Friday, February 24, 2006

Not wanting to be accused of plagiarism I would like to mention that the questions related to the novel, 'Harriet the Spy' have been taken from a teacher's resource site.

posted by Rija @ 10:45 PM 0 comments

I believe in respecting people's opinions. That is the reason I asked all of you whether you all would like to do literature discussions on the blog.As decided, I am posing a few questions related to your reading assignment .

  • Mr and Mrs Welsch fire Ole Golly when she goes on a date with Mr. Waldenstein and takes Harriet with her.Discuss why Harriet's parents feel Ole Golly's behaviour is "outlandish."
  • Explain why Mrs.Welsch changes her mind and says, "You can't leave. What would we do without you?"
  • Why does Ole Golly feel that that the time has come for her to leave?

Phrase your answers correctly.

posted by Rija @ 10:27 PM 3 comments

Saturday, February 18, 2006

Fears

First of all I would like to extend my gratitude to all of my students.Its quite encouraging to see you all participating and sharing your views.
Now coming towards more serious issues.
Atfirst I thought about discussing something about the poem we have recently read,but I decided against it.I think it would be nice to talk about ourselves.
Fears.Thats what I want to discuss.Lets talk about our fears.
I will start by mentioning some of my own.
  • The idea of falling in front of an audience.
  • The idea of losing a loved one
  • The fear of not doing justice to my job.

posted by Rija @ 10:55 AM 0 comments

Saturday, February 04, 2006

Is man free

Since we have been discussing the life of a modern man with reference to the poem, 'The Unknown Citizen', I would like to share a quote by a famous French philosopher.Jean Jacque Roussue said,
'Man is born free but everywhere he is in chains.'
Do you think we all are wearing invisible chains?
Can we try to free our minds? That is the only domain that according to me can not be bound.I believe we are letting others dictate us because it convenient to let others do the thinking.Being a zombie sheds a lot of burden off our shoulders.
An everyday example can be taken from your classroom itself. Some feel shy to exprees their ideas and present them in their written work.Some express themselves boldly.While others accept what others say.Without letting their minds do the exploration,they copy. Its rather easy.But has anyone realized its longterm consequences?
These were some of the questions I would like you all think about.

posted by Rija @ 2:43 AM 0 comments

Introduction to a new concept often leaves a person baffled.With so much talk about how blogs can prove to be useful for the growth of an invidual,one often wonders about the authenticity of this claim.
Therefore I would like you all; my students of class 8c to begin this journey with me.Together, we can explore the wonderful opportunity of sharing our ideas and grow.
In order to understand and benefit from this venture,we all will have to work as a team and follow some guidelines.The first one of these is to avoid using short forms and take care of punctuation marks.The second one is acceptance.Even if you disagree with your peers,try to present your view persuasively without being derogatory in any way.
Each weekend I,as your English teacher will post something on this blog.You,are requested to read it and leave your comments about it.As a result, we will be able to form a chain of ideas and add to eachothers perspective.
At this initial stage this project will require a lot of nurturing.I have not made this project mandatory.There is no compulsion.However,to be able to realize its real significance,we will have to try blogging ourselves.
I welcome all;who would love to expand their horizon.

posted by Rija @ 2:10 AM 0 comments