SHAHJEE COLLEGIATE XI-XII ENGLISH BY SIR HASEEB UR REHMAN PREPARATION PLAN FOR 2015-16 (1

st February to 31

st April)

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01 Feb Does the man describe his purpose of meeting Mrs. Oakentubb?

Why did the meeting with the Korean girl give him the purpose to live in ‘Twenty Minutes with Mrs. Oakentubb?

02 Feb Give a brief sketch of character Mrs. Oakentubb?

How do you justify that accident was a murder?

03 Feb How does Mrs. Oakentubb kill two pedestrians in this play?

Explain the importance of the label on Mrs. Oakentubb suitcase. Why does she hide it?

04 Feb What motives has the man for murdering her?

Mrs. Oakentubb got the punishment she deserves.

05 Feb Why does the author consider it useless to resist industrialization?

How is traditional culture threatened in an age dominated by science and machinery?

06 Feb What, in the author’s view, has been the most serious flaw in the character of the West over the last few centuries?

What, in the author’s opinion, should Asian countries accept from the West and what should they reject?

07 Feb What are the seven ages into which Jacques divides a man‘s life in the poem “Seven Ages of Man?”

How does Shakespeare look at the world and man? Answer with reference to the speech from ‘As you like it.’

11 Feb Describe the qualities of a man who leads an upright life?

What i s t he idea behind the poem The Man of Li fe Upr ight?

12 Feb How does the panic appear to have started in Ohio?

How did Thurber’s mother cope with the situation?

13 Feb How long did the panic last and how was order restored?

How did the panic start in the cinema on high street?

14 Feb Describe the comic scene when people return their homes.

Briefly state the main reason given by Liaquat Ali Khan for the Muslims desire not to continue living in a United India?

15 Feb What main difference does he point our between Muslims and Hindu belief?

Our administrative machinery had to be built up from scratch. What does this sentence mean?

16 Feb What does he put forward as the two main duties today face the Western world?

What does he state the real meaning of freedom for the common man to be?

17 Feb How did Samson Agonistes take revenge upon his enemies?

What message do you learn from the poem, ‘Lines from an Essay on Man’?

21 Feb Ignorance of the future is blessing of God discuss giving examples from the poem “Lines from an essay on Man”.

Call this justice? Explain this speech of Jones with reference to the play “Act II of the Silver Box”

22 Feb

What purpose, in your opinion, is served by beginning the play with the case of the Livens girls, which has nothing to do with

the main story?

Act III of the Silver Box exposes the British system of justice, which only punishes the poor. Do you agree?

23 Feb What led the constable to arrest and charge Jones as well?

Briefly discuss whether the magistracy gives Jones a fair trial?

24 Feb

Assuming that Jones has received a fair trial, why does this act of the play leave us with a feeling that injustice has been

done?

What system is criticized by the author in the lesson ‘Act III of the Silver Box?

25 Feb What crime had Jones committed in the Silver Box?

What is his attitude to property, outward success and luxury?

26 Feb What, in brief, is Einstein attitude to leadership?

What is his attitude to war?

27 Feb Briefly describe the incident that led Wordsworth to write the poem”The solitary Reaper”.

What does words means when he says in the “Solitary Reaper” will no one tell me what she sings”

02 Mar How does the poet compare the song of the reaper with the song of two different birds?

Explain these lines: The Music in my heart I bore , / Long After it was heard no more’

03 Mar What is the central idea of “Music when Soft Voices Die”?

Explain These Lines: And so they thoughts / When thou art gone, / Love itself shall slumber on.

04 Mar Who is fair weather friend, Hans or Miller? State with the reason

Give a sketch of Hans, the gardener?

05 Mar Make a comparison between the characters of the ‘Miller and Hans’?

Briefly explain why the story of Hans and miller was applicable to the water-rat?

06 Mar When do we first suspect that the miller was not really a very good friend to Hans?

How did the miller persuade Hans to carry the larger sack of flour to market?

07 Mar What was the supreme manifestation of the miller’s selfishness, which caused Hans to lose his life? OR

How did the miller justify his not asking Hans to share some of his good things during the winter?

11 Mar

Is the miller friend of Hans? Answer with reason

Do you agree that Miller was a fair-weather friend?

Describe how Ulysses inspires his sailors to start last voyage of their lives?

What message did Ulysses give to his sailors? \

12 Mar

What does Ulysses mean with these lines? Made weak by time and fate but strong in will/ to strive, to seek, to find and not

yield.

What ideas has Keats expressed in the poem “Endymion” about the impact of beauty on human life?

13 Mar

What thing of beauty did Keats find most inspiring in “Lines from Endymion”?

In the poem “Say not the Struggle Naught Availeth”, what examples does the poet give in the last two stanzas to prove his

view point”?

14 Mar

What are the three examples that the poet gives in ‘Say Not the Struggle Naught Availeth”?

Explain these lines:

In front the sun climbs slow, how slowly

But westward, look, the land is bright!

15 Mar Why does madam Mauban not cooperate with Black Michael against Rudolf Rassendyll?

Madam Mauban played a magnificent role in the novel “The Prisoner of Zenda” Justify Your answer with the reason

16 Mar Why would Duke Michael not succeed in his conspiracy to become the king of Ruritania?

What was Black Michael’s plan in case any attempt was made to rescue the king?

17 Mar Who is the villain of the novel ‘the Prisoner of Zenda’ and why?

What events led Rudolf Rassendyll to act as the king of Ruritania?

21 Mar Why and how did Antoinette de Mauban help Rudolf Rassendyll?

Describe any important incident of the novel ‘The Prisoner of Zenda’

22 Mar Why did Rupert kill his own master?

Who was the prisoner of Zenda? Why was he imprisoned?

23 Mar Describe briefly the coronation ceremony of Rudolf Rassendyll

Comment briefly on the tea table incident.

ESSAY WRITING

08 Feb Importance of Commerce Education 18 Mar Role of Electronic Media

18 Feb Effects of ‘Target Killing ‘on society 24 Mar An interesting Cricket Match

28 Feb Uses and Abuses of Internet 26 Mar Importance of Print Media

08 Mar Natural Disaster

CHARACTER SKETCH

09 Feb Black Michael 19 Mar Black Michael

19 Feb Madam de Mauban 25 Mar Madam de Mauban

29 Feb Princess Flavia 27 Mar Princess Flavia

09 Mar Rudolf Rassendyll

PASSAGE & NARRATION

10 Feb Unseen Passage 10 Mar Narration

20 Feb Unseen Passage 20 Mar Narration

01 Mar Unseen Passage TEST SCHEDULE

TEST 01 01 Feb to 07 Feb TEST 06 08 Mar to 14 Mar In April GRAND TEST OF MCQs TEST 02 08 Feb to 14 Feb TEST 07 15 Mar to 21 Mar In April GRAND TEST OF CHAPTERS TEST 03 15 Feb to 21 Feb TEST 08 22 Mar to 28 Mar In April GRAND TEST OF POEMS TEST 04 22 Feb to 28 Feb TEST 09 01 Feb to 28 Feb In April GRAND TEST OF NOVEL TEST 05 29 Feb to 07 Mar TEST10 01 Mar to 27 Mar In April GRAND TEST

DESIGNED & COMPILED BY SIR HASEEB UR REHMAN

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