NEW B.ED COLLEGE

NELLIMOODU

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM-695524

RECORD ON

INNOVATIVE WORK

(SEMESTER II)

B.ED COURSE 2013-2014

NAME OF THE STUDENT TEACHER : JERMINA JOSEPH K.

SUBJECT : ENGLISH

CANDIDATE CODE : 165/13 376 012

INNOVATIVE WORK

The symphony goes on….

The Poets and Writers

‘Innovation is a new idea, device or process… It is something ‘new’ or ‘different’ introduced… It is a new way of doing something to make new changes… It refers to the use of a better and as a

result novel idea or method… Thus is a notion of doing something different rather than doing the same thing better. It involves deliberate application of information, imagination and initiative in

deriving greater or different values from resources and includes all process by which new ideas are generated and converted into

new products…

This is a collection of the life sketch and works of all the poets and writers of standard VIII. This is not simply a collection…but through this I hope to introduce these personals to the students and convey the message that these are the ones who have gone deep into their self- found the treasures of literature and come

out with ignited minds… Thus they made the symphony of literature be going on…in their life…and in their society.

Apart from the usual way of presenting them in a chart paper I have used the technological aid to make it more innovative and attractive. I

believe it will surely help the students to explore more knowledge… at the same time it will connect them to the world of literature!!!

Technically ‘innovation’ is defined as “introducing something new…” and “to present something in a creative way…” It is an innovative work of

introducing the writers and poets of standard VIII in a creative way.

The Symphony goes on……….

The Symphony goes on………

Down through the centuries the

mighty spark of fire instilled by

God in the minds of human has

been incarnating in various literary

forms. This Divine spark of

literature is passed on to all in

generation to generation. People

have nurtured it in different ways,

which led to a great legacy of

literature of the world today. The

same fire that ignited the first man

still inspires and ignites the

creativity of all………

The Symphony goes on…….!!!

Literature is like the living water from

heaven received in our open palms by every

individual, it becomes more creative depends on the flavour added by the receiver’s hands…..

As we cannot just hold

the water in our hands

for long, so also the

divine creativity in us

cannot be buried with

us for long, but it flows

out from us to

others…..

Here are some who kept this fire ignited and passed it on to others………….

LANGSTON HUGHES

DREAMS

Born James Mercer Langston

Hughes

February 1, 1902

Joplin, Missouri, United

States

Died May 22, 1967 (aged 65)

New York City, United

States

Occupation Poet, columnist, dramatist,

essayist, lyricist, novelist

Ethnicity African American, White

American, Native

American

Period 1926–64

Langston Hughes

RABINDRANATH TAGORE

WHEN WISHES COME TRUE

Rabindranath Tagore

Born Rabindranath Thakur

7 May 1861

Died 7 August 1941 (aged 80)

Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British

India

Occupation Poet, short story writer, song

composer, novelist, playwright,

essayist, painter

Language Bengali, English

Nationality British India

Ethnicity Bengali

Notable works Gitanjali, Gora, Ghare-Baire, Jana

Gana Mana, Rabeendra

Sangeet, Amar Shonar

Notable awards Nobel Prize in Literature

1913

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

MACBETH

Born Baptised 26 April 1564

(birth date unknown)

Stratford-upon-

Avon,Warwickshire, Engl

and

Died 23 April 1616 (aged 52)

Stratford-upon-Avon,

Warwickshire, England

Occupation Playwright, poet, actor

Period English Renaissance

Spouse Anne Hathaway (1582–

1616)

William Shakespeare

SAROJINI NAIDU

COROMANDAL FISHERS

Born Sarojini Chattopadhyay

February 13, 1879

Hyderabad

Died March 2, 1949 (aged 70)

Lucknow

Alma mater King's College

London (1895–1898)Girton

College,

Cambridge; University of

Madras

Occupation Poet, politician

Title Governor of the United

Provinces of Agra and

OudhSarojini Naidu

HECTOR HUGH MUNRO

THE STORY TELLER

Born 18 December 1870

Akyab, British Burma

Died 13 November

1916 (aged 45)

Beaumont-Hamel, France

Pen name Saki

Occupation Author, Playwright

Nationality British

Hector Hugh Munro (Saki)

JOHN MILTON HAY

THE ENCHANTED SHIRT

John Milton Hay

Born John Milton HayOctober 8, 1838Salem, Indiana, U.S.

Died July 1, 1905 (aged 66)Newbury, New Hampshire, U.S.

Political party Republican

Spouse(s) Clara Louise Stone (1849–1914)

Alma mater Illinois State UniversityBrown University

Profession Author, journalist, statesman

RUSKIN BOND

I CAN’T CLIMB TREES

ANY MORE

Ruskin Bond

Born 19 May 1934 (age 80)

Kasauli, Solan, Himachal

Pradesh, India

Occupation Writer, poet and novelist

Nationality India

HILAIRE BELLOC

MATILDA

Hilaire Belloc

Born 27 July 1870

La Celle-Saint-

Cloud, Yvelines,France

Died 16 July 1953 (aged 82)

Guildford, Surrey, United

Kingdom

Occupation Writer, Member of

Parliament (1906–1910)

Nationality French-British

Period 1896–1953

Genre Poetry, history, essays,

politics, economics, travel

literature

Spouse Elodie Hogan, 1896–1914

CAROLINE ANN BOWLES

THE RIVER

Caroline Ann Bowles

Born Briton, in 1786

Died 1854

Occupation Poet and Writer

Nationality British

Period 1786–1854

Spouse Robert Southey

ALICE WALKER

IN SEARCH OF OUR

MOTHERS’ GARDENS

Alice Walker

Born February 9, 1944 (age 70)

Putnam County, Georgia,

United States

Occupation Novelist, short story writer,

poet, political activist

Period 1968–present

Genre African American literature

Notable works The Color Purple

Notable awards Pulitzer Prize for Fiction1983

National Book Award1983

Spouse Melvyn Rosenman Leventhal

(married 1967, divorced 1976

SHUNTARO TANIKAWA

RIVER

Shuntaro Tanikawa

Born December 15, 1931 in Tokyo

City, Japan

Occupation Poet and Translator

Notable works Floating the River in

Melancholy

Fther Philosoher, Tetsuzo Tanikawa

JONATHAN SWIFT

GULLIVER’S TRAVELS

Jonathan Swift

Born 30 November 1667

Dublin, Ireland

Died 19 October 1745 (aged 77)

Dublin, Ireland

Pen name •M. B. Drapier•Isaac Bickerstaff

Occupation •Satirist•essayist•political pamphleteer•poet•priest

Language English

Nationality Irish

Alma mater Trinity College, Dublin

R.K.LAXMAN

WITHIN AND WITHOUT

R.K.Laxman

Important Awards

Padma Vibhushan - Govt. of India

Ramon Magsaysay Award for Journalism, Literature and

Creative Communication Arts – 1984 etc

Born 24 October 1924 (age 92)

Mysore to a Tamil Family,

India

Occupation Cartoonist, Illustrator

KURT VONNEGUT, JR.

HARRISON BERGERON

Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.

Born Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.

November 11, 1922

Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.

Died April 11, 2007 (aged 84)

New York City, New York, U.S.

Occupation Novelist, essayist

Nationality American

Alma mater Cornell University

Carnegie Institute of

Technology

University of Tennessee

University of Chicago (M.A.)

Period 1949–2007

Genre Satire

Gallows humor

Science fiction

THEODORE ROETHKE

The Bat

Theodore Roethke

Born Theodore Huebner Roethke

May 25, 1908

Saginaw, Michigan

Died August 1, 1963 (aged 55)

Bainbridge Island,

Washington

Occupation Teacher, poet, author

Nationality United States

Alma mater University of Michigan

Genre American poetry

Notable works The Waking, The Lost Son, The

Far Field, Words for the Wind

WILLIAM WORDSWORTH

LINES WRITTEN IN MARCH

William Wordsworth

Born 7 April 1770

Cumberland, Kingdom of

Great Britain

Died 23 April 1850 (aged 80)

Cumberland, United

Kingdom

Occupation Poet

Alma mater Cambridge University

Literary movement Romanticism

Notable works Lyrical Ballads, Poems in Two

Volumes, The Excursion, The

Prelude

LEO TOLSTOY

THREE QUESTIONS

Leo Tolstoy

Born Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy

September 9, 1828 in

Russian Empire

Died November 20,

1910 (aged 82)

Astapovo, Russian Empire

Occupation Novelist, short story writer,

playwright, essayist

Language Russian, French

Nationality Russian

Period 1852–1910

DANIEL DEFOE

THE ADVENTURES OF

ROBINSON CRUSOE

Daniel Defoe

Born 1659–1660

London, England

Died 24 April 1731 (aged 70-72)

London, England

Occupation Writer, journalist, merchant

Genre Adventure

JOHN KEATS

DAISY’S SONG

John Keats

Born 31 October 1795

Moorgate, London, Great

Britain

Died 23 February 1821 (aged 25)

Rome, Papal States

Occupation Poet

Alma mater King's College London

Literary movement Romanticism

The Symphony still continues………….

Thanks…