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The Last Lesson
Write a notice for your school bulletin- board. Your notice could be an announcement of a forthcoming event, or a requirement to be fulfilled, or a rule to be followed.
(i) Forthcoming Event
INTERNATIONAL CITIZEN SCHOOL, KANJHAWALA, DELHI
16th April, 200....
NOTICET OUR TO MUSSOORI
The students of senior classes are informed that a three day tour to Dehradun and Mussoori is being organised by the Historical Society of the school during the summer vacation as per schedule give below:
(1) Date of Departure 4th May from the school in a school bus at 4 O’clock in the evening upto the New Delhi Railway Station as the train leaves at 4.40 p.m.
(2) Means of Conveyance : Train and Buses
(3) Arrival : 10th May
(4) Charges per student : Rs. 2,500/-
Those interested deposit the above mentioned amount with a consent letter from their respective parents by 22nd April with the undersigned.
Manoj
Students’ Adviser
Or
(ii) A requirement to be fulfilled
SARDAR PATEL VIDYALAYA, KANGRA
20th February, 200...
NOTICE
All the students of X and XII standards are hereby informed to return the library books issued to them latest by 25th February otherwise they would not be issued their Admission Tickets for the Board Examination. A late fine of Rs. 5/- per day will be charged after that day.
Aman Saini
Librarian
Or
(iii) A rule to be followed
FERTILE VALLEY SCHOOL, NISHAT BAGH, JAMMU
4th November, 200...
NOTICE
In a meeting of Class Prefects and School Discipline Committee, it has been decided to improve the students discipline on all fronts. Acts of late coming, class-bunking, truancy, improper uniform and creating nuisance in school teaching block will be viewed seriously. All students are requested to note and co-operate. Sadhna Bose Chief Perfect.
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The people in this story suddenly realise how precious their language is to them. What shows you this? Why does this happen?
Franz thinks : “Will they make them sing in German, even the pigeons ?” What could this mean ? (There could be more than one answer).
‘When a people are enslaved, as long as they hold fast to their language it is as if they had the key to their prison.” Can you think of examples in history where a conquered people had their language taken away from them or had a language imposed on them?
What happens to a linguistic minority in a state ? How do you think they can keep their language alive?
For example:
Punjabis in Bangalore
Tamilians in Mumbai
Kannadigas in Delhi
Gujaratis in Kolkata
Is it possible to carry pride in one’s language too far? Do you know what linguistic chauvinism means?
English is a language that contains words from muny other languages. This inclusiveness is one of the reasons it is now a ‘world language.’
For Example:
petite – French
kindergarten – German
capital – Latin
democracy – Greek
bazaar - Hindi
Find out the origins of the following words.Notice the underlined words in these sentences and tick the option that best explains their meaning:
“What a thunder clap these words were to me !”
The words were:
“When a people are enslaved, as long as they hold fast to their language it is as if they had the key to their prison.”
It is as if they have the key to the prison as long as they
Don’t go so fast, you will get to your school in plenty of time. “You will get to your school.”
I never say him look so tall. M. Hamel
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