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Essay and sem intro
- 1. Good Morning Ladies and Gentlemen
- 2. THIS SEMESTER PART II PROSE, POETRY, LANGUAGE STUDY AND COMMUNICATION SKILLS
- 3. What I Teach in Unit I Prose 1.Your Commitment to Self-Mastery: Kaizen – Robin Sharma 2. The Sun, the Planets and the Stars- C.Jones 3. The Last Letter to Indira - Jawaharlal Nehru 4. Circuses – Sir Harold Nicolson 5. Tolerance – E. M. Forster Circuses Sir Harold Nicolson Tolerance E. M. Forster
- 4. What I Teach in Unit II Poetry The Bailiff’s Daughter of Islington – Anonymous The Road Not Taken – Robert Frost Because I Could Not Stop for Death- Emily Dickinson Goodbye Party for Miss Pushpa. T.S. – Nissim Ezekiel The Harp and the King – Judith Wright The Bailiff’s Daughter of Islington Anonymous The Road Not Taken Robert Frost
- 5. What I Teach in Unit III English for Competitive Examinations 1. Errors and How to Avoid Errors 2. Spotting Errors 3. Sentence Completion 4. Reconstructing Passages Reconstructing Passages
- 6. What I Teach in Unit IV Language Skills 1.E-mail Writing 2.Minutes Writing 3.Book Review/ Film Review 4.Essay Writing Essay Writing
- 7. What I Teach in Unit V Oral Communication Skills Part III Communication Skills – 2 Part IV Telephone Skills Part V Group Discussion Group Discussion
- 8. This Class Question Pattern Internal Mark Calculation Essay Writing – An Introduction
- 9. Question Pattern For External Exam Time: 3 hrs Max: 75 Marks Three Parts [Marks] Part A 10 x 01 = 10 Marks Part B 05 x 05 = 25 Marks Part C 05 x 08 = 40 Marks
- 10. Part A 10 Objective [Multiple Choice] Questions from Units I, II, III and V Unit I Prose 3 questions [Q Nos. 1, 2, 3] Unit II Poetry 3 questions [Q Nos. 4, 5, 6] Unit III English for Competitive Examination 2 questions [Q Nos. 7, 8] Unit V Oral Communication Skills 2 questions [Qn Nos.9,10]
- 11. Part B Qn. 11: Two annotations from Prose out of four Choices [1 from Group A (Either i or ii) and 1 from Group B (Either i or ii)] Qn. 12:Two annotations from Poetry out of four Choices [1 from Group A (Either i or ii) and 1 from Group B (Either i or ii)] Qn. 13: Spotting or Correcting the Errors in the given sentences Qn. 14: Drafting an E-Mail or Minutes Writing Qn. 15: Writing suitable expressions for given situations or Reconstructing a given passage
- 12. Part C Qn. 16: 1 long essay from Prose [400-500 words] [a or b] Qn. 17: 1 long essay from Poetry [400-500 words] [a or b] Qn. 18: Spotting/ Correcting Errors in the given sentences [Eight Objective Questions from English for Competitive Examinations [a or b] Qn. 19: Writing a film/book review in about 400-500 words or writing an essay on select topics in about 400-500 words from a list [a or b] From a list.
- 13. Part C List of Essay Topics for Qn. 19 1. Role and Responsibilities of a Good Citizen 2. Science and Technology in Modern India 3. Students and Politics 4. Parliamentary Democracy in India 5. Education and Employment
- 14. Part C List of Essay Topics for Qn. 19 6. Impact of Globalization in India 7. Need for Compulsory Sports 8. The Plight of Higher Education in India 9. Religious Minorities in Secular Society 10. Women Empowerment
- 15. Part C Qn. 20. Responding to the given situations [eight situations] or writing appropriate expressions to the given situations [four situations] from Oral Communication Skills [a or b]
- 16. Unit Wise Marks Distribution Unit I 16 Marks Unit II 16 Marks Unit III 20 Marks Unit IV 13 Marks Unit V 10 Marks
- 17. Internal Marks Calculation Maximum 25 Marks Test 20 Marks Assignment 05 Marks Out of Three Tests the third One will be Conducted as Viva Best one of the two tests Plus Viva Mark will be added The average of the former will be added with assignment marks The former total is the final internal mark for 25
- 18. Internal Marks Calculation 24 Total marks 5 19 38 19 19 19 18 Assignment Mean Best of Ist two + Viva Viva Best of Ist two II Int I Int.
- 19. Essay Writing An Introduction Definitions A composition in prose which is usually short and written on any subject is called an essay Usually writing in detail about someone, something, an idea or an opinion is called as essay writing Any prose writing of considerable length of a particular topic is called an essay
- 20. What is Done In essay writing one or two ideas are: Elaborated Defined Compared Explained evaluated
- 22. Essay Consists of: Topic Introduction Main body Sub Headings or topics Summary Illustrations Descriptions Examples Commentaries
- 23. Stages Involved in Writing Essay Prewriting Writing Editing
- 24. Prewriting Preparing Outline Jot down the important ideas Arrange all ideas in relation to the main topic Collect the fact and details about the ideas Organize it in the form of an essay
- 25. How to Prepare Outline Collect ideas Group the ideas
- 26. How To Prepare Outline Largest of all animals Used in tiger-hunting Revengeful Its trunk and large ears Found in India and Africa- two kinds Its skill in piling logs Its great strength In India used in state processions 09.How Caught and tamed 10. Mad elephants 11.Elephant grass 12Its tusks- hunted for Ivory 13.Howdah and Mahout 14. Story of blind men and Elephant 15. In Old times used in war 16. Its intelligence 17. Feeds on Leaves and grass 18. Can draw heavy loads Writing an essay on The Elephant The Elephant List of collected ideas
- 27. How To Prepare Outline Outline Description Habitat and Food How and why hunted Strength and intelligence Its different uses
- 28. Writing Ideas are given the written form Introducing the key sentences in the topic The ideas are united to form an essay Writing the Opinion and conclusion for the ideas together
- 29. Editing Check and Correct essays for grammar, punctuation etc Check the sequence Check the style Check whether all ideas are related
- 30. Characteristics of an Effective Essay Unity- An essay must be a unity, developing one theme with a definite purpose. It should have an organic unity Order- The essay should follow a certain ordered line of thought and come to a definite conclusion Brevity- The essays should not be too long. It should be short and precise Style- Language should be formal. The Personal Touch- It should have the individuality of the writer. A persons view on a topic
- 31. A Good Essay Consists Of Suitable Subject Matter Proper Arrangement Adequate Power of Expression
- 32. Do’s Be Precise Express ideas with clarity Give proper illustrations Give suitable examples Use apt descriptions Use right expressions
- 33. Don'ts Avoid irrelevant points Avoid circumlocution Avoid long evolving sentences Avoid gender sensitive language Avoid slangs Avoid colloquialisms Avoid inconsistencies in language
- 34. Types of Essay Writing Definition Essay – Where a key word or key idea is defined from different points of View Comparative and Contrastive Essays – Two or more persons, places, ideas, opinions are compared and contrasted Classificatory Essays – Here separate things or ideas are put in different categories Descriptive Essays – Here descriptions of different aspects are given for a person, place or a particular thing.
- 35. Types of Essay Writing Discursive Essays – Choice is made among different opinions, ideas and objects preference for one is satisfied Evaluative Essays – Based on certain criteria the evaluation of people, places or things is done Reflective Essays – It consists of reflections or thoughts on some topic which is generally of an abstract nature
- 36. Types of Essay Writing Narrative Essays – A narrative essay consists mainly in the narration of some event, or series of events Expository Essays – An expository essay consists of explanation of some subject Imaginative Essays – Essay on subjects such as the feelings of a dog, or a student etc
- 37. To Be Continued…
- 38. Thank You