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Activity
Q1. Do you keep a diary? Given below under ‘A’ are some terms we use to describe a written record of personal experience. Can you match them with their descriptions under ‘B’? (You may look up the terms in a dictionary if you wish.)
| A | B |
| (i) Journal (ii) Diary (iii) Log (iv) Memoir(s) | – A book with a separate space or page for each day, in which you write down your thoughts and feelings or what has happened on that day – A full record of a journey, a period of time, or an event, written every day – A record of a person’s own life and experiences (usually, a famous person) – A written record of events with times and dates, usually official\ |
Answer:
| A | B |
| (i) Journal (ii) Diary (iii) Log (iv) Memoir(s) | – A full record of a journey, a period of time, or an event, written every day – A book with a separate space or page for each day, in which you write down your thoughts and feelings or what has happened on that day – A written record of events with times and dates, usually official – A record of a person’s own life and experiences (usually, a famous person) |
Q2. Here are some entries from personal records. Use the definitions above to decide which of the entries might be from a diary, a journal, a log or a memoir.
(i) I woke up very late today and promptly got a scolding from Mum! I can’t help it — how can I miss the FIFA World Cup matches?
Ans: (i) Diary
(ii) 10:30 a.m. Went to the office of the Director
01:00 p.m. Had lunch with Chairman
05:45 p.m. Received Rahul at the airport
09:30 p.m. Dinner at home
Ans:(ii) Log
(iii) The ride to Ooty was uneventful. We rested for a while every 50 km or so, and used the time to capture the magnificent landscape with my HandyCam. From Ooty we went on to Bangalore.
What a contrast! The noise and pollution of this once-beautiful city really broke my heart.
Ans: (iii) Journal
(iv) This is how Raj Kapoor found me — all wet and ragged outside R.K.Studios. He was then looking for just someone like this for a small role in Mera Naam Joker, and he cast me on the spot. The rest, as they say, is history!
Ans: (iv) Memoir
Oral Comprehension Check
Q1. What makes writing in a diary a strange experience for Anne Frank?
Answer: It is a strange experience for her because of two reasons. First ,she had never written anything like this before and secondly she thought that apparently nobody would be interested in musings of a thirteen year old girl.
Q2. Why does Anne want to keep a diary?
Answer: Because she doesn’t have a friend with whom she can share her feelings.
Q3. Why did Anne think she could confide more in her diary than in people?
Answer: Anne felt that paper had more patience than people to listen to her plight. So, it was easier for her to write all kind of thoughts which she had in her mind. Her personal diary was not meant for any one else to read.
Oral Comprehension Check
Q1. Why does Anne provide a brief sketch of her life?
Answer: Anne provides a brief sketch of her life since no one would understand a word of her musings if she were to jump right in.
Q2. What tells you that Anne loved her grandmother?
Answer: She loved her grandmother. It was because her parents went to Holland leaving her with her grandmother in Aachen. Her sister Margot also lived with her. Then she lived with her till she was six.
Oral Comprehension Check
Q1. Why was Mr Keesing annoyed with Anne? What did he ask her to do?
Answer: Anne was a talkative student in the class. Her interactive nature was not appreciated by her teacher, Mr. Keesing. He even assigned her extra homework to draft an essay on the subject ‘A Chatterbox.’
Q2. How did Anne justify her being a chatterbox in her essay?
Answer: In her essay, Anne wanted to come up with convincing arguments to prove the necessity of talking. She argued that talking was a student’s trait and that she would do her best to keep it under control. She further wrote that she would never be able to cure herself of the habit since her mother talked as much as she did. There was not much that one could do about inherited traits. This was how she justified her being a chatterbox in the essay.
Q3. Do you think Mr Keesing was a strict teacher?
Answer: It can’t be said that Mr Keesing was a strict teacher. Nowhere, he was found reprimanding Anne. He wanted discipline in class. He was a fun-loving person too. When he sees that anne was good at writing and arguing, he asked her to write an essay on, ‘Quack, Quack, Quack, Said Mistress Chatterbox’. He was trying to play a joke on her. But, he acknowledges the good content of the verse that Anne wrote in her assignment. Moreover, he allowed her to talk freely in class.
Q4. What made Mr Keesing allow Anne to talk in class?
Answer: Anne was able to justify her talkative nature every time she was punished by Mr. Keesing. On three occasions, as punishment, he gave her topics to write essays on. However, on each occasion he was impressed by the manner in which she presented her arguments. This helped Mr. Keesing to see the lighter side of a natural bubbly behavior of a teenager. Finally, Mr. Keesing accepted the fact that Anne would always be that way. Hence, she was allowed to talk in class.This also helped bridge the gap between the teacher and the student.
Thinking About the Text
Q1. Was Anne right when she said that the world would not be interested in the musings of a thirteen-year-old girl?
Answer: No, Anne was not right when she said that the world would not be interested in the musings of a thirteen-year-old girl.
Q2. There are some examples of diary or journal entries in the ‘Before You Read’ section. Compare these with what Anne writes in her diary. What language was the diary originally written in? In what way is Anne’s diary different?
Answer: Anne’s diary was originally written in Dutch. It was different from other entries in several aspects and from most of the examples given before the text. She had named her diary as ‘Kitty’. She wrote in an informal tone which exuded the carefree nature of a teenager. She confided her feelings and secrets on it as she considered her diary to be her best friend. She wrote a lot of personal events and memories in her diary, which made it different from other diaries.
Q3. Why does Anne need to give a brief sketch about her family? Does she treat ‘Kitty’ as an insider or an outsider?
Answer: Anne gave an introduction of her family in the ‘diary’ because it was hard to make other realise that a 13 years old teenager could write about her loneliness. Kitty was an ‘outsider’ which was gifted by her parents on her 13th birthday but she considered it her best friend and treated it as an insider.
Q4. How does Anne feel about her father, her grandmother, Mrs Kuperus and Mr Keesing? What do these tell you about her?
Answer: Anne felt that her father was the most adorable father she had ever seen. Anne remembered her grandmother even after her death. She wrote in her diary that no one knew how often she thought of her grandmother and still loved her.
In the sixth form at the Montessori nursery school, her teacher was Mrs Kuperus, who was also the headmistress. At the end of the year, they were both in tears as they said a heartbreaking farewell.
Mr Keesing was her Maths teacher. He was annoyed with her because she talked too much. However, Anne was able to justify her talkative nature every time she was punished by Mr. Keesing. On each occasion he was impressed by the manner in which she presented her arguments.
Q5. What does Anne write in her first essay?
Answer: Anne writes in her first essay that talking is a student’s trait. She would do her best to keep talking under control. Her mother also talked much. She had inherited this trait from her mother. Not much can be done about inherited traits.
Q6. Anne says teachers are most unpredictable. Is Mr Keesing unpredictable? How?
Answer: Anne showed signs of superior creative intelligence and she was quite analytic too. She felt that a quarter of her class was dumb. She also felt that her teachers were unpredictable and would randomly promote the kids and fail the ones they do not like. Mr. Keesing was predictable. He stuck with the rules he laid out for the class. He did not like disturbance while teaching and when Anne talked in the class, he gave her essays to write. Everyone would have known the punishment and maintained silence in the class. But in Anne’s case, each time she drafted the essay, he was impressed by her convincing skills, and by the third time he gave up.
Q7. What do these statements tell you about Anne Frank as a person?
(i) We don’t seem to be able to get any closer, and that’s the problem. Maybe it’s my fault that we don’t confide in each other.
Answer: These lines show that Anne had no true friend whom she could confide in. She even put the blame on herself that the fault might be hers.
(ii) I don’t want to jot down the facts in this diary the way most people would, but I want the diary to be my friend.
Answer: This line shows that Anne really considered her diary as a friend whom she could trust and narrate all her stories to. She did not want just a diary in which she could write down the facts like others did. She considered it as her friend and named her Kitty.
(iii) Margot went to Holland in December, and I followed in February, when I was plunked down on the table as a birthday present for Margot.
Answer: This statement implies the humorous nature of Anne. She had a witty personality and wrote the line in a funny tone. The words ‘plunked down’ exhibit her sense of humour.
(iv) If you ask me, there are so many dummies that about a quarter of the class should be kept back, but teachers are the most unpredictable creatures on earth.
Answer: Anne was confident that she was better than the rest of the class. She felt that a quarter of her class was dumb and the teachers were unpredictable. She felt it was their wish to fail or pass any student and randomly decide their fate to pass to the next class.
(v) Anyone could ramble on and leave big spaces between the words, but the trick was to come up with convincing arguments to prove the necessity of talking.
Answer: This statement shows that Anne knew a lot about writing. She was given the task of writing an essay as a punishment. She took it on with full vigour. She did not want to write it like others who merely left big spaces between the words to make the essay look voluminous. She knew that the trick was to come up with a convincing argument to prove the necessity of talking. She was different in her approach from everybody else.
Thinking about Language
I. Look at the following words.
headmistress long-awaited homework
notebook stiff-backed outbursts
These words are compound words. They are made up of two or more words. Compound words can be:
- nouns: headmistress, homework, notebook, outbursts
- adjectives: long-awaited, stiff-backed
- verbs: sleep-walk, baby-sit
Match the compound words under ‘A’ with their meanings under ‘B’. Use each in a sentence.
| A | B |
| 1) Heartbreaking 2) Homesick 3) Blockhead 4) Law-abiding 5) Overdo 6) Daydream 7) Breakdown 8) Output | – obeying and respecting the law – think about pleasant things, forgetting about the present – something produced by a person, machine or organisation – producing great sadness – an occasion when vehicles/machines stop working – an informal word which means a very stupid person – missing home and family very much – do something to an excessive degree |
Answer:
| A | B |
| 1) Heartbreaking 2) Homesick 3) Blockhead 4) Law-abiding 5) Overdo 6) Daydream 7) Breakdown 8) Output | – producing great sadness – missing home and family very much – an informal word which means a very stupid person – obeying and respecting the law – do something to an excessive degree – think about pleasant things, forgetting about the – an occasion when vehicles/machines stop working – something produced by a person, machine or organisation |
II. Q2. Now find the sentences in the lesson that have the phrasal verbs given below. Match them with their meanings.
| (i) plunge in (ii) kept back (iii) move up (iv) ramble on (v) get along with (vi) calm down (vii) stay in (viii) make up for (ix) hand in | – speak or write without focus – stay indoors – make (them) remain quiet – have a good relationship with – give an assignment (homework) to a person in – compensate – go straight to the topic – go to the next grade – not promoted |
Answer:
(i) plunge in – go straight to the topic
(ii) kept back – not promoted
(iii) move up – go to the next grade
(iv) ramble on – speak or write without focus
(v) get along with – have a good relationship with
(vi) calm down – make (them) remain quiet
(vii) stay in – stay indoors
(viii) make up for – compensate
(ix) hand in – give an assignment (homework) to a person in authority (the teacher)
II. Idioms
Q1. Here are a few sentences from the text which have idiomatic expressions. Can you say what each means? (You might want to consult a dictionary first.)
(i) Our entire class is quaking in its boots.
(ii) Until then, we keep telling each other not to lose heart.
(iii) Mr Keesing was annoyed with me for ages because I talked so much.
(iv) Mr Keesing was trying to play a joke on me with this ridiculous subject, but I’d make sure the joke was on him. __
Answer:
(i) Shaking with fear and nervous.
(ii) not to lose hope or expectation
(iii) for a long time
(iv) he was outwitted by her
Q2. Here are a few more idiomatic expressions that occur in the text. Try to use them in sentences of your own.
(i) caught my eye
(ii) he’d had enough
(iii) laugh ourselves silly
(iv) can’t bring myself to
Answer: (i) caught my eye
– A small red car passing by caught my eye.
(ii) he’d had enough
– He’d had enough of his nonsense.It had to be stopped right now.
(iv) laugh ourselves silly
– One girl said something funny, and we laughed ourselves silly.
(v) can’t bring myself to
– I can’t bring myself to eat anything but chocolates.
IV. You have read the expression ‘not to lose heart’ in this text. Now find out the meanings of the following expressions using the word ‘heart’. Use each of them in a sentence of your own.
1) break somebody’s heart
2) close/dear to heart
3) from the (bottom of your) heart
4) have a heart
5) have a heart of stone
6) your heart goes out to somebody
Answer: 1.break somebody’s heart − to upset somebody deeply
It has unfortunately become very easy these days to break somebody’s heart.
2.close/dear to heart − something or someone who is near and close to you
The drawing given to me by my little daughter is very close to my heart.
3.from the (bottom of your) heart − genuinely meaning or feeling something
He loved his son from the bottom of his heart.
4.have a heart − to evoke the feeling to help someone in distress
The poor beggar asked the rich man to have a heart and give him something to eat.
5.have a heart of stone − to not feel anything or any sentiment
The cruel landlady has a heart of stone as she beats up her children.
6.your heart goes out to somebody − to sympathies with someone else and understand his feelings and distress
My heart goes out to the little girl who lost both her parents in a car accident.
V. Contracted Forms
Q1. Make a list of the contracted forms in the text. Rewrite them as full forms of two words.
For example:
I’ve = I have
Answer: (i) I’ve − I have
(ii) We’ll − We will
(iii) There’s − there is
(iv) He’d − he had
(v) Who’s − who is
(vi) Haven’t − have not
(vii) Doesn’t − does not
(viii) Won’t − would not
(ix) I’m − I am
(x) I’d − I would
(xi) Didn’t − did not
(xii) Who’ll − who will
(xiii) You’re − You are
(xiv) Don’t − do not
(xv) Can’t − cannot
Q2. We have seen that some contracted forms can stand for two different full forms:
I’d = I had or I would
Find in the text the contracted forms that stand for two different full forms, and say what these are.
Answer: (i) I’d − I had or I would
(ii) He’d − He had or he would
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