Page 1 : A Smart School, , — Sanjana Parekh, Student Reporter, Shikshanand High School, Mumbai, 29" September, 2019, , Shikshanand High School celebrated its Annual Day, Function on the 21° of September, 2019. Students, teachers, and management members had come together to put up a, spectacular show to celebrate its ‘Silver Jubilee’, Anniversary. The function comprised of many entertaining, performances, but one performance brilliantly stood out, from the rest., , A play, titled “Smart School’. It was put together by the, students of Class X-A and captured the attention of everyone, in the audience. The play opened with a boy, named Vikas, waiting for his school bus. This boy had a bracelet on his, hand, which tracked all his health statistics, the number of

Page 2 : iarati, , , , , , , , steps he took as well as the path that his bus would take to, reach the school. Once the school bus arrived to pick up, Vikas, he synced his bracelet to the wireless machine inside, the bus. This bracelet tracked his journey and displayed it on, an electronic tablet, which his parents could access. On his, arrival in school, his vital stats were measured, his attendance, was marked and the information of his classes was synced to, his bracelet. The day progressed with Vikas visiting a Smart, Laboratory with a bio-farm in it and a Smart Canteen where, his food intake was analysed and he was served food in, accordance to his health requirements., , “My favourite part in the play was the entry of Vikas into, the classrooms with automatic temperature regulators,, individual desktops and a projector with state-of-the-art, technology”, were the words of an enthralled member of the, audience. The play was truly futuristic in nature and entertained, everyone in the audience. It was a perfect ode to the progressive, philosophy of Shikshanand High School.

Page 3 : a ti, , , , , , Sweeper’s Daughter scores 96% in Class XII, Mumbai, 20" June 2020: In the city of dreams, yet another, dream came true this morning - The dream of Naresh, a, sweeper of ‘The Lakeside High School and Jr. College’ and, his daughter Meenakshi. The same stage and halls Naresh, once cleaned were decorated to felicitate his daughter who, has secured 96% in her class XII exams., , As Meenakshi stepped onto the stage the entire school, applauded her for her astounding feat. Her teachers were all, in praise of her commitment, dedication and hard work., , As he was asked to address the crowd, a teary-eyed Naresh, could not stop thanking the school’s trust for financially, supporting the dreams of his daughter. Meenakshi vowed to, return back to the school one day as a teacher and help others, like her realise and fulfil their dreams., , [1] Title and dateline + [1] Logical order, + [1] Vocabulary + [1] Appropriate Layout + [1] Conclusion, , (Note: Mention the ‘By line’ of the report on the right-hand, side of the page. The rest of the content is supposed to be, left-aligned. You report should include three paragraphs —, the introduction of the event/incident, details about the, event/incident and a concluding paragraph.)

Page 4 : ‘Heavy. rainfall disturbs the normal life in Marathwada., , Aurangabad : Tuesday, June 23rd (By staff reporter) The, rrounding districts for three, , people. The problem, , reas that have, , continuous rainfall in Marathwada and su, days has badly disrupted the everyday life of the, , of waterlogging on roads has been reported in various a, , confined the people to their homes. Some of them have been unable to, step out of their homes while some are stuck at different places. The, transportation services have been badly affected by it. S.T., Train, services have been delayed and some have been cancelled which has, made passengers undergo major inconvenience. The school and, colleges have declared a holiday for 4 days while offices have suggested, to work from home. The medical services are also hampered. The, government is trying hard to cope with the situation and people are, advised to stay homes for the next few days. The Indian Meteorological, , Department has predicted that the rains may continue for a week., , [Marking Scheme : (News Report), , Title and beginning 1 mark, Vocabulary and grammar 1 mark, Use of appropriate point/examples/convey message 2 marks, Logical order/conclusion . Imark, , Total 5 Marks]