English VIII A and B Chapter 1 Where love is, God is
Chapter 1. Where Love is, God is
Date: 5.04.21
Topics taught: Reading of the chapter and explanation.
Homework: Read the chapter.
Date: 6.04.21
Topics taught: Explanation through audio clip.
Date: 7.04.21
New words
1.infancy
2.monastery
3.distinctly
4.pawn
5.tattered
6.hoist
Discussion of textual exercise Q.1 and Q.2
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Textual Answers: |
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Q 1 |
Read
the extracts given below and answer the questions that follow. |
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Martin is referred to as ‘he’ in the above extract. |
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Martin
looked at the street more
than he worked
because the previous night he had heard
the voice of
Jesus saying, “Look
out into the
street tomorrow, for I shall come.” |
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Stepánitch leaned his
spade against the
wall as he
was old and
weak and did not have enough
strength to clear
away the snow. |
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young |
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b) |
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The boy who
tried to steal
an apple from
the old woman’s basket is referred to as ‘he’ in the above extract. |
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According to the old woman,
the boy should
be whipped for stealing the apple in order to teach him a lesson. |
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According to Martin, God’s way is to forgive because He forgives us. |
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sins |
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Q 2 |
Answer
the following questions in 30-40 words. |
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Martin had
lost his children in infancy. His
wife too died
leaving behind a three-year-old son. When the boy reached
an age that
he could help
his father, he
fell ill and
died a week
later. Hence, Martin
had lost his
purpose of life. |
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b. |
The old
man from the
monastery told him
that he had
no right to
wish for his death. He should live for God
as God gives
life to us
and wants us
to live for Him. The way will
be shown by Christ. |
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The woman was
wearing worn out
summer clothes. She
stopped by the
wall with her back
to the wind,
trying to wrap
the baby in her arms.
Seeing their plight, Martin invited them inside. |
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d. |
Martin’s soul grew glad
when he realised that the people
whom he had helped the day before were all messengers of God. He realised that
he had served
God while serving the people. |
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Q 3 |
Answer
the following questions in 100-120 words. |
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Martin Avdéiteh, a cobbler, lived
in a tiny
room with a window in a basement. He had lost his
children in infancy. His wife had
died too leaving a three-year- old son.
When the boy reached an age when
he could help his father, he fell ill and
died a week
later. Martin wanted
to die as well. He stopped going
to church. Now, in
his old age,
Martin wanted to
draw nearer to
God. One day
a man from the
monastery visited him
and Martin began
to complain about
his sorrows. Then, the
old man advised
him to live
for God. This
inspired Martin to read
the New Testament every day in order to understand how
to live for God. |
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One night
after reading the
New Testament, he
heard, “Martin, Martin! Look out into the
street tomorrow, I shall come.” The next day
as he was
looking at the street, he saw an old soldier leaning against the
wall because he
had no strength to
clear the snow.
So, Martin called him in and
served him tea.
Then, he saw a woman with
worn out summer
clothes struggling to
cover her baby. He called her in and asked her to warm
herself near the
stove. He also offered her some food,
some money and
his old coat.
When an old
apple- woman caught a boy who
stole an apple
from her basket, he asked her
to forgive him.
In this way,
Martin put into
practice the bible
verse ‘I was
hungry, and ye gave
me to eat:
I was thirsty, and ye gave
me drink: I was a stranger,
and ye took me in.’ |
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Q 4 |
Change
the following sentences into indirect speech. |
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Martin said that all he asked God was that he might soon die. |
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A voice told
Martin to look out into the street
the next day as He would |
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come. |
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Martin told the
woman to warm
herself near the
stove and feed
the baby. |
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The woman replied that she had
pawned her last
shawl for sixpence the day before. |
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The woman said that she had not eaten herself since morning. |
Answer key of workbook questions.
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1. |
Complete the sentences. |
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a) |
Martin Avdéiteh, a cobbler, lived in a . |
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tiny room in a basement |
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Now in
his old age,
Martin wanted to . |
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draw nearer to God |
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c) |
Martin despaired because he wished to . |
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live for your own happiness |
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d) |
The more
Martin read the
New Testament, the
more clearly he
understood . |
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how to live for God |
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e) |
God wants
us to forgive or else . |
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He won't forgive us |
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2. |
Answer the following questions in 30-40 words each. |
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a) |
What changed Martin’s life? (3 lines) |
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Martin’s life changed when he bought himself the New
Testament. He read
it every night and
the more he read, the
more clearly he
understood how to
live for God. |
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b) |
Why did Martin
look out into
the street more
than he worked
one morning? (4 lines) |
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The previous night
when Martin was
reading the New
Testament, he heard
a voice saying “Martin, Martin! Look out
into the street
tomorrow, for I shall
come.” The next morning he looked at the street more than he worked because he was expecting Christ to come. |
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c) |
How did Martin convince the
apple-woman to pardon the boy? (3 lines) |
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Martin told the
apple-woman that God’s
way is kinder. God would not
want the boy to
be whipped. If
the boy should
be whipped for
stealing the apple, then our sins are
far greater. |
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d) |
Explain the following line:
(3 lines) In as much as ye
did it unto one of these my brethren even these least, ye did it |
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unto me. |
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The given line
means that whatever good work we
do for the poor
or the needy, we
do it for
God. For God
teaches us that
where love is
present, He is present there. |