Poetry can be inspired by objects and people around you right now and buy idea swirling around your mind. Look around. think deeply.

1. State 1 object, person, or ideas that might get you to write a poem.

2. Explain 1 reason why!

***KIERECK EXAMPLE: i like to drink my coffee on my front porch and check on my garden. This morning, I was looking over my flowers and noticed a contrast between the gloomy grey sky and the bright colors all around my garden. It inspired me to remember that even when things seem difficult and intense, there’s always joy and beauty to be found if you can look hard enough in with the right mindset. That could be the thought that guides my poem about nature.

Q1. Reading comprehension is the ability to read text, process it and understand its meaning. Real reading has to do with thinking, learning, and expanding the reader’s knowledge and horizons. A passage has been given. Read the passage carefully and answer the multiple choice questions given below: 

If a person suddenly encounters any terrible danger, the change of nature one undergoes is equally great. Sometimes fear numbs our senses. Like animals, one stands still, powerless to move a step in fright or to lift a hand in defense of our lives, and sometimes one is seized with panic, and again, act more like the inferior animals than rational beings. On the other hand, frequently in cases of sudden extreme peril, which cannot be escaped by flight, and must be instantly faced, even the most timid men at once as if by miracle, become possessed of the necessary courage, sharp quick apprehension and swift decision. This is a miracle very common in nature. Man and the inferior animals alike, when confronted with almost certain death ‘ gather resolution from despair’ but there can really be no trace of so debilitating a feeling in the person fighting, or prepared to fight for dear life. At such times the mind is clearer than it has ever been; the nerves are steel, there is nothing felt but a wonderful strength and daring. Looking back at certain perilous moments in my own life, I remember them with a kind of joy, not that there was any joyful excitement then, but because they broadened my horizon, lifted me for a time above myself.

1. The title that best suits the passage would be:

a. The Will to Fight

b. The Miracle of Confronting Danger
c. The Change of Nature
d. Courage and Panic

2. The distinction between ‘inferior animals’ and ‘rational beings’ is that:
 a. The former are incapable of fighting
 b. The latter are clever
 c. The latter are stronger
 d. The latter are capable of reasoning things out whereas the former cannot do so

3. What is the meaning of the word ‘debilitating’?
a. Enfeeble
b. Strengthen
c. Debase
d. Thriving

4. Explain the phrase ‘gather resolution from danger’.
 a. Find peace in times of difficulty
 b. A state of utter hopelessness makes one determined to face the difficulty
 c. To remain calm and not to lose hope.
 d. To be enthusiastic and brave the odds

5. The author feels happy in the recollection of dangers faced and overcome because:
a. They brought him a new experience.
b. They added a new perspective and lifted him above himself for a time.
c. These experiences boosted his confidence.
d. He felt elated as he was alive.

Q2. The transition words guide the reader and make it easier for him/her to follow the writer’s ideas. Transition words also give coherence to the paragraph. Identify FIVE transition signals from the following passage and write them in the box given below.

My hometown is famous for several amazing natural features. Firstly, it is noted for the River, which is wide and beautiful. On either side of this river, there are willow trees which have long branches that move gracefully in the wind. In autumn, the leaves of these trees fall and cover the
riverbanks like golden snow. Secondly, on the other side of the town is a Hill, which is very steep. Even though it is steep, climbing this hill is not dangerous, because there are some firm rocks along the sides that can be used as stairs. However, there are no trees around this hill, so it
looks pretty bare. The third amazing feature is the Big Old Tree. This tree stands two hundred feet tall and is probably about six hundred years old. These three landmarks are truly amazing and they have made my hometown a famous place. 

1. Read the text below (copied from your module)

Dear Shane,

Right now you are upstairs in your room thinking that life is completely and totally unfair. The whole world is against you because there is not a single person in it that understands you. You would say that you love your friends, but the truth is that you love them more on Facebook, Tweeter and Instagram than you do in real life. In real life, you can only handle spending so much time with them before they start to annoy you because, as I mentioned before, no one really understands who you are.

Your room is a mess. The clothes that you beg for me to buy you are crumpled in a heap in the corner. When asked to clean – when asked to do anything, really – you roll your eyes (not to my face, because you are smart enough at this point to know that will

set me off) because you have a thousand more important things to do like watch Our Beloved Summer or check your phone.

You are both obsessed with and terrified by boys. Some days you think you are pretty. Some days you are certain you are the ugliest person on earth. You are sure you are being left out of something. Some party, some conversation, some sleepover is  happening and you were deliberately excluded because no one cares how you feel. You have every right

in the world to be moody because life is hard. Grade 11 is pointless. There isn’t a person alive who hasn’t been able to get into the college they wanted to because they got poor grades in Grade 10. Mostly though, life is just hard and complicated and difficult and confusing. Despite this, you are never given the credit you deserve for always knowing what’s what. You know what is best for you and there is nothing more irritating than someone else (like me) presuming that they know.

I realize that when I raise these topics with you, you will not hear me. Despite all appearances, you are not a small adult. You cannot reason like an adult and so it is impossible for you to understand that I am trying to help you and guide you and not, ruin your life. This privilege I exert does not necessarily come from biology, it comes from the fact that I have been exactly where you are and I have been navigating this life for a lot longer than you. It is true that everyone has a story, and everyone’s story is unique, but loss, pain, anger, confusion and sadness are universal. These feelings don’t separate you from the world, but rather they bind you closer to it. Someone out there is feeling the exact same way you do right now, including me, my dearest girl, and I am only a few feet away. There will never be and can never be another you, but you are part of a magnificent community of humans. Humanity at times can be brutal and petty and mean-spirited, but that’s never an excuse for you to be that way. You are so much more and so much better

than a bad day.

I am not your friend. I don’t care what you think about me. I am not aiming for popularity in our house. Most importantly, we are not equals. Think about it: how can we be equals if you depend on me for everything? If you’re going to ask for extra money for whatever you want to buy, then you have to take my rules. Some people call it parenting. Greedy me, I call it authority. When you don’t need me for things, only advice and counsel, then we can explore a friendship. When I ask you to do something right now, I am trying to teach you something about success. Procrastination is a dream killer. No one ever became a grand success by doing it later. You’re right, your room is yours. I am less concerned with the state of it than I am of your mind. Ever see a happy person on Hoarders? It sounds ridiculous to you, but a clean space makes it easier to be creative and productive. When you let your room slide, you are likely to let everything else slide too, like homework.

I am not a Tiger Mom. I am not interested in you getting straight A’s (though, of course, that would be great), I am interested in you doing your absolute best. Sometimes you do your best and you fail, and you need to learn to be okay with that, too. You must learn to be good AT school, so it will be easier for you to be good AT college and AT work. Yes, of course, it’s pandering to a system, but everyone, regardless of status has to work within a system, unless you’re becoming a hermit which let’s face it, is never going to happen. When you become overly concerned with pleasing your friends and making them  happy it takes away from your focus, your job, which right now is school. The balance you learn to strike right now will carry you through your entire life where friendships can be vital. But, you cannot rely on a great friendship to buy you a house.

I don’t tell you often enough how beautiful you are. Even though you are stunning, I do guess I do this on purpose. Being beautiful should never be the most interesting thing about you. A girl who relies on her looks is setting herself up to be a woman lost at sea as she gets older. We live in a world where beauty can and will open many doors, but how you choose to open them and what you do inside becomes about character. Character, moral aptitude, empathy, grace- these are the traits that will carry on your beauty far after your looks are gone. You aren’t anywhere near understanding this right now, even though I am trying to lead this change by example. When you look at me all you see is old, and mom.

Unbelievably though, I was young (and not so long ago, I might add) once, and nothing you can say will shock me. In point of fact, if I was to over share and talk about some of the things I’ve done, or still do actually, on a pretty regular basis with your step dad, it is you that would be shocked. Don’t worry, I would never, because like I said, we are not friends. I promise you this, though: as long as you tell me the truth, you will never get into trouble, though I can’t promise I won’t be disappointed. Until you have children of your own, you won’t realize the depth in which I love you. I would do anything for you and it is the great irony of life that the person I love most, I get treated the worst by. I am your greatest cheerleader and your biggest fan. Sometimes you scream “Why do you hate me!” when I am doing my job as a mother. You don’t understand that if I indeed hated you, or felt a far more

heinous thing, indifference, I simply wouldn’t bother. I would let you get on with it and shrug my shoulders and not say a word. When I stand my ground and open myself up to your vitriol and disregard and general railroading, that, my dear, is love.

The most important thing for you to understand is though you may be convinced otherwise, whatever happens in this crazy, upside down life, you will never, ever be alone. So maybe, just once in a while, will you keep this in mind and be a little kinder to me.

Your ever loving,

Mom

1. You are Shane, make a personal reply on the letter for you by your mom. Note, you can use English, so long as it shows how you feels, its reflects who you are.

Positive and negative about the text 14 examples!