I BSc Phy/Chem:
Units class - Announced the pattern of the question paper for the first CIA.
Gave notes of lesson for 'Ode to a Skylark'
Phy: 13, 15, 20, 34, 36
Chem: 26,35,42

Arun wins today's Daily Quiz

DO - III - Wednesday - PART II ENGLISH WEB LOG..:

II Hr: I BSc Phy/Chem:
MPEG - Motion Pictures Experts Group
JPEG - Joint Photographic Experts Group
Philips inventions: CD, DVD, JPEG, MPEG, Xenon Carlight, UHP light for projectors. Milestone of one lakh patents.
Wise men don't need advice; fools won't take it - Benjamin Franklin

I think and think for months and years - 99 times the conclusion is false. The 100th time i'm right - Albert Einstein

Absentees:
Phy: 9,13,25,31,33
Chem: 35,37,42

II BA Phil/Tam/His (voc)
Started 'Hymn before Action'. Gave self-generated units test.
Ju-jitsu/JUDO - a sport of unarmed combat (Japanese)
[ju - gentle/ do - way]

His (voc): 2
Tam: 12, 19, 20, 21
Phil: 3,9,10,11,12,16,18,19,20,23,29,30,31,36,38,39,40

He who is good at making excuses is seldom good for anything else.
He who angers you controls you.

D.O - I - Web log..:

I BSc Phy/Chem:
Started the essay "The Power of Women"
Announced the toppers in Units - I
Physics:
Nirmal Sam - 69
Suganthi, T - 68
Pauline Varna - 68
Gayathri, T.V - 68
Jude - 66

Chem:
Jacob George - 76
Christopher - 63
Kethshial Usha - 60

Today's Quiz Winner - Arun

Absentees:
Phy: 6,8,10,13,18, 19, 30, 31, 35, 39
Chem: 14,19,22,23,24,29, 32,35,42

GK Today:
Pictograms - sth that directly represents things in the world, like animals, water, people etc.
Ideograms - idea grams - represent concepts, such as the numerals I, II, III or 1,2,3 etc.
Logograms - represent words proper, such as the icons for telephone - drawing of a telephone
a man and a woman waiting in a seat - lounge
Rebus - a device that uses numbers, letters or symbols to represent words.

II BA Tam/Phil/His (voc):
Gave units test - I
ous - full of
delicious - full of delightful taste
gracious - full of grace/kindness
homogenous - full of the same quality
nervous - full of excitement/spirit
obnoxious - full of hate
obvious - having a full meaning
pugnacious - having an intention to fight
serious - full of earnestness
vivacious - full of life
covetous - full of envy

His (voc) - 05'
Tam: 17,18,19,20,21,23,24,25,26,29
Phil: 2,5,7,9,10,11,12,20,22,24,30,31,36,37,38,39

The word 'karate' means 'empty hand'
Time magazine's man of the year 1982 - Computer
Six official languages of the UN - Eng, Fre, Russ, Spa, Ara, Chi
Chewing gum is illegal in Singapore.
Most Corrupt countries:
Bangladesh
Nigeria
Indonesia
Uganda
Azerbaijan
Bolivia
Cameroon

Least Corrupt Countries:
Finland
Denmark
New Zealand
Iceland
Singapore
Sweden
Canada
Netherlands

V/VI hr - I BSc Phy/Chem:
Units Test
Assessment on Language -
Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history.
Spades - King David
Hearts - Charlemagne
Clubs - Alexander the Great
Diamonds - Julius Caesar

The 100 year war between Eng and France was fought for 116 years.
October Revolution in Russia happened in November.

Absentees:
Phy: 2,8,15,16
Chem: 28,37,40,41,42

D.O IV - I BSc Phy/Chem

Saloon - a place where you can buy and drink alcoholic drinks/ also, a closed car without a boot.
Estate - a long car without an extra door at the back, and a lot of space behind the back seats.
but Salon is a large room for entertaining guest.
bloc - a group of countries united by similar political systems.
block - solid lump
born - birth
borne - to be carried (the leaf was borne away by the wind)

antipode - the direct opposite of sth
antecedents - a person's ancestors or family
antebellum - occuring or existing before a War esp. the US Civil War
ante-room - / ante-chamber - waiting room before the main hall/mess
antepenultimate - last but two in a series; third last.
antenatal - before birth
(the antepenultimate item on the agenda)
Auntie - Informal name for BBC and ABC
ante means 'before'
anti means 'the opposite of'

In Daily Quiz today, none won.

D.O III - Part II English - Web log..:

I BSc Phy/Chem:
The use of Active and Passive voices in sentences
Use of could - to refer to past ability only
can - ability
can/may
could/might
vivo - to live
vita - life
convivo - to live together
convivial - lively
vivacious - full of the joy of living
revive - bring back to life
Alumna - ex-woman student of a sch/college
Alumnus - ex-male student of a sch/college.
Completed 'Death be not proud' by John Donne

In Daily Quiz, Christopher won the prize.

Absentees: Phy: 16,19,20,32
Chem: 22,28

I Hr [Phy/Chem]
Rhetoric and its components - Introduction
Onomatopoeia - word formation in relation to its sound.
Clause - a group of words containing a subject and a verb
Phrase - a group of words that form an unit without a clause.
GK: David Beckham - Football's Golden Boy
Capital of Congo (Bantu languages)
Manama - Capital of Bahrain
PM of Israel - Ariel Sharon
PM of Palestine - Ahmed Qurei
SCRABBLE:
GEORGE BUSH - HE BUGS GORE
DORMITORY - DIRTY ROOMS
EVANGELIST - DEVIL'S ANGEL
DESPERATION - A ROPE ENDS IT
ANIMOSITY - IS NO AMITY

Absentees:
Phy: 21,25,26,31,35,36,37
Chem: 5,26,28,29,32,42

In Daily Quiz today, Bala (Phy) won the prize.

II Hr [I BSc Phy/Chem]
Completed 'The Solitary Reaper'
Definition of Rhetoric:
The four types - Exposition/Narration/Description/Argument
Plot: Constituted by events and actions
The chief character in a plot is called the protagonist.
Characters: Either flat or round
Absentees:
Phy: 12, 16,32
Chem: 5,12,20,22,23,28,40,42

In Daily Quiz today, Christopher wins the prize.

IV Hr [I BSc Phy/Chem]

Completed the poem 'Ode to a Skylark'
Started 'The Solitary Reaper'
General Awareness:
Personification (prosopopeia)
Pathetic Fallacy:
Conceit/paradox/pun/symbol etc.
In Dec 1991, the former USSR split into 15 separate republics.
"Bismark" was known as the 'UNSINKABLE" during World War II
World Cup City - Mexico City
Absentees: Phy: 15,21,25,30,31,32,34,35,36,37,39
Chem: 5,28,35,37,40,42

D.O - I - Part II English Phy/Chem

Shingle - a small signboard, especially outside a doctor's/lawyer's office.
What's the minimum no. of serves needed to win a game in tennis?
Four
In cricket, what does 'bodyline' mean?
An illegal bowling style.
Literature:
Style: The Manner in which the speaker says something.
Point of view: The way a story gets told.
First Person Narrative: 'I'
Second Person Narrative: Address by the narrator to someone he calls 'you'
Third Person Narrative: Narrator is outside the story.
Metonymy: (change of name)
the crown - stands for the king
Hollywood - stands for the film industry
I've read Milton - stands for the works of Milton
Synecdoche: (taking together)
ten hands - hands represents workmen.
hundred sails - sails represents ships.
wheel - automobiles

In Daily Quiz today, Jacob George won the prize - a pen.

I Hr: I BSc Phy/Chem
Started the poem 'Ode to a Skylark'
Use of Punctuation: To ensure the clarity nad readability of writing.
The use of Commas, before a coordinating conjunction joining independent clauses.
Ellipsis: The practice of leaving word(s) when they are not needed for the understanding of a text.
Absentees:
Phy: 15,25,26,29,31,35,38
Chem: 14,20,23,28,29,32,40,41,42

II BA Phil/Tam/His (Voc)
Completed the poem 'The World is too much with us'
His: 3,5
Tam: 1,3,11,14,19,23,26
Phil: 1,4,7,9,10,19,20,29,30,31,33,36,37,38,39,40
The use of semi colons:
Used between independent clauses not linked by a conjunction.
The coat is beyond repair; still Akay hopes to do sth about it.
Present were Cam, the wicked; Prue the Fair;

The use of Colons:
Used between two parts of a sentence, when the first part creates a sense of anticipation about what follows in the second.
Used to introduce a list:
The reading list includes the novels: 'Emma', 'Jane Eyre', 'The Mill on the Floss', etc
Commas make a break in the continuity of a sentence.
Dashes make a sharper break in the continuity.
Parentheses make a still sharper break in the continuity of sentences.
Dashes and parentheses are used to enclose a sentence element that interrupts the train of thought.
Square brackets around a parenthesis/within a paranthesis for easily distinguishing the levels of subordination.

Part II English Classes Today:

II Hr: I BSc Physics/Chem:
Finished the poem 'Mending Wall'
Gave the application of etymology in everyday life.
pend- hang
pendent - hanging drops of ice
pendant - jewellery that hangs
pending - hanging over
pendulum - a freely swinging piece of machinery
dependent - hanging on to something for suppor
independent - not hanging on anyone
suspended - hanging from
perpendicular - hanging straight down at right angles.
Absentees: Phy: 2, 15, 20, 25, 26, 37, 42
Chem: 12, 14, 23, 40, 41, 42

II BA Tam/Phil/His (Voc):
His (Voc): 1,4,5
Phil: 9,10, 19, 20, 27, 30, 31, 38, 39, 40
Tam: 10, 19, 23

Started the poem 'The Road is too Much with us"
All titles of works should be underlined.
niche - definition
What is a paragraph?
Difference between an acronym and an abbreviation
Use of the hyphen - to form compound words and to indicate word-continuity.
eg: best-known work
low-priced tickets
writer-critic/scholar-athlete

II Hr (I BA Eng)
Complete the words in the text below by writing ie or ei:
Please write a br__f p__ce about the rel__f work in Sudan. We bel__ve the work you did in this f__ld was for charity organisations who rec__ve medicines from the West and teach hyg__ne. We do not wish to dec__ve the public who often prec__ve the problem in Africa as ch__fly one of lack of food, particularly prot__n.

IV Hr [I BSc Physics/Chem]
Introduced the poem 'Mending Wall'. Announced prize sessions for the class from Monday 24 Nov 2003.
Absentees:
Phy: 2,15,25,30,31,32,35
Chem: 14,29,40,41,42

ELF - Extremely low frequency
Popular: prevalent among the general public.
popsy - an attractive young woman
pop - relating to commercial, popular music.
pop culture - commercial culture based on popular taste.
Quote: "If you judge people you have no time to love them" Mother Teresa

Part II English Classes Today:

II Hr: (I BSc Physics/Chem)
Gave general knowledge and vocabulary quiz for the I BSc Phy/Chem class.
Absentees: Phy: 2,29,38,42
Chem: 14,23,24,41,42

Mouse potato - one who lives in front of the computer.
eavesdrop - to listen to someone's conversation discreetly.
New Englanders were called Yankees.
Today's quote: Today's dreams are tomorrow's realities.
To wait is to wait time and opportunity.
'O Lord, thou givest us everything at the price of an effort" - Vinci

V Hr: Absentees:
His (Voc): 1,3,4,5
Tam: 12, 17, 19, 21, 23, 26
Phil: 1,2,10, 15, 19, 20, 30, 31, 33, 37, 38, 39, 40