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Saturday, 19th February,2011

Najia Zaheer Nazir

Instructor, English Language and Literature in English

Generation’s School

Activity 1: Gearing to Write

READ THESE LINES AND DELIBERATE ON THE THEME

Departed Soul, winged and empowered,

Every inch a solemn piece,

After such a drag-such a screeching drag

There it met the closed call.

“Hark ! I have descended my throne”

WERE YOU ABLE TO DETECT ANY

UNDERLYING THEME/ THOUGHT?

Now do you see any dominant feature?

THEME?

STRUCTURE?

BOTH?

Now Read This!

Identify the ThemeRuthless murderer, armed with

madness,Implicated innocents to suit his

desires, Cardinally reproachable. Obsession,Hunger, craving for moreAnd more, forayed to the hallways ofRevenge, so truly sought by the

desperates.“Dog has met his end.”

Do you Know this Character?

Acrostic Poem

Observe the lines again!

RUTHLESS MURDERER, ARMED WITH MADNESS, IMPLICATED INNOCENTS TO SUIT HIS DESIRES,

CARDINALLY REPROACHABLE. OBSESSION, HUNGER, CRAVING FOR MORE AND MORE, FORAYED TO THE HALLWAYS OF

REVENGE, SO DULY SOUGHT BY THE DESPERATES “DOG HAS MET HIS END.”

CAN YOU DEFINE THERUBRICS OF AN ACROSTIC POEM

1. Choose a theme  

For Instance:

Take up the theme ‘Life’

Write as many words as you can think of

when you deliberate on this theme

LIFE Unabashed Beauty, Naivety Long journey into the night Full of surprises Eternity Experiences gained Innocence lost Forced to live Escape 

Now write the first letters of your selected

theme vertically.

LIFE

Begin each line with the

respective letters of the

selected word.

ACTIVITY 2:

” DEATH BE NOT PROUD…”