On killing a tree - IX std

On killing a tree

- Gieve Patel

Gieve Patel:

Gieve Patel (born in 18 August 1940)is an Indian poet, playwright, painter, as well as a practicing physician/doctor based in Mumbai.

Theme: 

The poem is about killing a tree.  But it is not easy to kill a grown up tree. We should remember that we should never attempt to kill a tree that has taken years and years to grow to its full size.

Content :

 The poet describes the act of cutting tree. It simply jabbing the tree with a knife.  Nor is it by hacking or chopping. It takes a lot of effort to kill a tree.  The poet describes the difficult task in order to remind us that we should not kill such a tree. The tree has taken many years to grow. The tree consumes the earth. It rises out of the soil slowly. It absorbs sunlight, air, and water. This process goes on for years. To kill a tree the root has to be pulled out. So a rope is tied to the root firmly. It is snapped out forcefully. It becomes brown, hard, twisted and dried up. 

Auxiliary verb - IX std

Auxiliary verb

Auxiliary verbs are also called helping verbs.

• Primary auxiliary 
• Modal auxiliary 

Primary auxiliary 

1. Be verbs - am, is, was, are, were. 
2. Do verbs - do, does, did
3. Have verbs - has, have, had

Modal auxiliary 

1.Can - Could

• Ability 
• Permission 
• Possibility 

Eg: Can I use your mobile please? 

       It could rain tomorrow. 2.May - Might

• Permission 
• Possibility 

Eg: May I come in? 

       I might go on holiday to Australia nextyear. 3.Shall - Should 

• 50% obligation
• Advice
• Logical conclusion 

Eg: You should revise your lessons.

4.Will - Would 

• Desire or Wish
• Preference 
• Choice

Eg: I will take this duty. 

       I would rather go shopping today. 5.Must

• Strong obligation 
• Logical conclusion 
• Certainty

Eg: You must stop when the traffic lights turn red. 

Semi modals

Need, dare, used to, ought to. 

Active voice and Passive voice - VIII std

Active and passive voice :

An action of a subject in relation to an object is expressed in two ways. These two ways of expressing action of a subject  is known as voices. 

1. Active voice

2. Passive voice

Active voice:

 The active voice describes a sentence where the subject performs the action stated by the verb. It follows a clear subject + verb + object construct that's easy to read. 

Eg: I write a letter.

Passive voice:

With passive voice, the subject is acted upon by the verb. 

Eg: A letter is written by me. 

Change of active voice into passive voice:

active		passive
The hunter killed the lion.	>>	The lion was killed by the hunter.
Someone has cleaned the windows	>>	The windows have been cleaned

The cat and the pain killer - IX std

                 The cat and the painkiller

                                                                                                                           - Mark Twain

Aunt Polly was worried when Tom became unhappy. She was infatuated with medicines. So she tried all new methods of producing health or mending it.

  She gave water treatment. One day Tom was closing the crack on the floor with painkiller. Peter the cat came there.  Looking at the spoon greedily the cat begged for a taste. Tom poured down the painkiller into the cat's mouth.

 At once Peter sprang in the air. It ran round and round. It banged against furniture and upset the flower pots. Then it sailed through the open window. Tom burst out laughing on seeing the deeds of the cat. 

Finally aunt Polly realised that,  what was cruelty to the cat should be the same to the boy too and stopped giving medicines to him. 

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.