4th July 20112nd HourI History

Today’s Class

• Title of the Paper• Syllabus and Allotment• Textbooks• Question Pattern• Internal Calculation• Pass Mark• My Hours• My Greatest Olympic Prize

Title of the Paper and Subject Code

• Prose, Short Stories, Grammar and Language Skills

• B2EN11

Syllabus and My Allotment

Unit 1: Prose1. My Greatest Olympic Prize- Jesse

Owens [SN]2. A Glory Has Departed- Jawaharlal Nehru

[SN]3. Tree Speaks – C. Rajagopalachari [SN]4. Carless at Last- J.B. Priestley [SN]5. My Vision For India- A. P. J. Abdul

Kalam [JRA]

Syllabus and My Allotment

Unit II: Short Stories

1. The Postmaster- Rabindranath Tagore [SN]

2. The Verger- Somerset Maugham [SN]

3. The Selfish Giant- Oscar Wilde [SN]

4. The Prize Poem- P. G. Wodehouse [JRA]

Syllabus and Allotment

Grammar and Language StudyUnit III: Grammar and Usage1. Sentences Clauses and Phrases [SN]2. Parts of Speech [SN]3. Noun [SN]4. Pronouns [SN]5. Determiners [SN]6. Articles [SN]7. Adjectives [JRA]8. Verbs [JRA]

Syllabus and Allotment

Unit IV: Grammar and Usage1. Adverbs [SN]2. Some Common Adjectives and Adverbs

[SN]3. Prepositions (307-314) [SN]4. Synonyms [SN]5. Antonyms [JRA]6. Pair of Words [JRA]

Syllabus and Allotment

Unit V: Language Skills

1. Note Making [SN]

2. Precise Writing [SN]

3. Developing Hints into an Essay/Story [SN]

4. Expansion of Proverbs [JRA]

Textbooks

1. Prose for Communication (Manimekala Publishing House, Madurai) [Unit I: Prose]

2. Selected Short Stories and One-Act Plays (Emerald Publishers, Chennai) [Unit II: Short Stories]

3. A Textbook of English Grammar and Usage- K. V. Joseph (Vijay Nicole Imprints, Chennai) [Units III and IV]

Question Pattern

• Section A: 10 x 1 = 10 Marks

• Section B: 5 x 5 = 25 Marks

• Section C: 5 x 8 = 40 Marks

Question Pattern

Section A

• 10 Objective Questions• One word or Phrase or Filling the blanksQuestions 1-3 from Unit IQuestions 4-6 from Unit IIQuestions 7,8 from Unit IIIQuestions 9, 10 from Unit IV 4,5,6

Question Pattern

Section BQuestion 11- 2 Annotations from Prose out of four

choices from Sub divisions a and bQuestion 12- One short essay in 200 words from

Unit IIQuestion 13- Five Objective Questions from Unit III

Chapters 1,2 and 3Question 14- Five Objective Questions from Unit

IV 1, 2 and 3Question 15- Expansion of Proverbs a or b

Question Pattern

Section C

Question 16 – One long essay from Unit I a or b

Question 17 – One long essay from Unit II a or b

Question 18 – Eight objective questions from Unit III 4-8

Question 19 – Eight objective questions from Unit IV 4-6

Question 20 – Two questions from Unit V a and b each 4 marks. a. 3 b. 1 or 2

Internal Calculation

• Three Internals for 20 marks each• The Average of the Best of Two will be taken• That average will be added to assignment marks out of 5ExampleI- 18II-17III- 15Best of two- 17+18=35. Mean 35/2=17.5Assignment 4 marks. 17.5+4=21.5 =22.

Pass Mark

Total Marks 100

External 75

Internal 25

40 Marks- Minimum Pass. Total of internal and external.

My Hours

• 3 Hours Per Week For Me

• II Day Order 2nd Hr

• III Day Order 1st Hour

• V Day Order 4th Hour

Total Hrs 63 Hrs SN1 Hr JRA2 Hrs Free

My Greatest Olympic PrizeJesse Owens

Context

• 1936 Berlin Olympics• Hitler• Aryan Supremacy

Theory• Owens’ Resolve• Owens’ Initial Hurdle• Luz Long’s Friendship

Theme

• Friendship

Luz Long and Jesse Owens

About the Author 1 Birth and Death

• Birth name: James Cleveland Owens

• Name change: Jesse Owens

• Nickname: The Buckeye Bullet

• Born: September 12, 1913 in Oakville, Alabama

• Died: March 31, 1980 in Tucson, Arizona

• Buried in Oak Woods Cemetery, Chicago, IL

About the Author 2

Physical Data• Height: 175.4 Cm

• Weight: 75 KG

• Hair color: Black

• Eye color: Brown

About the Author 3

Education

• High school: Cleveland East Technical High School

• College: Ohio State University

About the Author 4

Family

• Parents: Henry and Emma Owens

• Siblings: Six brothers and sisters

• Spouse: Ruth

• Children: Gloria, Beverly and Marlene

About the Lesson 1

• Jesse Owens shares his Olympic Experience

• He shares his ambition

• He shares his resolve

• He shares his trouble

• He shares his anger

• He shares his friendship

About the Lesson 2

• Patriotic Feelings around

• Racial Superiority Feeling

• Owens has to overcome hostility

• Luz Long’s Cordiality

• Long’s Advice

• Owens’ Response

Main Ideas 1

First Paragraph

• Summer of 1936

• Berlin Olympic Games

• Nationalistic Feelings Running High

• Hitler’s Insistence of Master Race

Main Ideas 2

Second Paragraph• Owens’ Hardwork• Not Worried About Hostility• Eye on the Game• Eye on Long Jump• Previous Year Record 26 ft 8 and ¼

inches • All Expected Owens to win

Main Ideas 3

Third Paragraph

• Startled to see a tall boy

• He is Luz Long

• Hitler has hidden his talent

Main Ideas 4

Fourth Paragraph

• Long winning- Aryan is superior

• Negro winning- Not inferior to German

• Owens resolve to show Hitler that he is not inferior

Main Ideas 5

Fifth Paragraph

• Owens making mistakes

• Off the three jumps he faulted twice

• Frustration

Main Ideas 6

Sixth Paragraph

• Owens hits the ground

• Long pats on Owens shoulder

• Long gives him a firm handshake

Main Ideas 7

Seventh Paragraph

• Long introduced himself

• He says they have not met before

• Long’s English is good.

• They Pick conversation

Main Ideas 8

Eighth Paragraph• They talked for long• Long did not believe in Master race• Long an inch taller than Owens• He had a lean muscular frame• Clear Blue Eyes• Fair Hair• Handsome Face

Main Ideas 9

Ninth Paragraph

• Long advises him "Jesse, the qualifying distance is only 23 feet. You've jumped 26 feet many times before. Just move your starting mark back three inches, that way you'll make sure to not cross the line and be disqualified."

Main Ideas 10

Tenth Paragraph

• Owens is free from tension

• He follows Long’s advice

• He qualifies

Main Ideas 11

Eleventh Paragraph

• Owen’s goes to Long’s room to thank him

• They speak for more than two hours

• About athletics

• About themselves

• World situations etc.

Main Ideas 12

Twelfth Paragraph

• They leave

• New friendship has formed

Main Ideas 13

Thirteenth Paragraph

• Luz breaks his past record

• Owens makes New Olympic Record

• Wins

• Luz congratulates him

• He shook his hand hard

• Hitler glaring at a distance

Main Ideas 14

Fourteenth Paragraph

• All the gold medals cannot equal their friendship thought Owens

Main Ideas 15

Last Paragraph

• Important thing: taking part

• Fighting Well