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English : Unit 3 : Drama : Empowered Women Navigating The World Glossary circumnavigate (v) – to travel all the wayaround something, especially the earth indigenously (adv.) – naturally; innately;inherently consonance (n) – agreement orcompatibility between opinions or actions skippered (v) – to act as a master orcaptain of a vessel especially a small boat expedition (n) – a journey […]

English : Unit 2 : Supplementary : Zigzag Glossary aboriginal (adj.) – native, local sarcasm (n) – use of irony to mock or convey contempt fringed (v) – bordered plumage (n) – a bird’s feather collectively sludgiest (adj.) – wet mud grumpiness (adj.) – bad tempered squirt (n) – spray coyote (n) – a wolf like wild dog native to North America. streaks (n)

English : Unit 2 : Poem : The Grumble Family Glossary discontent (adj.) – dissatisfaction with one’s circumstances amiss (adj.) – not quite right growl (v) – make a low guttural sound in the throat grumble (n) – a complaint about something in a bad-tempered way gloomy (adj.) – to appear depressing or frightening queerest (adj.) – the strangest or the most unusual

English : Unit 2 : Prose : The Night the Ghost Got In Glossary hullabaloo (v) – lot of loud noise made bypeople who are excited. patrolman(n) – a patrolling police officer. attic(n) – a space or room inside or partlyinside the roof of a building slamming(v) – shutting a door or windowforcefully and loudly. gruffly(adv.) – sadly intuitively(adv.) – without

English : Unit 1 : Supplementary : The Tempest Glossary tormenting (v) – making someone sufferor worry a lot dreadful (adj.) – extremely bad orunpleasant duke (n) – a man of very high social rankin some European countries; a king deprive (v) – to take something important or necessary away from someone resistance (n) – the act of fighting againstsomething

English : Unit 1 : Poem : Life Glossary mourning (v) – feeling or expressing great sadness veils (v) – to hide or cover something so that you cannot see it clearly or understand it crown (n) – a prize or position offered for being the best quest (n) – a long search for something that is difficult to

English : Unit 1 : Prose : His First Flight Glossary ledge (n)- a narrow shelf that juts outfrom a vertical surface shrilly (adv.)- producing a high-pitchedand piercing voice or sound herring (n)- a long silver fish that swimsin large groups in the sea devour (v)- to eat something eagerly andin large amounts, so that nothing is left cackle (n)-

English : Unit 7 : Supplementary : The Christmas Truce – by Aaron Shepard Warm Up  * Name one festival which you like the most.  * How do you celebrate that festival?  * Narrate a memorable incident which happened during that celebration. Glossary truce (n) – an agreement to stop fighting or arguing for a period of time dugout (n)

English : Unit 7 : Poem : The Stick-together Families – by Edgar Albert Guest Warm up At the heart of life lie the relationships you have with other people: with family, classmates and friends close-by and far away. All relationships are based on some commonly accepted values like respect, honesty, consideration and commitment. Think

English : Unit 7 : Prose : A Birthday Letter – by Jawaharlal Nehru Warm up * Have you ever received a personal letter from your friends or relatives? * If yes, from whom and about what? * Have you ever written a personal letter to anyone? * If yes, to whom and about what? It