Power point presentation of - RATTRAP - by Selma Lagerlof - Flamingo - class12 - English

Hope students of Class 12 will find this PPT of the Chapter Rattrap useful.

I and the IPL 2019 Final

                                                         Image Courtesy: IPLT20/BCCI

Mumbai Indians Beat Chennai Super Kings By 1 Run,

Win 4th IPL Title

Screams a headline, but was it as bland as this?

I am a CSK fan. Period. I wanted MY team to win.

This is one perspective. I did NOT want Mumbai Indians to win. Does that make me a fanatic?

Yes and No.

There have been passionate discussions about the great IPL rivalry between CSK and MI.

There have been rivalries in the sports arena in the past and there will be in future too. It may be between countries or may be between clubs. If I support Chennai Super Kings because I am from that place, is it wrong? If I don’t support Mumbai Indians, because of the supposed ‘rivalry’ whipped up by screaming media, am I wrong?

I and my family couldn’t sleep after the IPL 2019 finals. It felt as if we have lost our pet. Depressed, dejected and frustrated as we can only talk and talk.

It felt like class 12 CBSE Board Examination results are out. It felt like I scored 97% and my friend and neighbour scored 98% marks. I felt I cannot face anybody because of shame. I had to justify and look for positives for CSK from the final match. Why? Why??

Are we taking a sport very seriously?  After all, it is a sport. IPL is sports entertainment. The players did entertain us in the close-fought finals. Can’t we be happy with this?

The sports pundits in the air-conditioned rooms analysing each and every moment get paid for that. The players are paid in crores. What do I – a simple fan- sitting in my apartment, screaming my lungs out when a six is hit, depressed when one of CSK batsmen is given out get out of this?

Does Dhoni know that one of his greatest fans is here in Delhi? Does he give a thought about thousands of such fans?  Does anybody for that matter speak about us who go about our routine in a morose mood because MY club failed to win the final?

The players display such wonderful camaraderie that should be copied by us fans. They have all moved on to their next big worry – the World Cup. The lucky ones going to England will wear the national colours and fight to establish the glory of our country.

What about me and thousands like me. One of the Whatsapp group displayed a video of a young boy crying to sleep because his ‘thala’ lost the final.

We have to take matters in our hands and become mature as we handle this kind of situation. We need to train our minds and teach our children to think of these as games and nothing more than that. As fans, we support our favourite time. But it is our duty to understand and display true sportsman spirit. This goes to the rival teams too. The heat of the moment makes us do and utter words that hurt. Let us not react but respond calmly.

Sundar Pichai is famously quoted as saying “it is not the shouting of my father or my boss or my wife that disturbs me, but it's my inability to handle the disturbances caused by their shouting that disturbs me.”  Let us be calm and think how personally the loss of CSK will affect us. I have to understand that the loss is neither personal to me nor the players. 

We need to carry this thought in all life situations. We need to keep calm and respond mindfully and not react at the spur of the moment.

Most of all, we need to teach and train our children how to stop, introspect, keep calm and respond to situations.

I wish my Indian team the very best in the upcoming 
World Cup.

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Mind map of The Adventure by Jayant Narlikar

My published article in Warwick ELT ezine

Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man. Francis Bacon

Writing comes more easily if you have something to say. ~ Sholem Asch

I am grateful to the editors of Warwick ELT ezine for publishing my article.

https://thewarwickeltezine.wordpress.com/2018/11/03/786/

The Warwick ELT, an ELT-based ezine run by a group of MA ELT students in the Centre for Applied Linguistics, University of Warwick, promotes informed discussion of developments in ELT and draws attention to research and innovative practices related to English language learning and teaching and teacher education.

 

My First eBook

My first eBook

My first ebook

My Action Research journey under the aegis of British Council AAPTIS Action Research Programme was an exciting learning curve for me. 

I wanted to register my thoughts, experiences, excitement and all other nuances of the journey in my action research story. Using Flipsnack.com, I have converted the same into eBoook. the result was unexpected as seeing my effort in the form of a book whose pages turn like a real one! WOW!!

How can I not share it with everyone!

So here is my attempt at creating an eBook.

THANKYOU FLIPSNACK!

https://www.flipsnack.com/akila4/action-research-story-for-book.html

All about Word Wall

The Versatile, Humble and Interactive Vocabulary Building Tool

Word Wall has been in vogue for many many years. But the pity is either many teachers do not know about this or it is so humble a technique that many teachers ignore it. But, Word Wall is the most versatile resource.
It definitely is humble as the resources needed are also humble.
1. Wall or any plain surface. Next would be
2. Words / Vocabulary and then one needs
3. chart paper and
4. bold markers.

How to create a Word Wall??
Again I browsed the internet. There are as many ways as there are teachers and students. The most important thing to keep in mind is that the words used must be
1. written /printed in bold characters and 
2. visible clearly to all students at all times.

What words can be used in a Word Wall?? Anything and Everything that one wants to teach and reinforce.

Anything. a teacher can use his/her imagination in ways to use Word Wall. It can be used to teach Nouns, Adjectives, Adverbs, other Parts of Speech, Poetic Devices and what not. You can also use the Word Wall in other Subject Curriculum such as Science (Concepts, Formulae, Definitions), Social Science (special Vocabulary), Mathematics (Formulae) etc.

How to use a Word Wall??

Let me just take the example of what I did in my class. I used the VERBS used in a chapter of text in the Word Wall. Before beginning the chapter the Word Wall had all the verbs used in it.

When the chapter was being done I, again and again, referred to these verbs so that my students will be in constant touch with them. I gave them the correct pronunciation as well as spellings while referring to the words. This way, these words/verbs became part of my students' active vocabulary as they started getting comfortable and familiar with the words and were able to use most of them on their own. that is the reason why the students must be able to constantly be seeing them for some time, as in this case till a chapter is done.

Next comes the versatility of the Word Wall. As I had chosen verbs, I used the Word Wall to teach the other forms of these verbs. So my students came to grips with tenses too. I plan to take it to the next level when with the help of these words/verbs I will teach them grammar of tenses and how to use the various tenses in their speaking and writing. But that would come later on.

This way one can teach anything one wants to with a Word Wall. As I wanted to share this versatile yet simple vocabulary building tool with my fellow teachers I made a PowerPoint presentation of the features of Word Wall.

Then I heard about Prezi, another interesting presentation tool. I wanted to explore this and made a Prezi presentation of Word Wall too. I would like to share both of them on this blog.




 

THE BROWNING VERSION Terence Rattigan

Mindmap of character of Crocker-Harris & Frank