najia zaheer nazir instructor, english language and literature in english generations school
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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 Theme
Ruthless 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…”