NAME OF THE LESSON A LETTER TO GOD DUST OF SNOW

MAIN POINTS OF It is a story of extreme faith in God. It is It is a peculiar poem composed by the famous
THE LESSON the syory of Lencho, a poor, honest and American poet Robert Frost. The poem
hard working farmer who wrote aletter depicts a simple moment but it has great
to God and asked God to send money to significance. The poem is set on a wintery day.
him. Lencho was dedicated farmer. He The snow is falling heavily. The poet is
was expecting a good harvest. depressed and has lost all hope. He is sitting
Unfortunately a hail storm came and under a hemlock tree. A small natural incident
destroyed his harvest totally. Lencho changes his sad mood. The poem teaches us
became very sad but he had a stong that one should never be desperate and
belief in God. He was sure that God hopeless, there is always scope for a change.
would definitely help him. In straight
forward manner he wrote a letter to God
asking 100 pesos. Although his wishes
got fulfilled partially. He seems
ungrateful in the end and questions the
honesty and modesty of the post master
who actually helped him with money in
the name of God.

TLOs *Reading with understanding *Reading with understanding

*Writing the gist of the lesson *Writing the gist of the poem
*Speaking the view in own language *Speaking the view on ‘Winter season’.
*Writing the answers to the questions *Writing the answers to the questions
and the summary of the lesson.

QUESTIONS *Who was Lencho? *Where was the crow ?

*How did he suffer? *what did the crow do to the hemlock tree?
*Why was Lencho angry? *Name the poet and the poem?
*Who sent him money? *How did the poet’s mood change?
* What are the rain drops compared *What had the poet thought of the day?
for?

HOMEWORK *Write the story of Lencho’s faith in *Write the summary of the Poem.
God. *Write the answer to the questions.
*Write the answer to the questions.
NAME OF THE LESSON NELSON MANDELA-MLONG WALK
TO FREEDOM
MAIN POINTS OF THE Nelson Mandela became the first
LESSON Black President of south Africa after
more than three centuries of white
Rule. Mandela had spent a life time
fight against ‘apartheid’. He had
spent thirty years in prison, fighting
for the democratic rights of the Black
and Coloured people of south Africa.
His party ANC(African National
Congress) won 252 of the 400 seats in
the first democratic elections in the
history of South Africa.
In this extract from his
autobiography- Long Walk to
Freedom, Nelson Mandela speaks
about a historic occasion, ‘the
inauguration’ on 10th May 1994. The
inauguration ceremony took place in
the amphitheatre of Union Building in
Pretoria, attended by politicians and
dignitaries from more than 140
countries around the world.
TLOs *To comprehend locally and globally.
*To improve and enrich word power.
*To answer the questions asked.
*To express their views on the topic.
QUESTIONS TO BE *Who is the writer of the lesson?
ASKED *Which is the beautiful land the
speaker refers to?
*What had he seen again and again?
*What had he noticed about the
people?
HOMEWORK Write the summary of the lesson and Write the summary of the lesson and answer the
answer the questions. questions.
FIRE AND ICE
Fire and Ice is a compact poem composed by Robert
Frost. It expresses the profound idea that the world
would end in either of two ways – by fire or by ice.
People are divided on this issue. Some believe that
fire would become the cause of end and others that
ice. Both the components are compared with self-
destructing human emotions; hatred and desire. He
say that from what he is aware about ‘fiery desires’,
he would favour the ones who said that it would be
fire. But later he says that ice or hatred created by
cold reasoning is also equally capable of destroying
the world. Therefore, if Earth was to end twice, ice
would be just as good as fire. If fire would lead to
rapid destruction , ice would lead to silent damage.
*Reading with understanding
*Speaking the view in own language
*Writing the answers to the questions and summary
of the lesson.
*To comprehend locally and globally.
* What is the poet’s opinion about the world?
*What does ice stand for?
*What does fire stand for?