Class Notes

Class: XII Topic: Writing A Notice

Subject: English Core Author: -

Purpose: To announce or display information to a particular group of people by putting up on

specific display boards in school or in public places. Govt. notices appear in newspapers.

Main Points to remember:

 Formal means of communication
 A proper layout or format
 Content which mainly answers the questions- ‘What’, ‘When’, ‘Where’ and ‘How’
 Expression- Overall organization and relevance of the content besides grammatical
accuracy and fluency.

Format of a Notice:

NAME OF THE INSTITUTE/SCHOOL/COLONY

NOTICE

DATE

HEADING/TITLE

(Body/content- 50 words)

Name of the Issuing Authority

Designation (If any)

Total Marks: 4
Types of Notice:
1. Organizing an Event
 Name of the event
 Date, venue and time
 Occasion/Purpose
 Eligibility
 Specific Instructions (If any)
 Attendees/participants
 Last date for registration
Sample Notice-

DAV PUBLIC SCHOOL, VASANT VIHAR, NEWDELHI

NOTICE

3rd April, 2020

WORLD DANCE DAY CELEBRATION

This is to inform the students of classes VI to VIII that our school is organizing a dance
competition in collaboration with SPICMACAY on 20th April, 2020.

Venue- School Auditorium

Time- 10 AM to 5 PM

Renowned Bharatnatyam dancer, Mrs. Sudha Chandran has kindly consented to be

the judge. Interested students may register themselves with their respective class
teachers by 10th April. For further details, contact the undersigned.

Ayushi

Cultural Secretary
 2. Organizing a Meeting
 Convener of the meeting
 Who to attend
 Date, venue and time
 Agenda/Purpose
 Number of persons/department included
 Specific Instructions (If any)

Sample Notice-
 RESIDENT WELFARE SOCIETY, GREENVIEW, RAIGARH

NOTICE

3rd April, 2020

URGENT MEETING

All the members are hereby informed that an urgent meeting of the society will be
held tomorrow, 4th April, 2020 regarding the sudden incidents of theft.

Venue- Society Club House

Time- 10 AM to 12PM

All the concerned are requested to be present positively on time and come prepared
to discuss about the safety measures to be taken in this regard. For further details,
contact the undersigned.

Dhruv Mehta

President

3. LOST AND FOUND

 Item lost/found
 Date, time and place
 Identifying details/ brief description (colour, size, make)
 Contents
 Whom to contact
 When and where to contact
 A suitable reward (if applicable)
Name of the Issuing Authority

Designation (If any)

Sample Notice-
 LOST AND FOUND (Optional-ONLY IN NEWSPAPER)

NOTICE

3rd April, 2020

A BAG FOUND

This is to inform whomsoever it may concern that a plastic bag containing some cash
and documents has been found in the B-Block, Faridabad on 2nd April at 5 PM. The
owner can contact the undersigned at 99XXXXXXXX and collect the bag after verifying
the details of the same. For further details, contact-

Saumya

E-2, B block, Himalayan Heights

Faridabad

4. TOURS OR EXCURSIONS
 Destination/Place/Places
Name of the Issuing Authority to visit
 Duration/dates
Designation (If any)
 Date and time of departure and arrival
 Mode of conveyance
 Entry Fee
 Specific Instruction (If any)

Sample Notice-
 O P JINDAL SCHOOL, RAIGARH

NOTICE

3rd April, 2020 Content prepared absolutely from home.

EXPLORE NATURE

The Footloose club invites all the young nature lovers for a nature trek to Kullu
Manali.

Duration- May 15th to May 21st

Entry Fee- 5000/- (Boarding and lodging included)

Interested students of classes VIII & IX may submit their names along with fee to their
respective class teachers by 15th April positively. A medical fitness certificate and a
consent letter from parents also has to be submitted. It is on first- come, first- serve
basis. For further details, contact the undersigned.

Sreenidhi

Cultural Secretary

President

5. Camps/ Exhibitions
 Name and nature
 Occasion
 Venue, date and time
 Invitation/Appeal
 Entry Fee
 Specific Instruction (If any)
Sample Notice-
Name of the Issuing Authority

Designation (If any)

 St. MARY SR. SEC. SCHOOL, JAIPUR

NOTICE

15th Feb, 2020

SCIENCE EXHIBITION

This is to inform all the students of classes IX to XII that the school is going to organize
a Science Exhibition on the occasion of National Science Day.

Date- Feb 28, 2020

Time – 10 AM to 3 PM

Venue- School Football Ground

Interested students may submit their names with their team members to their
respective Science teachers by 10th Feb. positively. The details of the exhibit (s) along
with consent letter from parents also has to be submitted. For further details, contact
the undersigned.

Subhashish

Secretary, Science Club

Cultural Secretary

President
6. Appeal/ Warning
 Name of the Organization/ Agency
 Objective/Purpose/Occasion
 Venue/Place
 Wording of appeal/Slogan
 Time/ Duration
 Date
 Specific Instruction (If any)
Sample Notice:
Name of the Issuing Authority

Designation (If any)

 GOVERNMENT OF INDIA, NEW DELHI

NOTICE

16th March, 2020

APPEAL

This is hereby informed to all the general public that they have to stay indoors with
immediate effect due to the outbreak of Corona Virus pandemic. A complete lock
down of 21 days will be observed. No one is allowed to travel on the roads except
those involved in emergency services. The district administration shall ensure the
supply of ration and things of daily needs. Anyone found violating the lock down will
be dealt as offender and will be liable to get punishment under IPC.

Megha

Chief Secretary, GOI

7. Notice : Change of Name/Address / Bank Account/Timings

 Drawing Attention
 Existing Name/Address/Account/Timing
 Father’s Name
Name of the Issuing Authority
 Address
Designation (If any)
 New Name/Address/Account/Timing
 Document (s) (If applicable)
 Reason for change (If any)
Sample Notice:
 NOTICE

3rd April, 2020

ATTENTION

This is to inform all the concerned that I, Priya Chandrakar, daughter of T S

Chandrakar, have changed my residence from House No 127, Sadar Bazaar, Jabalpur
to House no. 110, Cant. Area, Jabalpur due to unavoidable circumstances. All bakery
customers can reach me at my new address for any order regarding home-made
bakery items.

Priya

Sample from Newspaper

NOTICE

Name of the Issuing Authority

Designation (If any)

 8. Seminar/Workshop/Group Talk
 Name of the organizer
 Subject of the seminar/workshop
 Eligibility for participation
 Date/time/duration of the programme
 Venue
 Speakers/Guests/Chief Guest
 Inauguration/Conclusion
 Entry Fee
 Reason for change (If any)
Sample Notice:

SUNSHINE PUBLIC SCHOOL, AJMER

NOTICE

3rd April, 2020

SEMINAR FOR PARENTS

This is to inform all the concerned that the counselling Cell is organizing an
interactive orientation programme for the parents of class XI students on 10 th April,
2020 at 5:00 PM in the school auditorium. Mrs. Shruti Asthana, the renowned
psychologist will be the guest speaker. All the parents are requested to be seated by
4:45 PM. For further details, contact the undersigned.

Sujata

School Counsellor
Questions for practice:
1. Draft a notice on behalf of Traffic Police, New Delhi informing the residents of Delhi and
NCR about the diversion of traffic route due to Republic Day Celebration practice at Rajpath.
Sign yourself as Himanshu/ Himanshi, Commissioner of Police, New Delhi. Invent necessary
details.
(Word limit- 50 words)

2. You are Simran/ Sanjay, Principal, Sunbeam Public School, Surat. Due to sudden rise in
temperature, the district administration has taken a decision to change the timing of the
school with immediate effect. Draft a notice in not more than 50 words informing the same
to the students.

3. You lost your Titan wrist watch in your school. Draft a notice in not more than 50 words to
be placed in school notice board. You are a student of ABC School, Gwalior. Sign yourself as
Vishruti/Vishal.

4. You are Aditi/Aditya, the student’s representative of the School Development Committee.
Next week the committee is meeting to prepare a calendar of activities for the academic year
2020-2021. Write a notice to be put up on your school notice board informing the committee
members and inviting students’ suggestions on the subject.
(Word limit- 50 words)

5. Imagine you are the librarian of a public library. The following decisions have been made
regarding its functioning.
 The library will remain open on Sundays and will be closed on Mondays.
 The working hours will now be from 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM instead of 9:00 AM to 5:00
PM.
 The period for which books can be borrowed has been reduced from 3 weeks to 2
weeks.
Write a notice informing the members and the general public about the changes.
(Word limit- 50 words)
 CLASS NOTES
Class: XII Topic: THE THIRD LEVEL (VISTAS )

Subject: ENGLISH CORE Author : JACK FINNEY

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Theme- The story dwells on the theme of escapism, not only as a psychological refuge from the grim realities
of the present day world but also a desire to stay with the past or to keep the past alive in the

complexities of the present.

About the author:

Walter Braden "Jack" Finney (born John Finney, October 2, 1911 – November 14, 1995) was an American

author. His best-known works are science fiction and thrillers, including ‘The Body Snatchers’ and ‘Time and

Again’. The former was the basis for the 1956 film Invasion of the Body Snatchers and its remakes.

The story of the third level clearly explores the science fiction genre of ‘time travel’; Jack Finney, the
recipient of the world fantasy award interweaves fantasy with the reality in the most futuristic
projection of time travel. Charley wishes to be transported to the third level, the world of 1894
which is supposedly the much happier and quieter place to be. It is one of the most concise and
entertaining story about time travel. The question whether the third level exists in reality or only
in Charley's mind can be inferred from Sam’s letter.

Important Points -

 Grand Central Station of New York has two levels. But Charley, a thirty-one year old resident of
New York, talks about a third level. He believes in the existence of this hypothetical third level and
claims to have been there.
 Charley visits a psychiatrist friend to talk about this problem. The psychiatrist calls it a “ waking-
dream wish fulfilment” and rationalizes Charley’s experience by saying that the ‘ modern world is full
of insecurity, fear, worry and war…” and everybody wants to escape to some “temporary refuge

from reality.” According to him, even hobbies like stamp collection is a manifestation of this escape.

Charley thinks about his grandfather who didn’t need any refuge from reality. Charley’s grandfather

started his collection.

 The fast growing Grand Central Station at times seems to be a maze to Charley. He had lost his way a
couple of times earlier too while taking the subway.

 Once, he entered the lobby of the Roosevelt Hotel while the other time he emerged at an office
building that was three blocks away. But this time when he loses his way, something unique

happens. He visits the third level!

 Charley keeps walking in the quiet corridor, angling left and slanting downward, till he reaches an
architecturally old station that is completely different from the two familiar levels.

 The antiquated small room with fewer ticket counters and train gates, a wooden information booth,
flickering open flame gas lights and brass spittoons remind him of the architecture of the 1800s.

 He also finds that people are dressed in outmoded outfits. He notices that the date on the newspaper
‘The World’ is old printed June 11, 1894. As he tenders money to the clerk at the counter to buy two

tickets, he realizes that he need to have currency bills to do so.

 He had always wanted to travel to Galesburg with his wife, Louisa. In his mind, it is “a wonderful town
still, with big old frame houses, huge lawns, and tremendous trees….” It is a place with long and
pleasant summer evenings and where people have time for each other.
  So, the next day during lunch, he exchanges three hundred dollars for old style bills amounting
to some hundred only.
 The loss doesn’t bother him much as he believes that in Galesburg everything will be cheaper
and
that he can manage even with a small amount. But, he could never again find the corridor
leading to
the third level.
 His wife Louisa is worried after knowing all this and asks him not to look for the third level any
further.
Suddenly Charley realizes that his friend, Sam Weiner, is nowhere to be found, so he and his
wife
keep looking for him in the weekends.

 Philately is not just stamp collection but a broad term including the study of stamps, postal
history
and other related items.

 When a new stamp is issued, on the first day, people mail a blank paper to themselves and then
retain
that unopened letter with the date on the postmark. Such an envelope is known as ‘first day
cover’.
Charley has inherited his grandfather’s collection of first day covers.

 One day while fidgeting with his stamp collection, Charley comes across a letter that was not
there
earlier. It bears the Postmark on a faded six-cent stamp with a picture of the President Garfield.

 The envelope was sent on July 18, 1894 to Charley’s grandfather in Galesburg and was
addressed to
Charley.
(Image Courtesy: Google)
  The letter was written by Sam Weiner, who was Charley’s psychiatrist! Sam has reached
Galesburg and is having whole of a time in there.
 He also invites Charley and Louisa to Galesburg. When Charley goes to the stamp and coin store,
he is apprised of Sam’s exchanging eight hundred dollars for the old currency bills.

SOME IMPORTANT EXPRESSIONS-

1. THIRD LEVEL - An additional floor at the Grand Central Station which originally had only two
levels.
2. WAKING DREAM- An involuntary dream occurring while a person is awake.

3. FIRST DAY COVER – When a stamp is issued, on the first day, people mail a blank paper to

themselves and then retain that unopened letter with the date on the postmark. Such and envelope
is known as a ‘First day cover’.
4. IT WAS A MEDIUM OF ESCAPE- Could not face the challenges of modern world
Read and find out:
1. What does the third level refer to ?
2. Would Charley ever go to the ticket- counter on the third level to buy tickets to Galesburg for
himself and his wife?
3. What do you understand by intersection of time and space?
4. What is the first-day cover?
5. What do you think about the end of the story? Can it end in a different way?
 Characters-
Charley,Louisa,
Sam
Resolution-
Charley can't find Setting-
the third level, but NYC,Grand Central
he knows it exists, Station (1940's)
because Sam writes Galesburg,Illinois
him a letter that it (1890's)
does.
The Third Level
By -Jack Finney

Climax-Charley Theme- People

discovers a way to often yearns for
travel back in time - simpler, less
the third level of stressful life (escape
GCS. to the past)

Conflict-Man V/s
Self, Charley is
looking to escape
from his reality

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