JUBILEE HILLS PUBLIC SCHOOL, HYDERABAD
2024 -2025
CLASS: 10 Section: A-F
SUBJECT: English
DATE: 19.04.24
TOPIC: A Letter to God (First Flight)
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Notebook Entry (To be written in the Notebook)
I. EXTRACT:
A. The house- the only one in the entire valley- sat on the crest of a low hill. From
this height one could see the river and the field of ripe corn dotted with the flowers
that always promised a good harvest. The only thing the Earth needed was a
downpour or at least a shower. Throughout the morning Lencho who knew his
fields intimately had done nothing else but see the sky towards the North-East.
“Now we’re really going to get some water, woman.” The woman who was preparing
supper, replied, “Yes, God willing”.
1) Where was Lencho‟s house located?
2) The field of corn dotted with flowers means that:
a) not a single flower was bigger than a dot
b) the flowers were scattered across
c) the flowers were shaped like dots
d) the flowers had shrunk in size
3) Find the word from the passage which means „very closely‟
4) Which quote supports the idea in the given extract?
a) „Farming is a profession of hope.‟
b) „Farming looks mighty easy when your plough is a pencil and you‟re a thousand miles
from the corn field.‟
c) „I would rather be on my farm than be emperor of the world.‟
d) „Those too lazy to plough in the right season will have no food at the harvest season.‟
2. “That’s what they say: no one dies of hunger.” All through the night, Lencho thought
only of his one hope: the help of God, whose eyes, as he had been instructed, see
everything, even what is deep in one’s conscience. Lencho was an ox of a man, working
like an animal in the fields, but still he knew how to write.
(a) What was Lencho‟s only hope?
(b) How did Lencho work in the field?
(c) Find the exact word given in the passage with similar meaning for the phrase „moral sense‟
(d) Explain „an ox of a man‟.
II. Answer the following questions in 40 – 50 words:
1. Do you think that Lencho was right to call the post office employees „a bunch of crooks‟?
Why/ Why not?
2. Who was Lencho and what circumstances forced him to write a letter to God?
3. Why does the postmaster send money to Lencho? Why does he sign the letter „God‟?
III. Answer the following question in 100 -120 words:
1. The postmaster was a representative of God. Critically examine this statement in the
context of your understanding of “A Letter to God”.
ACTIVITY (Portfolio)
To be done on an A4 sheet
1. Based on your reading and understanding of the lesson „A Letter to God‟, create a Mind Map
highlighting the following:
Author
Setting
Characters
Plot
Moral
2. Imagine you are Lencho. Write a diary entry expressing your anguish and sorrow after the
hailstorm destroyed your corn fields. Also mention what your future course of action would
be.
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