This Course includes an interdisciplinary core topic
which encourages students to explore the social, aesthetic, ethical, scientific,
and technical aspects of environmental questions; concentrations that allow
students to approach these questions with more focused knowledge and
methodological tools; a community-engaged research course
- Teacher: Dr. SRINATH NAGANATHAN
Unit 1
POEM: ‘In the Bazaars of Hyderabad’ by Sarojini Naidu PROSE: ‘The Eyes are
Not Here’ by Ruskin Bond VOCABULARY: Word Roots GRAMMAR:
Nouns SPEAKING: Getting Someone’s Attention and Interrupting POSTREADING: Creativity
Unit 2
POEM: ‘If–’ by Rudyard Kipling PROSE: ‘On Saying Please’ by A.G. Gardiner
VOCABULARY: Prefixes and Suffixes GRAMMAR: Pronouns
SPEAKING: Giving Instructions and Seeking Clarifications POST-READING:
Interpersonal Skills
Unit 3
POEM: ‘Ulysses’ by Alfred Tennyson PROSE: ‘Seeing People Off’ by Max
Beerbohm VOCABULARY: Homonyms, Homographs, Homophones
GRAMMAR: Adjectives SPEAKING: Asking for and Giving Opinions
POST-READING: Motivation
Unit 4
POEM: ‘On His Having Arrived at the Age of Twenty-three’ by John Milton
PROSE: ‘Shyness My Shield’ by M.K. Gandhi VOCABULARY: Collocation
GRAMMAR: Articles SPEAKING: Agreeing and Disagreeing with Opinions
POST-READING: Self-analysis
- Teacher: Dr CHANDANA JOHN