Unit 2.2 Indian Weavers (Activity-sheets for 10 marks)


Unit 2.2 Indian Weavers
(Activity sheet for 10 marks)                (1st test)

Read the given extract and do the activities:                               (10 Marks)

Weavers, weaving at break of day,
Why do you weave a garment so gay?......
Blue as the wing of a halcyon wild,
We weave the robes of a new-born child.

Weavers, weaving at fall of night,
Why do you weave a garment so bright?........
Like the plumes of a peacock, purple and green,
We weave the marriage-veils of a queen.

Weavers, weaving solemn and still,
What do you weave in the moonlight chill……
White as a feather and white as a cloud,
We weave a dead man’s funeral shroud.


A1) Global understanding:                                                       (02 Marks)
Match the column with ‘A’ and ‘B’:
                        A                                                                                   B
1.       Marriage Veils                                             a. White
   2.       Robes                                                      b. Purple and Green
3.       Weavers in moonlight                                 c. Blue
4.       Funeral shroud                                            d. Solemn and Still


A2) Inference:                                                                                          (02 Marks)
Describe the marriage veils of queen woven by the weavers with the impression of given extract.

A3) Personal Response:                                                                                                                                (02 Marks)
Life is a chain of sorrow and joy. Joy and sorrow is linked together.
Narrate any incident of your life where joy and sorrow runs simultaneously.

A4) Poetic Device:                                                                                           (02 Marks)
‘Why do you weave a garment so gay?
Identify the figure of speech used in this line and Find out another example of same figure of speech.

A5) Poetic creativity:                                                                                      (02 Marks)
Mother works day and night for the betterment of family and members. Compose a poem of four lines to dignify the work of your Mother. You May begin as,
“Mother, mother moving all day”









Unit 2.2 Indian Weavers
(Activity sheet for 10 marks)                  (2nd test)
Read the given extract and do the activities:                                                         (10 Marks)


A1) Global understanding:                                                                                     (02 Marks)
Read the given extract and complete the statements by choosing correct alternatives from the bracket given below.
(Feather of peacock, Moonlight night, Beginning of the day, Wing of a halcyon.)
a.      Robes of child is compared with……………………………………………………………..
b.      Weavers are weaving the funeral shroud in……………………………………………

A2) Inference:                                                                                                            (02 Marks)
According to the poet, Weavers are serious and speechless while forming funeral shroud.
 because:1……………………………………………………………………………………………..…
               2. ………………………………………………………………………………………………


A3) Personal Response:                                                                                             (02 Marks)
In Present days, the condition of Indian Weavers is desperate due to Industrialism. According to you suggest any two steps to reform the dignity of Indian Weavers and their business.


A4) Poetic Device:                                                                                                     (02 Marks)
From the given extract find out the example of Repetition figure of speech and explain it.


A5) Poetic creativity:                                                                                                     (02 Marks)
Compose the blank lines to indicate the dignity of Indian Garments. Maintain the rhyming scheme of poem as ‘aabb’.
‘Garments of India show the state of mixture
Indicating deeply the importance of culture.
……………………………………………………………………..
…………………………………………………………………….’.




Unit 2.2 Indian Weavers
(Activity sheet for 10 marks)                  (3rd test)


Read the given extract and do the activities:                                             (10 Marks)




A1) Global understanding:                                                                           (02 Marks)

State sentence whether true of false:
1.      Weavers were weaving the robes for baby in early morning.
2.      Marriage veil of queen is colorful but dull.
3.      Very actively, weavers were engaged in weaving shroud for funeral.
4.      Colorless life is indicated by white shroud.

A2) Inference:                                                                                                (02 Marks)

Point out and explain any two lines from poem in your words which dignified the work of weavers.

A3) Personal Response:                                                                                 (02 Marks)

For leading a life in right way, we have to depend on various people and their business. Businessman works for the out-come of their products which is further useful for the betterment of common people.
According to you, explain the role and importance of weavers in your life.

A4) Poetic Device:                                                                                         (02 Marks ) 

                                                                 ‘Weavers, weaving at break of day.’
In this line indirect comparison is made between break of the day and birth of the life. Now,
1.      Find out the line in which the indirect comparison is made between the fall of night and youthfulness of life.
2.      State the name of the figure of speech used in same line.

A5) Poetic creativity:                                                                                                (02 Marks)

Replace the underlined bold words by using the words correctly suggested in given bracket.
(Towel for you, the bright morning, colorful as a peacock, with joy and cheers.)
Weavers, weaving  solemn and still,
What do you weave in the moonlight chill……
White as a feather and white as a cloud,
We weave a dead man’s funeral shroud.




                                                                                            Answers key will uploaded shortly in blog

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