Q2.What does the first stanza say?

The first stanza says that young people think that,

when people become old, they become very weak. But we know that all are not like

that. The old people are sometimes stronger than younger. We also understand that the

young man can't stand on head through the above lines. It is really shows the gap

between the older generation and younger generation.

Q3.What does Father William mean by ‘One shilling a box'?

By saying ‘One shilling a box', he means that although they couldn’t afford much, they

managed to fulfill their needs to the best extent with what they had, and learned to

save money, similarly this generation should also try to do the same.

Q4.Explain this line "In my youth," said his father, "I took to the law,

And argued each case with my wife.”

The father says that he has argued many cases with his wife which has made his jaws strong. Here

we see how he fought for his rights. ‘With my wife’ here symbolizes the whole

society. He struggled for good causes, and this strengthened his personality, with the

strength of the jaw representing his strength to bear hardships.

SHORT QUESTIONS

1.What astonishes the son?

ANS. that his father effortlessly eats and chews up bones

and beak of a goose.

2.What does the son expect his father to eat?

ANS. the son expects his father to eat  the suet.

3.How does Father William manage to keep his jaws strong?

ANS. He has argued many cases with his wife which has made his jaws strong.

4. What could one not suppose about Father William?

ANS. that his eye was as steady as ever.

5. What astonishing act of father William is mentioned in the above lines?

balancing an eel on the end of his nose.

6.How many questions has Father William answered?

ANS. He has answered only three questions.

7.How does he reprimand his son?

ANS. Father William snaps at his son for being so

cheeky and asks him to leave him alone lest he will kick him down the stairs.

THE WORLD IN A WALL--extra questions

THE WORLD IN A WALL

1.What was a rich hunting ground for the writer?

the crumbling wall that surrounded the sunken garden alongside the house was a rich hunting ground for the writer.

2.Which plants grew at the base of the wall?

cyclamen, crocus, asphodel.

3.Describe the blackberry hung.

The blackberry hung guarded the strip of the plants. During its season it had fruit

that was plump and juicy and black as ebony.

4.Describe the inhabitants of the wall.

The inhabitants of the wall were divided into day and night workers, the hunters

and the hunted. At night the hunters were the toads that lived among the

brambles, and the geckos, pale, translucent with bulging eyes that lived in the

cracks higher up the wall. Their prey was the population of stupid, absent-minded

crane-flies that zoomed and barged their way among the leaves; moths of all sizes

and shapes; the beetles, hurrying with portly efficiency about their night’s work. It

was difficult to differentiate between the prey and the predators amongst the day

animals, for everything seemed to feed indiscriminately off everything else. Thus

the hunting wasps searched out caterpillars and spiders; the spiders hunted for

flies; the dragon-flies fed off the spiders and the flies; and the wall lizards fed off

everything.

5.Which is the most dangerous of all wall inhabitants?

the scorpion.

6.What was a rich hunting ground for the writer?

the crumbling wall that surrounded the sunken garden alongside the house.

7.Which plants grew at the base of the wall?

cyclamen, crocus, asphodel.

8.Describe the blackberry hung.

The blackberry hung guarded the strip of the plants. During its season it had fruit

that was plump and juicy and black as ebony.

9.What happened if you breathed too hard on the scorpion?

The scorpion would raise his tail in an almost apologetic gesture of warning.

10.What would happen if you kept the scorpion in the sun for too long?

If you kept him in the sun too long he would simply turn his back on you and walk

away, and then slide slowly but firmly under another section of plaster.

11.What did the scorpions eat?

bluebottles, grass –hoppers, moths, lacewing flies and other scorpions.

12.What activities of the scorpions did the writer see during the night?

By crouching under the wall at night with a torch, the writer managed to catch

some brief glimpses of the scorpions’ wonderful courtship dances. He saw them

standing, claws clasped, their bodies raised to the skies, their tails lovingly

entwined; he saw them waltzing slowly in circles among the moss cushions, claw in

claw.

13.What was the fat female scorpion carrying?

a mass of tiny babies

14.How did the writer smuggle the fat female scorpion into the villa?

With infinite care he manoeuvred the mother and family into a matchbox, and

then hurried to the villa.

data interpretation rules and practice

Data Analysis & Interpretation
The attempt to fully and accurately summarize and represent the data that has been collected.”
Data Analysis and Interpretation includes

●Organized by theme

●Description of facts (data)

●Source:

●What you did to get the information regarding each theme

●How you gathered your data

●Analysis:  How you analyzed your data

●Interpretation of the facts- What does the data “mean”?

how did you got the data?(on the basis of survey,or chart etc.

EXAMPLE:

I.Student’s pre-existing knowledge & use of reading strategies

A.Surveys:

a.10/12 students  claimed to have extended knowledge of reading strategies

b.10/12 students admitted using some of these strategies, especially while reading

B.Pre-test: …

C.Observations: …

The themes become your sub-headings

●Themes that emerge from your data (what you learned or found)

Could be research questions/variables

NOTE

Write paragraphs under each subheading

Include (from your outline):

●Brief summary of how you got the information (sources) regarding the theme.

●What information was found (data) regarding the theme

●How it was analyzed (data analysis method: used charts, coding, etc.).

●Data interpretation (so what?)

Data Analysis and Interpretation

The following themes emerged from the analysis of surveys, interviews, observations and students tests.

Student’s pre-existing knowledge and use of reading strategies

Taking into account the surveys, ten of the students  claimed to have extended knowledge of reading strategies; they also admitted using some of these strategies, especially while reading. Eleven of them recognized.... Other less frequent reading strategies mentioned by students were…. Even though the students  were observed to understand and often use reading strategies, the pre-test also showed a poor or lack of reading strategies. As shown in the table 1, most of the students did not use visible reading strategies while answering the reading comprehension test. A high percentage of students underlined complete paragraphs without properly identifying the main idea, and underlined isolated ideas, but not necessarily the most important from each paragraph. During the pre-test , it was observed that none of the students used graphic organizers or diagrams after reading the text.

Level of proficiency, thinking skills and time spent on reading comprehension pre- test

The student´s results in the pre-test showed… etc.

sample dialogue writing

Q1 Ram's mother fell ill all of a sudden and he had to look after her. So he couldn't go to his school. Complete the following conversation between him and his teacher in about 100 words: Teacher: Ram, why didn't _____________________________________________?

Ram : Madam, my mother __________________________________________.

Teacher: Wasn't any _________________________________________________?

Ram : No, madam. Father was out of station and my sister is too young to help her.

Teacher: What _____________________________________________________?

Ram : The doctor said that she had food poisoning.

Teacher: I see ! What ________________________________________________?

Ram : She ate the food that had come from a hotel.

Teacher: Oh ! Many a time hotel food gets poisonous. Don't worry, she

__________________________________________________________________.

Ram : Thank you, madam.

Q2 Complete the dialogues choosing the correct options:

Mother: Son, you ______________ morning. Take rest for an hour as you may be tired. [ are working since / have been working since]

Son : Mumma, I __________ as you think. But since you say so, I shall _______

[am not tired/ was not tired], [ took some rest/ take some rest]

Mother: After ___________ you will feel fresh and shall study well. [going to sleep/ taking rest for some time]

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Cycle Test – 2 (15-09-15 to 24-09-15) Std. VI to VIII – Time-Table

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