Sunday, October 19, 2014

DIAGNOSTIC TEST - Std. VI



DIAGNOSTIC TEST

Name of the student:
Standard and Section: VI -
School:  

Unit: I &II
Maximum Marks: 25                                                                                          
Marks obtained:        /25
Instructions:
v  Answer all the questions.
v  Each question carries one mark.
I. Use the simple present tense to complete the following sentences:
1)   Dr. Vikram _____________ (work) in the Hospital.
2)   He always _____________ (buy) in this shop.
3)   He _____________ (go) on a Scooter.
4)   Dog _____________ (is) a faithful animal.
5)   A nurse _____________ (help) him.

II. Match the opposites:
1)      Elder
2)      Regular
3)      After
4)      Happy
5)      Small
-                                     Irregular
-                                     Younger
-                                     Big
-                                     Before
-                                     Sad

III. Pick the odd one out:
1)   Book, Pen, Black Board, Bench, Hospital
2)   Lion, Tiger Crow, Zebra, Elephant
3)   Monday, Wednesday, Friday, June, Thursday
4)   Furniture, Plant, Desk, Bench, Table
5)   River, Ocean, Stream, Pond, Boat

IV. Choose the correct answer:
1)   Keeranur village is in _____________
a. Mathur                     b. Pudukottai
2)   Malar dreamt of riding her bicycle to __________________________
a. Chennai to New Delhi                    b. School, College and the Moon
3)   The ‘Chief’ in Washington is___________________
a. The President of USA                     b. Army General
4)   The speaker in the poem ‘Biking’ is ___________________
a. A person who drives                       b. A person who cycles 
5)   The river that is mentioned in the story ‘Boat Song’ is _____________
a. Palar                        b. Kaveri

V. Read each sentence and place the correct punctuation mark at the end:
1)   This book has many pages _________
2)   When were you born _________
3)   What a beautiful drawing _________
4)   What is your name _________
5)   It has rained for 3 days _________

Wednesday, October 15, 2014

Questions for Second Internal Examination (Optional II)



Questions to Discuss from Unit II &III (Optional II)
2014-2015
Note to the students:
Dear Students!
          Refer to the library books and prepare answers for the following questions.  You can work in groups to prepare the answers and have discussion in your practice teaching schools.  This discussion will help you lot for the first internal examination.
Have good time during your practice teaching!
Stay tuned with your regular work!
Good Luck!
Shermila.A

Discuss with your friends and write an essay on the following in about 500 words.

1.      What in your opinion is the status of English in India today?
2.      What are the aims of teaching English as a second language?
3.      What are the utilitarian values of teaching English?
4.      Mention the different values and objectives of teaching English.
5.      What are the linguistic principles of foreign language teaching?
6.      Mention the psychological principles of foreign language teaching.
7.      What is the scope of B.Ed English curriculum?
8.      Mention Bloom’s taxonomy of Educational objectives with special reference to English.
9.      Mention the difference between teaching of prose and poetry.
10.  As a teacher of English how will you teach grammar in an interesting way?
11.  What are the various composition exercises you will use in teaching English?
 
Discuss with your friends and write on the following in about 300 words.

1.      Do you think English has a good future in India?  Substantiate your answer with examples.
2.      What is the rationale of teaching English in India?
3.      Why is English a skill rather than a knowledge subject?
4.      How the knowledge of mother tongue interferes in the learning of English?
5.      What is TRANSFER or pull of the mother tongue?
6.      What is the scope of teaching English for trainees and what are the qualities of a good teacher of English?
7.      What are the steps involved in the preparation of a lesson plan?
8.      Mention the components of any five micro teaching skills.
9.      Write an episode to teach any particular micro skill.
10.  Bring out the role of teacher educators and guide teachers in developing the teaching skills.
11.  What are the aims of teaching poetry?
12.  Mention the aims of teaching prose.
13.  What are the various poetic devices used in poetry writing?
14.  Mention the difference between prescriptive and descriptive grammar teaching.
15.  What are the characteristics of unit plan?

Discuss with your friends and write on the following in about 100 words.

1.      Why is English a window of the modern world?
2.      English is considered as a library language – do you agree?  How?
3.      What are the educational opportunities of learning this language?
4.      What are the basic aims of teaching English as a second language in schools?
5.      How to create interest among the learners to learn English?
6.      What are the differences between L1 & L2?
7.      What are the uses of mother tongue in teaching English?
8.      What is a lesson plan?
9.      What are the characteristics of a good lesson plan?
10.  Define a unit plan.
11.  Mention the uses of a lesson plan.
12.  In your opinion what are the qualities of a good teacher of English?
13.  What is the importance of instructional objectives?
14.  Mention how you will write specific objectives of a poem.
15.  What is the difference between general and specific objectives?
16.  Define micro teaching.
17.  Mention the micro teaching cycle.
18.  What are the uses of micro teaching?
19.  Mention the various skills involved in micro teaching.
20.  What is a link lesson?
21.  Define a demonstration lesson.
22.  What is the role of peer group in developing teaching skills?
23.  What is an observation lesson?
24.  Mention the difference between guided and controlled composition.
25.  What are the symbols used in the correction of composition exercises?

           

Questions to Discuss for the First Internal Examination (Optional I)



Questions to Discuss from Unit II, III, IV, V & VI
2014-2015 Optional I
Note to the students:
Dear Students!
          Refer to the library books and prepare answers for the following questions.  You can work in groups to prepare the answers and have discussion in your practice teaching schools.  This discussion will help you lot for the first internal examination.
Have good time during your practice teaching!
Stay tuned with your regular work!
Good Luck!
Shermila.A

Discuss with your friends and write an essay on the following in about 500 words.

1.      Discuss the different conventional formulae in English.
2.      How will you express various concepts in English?
3.      How are errors caused in English and what is the remedial measures you will take to remove errors?
4.      Discuss word formation in English
5.      Mention the different patterns of spelling and why is it difficult to learn English spelling.
6.      What are the principles followed in selecting and grading English vocabulary.

Discuss with your friends and write on the following in about 300 words.
 
1.      What are the criteria to be followed in describing pictures?
2.      How can we interpret a table?
3.      What are the uses of graphs?
4.      Mention the characteristics of maps.
5.      Write about the various types of drilling in English.
6.      Explain MHQ.
7.      Explain the types of sentences.
8.      Write about the functions of auxiliaries.
9.      How will you teach question tag?
10.  Write about phrasal verbs and prepositional phrases.
11.  What are the devices used in English for cohesion and coherence.
12.  Bring out the difference between formal and functional grammar.
13.  Discuss the different ways to test English grammar.
14.  Differentiate active and passive vocabulary
15.  How will you expand English vocabulary?
16.  What are the different strategies followed in teaching English vocabulary.
17.  How are errors analyzed and classified?
18.  Mention the cause of confusion in English spelling and write about the different patterns of spelling.

Discuss with your friends and write on the following in about 100 words.
 
1.      Define drilling.
2.      Write a note on the following  - Suggestion, prohibition, Likelihood, concession
3.      How will you refuse an invitation?
4.      What are the different ways to thank and greet?
5.      What is noun phrase?
6.      What is verb phrase?
7.      What are the difference between sub ordinate and co ordinate clause?
8.      Mention two types of sentences.
9.      Define question tag with example
10.  Write a note on reported speech.
11.  How are errors caused in English?
12.  What are the remedial measures for errors?
13.  What is the nature of English vocabulary?
14.  What are the ways to elaborate English vocabulary?