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Extended Activities Std. 9, , KITE VICTERS ONLINE CLASS SUPPORT MATERIAL, Class: 9 Subject: English Unit: 3 Victers Class: 30, , Work Sheet: 18, , Topic: Listen to the Mountain - 3, , Review and Assignments based on Victers Online Class 30 on 03/11/2020, Thursday 4.30 pm, Previous Assignments based on the class on 29/11/2020, Friday, Dear students you may check your assignments with these possible answers., ACTIVITY 1, Read Scene II of the play and answer the following questions., [Refer to the glossary above for the difficult words], 1. Who are the characters in this scene?, Ans: Narayan, Sagar and Ramanna., , 2. What are they talking about?, Ans: They are talking about the five star hotel at Dharmagiri., , 3. Where are they sitting and talking?, Ans: At Ramanna’s teashop., , 4. Why is Narayanan surprised when he hears about Sagar’s project?, Ans: Narayan is surprised when he hears about Sagar’s project because he can’t understand the topic of building a, hotel with 300 rooms in a village where only five hundred people live., , 5. Why have Sagar and his team selected this village for constructing a five star hotel?, Ans: Sagar and his team have selected that village to construct a five star hotel because that is a lovely village, right, in the middle of a valley. It has got the cleanest river, marvellous waterfall, trees and wildlife. The view of, Dharmagiri mountain is a gorgeous one. So naturally tourists will visit there and stay., , 6. Narayan and Ramanna are pointing out something very important about the mountain. What is that?, Ans: The mountain is sacred for them because of the temple, the river starts from there sustains their lives and, crops and there is only a winding path to go there. Vehicles for construction can’t go through that., , 7. Why is Ramanna agitated?, Ans: Ramanna is agitated because Sagar and his team are planning to construct that five star hotel without, consulting the villagers., , 8. Why does Sagar behave haughtily?, Ans: Sagar behaves haughtily because he thinks that the villagers are ignorant and they have no claim to question, the plan of Sagar and his team., , 9. What are the plans and preparations made by Sagar for the construction?, Ans: They have got the consent from the government. They will widen the path and make it a tarred road. They will, give compensations to those whose houses are damaged. Building materials will be brought soon., , 10. “You mean you will have slums here.” Why does Narayan make such a comment?, Ans: Narayan makes such a comment when he hears that temperory dwellings for hundreds of labourers are going, to be made at the foot of the hills., , 11. What picture of Dixit do you get?, Ans: Mr. Dixit is a multimilionaire. He is the owner of two dozen cinema houses, five luxury hotels, three drug, companies, the biggest biscuit factory in India belongs to him and five mansions in different parts of the world., , 12. What was the only construction on Dharmagiri? How is it related to the villagers?, Ans: The only construction on Dharmagiri is the temple built three hundred years ago. It is sacred to them., , 1, Prepared by Johnson T P, HST, CMS H S, Mundiappally, Thiruvalla

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Extended Activities Std. 9, , ACTIVITY 2, Ramanna is annoyed and disturbed to hear about the plan of a building a five star hotel in Dharmagiri, village. He writes a diary expressing his concerns. Prepare the likely Diary entry., Ans:, Points to Remember, , Monday, 15th July 2020, , * Write Day, Date, and, Time., , What a horrible thing! They are constructing a five star, , * Use first person narrative, , hotel, right here on the top of Dharmagiri, overlooking our, , * Express feelings,, emotions and, impressions., , village. No one in the village has been told about it. I think, the villagers won’t like it, I know they will not. They say that, we are ignorant. They are going to widen the road. Some, , * Use simple sentences., * Complete sentences are, not required., * Exclamatory sentences, can be used., , houses will be knocked down. What shall we do? This is, arrogance. I will not allow this. I will protest. The, Dharmagiri is a sacred mountain to us. We will not allow, any one to disrupt it. Will they make our village a slum?, They are accommodating the labourers here. They are, aiming at making profit. Business minded. But our village,, we have keep up its tradition. This is unfair. They don't, know us. We certainly have something to do with it. Let’s, wait and see., , ***************************, , Review of the class on 03/12/2020, Thursday, 4.30 pm. ‘Listen to the Mountains’ By Kavery Nambisan, Episode - 3, Dear students,, Hope you all watched the English class today (03/13/2020). If not, click on the, image to watch the video. Today’s class discussed the Scene II of the play ‘Listen, to the Mountain’ by Kavery Namibisan- a drama. Today’s class discussed the, Scene III of the play. Comprehension questions, Children’s Theatre, Adverbs etc., were discussed., Listen to the Mountain, ‘Listen to the Mountain’ is play written by Kavery Nambisan. We are blessed with a green planet which is, unique with natural resources. But what is the present situation? These natural resources are exploited in a, careless ans selfish manner. People are less concerned about the coming generation too. Are not duty-bound to, protect our Mother Earth? Let’s read a play highlighting these issues., A drama usually indicates a piece of writing that is intended to be acted out- a performance on a stage of some, sort with people acting as the characters in the story, allowing an audience to see the action unfold. Drama is, written for the stage and it is dependent on the expertise of the actors to get the story across and on the stage, properties for the scenery and the strength of the dialogue for its impact., , Prepared by Johnson T P, HST, CMS H S, Mundiappally, Thiruvalla2

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Extended Activities Std. 9, , Let’s Recap the issue of Dharmagiri from the words of Narayan – the School Headmaster., Hello my dear children, I am Narayan, the headmaster of Dharmagiri, High School. Ours is the most beautiful village in the country. Our village is in, the midst of a valley. The river that flows through our village carries the cleanest, water. We have mesmerising mountain which offers a gorgeous breathtaking, view. The water falls the lovely trees, the wild life.... everything is simply, marvellous.. We have been leading a comfortable life in the lap of nature. But, we have a problem now. One Mr. Sagar has come to the village with a plan of, building a multi-storey Five-star hotel on the top of our Dharmagiri mountain., Mr. Dixit, a millionaire From Delhi is behind the project. He has arranged, everything. You know a few hundred people are going to arrive very soon. I think, they are going to make slums here. When they widen the road to go up the hill,, many houses will be knocked down... including mine. They should have, consulted us. Aren’t we the real inhabitants of this village? Really reckless, people, , Glossary, The meaning of the new words will help you to comprehend the poem well., calmly, without agitation or strong emotion (ശാന്തമായി), unbeatable, not able to be defeated, extremely good; (എതിരില്ലാത്ത), fancy, elaborate in structure or decoration (ആഢബരപൂര്‍ണ്ണമായ‍), compete, be able to rival another (മത്സരിക്കുക), grand, magnificent (അത്യപൂര്‍വ്വമായ‍), puzzled, confused (ആശയക്കുഴപ്പത്തിലാവുക‍), thoughtless without consideration of the possible consequences (പരിണിതഫലം ചിന്തിക്കാതെയുള്ള), ruin, the physical destruction or disintegration of something (ഉന്മൂലനം ചെയ്യുക‍), hold, be able to bear (താങ്ങാവുന്ന), structure, a building (കെട്ടിടം), foundation, the lowest load-bearing part of a building (അടിത്തറ‍), ACTIVITY 1, Read Scene III of the play and answer the following questions., [Refer to the glossary above for the difficult words], 1. Which is the location of scene III?, 2. Who are the characters in the scene?, 3. Why does Ramanna say that it is a foolish idea?, 4. What are they discussing about?, 5. Who is one that support the project and why?, 6. ‘There is another, more urgent reason.’ What is the more urgent reason?, 7. Why do Shastri say that it is dangerous to build a hotel on Dharmagiri?, 8. What picture of Dixit does Sagar give?, 9. What is Kannan's argument in favour of building a hotel in Dharmagiri?, 10. What do they finally decide?, ACTIVITY 2, Dear students,, In this play we come across a social issue like disrupting the ecological balance of a beautiful and lush, village like Dharmagiri. As students you can protest against such social issues in different ways or create an, awareness among people through different medium. One such way is to enact plays highlighting the social, issue. You can choose ‘Children’s Theatre’ as one such medium. Children’s Theatre is a theatre for children,, Prepared by Johnson T P, HST, CMS H S, Mundiappally, Thiruvalla, , 3

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Extended Activities Std. 9, , theatre with children, and theatre by children. In Children’s theatre the actors and the people behind the, curtain are also children., Now try to enact any one of the scenes of this play or write a script of a play highlighting an issue that you, feel relevant so as to aware people or as protest against any issue., ACTIVITY 3, At the end of Scene III, Narayan says “Come on, let us talk to Mr. Sagar before it is too late.”. The villagers, decided to discuss the issue with Mr. Sagar. Prepare a conversation betweens the Villagers and Mr. Sagar., ACTIVITY 4, Prepare a write up on the topic ‘The recent trends in tourism and its impact on our culture., Points to remember, *Increasing number of tourists in our country., * Purpose of visit-Sight seeing, trade, entertainment., * Social and cultural exchange among people., * Unhealthy trends in tourism., * Social responsibility etc., ACTIVITY 5, Look at the following sentences, 1. We must discuss this calmly., 2. The commotion dies slowly., 3. I strongly oppose this plan, The words given in bold letters modify the verbs in the sentences., In sentence 1 calmly modifies the verb discuss., In sentence 2 slowly modifies the verb dies., In sentence 3 strongly modifies the verb oppose., Words that modify a verb is called ‘Adverb’, Pick out the adverbs used in the passage you have read so far (Scene 1, 2 and 3) and find and copy the, sentence in your note book., , Prepared by Johnson T P, HST, CMS H S, Mundiappally, Thiruvalla, Write down these Assignments in your note book, and send it to the Class’ Whats app group., Stay Home Stay Safe. Good Luck, , 4, Prepared by Johnson T P, HST, CMS H S, Mundiappally, Thiruvalla