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23rd September 2020 Wednesday
How to Review a Book
Book reviews are assigned to allow students to present their own opinion regarding the author’s ideas included in the book or passage. They are a form of literary criticism that analyzes the author’s ideas, writing techniques (style of writing), and quality. A book analysis is entirely opinion-based, in relevance to the book. They are good practice for those who wish to become editors, due to the fact, editing requires a lot of criticism.
Points to consider when writing a book review:
# Select the book you wish to review.
# Create an outline which includes all of the main points you wish to summarise in your book analysis before writing the review as follows in your mind:
(a) Understand the plot, and theme of the book,
(b) Think whether you enjoy reading the book, is it your taste?
(c) Is/Are the characters logical and realistic?
(d) What could have been better about the book and the writer(criticise)?
(e) Would you like to recommend it to others?
Step 1:
Introduction: To begin, mention the Book title, Author’s name, Publisher, Pages of the book, ISBN(if it has), and place of Publication. Talk about the cover of the book.
Step2:
Summary & Body: Here, try to analyse the main theme of the book, and summarise it. Include important events, and points worth mentioning in the Book . Write your own views or opinions about the Book.
Step 3:
Conclusion: It is the last part where you have to present your feelings about reading the book. You have to write whether it is worth reading or not, and write if it is recommendable to others.
Step 4:
Ratings: Rate the book that you've just read. Rating tells others about the taste of the book.
Watch the video from the YouTube given in the link to understand it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVwCKdJUq8A
16th September 2020 Wednesday
STORY TRANSLATION: Class work
Dear Students, today we will be translating a story called 'Pehela Ghar' in English.
Instruction: One(voluntary) of the students will read in the Story, and another one will translate in English. It is a voluntary basis. The one who is going to Read the Story will 'Present the Screen' of the class as well.
Advantages:
1. You will be able to think and analyze each word or sentence, and come up with a suitable translation. 2. You will learn new words, both in Hindi & English. (Increase your vocabulary)
3. Translating a sentence or story helps you to realize the importance and effectiveness of words.
5. It helps you to construct words in a meaningful order.
Moreover, there are so many benefits that you will gain by translating words and stories.
9th September 2020 Wednesday
STORY TRANSLATION
Story Translation of 'The Lion and the Mouse' will be your work for today. Click on the link below for the story. Dear students follow the instruction. It will be a kind of book/story review. Translating stories will give you a critical thinking. It will increase your vocabulary. You will be able to understand the meaning and moral of the story clearly.
Steps to be followed (please write it in your notebook, and submit here i.e., google classroom):
1. Write the title of the story.
2. Write the Author of the story.
3. Write the number of pages.
4. Translate the story.
5. Write the moral of the story.
6. Write what you learn from the story.
To know the process, click on the image given below:
2nd September 2020 Wednesday
QUIZ ON PARTS OF A BOOK
Dear students, attempt the quiz based on your understanding. You can also use your book to check for your answer. You can consult the previous class materials given below. All the best.
26th August 2020 Wednesday
PARTS OF A BOOK II
In the previous class, we have discussed Parts of a Book 1. Today, we shall be discussing Parts of a Book 2.
Read the following:
1. Half title page: In this page only the title of the book is written.
2. Title page: The title page is the page that contains the title of the book, the author (or authors) and the publisher.
Fig: Title page - Red: title, Yellow: subtitle, Purple: subtitle, Green: Publisher(Pictorial illustration only)
3. Publisher: Publisher of a book is the one who brought out the book. Publisher is found at the bottom of the title page, and back of the title page.
4. Copy right page: Copyright page is found on the back side of the title page (verso of the title page). The sign for copyright is ©xyz. Copyright may be owned by the author, publisher, etc., and includes other types of credits such as illustrator, editorial staff, and indexer. It is important for reader of book user to know who owns the copyright of the book.
Fig: copyright page
5. Content page(s): This page or pages outline what is included in each chapter of the book.Fig: Content page
6. Glossary: The glossary is a list of term definitions used throughout the book that might be unfamiliar to the reader.
7. Index: An index is placed at the very end of the book, it acts as a map to the mentions of and references to major topics and people throughout the work, indicating the specific page numbers on which they appear.
8. About the Author: It tells who the author is, his/her status, contribution, other writings, etc. It is found mostly on the back cover, or on the very first page of the book, and on the side of a book jacket for those having book jacket. It is important to know who the author is in order to know his reputation, and his works, so that you can decide if the book you are planning to read is good or not through the author.
Fig: About the author (first page of a book)
Fig: About the author (from the back cover)
9. Book Jacket: Book Jacket is the outer covering of a book cover. It protect the cover to last longer, and from dust. It is also sometimes called Dust Jacket.
Fig: Book Jacket
10. ISBN: It stands for International Standard Book Number which is a numeric commercial book identifier. ISBN is different for all standard books, all books do not have this number. ISBN is of 13 digits (formally it was 10 digits). It is represented in a bar code form at the back cover of a book. It can also be found on the copyright page of a book.
Fig: ISBN
There are other things as well to know about a book. However, the important and general information are as above.
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19th August 2020 Thursday
PARTS OF A BOOK I
It is important to know the parts of a book. Let us discuss in general:
1. Book cover: Book cover is the outer protector of a book. It can be of hard bound(which are hard and thick),and soft bound(which are soft but thicker than pages)
2. Spine: The spine is the outside edge of a book where the pages are gathered and bound. It helps the book cover and pages to bind together and allows to turn the pages. If there is no spine, pages cannot be held together. In short, it is the backbone of the book.
3. Title: Name given to a particular book. Title is one of the most important parts of a book to help readers about the book. Title can be found on the cover, half title page, and title page in the book. (What is in title page, half title page,etc. will be discussed next time)
4. Author: Writer of the book. Some books are edited, those editing the books are called editors.
5. Illustrations: Explanations given in pictures, tables, graphs, etc. in a book are called illustrations. Illustration helps readers to understand any concept clearer.
For your clearer understanding, see the image attached, and compare with any of your books.
There are also other parts such as copyright, publisher, etc. They will be discussed in the coming classes.
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12th August 2020 Wednesday
STATIC GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
General knowledge will help you boost your all-round development. Reading GK, and attempting Quiz brighten the student's path to become a reliable person in his life. A person with good Knowledge is acknowledged and respected in the society. So, my dear students, attempt the quiz(superlatives static GK) attached from the link/form provided below. General Knowledge is one of the most important topics for Competitive Examinations. All the best. We shall conduct quiz on various topics in the coming days.
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5th August 2020 Wednesday
STORY REVIEW
Short story review is a critical analysis, and evaluation by an individual or a reader. Review help other readers to know the taste of a reviewed story. Reviewing a story does not include the whole story, instead the reader/reviewer:
- Summarise the story,
- Give his/her personal point of view or opinion of the story,
- Suggest any point/character to change or critics upon them,
- Give recommendation whether the story is worth reading or not,
To review a story, reader or reviewer must include at least the followings, apart form his personal detail:
- The title of the Story
- Author/writer
- No. of pages
- Genre
- Summary of the story
- His/her (reader) personal views/opinion
- Conclusion
- Recommendation
To read short stories from this blog, please CLICK HERE
Please fill in the following Review form to submit your reviewed story:
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29th July 2020 Wednesday
MORAL SHORT STORIES
Advantages:
1. You will learning new story.
2. Your vocabulary(knowledge of new words) will be increased.
3. You will get to learn exciting things, learn moral story which can bring change in your behaviour.
Class work: Write 10 new words with their meaning from the story, in your note book.
If you have any problem, you are always welcome to ask any time.
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22nd July 2020 Wednesday
QUIZ on TERMS USED TO DESCRIBE BOOKS
Pyare Bachho, you can play the quiz to check your knowledge on the previous class. Your entry will be counted till the next class i.e., 29th July.
15th July 2020 Wednesday
TERMS USED TO DESCRIBE BOOKS
There are some terms used to describe books, some materials have specific meaning. They will be discussed here. It is important for students to know what is what in a library.
FICTION & NON-FICTION BOOKS
Fiction: Literature in the form of prose, especially novels, that describes imaginary events and people. In simple words, fiction is an event, stories, circumstances, etc. in which the author composed using his imagination.
Examples: Novels, Poems, Stories, etc.
Novel: An invented prose narrative that is usually long and complex and deals especially with human experience through a usually connected sequence of events
Gulliver's Travels (Genre: Adventure)
Sherlock Holmes (Genre: Detective/ crime)
(Genre: Genre is a style or category of art, music, or literature.It describes the style and focus of the novel. Genres give you blueprints for different types of stories.)
Poem: A composition in verse. Songs and lyrics are also poem in simple words.
Story: Story is an
account of incidents or events. In other words, story is a fictional narrative shorter than a novel.Short stories for Children
Non-Fiction: Informative or factual rather than fictional. In simple words, non-fiction means something that is true, based on facts which is not composed by someone.
Examples: Science, History, Travel books,Manuals, Newspapers, Encyclopedia, Biography, etc. which are based on facts.
Science: Science is the study of the nature and behaviour of natural things and the knowledge that we obtain about them.
History: A history is an account of events that have happened in the past.
Biography: A biography of someone is an account of their life, written by someone else. (if a person/author is writing his/her own life story, it is called autobiography)
Biography of Abraham Lincoln, written by Anthony Moss
Autobiography of Mahatma Gandhi, written by Himself
REFERENCE BOOKS
Reference books are those intended to be consulted for information on specific matters. In other words, a library book that may be used on the premises but may not be taken out
Examples: Encyclopedia, Atlas, Dictionary, etc.
Encyclopedia: A work that contains information on all branches of knowledge or treats comprehensively a particular branch of knowledge usually in articles arranged alphabetically often by subject. Encyclopedia can be of Science, History, Space, Animals, etc. dealing with different subjects.
Science Encyclopedia
History Encyclopedia
Atlas: A bound collection of maps often including illustrations, informative tables, or textual matter. In simple words, it is a collection of maps of different countries. Atlas can be of world, country, state, and so on.
World map
Dictionary: a reference book listing alphabetically terms or names important to a particular subject or activity along with discussion of their meanings and applications. Eg. Oxford Dictionary, Collins Dictionary, Illustrated Dictionary, etc.
There are different types of Dictionary such as Bilingual dictionary (eg. Hindi to English, English to Hindi, English to Assemese Dictionary, and so on), Etymological dictionary (dictionary dealing with words development/origin), Glossary (list of words for a particular subject or field, mostly found at the back of a text book), and so on.
Oxford English Dictionary
Bilingual dictionary ( Hindi to English Dictionary)
Glossary ( mostly found at the back of a book for some particular words)
Yearbook: a book published yearly as a report or summary of statistics or facts, such as Panorama yearbook, India Yearbook, etc.
YearBook: India 2020
Manorama Yearbook 2020
#WORK: Write the definitions of Fiction, Non-Fiction, and Reference Books in your copy.
References (The following online dictionaries can be used to search words meanings and others)
https://www.merriam-webster.com/
https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/science
8th July 2020 Wednesday
INTRODUCTION TO LIBRARY
Library: 1.
A building or room
containing collections of books, periodicals, and sometimes films and recorded
music for use or borrowing by the public or the members of an institution.
2. A place set apart to contain books,
periodicals, and other material for reading, viewing, listening, study, or
reference, as a room, set of rooms, or building where books may be read or
borrowed.
3. In simple words, a library is a storehouse
of knowledge, a treasure place of literature organised in a specific manner.
School Library: 1. a library within a school where teachers and students have access to books and other resources
2. A school library (or a school library media centre) is a library within a school where
students, and staff members (teaching and non-teaching) have access to a
variety of resources. The goal of the school library media centre is to ensure
that all members of the school community have equitable access "to books
and reading, to information, and to information technology."
KV UDALGURI LIBRARY INTRODUCTION
KV Udalguri library is located between the School
Office and Class 1 Room. It is near the Volley Ball court of the School.
Timing of the Library: 07:50 am – 02:30 p.m.
MEMBERSHIP
Every student and Teachers (Teaching and
non-teaching staff) are the members of the Library by default.
BORROWINGS
All the members can borrow books from the
Library within the specific period assigned to them, i.e., during library
period only.
Each Student can issue books for a period of
two weeks i.e., 14 Days.
BOOK COLLECTIONS
Our Library has more than 3000 books comprising
both HINDI & ENGLISH Language.
The details of which can be seen from the
notice board of the Library.
TYPE OF BOOK COLLECTIONS
There are different collections of Books such as
Fiction and Non-fiction, ranging from Novels to Poems, Biography to History and
Political Books.
(The details of these book collections will be
discussed in the next class. That is the terminology of different resources,
their meanings, type of subject concentration, library terms, etc.)
LOCATION OF RESOURCES (BOOKS)
Books are kept/located in Almirah/ Book rack
with a number such as ‘A’, ‘B’…and 1,2… assigned to each rack so that location
of books to a particular subject or similar/related categories can be kept
together.
Q. Why books are kept separately (in different book shelf/almirah)?
Ans: If different subjects are kept together in
a similar book shelf/almirah/rack, users will find it difficult to search books of the
desired ones. So, similar genre books are kept together.
Q. How do they know that books are of different
types/subjects?
Ans: Different books deals with different
subjects or areas of concentrations or genres. Books can be separated into
Fiction (Composed books such as poems, novels, stories, etc.) and Non-Fiction (Books
of Facts such as History, Science, etc). (these classifications of books
will be discussed after wards when basic concepts are cleared)
BOOK STORAGE
In our Library, we have 6 (Six) Almirah. In
these almirah, books of different subject areas are classified and kept. (These
classifications will be taught next time)
Q. Why are Books kept in Almirah?
Ans: It is because Almirah can be closed, and
prevent the books from dust, weather, water, insects, etc.
Q. How are Books classified?
Ans: Books are classified according to DDC
(Dewey Decimal Classification) system, by using decimal number.
N.B.: The information provided are based on the context of KV Udalguri Library. Some terms are used here, they will be discussed later on in the coming classes.
If anyone wants to know more about the above
points, you may kindly go through the References:
https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/school-library
https://www.slideshare.net/Vasanthrz/library-orientation-program-for-students
https://www.dictionary.com/browse/library
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/School_library
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_classification
https://reference.yourdictionary.com/books-literature/different-types-of-books.html
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1kez1Jvk3XmAr6cTaaghI92bLgc1m_naZ/view?usp=sharing
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dewey_Decimal_Classification
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