CBSE Class 9 English Value Based Questions Set 06

 VALUE BASED QUESTION

CLASS IX LITRATURE READER

TERM 1

Prose 1 -How I Thought My Grandmother to Read

Question. Suppose yourself as author`s grandmother. Now write a diary entry o your experiences, how did literacy bring a change in your life?

Value points-

lEarlier -was dependent

l Had to wait for her granddaughter to read to me

l Now- could read by myself

l Spread education to my friends

l Realize-each one should teach one

Prose 2- A Dog Named Duke

Question. On the basis of your reading of the story` A Dog Named Duke` taking clues from what had happened or might have happened with Hooper, write your views in the form of an article about `coping with loss`

Value points-

l Life is strange miracle of sweetness ad bitterness

l Not a bad of roses

l One comes across number of hardships

l Adversities prove to be blessing in disguise

l One`s firm determination can even achieve the impossible

Poem 1- The Brook

Question. The Brook appears to be a symbol of life. How do you know that it runs parallel to the human life?

Value points -

l Origin of the brook symbolizes birth

l The journey it undergoes during the course are like various stages of life

l The union with brimming river is its ultimate goal

Poem 2 -The Road Not Taken

Question. To inspire students to make the best use of time and opportunity by being pro active and action oriented. Taking ideas from the poem ~The road not taken~Draft a speech.

Value Points
♦ Describe time and opportunity once lost cannot be reclaimed
♦ Inspi re students to make the best use of time and opportunity
♦ Explain the effects of such poems on our lives.

Lesson 3 - Solitary Reaper

Question Some beautiful experiences amid-st nature because sweet memories to us.
Reflecting upon William Wordsworth`s poem `The Solitary Reaper`, write your memories in the form of a diary entry.

Value points-
♦ experience that one comes across with nature
♦ nature increases inner joy
♦ brings close to god and its creation
♦ teach the heart of the poet
♦ the theme of the song was not clear but left an impact on the poet

Lesson 4- Lord Ullin`s daughter

Question. “Anger is the vice that mars one`s sanity” In the context of the poem ‘Lord Ullin`s daughter`. Justify the statement in about 100 words.

Value points
♦ Lord Ullin formidable and wrathful person
♦ Very hard hearted, stubborn, narrow minded
♦ Unable to accept his daughter marrying a chieftain
♦ Never tries to analyses his daughter`s feelings
♦ He could take anyone`s life for his status
♦ Lost his daughter due to his ego

Drama 1- Villa for Sale

Question. You are Jeanne. After coming home you realizes that the villa was not actually bought and your husband has fooled you and the landlady of the villa. You are filled with rage, disgust and helplessness because of your husband`s betrayal.
Write your feelings in the form of a diary entry.

Value points-
♦ Jeanne full of disgust being cheated by Gaston
♦ Was hurt being fooled by someone very close to heart
♦ Gaston selfishness reflected in buying the villa for her parents
♦ When she came to know the truth was shattered
♦ Repents getting married to a person of such characters

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