CLASS XII ENGLISH PROJECT 2022-23

The Project-Portfolio/Project Report is a compilation of the work that the

students produce during the process of working on their ALS Project.
The Project-Portfolio may include the following:
● Cover page, with title of project, school details/details of students.
● Statement of purpose/objectives/goals
● Certificate of completion under the guidance of the teacher.
● Action plan for the completion of assigned tasks.
 

The following points must be kept for consideration while

assessing the
Project portfolios:
● Quality of content of the project
● Accuracy of information
● Adherence to the specified timeline
● Content in respect of (spellings, grammar ,punctuation)
● Clarity of thoughts and ideas
● Creativity
● Contributions by group members
● Knowledge and experience gained
TO SUM IT IN BRIEF -THE PROJECT SHOULD INCLUDE
1. FACING SHEET
2. INDEX
3. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
4. CERTIFICATE
5. QUESTION
6. OBJECTIVES
7. INTRODUCTION
8. CONTENT——-ATLEAST 15 TO 20 PAGES
9. WRITE UP
10. LEARNING OUTCOME
11. BIBLIOGRAPHY
 TOPIC :1 Gender issues ( Take any one Issue)
 -Highlight the plight of oppressed Gender– inequality, injustice,
deprivation, agony, pain faced by them ( Info graphics / Data).
 -Women ideology towards gender inequality.
 -Movements against Gender inequality.
 -Discrimination at different places ( home, job, school etc).
 -Kamala Das – and Indian writer throughout her literature career
has fought for the rights of women – ( Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers) –
mention the themes.
 -Kamala Das: The Voice of Indian Woman’s Quest For Liberation
( It is an autobiographical verse ) Highlight.
 -# Me too movement.
 -How can the change be brought in the mind set of the people.
 -Recent Supreme Court decision in America- Abort Crucial Rights.

TOPIC 2: Unleash your real potential – be bold, be resilient, be strong

(Importance of a resilient attitude) 
 What do you mean by Resilient Attitude.
 Traits, qualities and characteristics of Resilient person.
 How personal choices help or hinder our resilience.
 Tips for Building and Cultivating Resilience.
 Why is resilience important?
 Is Resilience a skill or character strength?
 What are the seven C’s of Resilience?
 Different types of resilience
 Key component and element of resilience life
 Take an example of the chapter— Deep Water
 Other examples of great personalities

TOPIC -3: Courage is not the absence of fear but triumph over
it
 -Introduction
 -Origin of the quote
 -Courage – a choice to act
 -What can one learn from fear
 -Benefits of having courage over fear
 -How and why to overcome fear
 -Fighting against fear is hard but worth it ( Examples)
 -Mention some of your worst fears and how you managed to
overcome them — A Questionnaire
 -Famous personalities who overcame their fear ( Their motivation
podcast/speech/stories
TOPIC -4- A THING OF BEAUTY
 Write the poem in your file.
 Write about the poet- John Keats – His life, career,
books/poems that he has written.
 Write the summary of the poem.
 Mention the poetic devices used in the poem by the poet.
Mention them with examples from the poem.
 Mention the rhyme scheme used by the poet in the poem.
 Mention the things of beauty suggested by the poet. Paste
pics.
 Paste pics in support of point no.2
 What do you think is beauty? What are examples of beauty,
according to you?
 .Do beautiful things affect you? How?
 .What do you think – is beauty a permanent feature or is it
temporary?
 Write some exclusive quotations on the topic ‘’Beauty”/
‘’Beautiful things’’
 Write a song or a poem in English which is dedicated to the
topic ‘’Beauty”.
 Bibliography

TOPIC -5: : JOURNEY TO THE END OF THE EARTH

1. What is a travelogue?
2. What does a travelogue contain?
3.What is the format of a travelogue?
4.Who writes it?
5. Mention some famous travelogues that have been written so far?
6.What do you think is ‘Journey to the end of the Earth a
travelogue?
7.What is the message of the lesson?
 8.What is the significance of the title Journey to the End
of the Earth?
9.Draw/Paste pics showing the various stages in the
development of the lesson .
10. Write about your impression of Tishani Doshi, the writer.
Paste her pic.

 TOPIC-6: Watch short film “Positive all the way” ( how people
with undeterred determination face the obstacles of life and
leave a mark for themselves)
 -Give examples of people in different sphere of life who have shown
positive attitude and reached the pinnacle of success
 – obstacles faced
 – their undeterred determination
 – lesson and message their efforts give to others
 – values learnt -can co relate it with  the chapter ‘DEEP WATER’

TOPIC -7: TOPIC : ON THE FACE OF IT
1.What message is conveyed through the story On the Face of it?
2.What do you think the play is all about?(Theme)
3.What does the title of the play suggest?
4.What are the main characters of the play?
5. Describe in your own way the characters: Mr Lamb and Derry.
6. Support your answers by suitable pictures.
7. .What do you know of adolescence? Describe it.
8. What traits of adolescence could be found in Derry?
9.Do you find the ending of the play appropriate? Yes/No. Give
reasons in support of your answer.

TOPIC -8: THE RATTRAP

1. Write about the writer of the lesson “The Rattrap”.

2. What is the moral of the story?
3. Who is the hero in the story? How has he been referred to in the
story? Why he is not addressed by any name in the story?
4. What are the issues that the story deals in?
5. Do you hold the view that the story is written in a fairy tale manner?
Support your view by stating examples from the story.
6. How does the story The Rattrap show the redemptive power of love
 and compassion?
7. .What is the setting of the story?
8. What impression of Sweden do you form on reading the story?
9. State the literary devices used by the writer in the story ‘The Rattrap’.
10. Paste pictures in support of your answers.

TOPIC 9 : INDIGO

1.Write a brief note on Indian freedom movement.

2.How did India fight for
independence?
3. Who is the main reason for Indian independence?
4. Describe the major movements associated with Indian struggle for
independence.
5. 5.Write about the socio political economic and educational condition
of India during the British rule.
6.Cite a poem on the topic of ‘Freedom’ in your file.

TOPIC 10. DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AUNT JENNIFER’S TIGERS  

     
 INTRODUCTION
 cycle of  abuse
 intergenerational violence
 effects
 causes
 prevention 
 types of abuses
 legal way to approach
                                                                                       
TOPIC-11: “When a people are enslaved, as long as they hold
fast to their language it is as if they had the key to their
prison.”
 Importance of Language
 Meaning of ‘Linguistic chauvinism’
 Find examples in history where conquered people had their
language taken away from them or had a language imposed of
them—What was the result/outcome
 Problems faced by linguistic minority
 How can they keep their language alive
 Linguistic human rights
 Linguistic Chauvinism examples from English literature