After the storm - VIII std

                           After the storm

Characters :

• Saruli
• Diwan Singh
• Jaman
• Lal singh
• Radha
• D.F.O

Content :
       Saruli clung to her mother when she heard the thunder. She was stunned to see lofty pine trees lying on the ground. Diwan Singh said slowly the trees have been totally hollowed by the resin tappers.

 She wrenched off the tin cup and threw it away. Haman put some clay to seal the gashes. The resin tappers were angry to see the trees devoid of the resin containers.  She hurled herself at them and prevented them from fixing containers. Now the D. F. O came there.  With his help Saruli managed to stop the resin tappers. Thus she saved the trees and the forest. 

Christmas celebration - St. Joseph's convent HR. sec.school

Christmas celebration on 06.12.2018 @

St. Joseph's convent Higher secondary school, Nagercoil. 

The spider and the fly - IX std

                 The spider and the fly 
                           - Mary Botham Howitt

Author :
                Mary Howitt (12 March 1799 – 30 January 1888) was an English poet, and author of the famous poem The Spider and the Fly.

Content :
     The poem begins with the spider's invitation of the fly. He speaks to the fly to come into its home. He describes his parlour as the prettiest one. He kindles the curiosity of the fly so that she may enter his home. Fortunately she was cautious and refused to get into his home. Now he pretends to be a host and asks her to come and rest in his home. He offers her sheets and bed to rest. This time also she declined his offer very politely. The next weapon that he uses is flattery.  He praises the wings and eyes of her and also praises her beauty.  He invites her to look at herself in the mirror which is in his parlour. The fly is flattered by the words of the spider and she falls a prey to his flattery. 

Seventeen oranges -IX std

                      Seventeen oranges 
                                          - Bill Naughton

Author :

William John Francis Naughton, or Bill Naughton (12 June 1910 – 9 January 1992) was an Irish-born British playwright and author, best known for his play Alfie.

Content :
       This lesson contains two amusing anecdotes. 
Clem Jones plans a theft carefully and carries it 
out with perfection. It is interesting to note how he
throws dust in the eyes of a policeman and 
manages to get off with the stolen goods.  The
narrator on the other hand is a pretty thief. He 
picks up things whenever he sees them. Once he
steals seventeen oranges from the docks. 
Unfortunately his bulging pockets attract the
attention of the policeman Poncho. The narrator 
is caught and locked in a cabin.  🍊 oranges are 
only the evidence against the narrator. By eating 
all the oranges he has destroyed the evidence. 
This is how he escaped from the clutches of law
using his presence of mind. 

Land of Our Birth, We Pledge To Thee - VIII std

Land of our birth,  we pledge to thee is a poem written by Rudyard Kipling.

Author :
        Rudyard Kipling

Joseph Rudyard Kipling ( 30 December 1865 – 18 January 1936)^[1] was an English journalist, short-story writer, poet, and novelist. He was born in India, which inspired much of his work.

Content : 
   The children pledge to the nation their love and hard work.  They want to build an undefiled heritage from age to age.  They pray to God for strength. But the strength should comfort people in distress. It should not hurt the weak.  The children want to derive happiness in simple things. But they should not be happy in the distress of others.  They pray that they should forgive the evil doers forgetting the evil.  They pledge their thought,  feeling and deed to their nation. 

The Brave Rani of Jhansi - VIII std

            Lakshmibai was named as Manikarnika during her childhood. Moropant Tampe and Bhagirathibai were Manu's parents. Manu's  mother died when she was 4 years old.  So her father moved to Bithur. She was called as chhabili by everyone. She married the king of Jhansi, GangatharRao at 15.
         The sepoys of the Bengal Army started the Sepoy mutiny.  The British wanted Lakshmibai to advise her soldiers to return to their camps. But she did not accept the appeal of British.
         The army of Rose attacked her and pushed her back to Kalpi. Lakshmibai went to Gwalior and fought bravely.  On the third day she was hit by a shot from an unknown soldier. Lakshmibai fell down. She asked her jewels to her soldiers and also asked them to look after little Gangadhar and soon she died.
           

Little Cyclone: The story of a Grizzly cub - IX std

Author :
  William Temple Hornaday
Born             : December 1,1854.
Died             : March 6, 1937
Nationality : American
occupation : Zoologist, conservationalist.                             and author.


Theme :
  Little cyclone : The story of a Grizzly cub brings about the story of a young grizzly bear which proved its strength and grit with other bigger bears.

Content :
   Little cyclone was a drill and roguish looking bear.  He was in a grizzly gray full moon of fluffy hair and two big black eyes and pudgy nose and high shoulders.

 He was lived with his mother and brother.

 One day his mother was shot by humans. And his brother escaped from them.  But he was caught by them and was sent to the zoological park at New York . He bravely met every attack. In less than an hour all the other bear understood the brave little cyclone and its position was assured. 

Sorry, Best Friend - VIII std

                           Sorry,  Best friend
(Adapted from the story by Hemangini Ranade)
Characters :

•  Renu
• Manju
• Bai
• Miriam

Theme :
      The story is about Manju's mother being kind to others by helping them and making her daughter realize it.
Content :
    Renu and her daughter Manju came to Mumbai. Renu had to work after her husband's death. Miriam was the daughter of Bai who was working in Renu's house as a servant. Miriam and Manju were become friends . They shared their secrets each other.  Renu gave some money to Miriam as her salary. So that Miriam could continue her studies. But this act of her mother upset Manju. Manju's mother did not talk to her.  She said that Miriam would not come there any longer because Manju became her enemy.  One day Renu took her to a cluster of huts.  The place was terribly smelly.  Manju saw Miriam at the stove in the smoky corner in torn, filthy clothes. She went to Miriam and whispered "Sorry Best Friend ".

Parts of speech- IX std

                     Parts of speech 
Sentences,  clauses and phrases are made of words. According to these nature and function in the sentence, words are divided into the following eight classes are called parts of speech.

• Noun
• Pronoun
• Adjective 
• Verb
• Adverb
• Preposition 
• Conjunction 
• Interjection

Noun - name of a person, place or thing.
Eg: Gandhiji was the father of the nation.

Pronoun - a word used instead of a noun.
Eg: He is a good singer.

Adjective  - a word which qualifies a noun.
Eg: Sita is a clever girl

Verb - action or condition of the subject.
Eg: The sun sets in the west.

Adverb - a word that modifies a verb,  an adjective or an another adverb.
Eg: He ran very fast.

Preposition : a word that is usually placed before a noun or pronoun to show the latter's relation to some other word in the sentence.
Eg: I put it in the box.

Conjunction - a word used to join together words, phrases or clauses
Eg: He ate bread and butter.

Interjection - a word of exclamation, expressing a sudden feeling or excitement.
Eg: Oh!  I have lost my purse.

Exercise :

1. Money is the root of all evil. - noun
2. He is an honest man. - adjective 
3. He sings well. - verb
4. She speaks very fast. - adverb
5. It looks beautiful .- pronoun
6. She walks under the bridge -preposition .

Phrases and clauses- VIII std

                    Phrases and clauses :
Eg: In the beginning ,God made the heaven and the earth.

 

'In the beginning ' - phrase 

'God made the heaven and the earth'-

 clause

Types of clauses:

1. Main clause
2. Subordinate clause 

                         Main clause :

Eg: Jainulabdeen was Kalam's father. 

The sentence which gives a complete sense and has a subject and verb is known as the main clause. 

Subordinate clause :

Eg: when the cat is away, the mice will play .

A group of words which has a subject and a verb but makes an incomplete sense is known as subordinate clause.