The last leaf

 Worksheet

1.	Choose the correct option.
a)	What disease did Johnsy have?
	i.        cancer ii.      pneumonia iii.    diabetes iv.    heart disease
b)	Where does the story take place?
	i.        Maine ii.      New York iii.    California iv.    London
c)	The girls lived in ________
	i.        Notting Hill ii.      Barrington iii.    Greenwich iv.    Riverdale
d)	Who was Behrman?
	i.        the landlord ii.      Sue’s brother iii.    the downstairs neighbour iv.    the doctor
e)	What was Behrman’s masterpiece?
	i.        the ivy leaf ii.      the Mona Lisa iii.    the lighthouse iv.    Johnsy’s portrait
2.	Answer the following questions in 30-40 words.
a)	What was the doctor’s observation?
	On checking Johnsy, the doctor observed that she had one in ten chance of survival. He also said that he cannot help a person who has already decided that she will not get well.

a)       

Who was Behrman? How did he earn his living?

 

Behrman was a sixty-year-old man who lived on the ground floor below Sue and Johnsy. Behrman was a failure in art but wanted to paint a masterpiece. He earned his living by serving as a model to the young artists in the colony who could not pay the price of a professional.

b)      

How did Behrman save Johnsy’s life?

 

Behrman painted the last ivy leaf outside Johnsy’s window as the leaf had already fallen due to the storm. He sacrificed his own life to save Johnsy’s life through his masterpiece.

 

 

The last leaf

 

The last leaf

2. Answer the following questions in 30-40 words.

 a) What did Behrman think about Johnsy’s imagination?

When Sue told Behrman about how she feared losing Johnsy due to her strange fantasy concerning the last ivy leaf, he became quite angry and expressed his contempt and derision for such an idiotic imagination.

b) How did Sue try to change Johnsy’s pessimistic attitude?

Sue tried to change Johnsy’s pessimistic attitude towards life by diverting Johnsy’s mind from the last leaf and her sickness by making her take interest in things around her. She tried to keep up Johnsy’s sagging sprits by bringing her drawing board in Johnsy’s room and whistling.

c) What did Sue and Johnsy see when they pulled the curtain after the beating rain?

After the beating rain and fierce gusts of wind that had continued through the long night, when Sue and Johnsy pulled up the curtain, they saw the last ivy leaf still on the vine. Still dark green near its stem, but with its serrated edges tinted with the yellow of dissolution and decay, it hung bravely from a branch some twenty feet above the ground.

3. Answer the following questions in 100-120 words.

a) What was the cause of Johnsy’s illness? How could the illness be treated?

Johnsy was bedridden with pneumonia. However, the real cause of her illness was her negative thinking. Pneumonia had damaged her body and mind. She had made up her mind that she was going to die. Quite illogically, she had linked the falling number of vine leaves to her remaining lifespan. Her illness could be treated only by injecting back hope and willpower in her life. Her doctor also said that if she did not want to live then medicines would not help her.

b) How did Behrman save Johnsy’s life?

Johnsy had given up on her life and was waiting for the last ivy leaf to fall from the vine which she had associated to her death as well. One night, Behrman who was very furious because of this imagination decided to save Johnsy’s life. He climbed the ladder and fought against the icy winds and rains to paint an ivy leaf as green and real as the one on the vine. The next morning when Johnsy saw the leaf on the vine after the heavy rains and icy winds, Johnsy realised it was a sin to want to die and decided to get her will back to want to live. Even though the weather took away Behrman’s life, it gave Johnsy the hope to live.

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STD: 8 SUB: GUJARATI [ CH 4 ]

 

The Tenant

 The Tenant - notes

Q 1 Answer each of the following questions in 30-40 words.

 a) Mr Lockwood was Mr Heathcliff’s new tenant and wanted to rent Thrushcross Grange. He called upon his landlord on his arrival to solicit the occupation of the place. He had heard the day before that Mr Heathcliff had some thoughts regarding it. 

b) Joseph was a very old man, though hale and sinewy. He was apparently one of the senior staff of Mr Heathcliff’s household. He spoke in undertones with a sour face while relieving the narrator of his horse. His attitude indicated peevish displeasure. He did not appear when Mr Heathcliff called him to get some tea. 

c) Mr Heathcliff tried to calm down the narrator after he was attacked by the dogs. He told the narrator that guests were so rare in his house that neither he nor the dogs knew how to receive them. He and his dogs were willing to own up to it. 

d) The house and furniture at Wuthering Heights would have been nothing extraordinary as belonging to a homely, northern farmer. But Mr Heathcliff formed a singular contrast to his abode and style of living. He was a dark-skinned gipsy in aspect, in dress and manners a gentleman like a country squire and rather slovenly. Yet, he did not look amiss because he had an erect and handsome but rather a morose figure.

Q 2 Answer each of the following questions in 80-100 words. 

a. Mr Heathcliff met Mr Lockwood at the gate of his house. He interrupted Mr. Lockwood with a wince as he was giving his introduction and reason for his visit. Instead of using welcoming words he said ‘walk in’ with closed teeth. The narrator felt that even the gate over which he leant manifested no sympathising movement to the words. When he saw the narrator’s horse pushing the barrier, only then did he put out his hand to unchain it, and then sullenly preceded him up the causeway. 

b. Mr Heathcliff went in search of Joseph when he did not respond to his call for tea and left the narrator with the ruffian canine and a pair of grim shaggy sheep-dogs. The narrator did not want to come in contact with their fangs so he sat still but unfortunately indulged in winking and making faces at the trio, and something irritated the canine that she suddenly broke into a fury and leapt on the narrator’s knees. He flung her back and hastened to place the table between them. This proceeding aroused about half-a-dozen more of four-footed fiends, of various sizes and ages, who came in from hidden dens to the room. The narrator felt his heels and coat-laps being targets of assault. He was trying to parry off the large dogs as effectively as he could with the poker. But then he had to loudly demand assistance from the others in the household to re-establish peace.

uphill

 Uphill - worksheet

1. Match the columns.

Answers:  a) iii b) i c) v d) ii e) iv

2. Answer the following in 30 to 40 words. 

a) What is the significance of the ‘inn’? Explain. (6 lines) 

The traveller is told that she cannot miss the inn that stands at the top of the hill and which offers rest for those who have spent the entire day climbing. Literally, the fact that it stands out in the darkness of the night indicates that the light that it sheds is powerful and will not be overpowered. Metaphorically, the ‘inn' represents security. It is a place of welcome and rest at the end of the journey. 

b) How would you describe the journey up-hill? (4 lines) 

The journey up-hill is very difficult and arduous. There are many areas that are not known and confusing. The traveller is anxious and wants to know what he would encounter on the way. So, we can say that the journey uphill is a metaphor to the journey of life. 

c) Explain the metaphorical meaning of the following line: (4 lines) Does the road wind up-hill all the way? 

Here, the traveller who metaphorically represents man is questioning God who is the guide, that the road which is life’s path is winding up-hill all the way, which means is filled with difficulties all the way till we reach heaven or death. 

d) Do you think the traveller will be welcomed to a comfortable place when the journey ends? Why? (3 lines) 

Yes, the traveller will be welcomed to a comfortable place when the journey ends. For the guide says that in the end there would be beds for all who arrive at the inn. 

FRENCH LESSON 4 NOTES

 

                                                  Leçon 4 - Mes Vacances

 

Grammaire-

Le futur proche

It is used for talking about the events which will happen in near future i.e. maybe within a few moments, a few seconds, minutes, hours or even days. So there is a kind of certainty about its happening.

Construction of a sentence –

Subject + conjugation of ‘aller’ + infinitive of verb

e.g. travailler – to work

Je vais travailler – I am going to work

Tu vas travailler – you are going to work

Il/Elle/On va travailler – he/she/everybody is going to work

Nous allons travailler – we are going to work

Vous allez travailler – you are going to work

Ils/Elles vont travailler – they are going to work

# When the question is in the form of fill in the blanks the key words in the sentence can be ‘ dans quelques minutes, dans cinq minutes, dans une heure immediatement, toute  a l’heure, dans un moment, bientot etc.

Se lever

Je vais me lever

Tu vas te lever     and so on…..

 

Une Carte Postale  - format

Date starting with ‘le’ Cher/Chère/Chers ----------, Comment vas-tu ? (for a friend) / Comment allez-vous ? (for elderly people) Je vais bien ici. Main content Grosses bises/Bisous/Je t’embrasse (friend)/Je vous embrasse(parents) Name of the sender

 

Coin culturel –

1.     Cannes – city in France famous for its film festival

2.     La fête de Chandaleur – festival of light – les français mangent beaucoup de crêpes. (like a harvest festival or to welcome the sunny days)

3.     La tour Eiffel – Eiffel tower

4.     Notre-Dame – the famous cathedrale in Paris

5.     Les Pyrénées – mountain range in the southern France which separates France and Spain

6.     Les cartes

1)    La carte bleue – une carte bancaire pour payer  et pour des retraits d’espèces

2)    Le passe Navigo – utilisable pour les transports en île de France

3)    Paris Visite – pour voyager dans l’île de Paris avec les durées limitées une journée/deux, trois ou cinq journées

4)    La carte junior –pour les enfants mois de 16 ans à voyager dans les transports parisiens gratuitement

La carte vitale – la carte d’assurance malad

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