GRADE-7 A,B,C ENGLISH

 Ch-1 The Lumber room

 Date -6-4-21

Topics taught- Reading and explanation of the  the chapter T.B Pg no. 1&2 and difficult word meanings

Home work- Read the chapter and find the meanings of new words.

Hastily

Wholesome

Goblin

Hypocrisies

Witty



Date 7-4-21

Topics taught-  Reading and explanation of  chapter T.B pg no. 3  

Note book work in class 

Date:-7-4-21

Day:-Wednesday                                                                                                    C.W

L-1

The Lumber Room

New words                                                                             H.W

1. Wholesome                                                

2. Expedition                                                                                                         

3. Detention

 4. Wriggled

5. Gleefully                                                   

Meaning and sentences

1.    Wholesome: - conducive to or suggestive of good health and physical well-being.

       Sen:- Bitter pills when taken in any disease may have wholesome effort.

2.    Expedition:-a journey or excursion undertaken for a specific purpose.    

 Sen:- He decided to postpone the expedition until the following day..

3.    Detention:-  the act or fact of detaining or holding back, especially a holding in custody

Sen:He was kept in detention by the police.

4.    Wriggled:- to move somewhere using short, quick twisting movements: 

        Sen:The tunnel was low and dark, but  I managed to wriggle through to the other side.

5.    Gleefully:- happily and with excitement or pleasure:

        Sen:-  The winner danced gleefully around the room.

 

Home work - Write Word Galaxy from T.B in N.B



Date 8-4-21

Topics taught-   Discussion of Textual question and answer was done.

Home work - Write the question and answer in N.B

Date:-8-4-21

Day:-Thursday                                                                                                       H.W

L-1

The Lumber Room

 

1. Read the extracts given below and answer the questions that follow. a) The children were to be driven, as a special treat, to the sands at Jagborough. Nicholas was not allowed as he was in disgrace. Only that morning he had refused to eat his wholesome bread and milk on the grounds that there was a frog in it.

Qi......

Ans i. Nicholas was in disgrace because he had refused to eat his wholesome bread and milk on the grounds that there was a frog in it.

Qii....

 Ans ii. Nicholas was not allowed to go to the sands at Jagborough where the other children were going as a special treat.

Qiii .....

  Ans iii. There was a frog in Nicholas’ basin of milk and bread as he had had put it there himself to prove the older, wiser and better people wrong.

Qiv.....

Ans iv. wholesome

 b) In the afternoon, the aunt spent an hour or two in trivial gardening operations whence she could watch the doors that led to the forbidden area. Nicholas wriggled his way with obvious stealth of purpose towards one of the doors.

Qi .... 

Ans i. The gooseberry garden was the forbidden area.

Qii.... 

Ans ii. In the afternoon, the aunt spent an hour or two in trivial gardening operations whence she could watch the doors that led to the forbidden paradise.

Qiii .....

 Ans iii. Nicholas wanted his aunt to think he had got into the gooseberry garden because he wanted to go to the lumber room.

Qiv .... 

Ans iv. stealth

 

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

Q a ....

Ans a) The aunt knew that Nicholas would go to the gooseberry garden because she had told him not to. Hence, she spent time guarding the entrance of the gooseberry garden because she did not want him to enjoy his detention time in the gooseberry garden.

Q b ... 

Ans b) Inside the lumber room, Nicholas found an interesting tapestry picture, candlesticks in the shape of snakes, a teapot fashioned like a china duck, a carved sandalwood CB/VI/2022 The Lumber Room page 2 of 3 box packed with aromatic cotton-wool and brass figures of hump necked bulls, peacocks and goblins and a large square book full of coloured pictures of birds.

Qc... 

Ans c) Nicholas made frequent trips into the front garden to mislead his aunt and make her believe that he wanted to enter the gooseberry garden, whereas his actual plan was to discover the secret of the lumber room.

Qd..

Ans d) The aunt called out to Nicholas for help because she had slipped into the rain-water tank and wasn’t able to get out. She wanted Nicholas to bring the little ladder from under the cherry tree.

 

3. Answer the following questions in 80-100 words.

Q a)...

Ans  a) Whenever a child was under punishment, the aunt used to organise picnics or something of a festive nature in which the offender was not allowed to participate. The aunt decided to send the other three children to Jagborough as she wanted to punish Nicholas for his disgraceful behaviour at the breakfast table when he had brought a frog and put it in his bread and milk. Thus, the offender was made to feel sorry for his mistake. In this case to punish Nicholas, she was sending the rest of the children to Jagborough.

 Qb)...

Ans b) First, Nicholas misled his aunt to make her believe that he wanted to enter the gooseberry garden, whereas his actual plan was to discover the secret of the lumber room. Nicholas was fascinated with the exhibits of the lumber room as it was forbidden delight for him. Then, his aunt fell into the rain-water tank. Though he knew it was his aunt, he acted as if he was talking to someone who was trying to mislead him into entering the forbidden gooseberry garden. Thus, it was a fun filled day for him.

Date 9-4-21

Topics taught-   Discussion of Textual exercise 4 and 5  was done.

Home work - Write the question / answer and T.B exercise in N.B


4. Match the phrases with the meanings.

a) - iv b) – vi c) - v d) - ii e) - i f) - iii

5. Punctuate the following sentences correctly.

a) Older, wiser and better people had told him that he was not to talk nonsense.

b) “Nicholas, Nicholas!" she screamed, "you are to come out of this at once.”

c) I've slipped into the rain-water tank.

d) "Your voice doesn't sound like aunt's," objected Nicholas.

e) "Will there be strawberry jam for tea?" asked Nicholas innocently.

DATE-12-4-21  

Topics taught-   Discussion of  Worksheet was done.

Home work - Complete the worksheet and upload on between us

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