HIGHER ORDER THINKING SKILLS EXAMPLARY QUESTIONS XII FUNCTIONAL ENGLISH

READING :

• Testing Vocabulary

A.1 Read the given passage carefully and answer the questions given below :

1. What does one need to do to “become more than you have been”?

2. Explain the phrase “looking inside yourself”.

3. What did the writer learn from his struggles and mistakes?

Find words from the passage which mean the same as:-

a) of unusual high quality (para 1)
b) hard but easily broken (para 6)
c) possibility for developing (para 11)
d) following accepted customs and traditions (para 12)

Objectives: to understand the writer’s attitude and bias to develop the ability to comprehend language as required in related fields and given context to develop the ability to form opinions

Writing : To analyze given input and arrive at conclusions

4. ‘What people read is what people believe.’ You are concerned about the ongoing controversy regarding media’s role in sensationalizing news, moulding public opinion and moral policing. Write a letter to the editor emphasizing on media responsibility. (200 words)  

5. Teenagers today are getting hooked on to the latest gadgets. Write an article on ‘The advantages of technology versus its adverse effects’.

6. To commemorate the 150th year of the mutiny of 1857 your school is organizing a special programme. You are Suresh/ Sita, head girl of Heritage School. Prepare a talk to be delivered on the occasion using the input given below. Freedom struggle - sacrifice - maintaining and strengthening democracy - responsibility - challenges - new vision - responsibility of nation building

GRAMMAR
7. Rearrange the following sentences sequentially to make complete sense:

Objective: to read and arrange sentences in a sequential order

8. You have recently shifted into the school hostel and want to open a saving bank account. Write a dialogue with the bank clerk regarding the procedure to open a bank account. You may use the inputs given below - the first one has been done for you  

9) Objective: to extend the given input into a meaningful dialogue

Ms. Ragini runs an NGO, which works to rehabilitate street children. You are Kamal/Kavita a reporter for Times Today. Frame 10 interview questions based on the given input.

LITERATURE 
10. Choose any one of the following extracts and answer the questions that follow:

a) Name the poem and the poet.
b) Who does ‘they’ refer to?

Objective : To test students’ comprehension of poetry- local, global, interpretative, inferential and evaluative.