Class 11 Writing Skill Notes

 Class 11Writing Skill

NEWSPAPER ADVERTISEMENT 

FORMAT

1)St. Loreto Day School needs a Secretary to the Principal. The Administrative officer draft an advertisement for publication. Write the advertisement for him.

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SECRETARY WANTED FOR A REPUTED SCHOOL

Wanted a secretary for St. Loreto Day School, Kolkata - 700019. Candidate must be a graduate who can handle office correspondence independently. Working knowledge of computer is essential. Salary according to qualification and experience. Apply within seven days to the Administrative officer.

2)You are Gopal Ghosh, running a telephone booth in CK Market, Salt Lake. Give a suitable advertisement for a telephone operator in the Situation Vacant column of

The Times of India offering attractive remuneration.

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TELEPHONE OPERATOR REQUIRED

A Smart, young, preferably male telephone operator required for a running STD, ISD Both in C.K., Market, Salt Lake. Only persons ready to work from 6 am. to 12 pm., fluent in Bengali, Hindi and English, Fully conversant with telephone operations needed. Apply to Gopal Ghosh, 12 C.K. Market, Salt Lake-700091. Remuneration attactive.

(3)Imagine yourself the owner of a printing press for which you require a DTP operator. Write an advertisement inviting applications for the post for insertion in a newspaper.

4) Suppose you operate a Call Centre. You require 10+2 or graduate trainees for it. Write an advertisement inviting candidates for a walk-in interview for filling the posts.

5)Write an advertisement on behalf of Brainware inviting applications to man the Multimedia Faculty of the firm.

6) Suppose you are the Secretary of an English Medium Girls' School. You require English teachers. Write an advertisement inviting applications for filling the posts

7) Invite applications from candidates willing to do part-time job. Notify that the applications are to be sent to some box number in some newspaper.

SITUATION WANTED

Here it is an individual who seeks a job. Include the following essential details:

Qualifications and experience.Age and sex.Nature of the job sought.Minimum salary acceptable.Contact Address and phone no.

Question 1:

You are Shirish Saxena of 47, Mall Road, Shimla. You are a young man of 35 with seven years of experience as an expert executive. You seek an immediate change to some prestigious export house in Mumbai /Bangalore. Draft a suitable advertisement for the ‘Situation Wanted’ column of a National Daily.

Question 2:

You are Anil Verma of 257, Moti Nagar, New Delhi. You have just passed B.E. (Electrical) in first division from a prestigious Engineering College. You are in need of a job in or around Delhi. Write an advertisement for the ‘Situation Wanted’ column of The Times of India.

Extra Important Questions

Q.1.Prepare a commercial leaflet in not more than 50 words announcing the launch of a new food catering service.

Q.2.You want to conduct cookery classes. Draft an advertisement for the classified columns of an English daily in not more than 50 words announcing the same with necessary details.

Q.3. An insurance company requires some agents. Insert an advertisement in the newspaper mentioning required qualifications in not more than 50 words.

Q.4. A reality show will be launched in your city. Prepare a commercial leaflet in not more than 50 words for the event mentioning the names of singers, dates, time, venue ,and rates of tickets.

Q.5. You want to buy a house in Shantiniketan. Draft an advertisement for the classified columns of the English daily in not more than 50 words announcing the same with necessary details.

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HOUSE/FLAT/PROPERTY

Want to buy a house in Shantiniketan near Viswabharati, preferably two-stories with four to six bedrooms and frontal garden. Expecting about four cottah of land and well-connected with main road. Litigation free owners, no agents, may call at 9002090020 or mail to soumen.sj@gmail.com

Story Writing

1). Write a story with the help of the following outline:

Outline: A wood-cutter cutting wood—axe falls into the water,weeps-Mercury,the water-god, brings a golden axe-then a silver axe and then an iron axe by turn the wood cutter refuses the gold and silver axes and claims his own axe—the water-god gives him all the axes as reward for his honesty.

2).Write a story with the help of the following outline:

  Outline : A crow steals a piece of cheese - flies to a tree-a fox plans to get it-he praises her beauty and asks her to sing the crow, pleased, starts singing - the piece of cheese falls down — the fox runs away with it.

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A FOOLISH CROW AND A SMART FOX

 Long long ago, there lived a crow and a fox in a distant place. The crow was very foolish but the fox was very sly. One day, the crow stole a piece of cheese from somewhere. She at once flew to a tree.She was very glad to get it. At that time, the fox was passing by. He saw the crow with the piece of cheese. Immediately he made a plan to get it.  He started to praise her beauty and asked her to sing. On hearing the praise the crow was overwhelmed and pleased and started to sing. But,as soon as, the crow opened her beak to sing , the piece of cheese fell down. The fox ran away with it.The crow was just staring to the fox. 

Moral - A fool always believes on lame praises. 

3).Write a story with the help of the following outline:

  Outline :  King Midas was crazy for gold-the god of wealth granted his prayer that everything he touched might turn into gold-Next day the king's touch turned many things, even his food and daughter into gold-The king repented-prayed his 'golden touch' to be taken away.

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THE GOLDEN TOUCH
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 King Midas and his lust/desire for Gold

                Once upon a time, there was a king whose name was King Midas. He was crazy for gold. One day, he prayed to the god of wealth. He requested that everything he touched might turn into gold. The god appeared and granted his prayer.He became very happy.He thought to check his boon (वरदान). He touched his chair and it immediately turned into gold. He again touched his clothes, sword, bed and so many things. All the things what he touched turned into gold. At night, he went to eat. But, when he started to eat, and he touched his first bite of food, it turned into gold, So, he could not eat Then, he wanted to drink water. But, the glass of water turned into gold. He was worried and could not sleep whole night.  In the morning, his daughter came to him and she sat on his lap (गोद). But,in a moment, his daughter turned into gold.The king now became very sad.He was about to cry. Then he repented(पछताया) on his deed(काम).He then prayed his golden touch to be taken away.The god accepted his prayer again.All the things changed back to its original state.

Moral :- Gold alone can't make a man happy.

4).A fisherman brings some fish to a lord-demands a hundred lashes as the price-all surprised--the fisherman sticks to the demand-lashes are given- the fisherman urges to stop it after fifty are given-says that he has a partner-the gate-keeper has demanded half of the price—the lord understands-whips and dismisses the gate-keeper -rewards the fisherman.

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A Fisherman and his reward 
OR,
 A Fisherman and his mysterious wish 

                Once upon a time, there was a king who was very famous for his kindness and judgement.In his kingdom, all men were happy.Once, a fisherman went to the sea early morning and caught fishes more than his daily catching of fishes. The fisherman became very happy and thought to present some fishes to the Lord king.The fisherman then went to the lord.

 But, when he arrived at the gate, the gatekeeper asked him the reason to visit. The fisherman showed him the fishes and told him ," Its a present for lord." The gatekeeper demanded him the half of the reward given by the Lord. He gave him permission to get in on this condition. The fisherman presented the fishes to the Lord and the Lord became very glad and told him to ask for any reward. The fisherman demanded hundred lashes as the price of fishes. On this, all of the courtiers were surprised.The lord told the fisherman to ask any other reward. But he stuck to his demand. Then, the lashes were started to give. The fisherman urged to stop it after fifty   

were given.He said that he had a partner. The fisherman then told the lord the incident with the gatekeeper and his demand for half of the price. The lord then understood the whole matter. The lord at once ordered to whip and dismiss the gate-keeper. The lord rewarded the fisherman for his honesty.

 Moral :- Honesty is the best policy.

5).

A hungry fox stole into a vine-yard-found ripe grapes hanging from vines—too high for him to reach-jumped and tried to catch the nearest bunch-missed-grapes are sour.

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THE FOX AND THE GRAPES

                 Once upon a time, there was a fox who was hungry and thirsty too . So, he started to search for food and water. He then stole into a vine-yard. There he found ripe grapes hanging from vines. But they were too high for him to reach. He took a run and jumped to catch the nearest bunch of grapes but missed. Again and again he jumped, only to miss the juicy grapes. At last tired and worn out he stopped and said," Well, I never really want to have the grapes.I know grapes are sour."

Moral :- A rogue always finds an excuse.

6.A rich lady suffering from bad eye-sight-engaged a doctor to cure her-promised a good reward—the doctor stole her costly things asked for the reward-lady's reply.

A doctor and his patient

Once upon a  time, there was a lady who was very rich.But, the lady was suffering from bad eyesight, she engaged a doctor to cure her and promised to give a handsome reward to the doctor if he could do the same. The doctor started to come every day to the house of his patient to treat her very carefully. But, the doctor was a dishonest man. He was tempted by the costly things in the room of his patient. He stole them from her room day to day.After six months, the lady was fully cured of her disease and she regained her eye-sight. Then, the doctor demanded his reward.But, the lady saw that her valuable things had been stolen. She understood the act of the dishonest doctor.So she said, "Doctor, before I was blind, I could see that my room was furnished with many articles but now I can see none of them. This proves that I am still

blind. So I can't pay you the promised reward."

 Moral: Dishonesty is paid by its own coin.

7.Two women quarrel over a child—come to court-judge's order to cut the child into two-one gives up her claim and says, 'Do not cut the child"—the other remains silent-Judge decided.

THE REAL MOTHER 

Or,

A WONDERFUL DECISION.

Once upon a time, there was a judge who was very famous for his right decisions. One day, two women started to quarrel for a child in the judge's village.But, nobody could find who the real mother was. So, they decided to go to court.They came to court. They described the whole incident to the Judge The judge asked both the women,"Who is the real mother?" But, both answered ,“I am the real mother." Judge was confused and could n't understand what to do. He made/(hit upon) a plan.He ordered to cut the child into two halves.  Then, one of the two mothers started to cry and gave up her claim.She said," Don't cut the child?" But, the other woman remained silent. The judge at once understood the whole matter. Now, he knew who the real mother was.So, he decided that no mother could see her child dying or in a trouble. The mother's real identification is her motherly feelings.The judge gave the child to his real mother with real feelings and punished the second woman.

Moral. A mother is known by her motherly affection.

8.A dog with a piece of meat in his mouth-saw his own shadow in the water of a stream—thought it was another dog with another piece of meat-jumped upon the shadow-lost his own piece of meat.

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A Greedy Dog and A piece of Meat

       One day a dog stole a piece of meat from a butcher's shop in the market and ran away with it. On the way he had to cross a bridge across a small stream. As he was running along the bridge, suddenly. he looked down at his own shadow in the water of the stream. He thought it was another dog with another piece of meat in its mouth. He was easily tempted to see that piece of meat and thought of having that piece too. So he jumped upon his own shadow with a loud bark. As soon as he opened his mouth, the piece of meat dropped from his mouth and was taken away by the current of the stream. Thus the greedy dog lost his own piece of meat as well as the one he wanted to snatch.

Moral : Grasp all, lose all.

9.A King was defeated by his enemies six times—hid himself in a cave-A spider failed six times to climb up the roof of the cave-it succeeded by the seventh time—the king was inspired-fought against the enemies for the seventh time—became successful.

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The king and the spider

         Once upon a time,there was a king who lost his kingdom being defeated by his enemies. He wished to regain his kingdom at any cost. He collected troops and made six attempts one after another to drive away the enemies. But by irony of fate he was defeated each time. He then hid himself in a cave. One day when he was lying in the cave in a pensive mood, he saw à spider trying to climb up the roof of the cave. But it failed six times and succeeded by the seventh time. The king was inspired by this and he fought against the enemies for the seventh time. This time he became successful and regained his lost kingdom.

Moral : Endeavour with Patience is the mother of success.

10.A farmer had three quarrelsome sons—he thought of a plan-asked his sons to break a bundle of sticks-each failed-the bundle was untied—the sticks were easily broken.

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United We Stand,Divided We Fall

         Once upon a time,there was a hard-working farmer who lived with his sons in a distant village.

The farmer had three sons. They always quarrelled.This made the farmer very unhappy. He tried to bring them to their senses but failed. At last he thought of a plan. He called all his sons and asked them to bring a bundle of sticks.When the bundle brought,he asked the eldest son to break it. He tried hard but failed. Similarly he asked his two other sons 

one after another, but no one succeeded. He then asked them to untie the bundle and break the sticks one by one.They did this very easily.Then the farmer said to them. "You see,my sons, each of you breaks one stick easily. But none of you could break the bundle of sticks.Why couldn't you do it?" The eldest son replied, "In the bundle the sticks were together and so we couldn't break it."

"That's right," said the father, "you see the strength of unity now. You must live together and no one can harm you." After this they lived in peace and the farmer was happy.

Moral : Unity is strength.

11.

A carter was driving a cart along a muddy road—the wheels of the cart sank into mud-the carter whipped the bullocks in vain-prayed to Hercules-Hercules came and asked the carter to put his shoulders to the wheel—the cart moved.

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The Carter And Hercules

                It was a rainy day. A carter was driving a cart along a muddy road in a village. The road became almost impassable(अगम्य).The cart was moving slowly. Suddenly it sank into deep mud and one of the wheels stuck so fast in the mud that the cart did not move an inch. The carter goaded(प्रेरित करना)and whipped the bullocks, but the cart did not move on.

The Carter tried in vain.Finally,the carter sat idle gazing at the cart and prayed to Hercules, the god of strength, for help.

Hercules appeared before him at his prayer.He reproached(धिक्कारना)him for his idleness. He said to him, “Stand up, lazy fellow, encourage your bullocks and put your own shoulder to the wheel. Then my help will go to you.’’ The carter got down from the cart, put his shoulder to the wheel and whipped the bullocks. The cart began to move as before.

 Moral:God helps those who help themselves.

12.

Write a story with the help of the following outline:

Outline : Three artists-one paints flowers, another fruits and the third a curtain—bees sit on the flowers and birds peck at fruits—the judges try to lift the curtain—the last painter wins the prize.

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THREE WONDERFUL ARTISTS

              Once upon a time, there was a village where three great artists lived.One day, a drawing competition was organized to select the best painter. In this competition, there was a huge prize for the winner. So, three artists went to compete for a prize.The first painter painted a bunch of flowers. The flowers were so magnificent and were looking so real that the bees were drawn to it and sat on it. The second painter painted fruit. The drawing was also marvellous.The birds started to peck on the fruits.The audience was surprised to see both the paintings., Now, it was the turn of third one's drawing.The third one drew a curtain. When the judge went to see the painting, he tried to lift it. But, he was amazed as there was no curtain. Finally, the third contestant won the contest. The first two painters could make only the animals fool by their paintings. But, the third painter was able to befool the human, the most intelligent living being on this earth.So, the third one was deserving to win the prize.

Moral: Creation should be so real that it can't be challenged easily.

Or,

Intelligence is required even in art.

13. Write a story with the help of the following outline:

Outline : A cowboy tends cows in a field—cries out, "Wolf" for fun-farmers hasten to help him-find no wolf-are befooled-the boy repeats the same trick-farmers come again—the boy laughs at them-farmers beat him and go away-one day a wolf really comes- the boy shouts for help-none to help him.

14.Write a story with the help of the following outline:

 Outline : Wolf drinks water from a stream-sees a lamb drinking below- says he has muddled water – lamb points out the impossibility saying the wolf is standing at a higher place - wolf then accuses the lamb of having called him names a year back — lamb refuse the charge, saying he was not even born then – wolf then accuse the Lamb's father and kills him.

Paragraph Writing

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Man and Trees

Trees are our true friends.They are our earliest and best neighbours.They give us flowers, fruits, furniture, fuel and forests. Forests shelter birds and beasts.Thus men, animals and nature can co-exist on this earth.Trees are beautiful gifts of nature. Forests help to keep eco-balance to enable us to live on this earth.Existence of man on earth depends on forests.

We cannot live without oxygen. Trees give us that oxygen. We give out carbon di-oxide, a poisonous gas. Trees take that poison from us to purify air. Trees provide great riches for us. They provide timber, fuel wood, bumboos, canes, fibres, grasses, etc. They also produce resins, rubber, precious herbs and medicinal plants. They are the source of material for paper, gums., honey, wax, etc. They attract clouds, bring rains and help cultivation. An area devoid of forests will be barren and turn into a desert in course of time. The roots of trees bind loose soil and arrest erosion of soil. With increase in population and rapid urbanisation random deforestation has taken place. This has resulted in less rainfall and more droughts.

To save the earth from pollution, plantation of trees is very important. Importance of trees has been greatly felt in recent times. So tree plantation day is observed throughout the country. The government have taken up the yearly plantation programme. They have been distributing saplings to the public free of cost. Road-side trees are planted to beautify the road, provide shade and purify the air. Trees of the cities supply fresh air to the urban population who need it most. Trees grow rural economy Thus the people of both villages and towns reap the fruits of afforestation. We must have the motto-'each one to plant one'. We must leave a fresher and greener earth for our future generations.

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A Scene at a Bazaar 

          The bazaar is part of our daily life. It is a very interesting and lively place. So many people of different classes of the society gather here to buy and sell goods and commodities. There are heated exchanges between sellers and buyers, as well as exchange of laughter and jokes.The fish market has a slippery atmosphere.The vegetable market is full of green and red things. The fruit section has a special aristocratic look. But altogether, the humming of the bazaar is symbolic of the noise of life. A man who has never gone to a bazaar can never fully understand human nature.

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Cleanliness

            Cleanliness is the habit of keeping things free from dirt. It is a very good habit. Like all other habits it is also formed by constant practice. This habit is to be formed right from the child-hood days and parents help a lot to form this habit. It includes not merely personal cleanliness- cleanliness of the body and clothes - but also the cleanliness of the mind. It keeps a man in good health and nice environment. It enhances pleasure and happiness of the mind. Dirt breeds diseases. So a man who remains dirty or lives in a dirty place suffers from diseases. It is, therefore, necessary for all to maintain cleanliness in body and in mind.

4-.Write a Paragraph about "Your Experience in Lockdown Days".

Ans-Your Experience in Lockdown Days

            During Lockdown the whole world is facing a lot due to spread of corona virus. We all are following lockdown and are working from home. We can't go out, we can't meet our friends and relatives, we can't travel, we can't go in school and watch a movie in hall.When the lockdown started, I was very happy. Our school was closed till further notice, exams were cancelled, the sun was shining. I was happy, and confident I would be OK. After all, how hard could staying at home possibly be? After a while, the reality of the situation started to sink in.The novelty of being at home wore off and I started to struggle. I had nightmares most nights, and struggled to sleep. It was as if I was stuck, trapped in my house and in my own head. I didn't know how to cope.However, over time, I found ways to deal with the pressure. I realised that lockdown gave me more time to the things I loved, hobbies that had been previously swamped by schoolwork. I started baking, drawing and writing again, and felt free for the first time in months. I started spending more time with my family. I hadn't realised how much I had missed them.

5-Lockdown

       The term lockdown is used for a prison protocol that usually prevents people, information or objects from leaving an area. It can only be initiated by someone in a position of authority or Government.A full lockdown usually means that people must stay where they are and may not enter or exit a building or rooms within it, needing to go to the nearest place designated safe if not already in such a place.A lockdown is a requirement for people to stay where they are, usually due to specific risks to themselves or to others if they can move freely. The term "stay-at-home" or "shelter-in-place" is often used for lockdowns that affect an area, rather than specific locations.A lockdown can also be used to protect people inside a facility or, for example, a computing system, from a threat or other external event. In buildings doors leading outside are usually locked so that no person may enter or exit. This situation is witnessed by the whole world. It seemed that the world has stood still and time is not passing. Every person is isolated from his/her dear and near ones. During lockdown the poor and labour class people are the worst sufferers. They loose their work and cannot earn for their family. Getting food once a day is too hard to arrange. The labours who work outside their state or country, they cannot return their place and feel anxious about their family. The business men cannot do their business and they become depressed. The Economy crashes down and the government has to take care of the whole countrymen. This is really hard time for everyone.

Commercial Leaflet

1.Prepare a commercial leaflet for a car Showroom opening shortly in your area.

 Type-1

2.Suppose a reputed travel agency is going to arrange a tour to Darjeeling in October. Now draft a Commercial Leaflet on this.

Type-2

Exercise

3.) Write a commercial leaflets for a reputed travel agency on their upcoming tour to Kashmir.

4) A travel agency is planning for a tour to Gangtok in upcoming summer. Now prepare a leaflet for this.

5) Suppose your brother works in travel company. He requests you to prepare a leaflet for their tour to Puri. Now draft a leaflet for this.

Important paragraph

Covid-19 Careness

Corona virus which is commonly called Covid - 19 is an infectious disease. It causes illness in the respiratory system of human. Covid - 19 was firstly identified in December 2019 in Wuhan the city of China. In March 2020 WHO declared the covid - 19 outbreak the pandemic. Now it has spread throughout the world. It is spreading through contact from person to person.

As we know no proper drug or Vaccine has been developed for the treatment of this disease yet. Prevention is the only cure of it. There are some that we can do.

Cover your nose and mouth with mask. Wash hands regularly with soap and sanitizer.

Maintain a distance of at least 5 to 6 feet.

Avoid touching your eyes, nose and mouth.

Take such things which boost your immunsystem. The government declared lockdown to break the chain of covid - 19. People had to face a lot of troubles due to it. The labourers who earn, troubles and eat daily were out of food. They don't have any work because all the economic, social and educational activities were closed for a long time. It has affected our education badly. People lost their jobs, trades and business. Corona virus is one of the most severe issues that are being faced by the people around the world. It is necessary that we come out of this situation as soon as possible.