ARTICLE WRITTING

M.M :- 10

VALUE POINTS/STASTICS/QUOTATIONS
ROAD SAFETY / ROAD RAGE

1.4 LAKH – DEATHS – ON ROAD – 2018 {MAXIMUM IN UTTAR PRADESH}

16 CHILDREN ON INDIAN ROADS DAILY DIE
ONE DEATH EVERY FOUR MINUTES.
“ALERT TODAY – ALIVE TOMORROW.”
“A LITTLE CARE MAKES ACCIDENTS RARE”
“ROAD SAFETY IS A CHEAPER AND EFFECTIVE INSURANCE.”
“ROAD SENCE IS THE OFFSPRING OF COURTESY AND THE PARENT OF SAFETY “.
“LIFE IS TOO PRECIOUS TO BE WASTED.”

VALUE POINTS
REASONS – DISRESPECT FOR TRAFFIC RULES, MOVIE STUNTS, GLAMOURISE. SPEED, THRILL. APATHY AND
CORUPTION OF CONCERNED AUTHOURITIES – UNDERAGE DRIVERS MORE ON RISE IGNORANCE, RISE IN NO OF
VEHICLES. POPULATION IN CITIES ON RISE – INTOLERANCE POOR CONDITION OF VEHICLES – ROADS .

SOLUTIONS – SELF DISCIPLINE – TRAFFIC RULES , TRAINING , AWARENESS . CAMPAIGNS . HEAVY FINE . EXAMPLE
RECENT TRAFFIC LAWS . VIGILANT . T POLICE CONDITION OF ROADS . AWARENESS IN SCHOOL / COLLEGE HUMANE
ATTITUDE TOWARDS OTHERS ON ROAD .

MODERN LIFESTYLE
“LIFE IS’NT ABOUT FINDING YOURSELF .
LIFE IS ABOUT CREATING YOURSELF .”
“THE PURPOSE OF LIFE IS NOT TO BE HAPPY.”
“IT IS TO BE USEFUL TO BE HONOURABLE ,TO BE COMPASSIONATE, TO HAVE IT MAKE SOME DIFFERENCE THAT
YOU HAVE LIVED AND LIVED WELL. “
“THE FEAR IS SIMPLY BECAUSE YOU ARE NOT LIVING WITH LIFE . YOU ARE LIVING IN YOUR MIND .”
VALUE POINTS –

MODERN LIFE STYLE – SEDANTARY . DULL BUSY. HEALTH SACREFICED – LACK OF REAL COMMUNICATION ONLY
VIRTUAL . LOSING TOUCH WITH NATURE LONELINESS . SECLUSION , LIFE STYLE DISEASES ON INCREASE HUMAN
BEINGS – HIGHLY AMBITIOUS COMPETITIVE SINGLE MINDED . CULTURE . TRADITIONS FADING OFF .

SOME BENEFITS ‘, HEALTH CARE FACILITIES EDUCATION . COMMUNICATION INCREASED MORE CONNECTED .

SOLUTIONS –

KEEP A BALANCE – CONCIOUSNESS TOWARDS NATURE HEALTH CULTURE AND TRADITIONS NEED OF DEVELOPING
CONTENTMENT RESPECT LOVE SOCITY SELF MORE IMPORTANCE TO ORGANIC AND NATURAL FOOD METHODS OF
LIVING .

NATURING ART OF LIVING – YOGA MEDITATION HOBBIES ETC

 APING OF WESTERN CULTURE
VALUE POINTS –

“A NATION’S CULTURE RESIDES IN THE HEARTS AND THE SOULS OF ITS PEPOLE .”

“EVERY MANS ABILITY CAN BE STRENGTHENED OR INCREASED BY ITS CULTURE .”

“CULTURE IS A WAY OF LIVING OF A COUNTRY .”

INDIAN CULTURE – RICHNESS – VARIED AND OLD REASONS FOR APING –

INFLUENCE OF MEDIA GLOBALIZATION .

MATERIALISTIC APPROACH AGAINST INDIAN, SPIRITUAL APPROACH IGNORANCE TOWARDS OUR OWN CULTURE ,

CONSEQUENCES–

FADING INDIAN CULTURE, DEGRADING VALUES ,INSENSITIVE YOUNGSTERS FRUSTRATED .

SOLUTIONS –

PARENT ROLE – SCHOOLS ROLE .

ZONE FOR INDIAN CULTURE .

RIGHT APPRAOCH YOUNGSTERS

WOMEN SAFETY IN INDIA

2043 CASES OF MALESTATION REGISTERED LAST YEAR ,

EVERY THIRD WOMAN IN INDIA SUFFERS PHYSICAL VIOLENCE AT HOME .

“SHE BELIVED SHE COULD SO SHE DID IT .”

“THE WORLD NEEDS STRONG WOMEN WHO WILL LIFT AND BUILD OTHERS WHO WILL LOVE AND BELOVED
WOMEN WILL LIVE BRAVELY BOTH KENDER AND FIERCE WOMEN OF INDOMITABLE WILL .”

VALUE POINTS –

“WOMAN – AN OCEAN IN A DROP NOT A DROP IN AN OCEAN CREATOR OF YOUR DESTINY. “

“WOMEN BECOMING VULNERABLE TO CRIME HOME, WORK PLACE, STREETS PUBLIC TRANSPORT WOMEN
TRAFFIKING OTHER CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES .”

IMPACT –

FEEL UNSAFE LOSS OF CONFIDENCE CAREER AFFECTED INSECURE LIFE DO NOTCONTRIBUTE HEALTHY SOCIETY .

SOLUTIONS –

EFFECTIVE INPLEMENTATION OF LAWS PERPETRATORS OF CRIMES SHOULD BE SEVERELY PUNISHED BETTER

SURVEILANCE BY LAW .

ENFORCING AUTHORITIES COMPULSURY SELF DEFENCE IN SCHOOL COLLEGES CHANGE OF MINDSET AWARNESS
REQURIED AN UPLIFT FOR SOCIETY .
 ROLE OF VALUES IN LIFE
“VALUES ARE DEEPLY HELD BELIEFS THAT DRIVE AND DIRECT YOUR BEHAVIOUR “

“VALUES ARE GUIDING PRINCIPLES THAT HELP YOU DETERMINE WHAT IS RIGHT OR WRONG’”

“STRIVE NOT TO BE A SUCCESS RATHER TO BE OF VALUE”

VALUE POINTS-

PERSON WITH GOOD VALUE-LOOKED UP BY OTHERS RELIABLE ,TRUSTWORTHY,ASSET FOR SOCIETY.

PRESENT SCENARIO

VALUES DEGRADING MATEALISTIC SOCIETY -

COMPETIVE ERA -CHANGING VALUES –RISE IN IMPATIENCE –INDIVIDUALISTIC APPROCH { I FACTOR }DEVIATION
FROM INDIAN INDIAN CULCTURE AND VALUES RESPECT FOR ELDERS ,KINDNESS COURTSY FORGIVENESS –SELF
CONTROL-LOSING VALUE

SOLUTIONS-

GOOD PARENTING INCULCATING IMPORTANCE OF FAMILY TIES ,SOCIAL BONDING

ROLE OF SCHOOL,COLLEGES’INVOLVING STUDENTS IN CO-CURRICULAR-LIFE SKILLS-VALUES BUILD CHARACTER OF

HELTHY ENVIRONMENT.

DISASTER MANAGEMENT
“WE LEARN FROM EVERY NATURAL DISASTER SO WE CAN RESPOND TO NEXT ONE BETTER”

“WE CAN NOT STOP NATURAL DISASTER BUT WE CAN ARM OURSELF WITH KNOWLEDGE “

“MANY LIVES WOULD NOT BE LOST IF THERE WAS ENOUGH DISASTER PREPAREDNESS”

VALUE POINTS

EARTH-BEAUTIFUL PLANET

NATURAL DISASTER ,UNFORSEEN SEVERE. IMMEDIATE , EXAMPLE-CYCLONES-LANDSLIDES –FLOODS ETC.

REASONS -INDUSTRIALIZATION-UNJUTIFIED EXPLPLOITATION OF NATURAL RESOURSECES EXAMPLES-KERELA

FLOODS,CYCLONES.

DISASTER MANAGEMENT-

COLLECTIVE, COORDINATED EFFORTS-MANAGEMENT OF RESOURCES –BEFORE –AFTER DISASTER-MOST IMP –EARLY

WARNING-WEATHER FORCAST-

DOES NOT AVERT DISASTER - DREASES EFFECT MAN MADE NATURAL DISASTER DRILLS CAMPS IN SCHOOLS –
COLLEGES-LOCALITEIS -GENERATION AWARENESS.

ROLE OF NDRF ( NATIONAL DISAS TER RELIEF FORCE) EVACUATION, SEARCH, RESCUE, ROLE OF VOLUNTEERS .

N.G.O. –COMMON PEOPLE.WORK TOGETHER

 CHILD LABOUR
82 LAKH CHILD LABOURERS IN INDIA, UP-HIGHEST 42.7M CHILDREN OUT OF SCHOOL

‘’THE MOST TREASUREED HEIRLOOMS ARE THE SWEET MEMORIES OF CHILDHOOD”

“CHILDHOOD IS THE ONE STORY THAT STANDS BY ITSELF IN EVERY SOUL .”

REASONS-

BIGGESTSO CIAL ISSUE-CRIME TO HUMANITY POVERTY-LACK OF AWARENESS-POOR SCHOOL OPPORTUNITIES-MOST

INVOLVED IN AGRICULTURAL LABOUR – CRACKER INDUSTRIES -INDUSTRIES- FACTORIES -RESTAURENTS –STONE
CRUSHING INDUSTRY.

CONSEQUENCES-

DEPRIVED- LOVE- CARE-E EDUCATION CHILDWOOD SACRIFIED – PHYSICALLY, MENTALLY, SOCIALLY,

INTELLECTUALLY DESTROYED COUNTRYS ASSET DESTROYED.

SOLUTIONS-

STRNIGENT LAWS – PUNISHMENT – AWARENESS – SKILL DEVELOPMENT EMPLOYMENT – PARENTS – WELFARE

SCHEMES-

NATIONAL CHILD LABOUR PROJECT SCHEME

SENSITIVE SOCIETY .

PROTECTING NATURE
“LOOK DEEP INTO NATURE AND YOU WILL UNDERSTAND EVERYTHING BETTER” – ALBERT EINSTEEN –

“ADOPT THE PACE OF NATURE HER SECERT IS PATIENCE” – R W EMERSON .

“MANY SPECIES ARE DYING THOUSAND TIMES FASTER THAN THEIR NATURAL RATE OF EXTINCTION “

“WE ARE LOSING FOREST LAND AT THE RATE OF 375 KM SQUARE EVERYDAY

VALUE POINTS –

NATURE – BEAUTIFUL GIFT MAKIND A THING OF BEAUTY – JOY FORVER –

MAN’S ACTIVITIES – GREED – DESTROYING NATURE OVER EXPLOITION OF RESOURCE SPECIES BATTLING CLIMATIC
CHANGES – OZONE DEPLETION – GLOBAL WARMING MAJOR WORLD ISSUE – DEVLOPMENT CITIES EROSION OF
FORESTS SCARCITY- WATER

SOLUTIONS –

AWARENESS WISE USE OF WATER – ELECTRICITY – AFORESTAION - RESPECT – INDIAN CULTURE CREATING
SENSITIVITY – UNO, CLIMATE SUMMITS

NATURE – MOTHER DESERVES CARE

MALL CULTURE
INDIA HAS ALMOST 570 MALLS .

ADVANTAGES

SHOPPING MALL – SHOPPING CENTRE – WIDE RANGE – PRODUCTS FACILITIES – FOOD CENTRE – RESTAURANTS -
DIFFEERENT CUISINES GAMING ZONES MULTIPLE PEOPLE – MEET - PRIME LOCATIONS – OWN PARKING - NO
MAINTENANCE OF OWN SHOP .

FAMILY WEEKLY SHOPPING – LARGE TRADE AREA -

DISADVANTAGES –

INCONVENIENT – EXCESSIVE CROWD WEEKENDS – PARKING PROBLEM – CUSTMOR CONFUSED – PROBLEM – SENIOR
CITIZENS BUDGET CEATING BUDGET GETS BLASTED –CREATING BRIDGE - SOCIETY .

SOLUTIONS –

BALANCE APPROOCH – NOT TO BE CARRIED AWAY – SELF CONTROL RESTRICT CRAZE SHOPPING CARE OF BUDGET

BRAIN DRAIN
16 million Indian Diaspora in the world.

1 million scientists and engineers in America.

‘brain drain is out flow of talent from a nation’.

VALUE POINTS

Movement of highly skilled and qualified people to another country-…..better conditions

more money

Advantages/ Disadvantages

Better life style…high salaries…economic up liftment….upgrading skills /educaton….loss …

nation… talent…skills …abilities…affects economic growth…loss of human capital…lack of
nationalism/love for nation

Solutions/suggestions

Better education system…country…better salaries…investor friendly policies for business…

affordable higher education….research and development facilities….if going abroad keep
contributing towards development of the country….

Need to develop sensitivity towards motherland…..whether living in India or abroad

CLASS XII UNSEEN PASSAGES

PASSAGE 8
II Answer Briefly :-

a) What is the name of the new period of geological time that earth has entered in the current era?
b) What was the ancient Cambrian period distinguished by?
c) What was the reason of Mammoths and Sloths becoming extinct?
d) According to IUCN , what proportion of animals is in danger of extinctions?
e) What are ice cores?
f) What is the evidence of industrial revolution?
g) Find the word that means same as :-
1. Significant (para-2)
2. Investigated (para 4)
IX –X CLASS- STORY WRITING
HUMOROUS STORIES-
EXAMPLE-

RENUKA STARTED WRITING A SHORT STORY . HOWEVER DUE TO AN UNAVOIDABLE REASON .SHE HAD TO GIVE IT UP
AFTER WRITING A FEW LINES. TAKING HELP FROM THE INPUT GIVEN BELOW AND USING THE BEGINNING,RENUKA
HAD MADE,DEVELOP THE STORY .

RAGHU AND RAJ WERE TWO FRIENDS AND NEIGHBOURS. RAGHU HAD A SERVANT NAMED RAMU THE NAME OF
RAJ’S SERVANT WAS SHAMU …..

OUTLINE :

BOTH SERVANTS FOOLISH – TWO FRIENDS DEBATED – WHO IS MORE FOOLISH ?.......RAMU OR
SHAMU ?- DECIDED TO GIVE A TEST – RAGHU TOLD RAMU “RAM GO BACK TO MY HOUSE TO
FIND OUT IF I AM THERE OR NOT?” – RAMU RUSHED HOME – RAJ TOLD SHAMU – “GO TO YOUR
ROOM AND FIND OUT IF YOU ARE THERE OR NOT?” . RAMU AND SHAMU RETURNED-- RAMU
COMPLAINED WASTED TIME – MASTER COULD HAVE PHONED TO FIND HIMSELF – SHAMU
REPORTED – HE WAS NOT IN THE ROOM – NOTHING TO CHOOSE BETWEEN THEM .

WHO IS A LESSER FOOL ?

RAGHU AND RAJ WERE TWO FRIENDS AND NEIGHBOURS. RAGHU HAD A SERVANT NAMED RAMU THE NAME OF
RAJ’S SERVANT WAS SHAMU . BOTH THE SERVANTS WERE BIG FOOLS. THE TWO FRIENDS DEBATED FOR HOURS
WHOSE SERVANT WAS A GREATER FOOL AT LAST THEY DECIDED TO GIVE THEM A TEST TO FINDOUT WHO WAS
MORE FOOLISH.

NEXT MORNING ALL THE FOUR GATHERED AT RAJ’S HOUSE RAGHU TOLD HIS SERVANT “ RUN BACK TO MY HOUSE
AND FIND OUT IF I AM THERE OR NOT.” WITHOUT WASTING EVEN FOR A SECOND RAMU RUSHED HOME. THEN RAJ
CALLED HIS SERVANT SHAMU AND SAID “HURRY UP” GO TO YOUR ROOM AND FIND OUT IF YOU ARE THERE OR
NOT? WITHOUT EVEN THINKING FOR A MOMENT SHAMU RAN TO HIS ROOM. AFTER SOME TIME THEY RETURNED.
BOTH OF THEM WERE ANNOYED WITH THEIR MASTERS. RAMU COMPLAINED “WHY DID YOU WASTE YOUR TIME ?”
YOU COULD HAVE PHONED TO FIND OUT WHETHER YOU WERE THERE OR NOT.” SHAMU EXPRESSED HIS
DISPLEASURE IN THESE WORDS “WHY DIDN’T YOU TELL ME BEFORE? I WOULD NOT HAVE COME OUT OF MY ROOM”
. HE REPORTED THAT HE WAS NOT FOUND IN THE ROOM RAGHU AND RAJ HEAVED A SIGH THERE WAS REALLY
NOTHING TO CHOOSE BETWEEN THE TWO FOOLS ONLY GOD COULD DECIDE WHO WAS THE LESSER FOOL?

MORAL: THE FOOL DO OFTEN FOOLISH ACTS.

QUESTIONS
Q1) WRITE A STORY IN 200- 250 WORDS BEGINNING WITH THE GIVEN LINES ALSO APPLY SUITABLE TITLE –

I WAS ALL ALONE IN THE HOUSE A MIDDLE AGED COUPLE CAME FROM NOWHERE AND INTRODUCED THEMSELVES
AS MY DISTANT RELATIVE.

OUTLINE:

THE GUESTS – MADE THEMSELVES COMFORTABLE – TOOK HOLD OF THE KITCHEN – PREPARED
TEA AND PRANTHAS – MY PARENTS CAME – THEY WERE MADE COMFORTABLE IN MY ROOM –
STUDIES DISTURBED--THEY WERE VERY TALKTIIVE – BORING - EXPECTED IMMEDIATE
OBEDIENCE-NEW DEMANDS- GLUTTONS- OVERSTAYED WE WERE ANSCIOUS-GET RID OF
THEM- THEY DECLARED THEY WOULD STAY FOR A WEEK -WERE HELPLESS .
Q2) WRITE A STORY IN 200-250 WORDS WITH THE HELP OF GIVEN HINTS ALSO SUPPLY A SUITABLE TITLE AND WRITE
THE MORAL ALSO–

OUTLINE

THERE WAS A SULTAN-GREATLY INTERSTED IN PAINTINGS AND MUSIC- HE HAD ONLY ONE EYE
OTHER EYE WAS BLIND-CALLED PAINTERS TO PAINT HIS GOOD POTRAIT-IF PAINTING IS GOOG
REWARD- OTHERWISE PUNISHMENT - PAINTERS CAME FIRST PAINTED HIM WITH BLIND EYE-
GOT ANGRY PUNISHED HIM WITH 50 THRASHES- SECOND PAINTER-WITH BOTH GOOD EYES-
GOT ANGRY PUNISHED HIM WITH 50 THRASHES- THIRD PAINTER CLEVER INTELLIGENT
PAINTED ONE SIDE POTRAIT WITH GOOD EYE -GOT REWARD .

Q3)WRITE ASTORY IN 200-250 WORDS WITH THE HELP OF GIVEN LINES AND ALSO APPLY A SUITABLE .

PURAN SINGH WAS TRAVELLING SECOND CLASS IN A TRAIN ON A SEAT OPPOSITE HIM SAT A
YOUNG MAN WHO INSTANTLY PROOVED VERY JOLLY AND FRIENDLY THEN SUDDENLY A TICKET
COLLECTOR CAME ……

Q4)WRITE A STORY IN 200- 250 WORDS WITH THE HELP OF GIVEN HINTS ALSO APPLY A SUITABLE TITLE TO IT .

IN THE EVENING -SOME CHILDREN WERE PLAYING IN THE PARK -THEN SUDDENLY A HERD OF
MONKEYS CAME- DID FUNNY ACTIVITIES - EVERYBODY LAUGHED …..

EMOTIONAL STORY WRITING –

TAKING THE HELP OF THE INFORMATION GIVEN BELOW COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING STORY IN ABOUT 150-200
WORDS

EXAMPLE:

THERE LIVED A RICH MAN IN MUMBAI HE HAD ONLY ONE SON WHO HAD TURNED TWELVE….

OUTLINE –

GOOD ADVISER FOR SON BEFORE DEATH COLLECTED ALL RELATIVES ….ASKED “AM I A WISE
AND GOOD MAN?”THEY CALLED HIM WISEST AND BEST MAN IN THE WORLD …MAN GAVE
DIAMOND TO EACH ONE…ONE MAN DIDN’T ANSWER…RICH MAN SOUGHT HIS OPINION
APPOINTED HIM ADVISOR….NEXT DAY ALL RELATIVES COMPLAINED… DIAMONDS GIVEN NOT
REAL THEY WERE AS FALSE AS YOUR WORDS.

THE FALSE DIAMONDS –

THERE LIVED A RICH MAN IN MUMBAI. HE HAD ONLY ONE SON WHO HAD JUST TURNED TWELVE .HE HAD A LOT OF
LAND AND PROPERTY. HE WANTED TO FIND OUT A GOOD ADVISER FOR HIS SON BEFORE HIS DEATH . THE MAN
MUST BE TRUE AND HONEST THIS WAS WHAT THE RICH MAN HAD THOUGHT. ONE DAY HE INVITED ALL HIS
RELATIVES TO A GRAND FEAST.HE ASKED EACH OF THEM IF HE WAS A WISE AND GOOD MAN . EVERY RELATIVE
CALLED HIM THE WISEST AND BEST MAN IN THE WORLD” AH!” EXCLAIMED THE RICH MAN . HE GAVE A DIAMOND
TO EACH OF HIS RELATIVES. BUT ONE RELATIVE REMAINED SILENT . THE RICH MAN ASKED WHAT HE THOUGHT OF
HIM AS A MAN HE REPLIED YOU ARE A WISE AND A GOOD MAN BUT THERE HAVE BEEN WISER AND BETTER MAN
MEN THAN YOU.

THIS TIME THE RICH MAN GAVE A SMILE OF SATISFACTION HE GAVE HIM A DIAMOND AS BIG AS AN ALMOND. HE
HAD FOUND THE KIND OF MAN HE WANTED .HE APPOINMENTED HIM AS HIS SON’S ADVISER. THE NEXT DAY OTHER
RELATIVES CAME THEY COMPLAINED THAT THE DIAMONDS GIVEN TO THEM YESTERDAY WERE NOT REAL.”YES THEY
WERE AS FALSE AS YOUR WORDS,” SAID THE RICH MAN .

MORAL :
FLATTERY DOESN’T ALWAYS WORK,TRUTH WINS .

QUESTIONS:

Q1) KARAN AND VARUN WERE STUDENTS NEXT WEEK THEIR SCHOOL WAS GOING TO ORGANISE A CAMP NEAR A
FOREST

OUTLINE – WENT OUT TO EXPLORE FOREST… LOST THE WAY…AWAY FROM THE CAMP…
CRIES OF ANIMALS HEARD… ANGRY ELEPHANT CAME TOWARDS THEM…. SUDDENLY TURNED
AND MOVED…FINALLY SAVED .

Q2)WRITE A STORY ON THE TOPIC/TITLE---“EVIL ALLURES BUT GOD ENDURES” .

Q3)WRITE A STORY {EMOTIONAL } BASED ON –“GOD SEES THE TRUTH, BUT WAITS”

MYSTERY STORY WRITING

EXAMPLE-

READ THE GIVEN LINE AND COMPLETE THE STORY IN 150 – 200 WORDS GIVE A SUITABLE TITLE.

WHEN AMIT WOKE UP IN THE MORNING AND LOOKED AT HIS FACE IN THE MIRROR, HE DID NOT RECOGNISE THE
FACE LOOKING BACK AT HIM, “THIS IS NOT ME CRIED ALOUD …….

A LOST IDENTITY
ONE DAY WHEN AMIT WOKE UP IN THE MORNING AND LOOKED AT HIS FACE IN THE MIRROR, HE DID NOT
RECOGNISE THE FACE LOOKING BACK AT HIM,”THIS IS NOT ME” HE CRIED ALOUD .THE FACE STARING AT HIM WAS
CLAM AND COOL .AMIT MOVED HIS FINGERS ON THE SURFACE OF THE MIRROR IT FELT DIFFERENT. HE TOUCHED HIS
FACE IT APPEARED SOMEONE’S ELSE FACE ,HE FELT SCARED. WHERE WAS HIS FACE WHAT HAD HAPPENED.HE TRIED
TO RECALL THE LAST EVENING’S EVENTS, AND COULD HARDLY REMEMBER ANYTHING . HE OPENED THE DOOR OF
HIS ROOM WHERE ANOTHER SHOCK AWAITED HIM. HE NOTICED SOME PEOPLE IN HIS HOUSE WHO SEEMED TO BE
LIKE HIS PARENTS AND SISTER BUT EVERYBODY HAD THE SAME FACE, THE FACE HE NOW SHARED WITH THEM .

HE TRIED HARD TO REMEMBER WHAT HE HAD BEEN DOING THE PREVIOUS NIGHT .YES, HE REMEMBERED HE HAD
BEEN READING A BOOK NAMED “ALIENS VISIT HOME” IT WAS AN OLD BOOK THAT WAS KEPT IN THE ATTHIC .THERE
WERE SOME MAGICAL WORDS IN THE BOOK WHICH HE HAD CHANTED LOUDLY .HE QUICKLY LOOKED FOR THE BOOK
OPENED IT AND TRIED HARD TO FIND THOSE MAGICAL WORDS .HE ALSO FOUND THE WORDS WHICH UNDID THE
EFFECT OF THE WORDS HE HAD SPOKEN THE PREVIOUS NIGHT.HE MUTTERED THE WORDS AND WITH A LOUD
WHOOSH SOUND HE WAS SHAKEN UP AND FELL UNCONSCIOUS ON THE FLOOR.WHEN HE OPENED HIS EYES HE WAS
LYING ON HIS BED.HE QUICKLY GOT UP AND RAN TOWARDS THE MIRROR IT WAS HIS ORIGINAL FACE HIS OWN .

QUESTIONS

WRITE A STORY IN ABOUT 150 – 200 WORDS THE BEGINNING LINES OF EACH STORY IS GIVEN .

Q1) A WOMAN ASKS A WRITER TO WRITE THE STORY OF HER LIFE BUT WHAT …… SUDDENLY SHE GOES MISSING ……

Q2)THE WEDDING CEREMONY WAS GOING ON SMOOTHLY WHEN SUDDENLY TWO PEOPLE IN THE WEDDIND PARTY
WERE MURDERED……

Q3) SOMEONE IN THE VILLAIN’S COSTUME AND MASK ATTEMPTS TO KILL AN ACTOR AT A DRAMA PERFORMANCE …

Q4)THE MYSTERY OF THE WHISPERING GHOST….

Q5)A TOUR BUS OPERATOR DRIVING A GROUP OF TOURISTS THROUGH HILLS AND VALLEYS HAS HIS RIDERS
DISAPPEAR ONE BY ONE THROUGHOUT THE TRIP ……
HORROR STORY WRITING
EXAMPLE-

THE HAUNTED JUNGLE

IT WAS A DARK AND LOVELY NIGHT.I WAS RETURNING FROM A RELATIVE’S PLACE AND HAD MISSED THE LAST BUS
GOING TOWARDS MY VILLAGE .NOW I HAD TO WALK THROUGH THE JUNGLE. I WAS HESITANT BUT THE THOUGHT
OF REACHING HOME ON TIME, PRESUADED ME.

THERE WAS SOMETHING ODD ABOUT THE JUNGLE IN THE NIGHT.IT WAS VERY QUITE AND THE SILENCE MADE ME
SHIVER .SUDDENLY I REALISED THAT I WAS LOST.

I WAS GRIPPED WITH PANIC.I CRIED FOR HELP BUT THERE WAS NO RESPONSE . I WAS TERRIFED TO HEAR THE
SOUNDS OF OWLS ANS BATS.IT WAS SCARY AND THERE WAS NO HOPE OF SURVIVAL.I HEARD THE SOUND OF
FOOTSTEPS ANS FELT THAT THERE WAS SOMEONE WHO WAS ACCOMPANYING ME.

I FOLLOWED THE SOUND OF THE FOOTSTEPS. IT WAS LIKE THE LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL .AFTER
10MINUTES I REACHED NEAR A LOVELY HOUSE. I HIDE BEHIND THE TREE TO SEE WHETHER IT WOULD BE SAFE TO GO
NEAR THE HOUSE.

FINALLY I DECIDED TO TAKE SHELTER IN THE LOVELY HOUSE,BUT TO MY SHOCK IT WAS FULL OF DANCING
SKELETONS.I FAINTED WITH FEAR.WHEN I OPENED MY EYES ,TO MY RELIEF,I FOUND MYSELF SLEEPING IN MY
LOVELY BED ,WHAT A NIGHTMARE IT WAS!

QUESTIONS

Q1)WHILE STROLLING IN THE PARK NEAR MY HOUSE ,I SPOTTED A SNAKE I PANICKED BUT STOOD THERE LIKE A
STATUE,FRIGHTENING THOUGHTS CAME TO MY MIND AND THEN…………………………………

Q2)IT WAS SCARY COLD WINTER NIGHT, RAMAN WAS WEARNING A LONG COAT AND A MUFFLER AROUND HIS NECK
AND WAS TAKING LONG STEPS ON THE METALLED ROAD. THERE WAS ……………

Q3)A REMOTE VILLAGE IN GOA… A MOTHER-IN-LAW LIVED WITH HER DAUGHTER-IN-LAW TWO WOMEN NEVER
QUARELLED LIVED IN PEACE….THE DEVIL BECAME ACTIVE THOUGHT OF A MISCHIEF….TURNED HIMSELF INTO A
WOMAN WENT TO MEET THE MOTHER-IN-LAW ASKED IF SHE GOT GOLD THAT WAS FOUND BURNED IN THE FIELD
MOTHER-IN-LAWS BELIEVED THE DEVIL….ASKED THE DAUGHTER-IN -LAW ABOUT GOLD….TOLD THAT SHE NEVER
SAW ANY GOLD….BOTH WOMEN QUARELLED…..THE DEVIL GLOATED OVER HIS SUCCESS…..GREED CAN DO ANY
MISCHIEF.

Q4)MRS MADHU ALONE IN HOUSE….HAD LUNCH…. WATCHING FAVOURITE SERIAL….DOORBELL RANG….OPENED

DOOR…. A SADHU…………

ADVENTURE STORY
AN INDEPENDENT MIND
THE TREK WAS TIRING KARAN AND HIS FRIENDS CLIMBED ON TILL NOON. ON REACHING THE CAMP THEY REALISED
THAT VISHNU WAS NOT WITH THEM. NOBODY HAD NOTICED IT TILL THEY REACHED THE BASE CAMP. ENQIURES
REVEALED THAT HE WAS SEEN AT THE CLIFF, A PLACE NOTORIOUS FOR ACCIDENTS.

VISHNU WAS NOT A SEASONED AND EXPERIENCED CLIMBER AS KARAN AND SOME OF HIS FRIENDS WERE.BUT HE
SEEMED TO BE OF INDEPENDENT MIND .HE REFUSED TO FOLLOW THEM . HE HAD ASSURED THAT HE WOULD MEET
THEM AT THE BASE CAMP SAFE AND SOUND. IT WAS THREE IN THE AFTERNOON.THEY HAD FINISHED THEIR LUNCH
BUT VISHNU WAS NOWHERE TO BE SEEN .THEY WERE A LITTLE WORRIED NOW. KARAN, THEIR TEAM LEADER,
IMMEDIATELY ORGANISED TWO SEARCH PARTIES. THERE COULD BE TWO POSSIBLE DANGERS .

THE TERRAIN WAS VERY DECEPTIVE.THE SOFT AND FRESH SNOW COULD BE A DEADLY TRAP. ONE WRONG STEP
COULD HAVE THROWN A MAN HUNDREDS OF FEET BELOW IN A DITCH . OF COURSE THERE WERE SOME BLACK
BEARS IN THE FOREST AT LOWER HEIGHTS BUT VISHNU WAS A DAREDEVIL AND WAS TRAINED HOW TO KEEP A BEAR
AT BAY DURING ENCOUNTER THERE REAL WORRY WAS THE WEATHER .

A SNOW STORM THAT THEY BRAVED,POSED A REAL CHALLENGE. THEY WERE ABLE TO WEATHER THE STORM.THEY
SHUDDERED TO THINK VISHNU BEING TRAPPED IN THE SNOWSTORM. AFTER AN INTENSIVE SEARCH FOR AN HOUR
THE ADVANCE PARTY COULD SEE A MAN STRUGGLING TO COME OUT OF THE SNOW.HE WAS VISHNU.HE WAS HALF
BURIED IN SNOW.THE MESSAGE WAS FLASHED TO THE SECOND PARTY .THE RESCUE OPERATION STARTED LUCKLY
HE WAS STILL ALIVE BUT TOTALLY EXHAUSTED. HE WAS SAFELY TAKEN OUT ,PUT ON A STRETCHER AND BROUGHT
TO THE CAMP .

QUESTIONS-

Q1) TRAVELLING IN METRO TUNNEL….LIGHTS WENT OUT…..GENERAL PANIC….PUSHING AND SCREAMS…..PHONE

FLASHLIGHTS SWITCHED ON…. AN OLD MAN …..

Q2)SITTING ALONE ON A BEACH, I FELT MY SELF LIKE A SPECK OF SAND AGAINST THE VASTNESS OF SEA,SUDDENLY I
SAW A BOATCOMING TOWARDS THE SHORE -----------------

Q3)IT WAS AN AMAZING DAY FULL OF FUN AND FROLIC .WE ALL STOOD AGHAST TO SEEE A STRANGE FLYING OBJECT
OVER OUR HEADS.WE STARTED GUESSING -----------

Q4)ARVIND GOES ON A TREK….TEACHER INSTRUCTS ALL STUDENTS TO REMAIN IN A GROUP….TO BLOW THE
WHISTLE IF IN TROUBLE……..

SCIENCE FICTION
A BREATHTAKING ENCOUNTER
RAVI WAS A YOUNG BOY OF FIFTEEN. ONE NIGHT HE WAS WOKEN UP BY A SUDDEN SOUND. HE FELT DROWSY AND
TRIED TO SLEEP ,BUT THE SOUND DID NOT LET HIM.RAVI FINALLY GOT UP TO SEE WHAT WAS THAT SOUND. HE
OBSERVED A VERY BRIGHT LIGHT IN THE SKY GOING TOWARDS THE WOODS NEAR BY. HE FELT ANXIOUS AND TOOK
HIS BICYLE. HE DECIDED TO FOLLOW THE LIGHT AND WITHIN MINUTES HE WAS IN FRONT OF A HUGE SPACE SHIP.HE
WAS STUNNED AND SPEECHLESS. RAVI QUOTED, “I TOUCHED IT, A WAVE PUSHED ME ASIDE.” HE SAW A HUMAN…
NO A MONSTER OR AN ALIEN.HE FAINTED .WHEN HE WOKE UP HE WAS IN A CAGE.RAVI EXAMINED THE CAGE AND
DISCOVERED THAT HE WAS IN A SPACESHIP. SUDDENLY A STRANGE CREATURE CAUGHT HIS ATTENTION THAT
CREATURE LOOKED LIKE A DEVIL.HE HEARD THAT CREATURE SAYING “ZOOM ZAPPA ZEW ZUMU….” RAVI
UNDERSTOOD NOTHING BUT THAT SOUND ALMOST PIERCED HIS EARS. RAVI WAS SURE THAT THIS DEVIL WAS
SURELY NOT AN EARTHLING.HE WAS AN ALIEN. RAVI GOT SCARED BECAUSE HE HAD READ A LOT ABOUT ALIENS AND
NOW HE THOUGHT THAT HE WAS GOING TO BECOME A VICTIM.

RAVI WAS HOPELESS BUT THEN HE HEARD A LOUD CRASH .THE SPACESHIP WAS FALLING BACK.HE HEARD THE
SOUNDS OF SHOOTING AND GOT CONFUSED. IN A SHORT WHILE OTHER CREATURES APPEARED. THEY LOOKED
WEIRD WITH THEIR BRIGHT EYES AND GLOWING CHESTS . THEY BROKE THE CAGE AND PICKED HIM UP. HE
REVOLTED BUT HIS POWER WAS NOTHING AGAINST THE ALIENS. AN ALIEN ALL OF A SUDDEN GAVE A LOCKET AND
SAID SOMETHING IN HIS LANGUAGE .THE SPACESHIP WAS FALLING AND THE NEXT MOMENT HE WAS PUSHED BY
SOMEONE.HE COULD NOT BREATHE AND SOON BECAME UNCONSCIOUS.NEXT MORNING WHEN HE WOKEUP HE
FOUND HIS MOTHER SITTING NEXT TO HIM. SHE TOLD THAT THE POLICE SAW A BRIGHT LIGHT IN THE WOODS AND
WENT TO INVESTIGATE BUT FOUND YOU LIYING ON THE GROUND INSTEAD .
RAVI TOLD EVERYTHING HE OBSERVED BUT WAS NOT SURE THAT HE WAS TRUSTED BY ANYONE EXCEPT HIS
MOTHER .HE REMEMBERED THAT LOCKET WHICH WAS GIVEN TO HIM BY THE ALIEN. HE CONCLUED THAT THE ALIEN
WHO GAVE HIM THE LOCKET WAS GOOD. RAVI WAS REALLY HAPPY THAT HE WAS SAFE AND THAT LOCKET WAS
STILL IN HIS NECK. FINALLY HE STATED THAT THE CLOSE ENCOUNTER WITH THE ALIENS WAS REALLY AWESOME .

MORAL : SCIENCE IS FULL OF WONDERS AND MIRACLES .

QUESTIONS

OUTLINE OF THE STORY :

Q1)YEARS AGO THERE LIVED A MYSTERIOUS MAN….. TIP TO TOE A MYSTERY ------------- A SCIENTIFIC RESEARCHER –

AN INTROVERT MAN -------- VERY PECULIAR -----MAKES A PLAN --------- INVOLVES A TRAMP --------- PLANS TO
TERRORISE ----- CHASED BY COPS ------ULTIMATELY KILLED …………

Q2)COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING STORY ----

A GIRL NAMED ANGELA SAW A STRANGE THING,MAY BE A UFO -----

Q3)RHEA WAS WITH HER FRIENDS WHEN SHE MET A MAN OF GENIUS, A SIMPLE BUT INTELLIGENT MAN OF
SCIENCE--------

Q4)IT WAS THE AGE OF WIDSOM.SCIENTIFIC THEORIES ACCEPTED EVEN BY COMMON PEOPLE.A PECULIAR CASE
CAME INTO NOTICE ---------