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Paper- E-C-402: English Language Teaching-2 By- Payal G. Patel

M.A.Sem-IV

Roll No- 16

Year- 2012 Bhavnagar University

Bhavnagar

Literature in the Language Classroom

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Introduction.

Why teach Literature for Language Learning?

• Offers genuine samples, wide range of styles, different levels of difficulty.

• Makes the learner aware of the possibilities.• Develop lateral thinking. • Develop independent thinking skill.• Urge to know. 4/2/2007 2

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A Poison Tree: William BlakeI was angry with my friend; (a) I told my wrath, my wrath did ------ (a) end, bend,I was angry with my foe: (b)I told it not, my wrath did ------ (b) know, grow,

And I watered it in fears, (c)Night & morning with my ------ (c) tears, beers, And I sunned it with ------- (d) piles, smiles,And with soft deceitful wiles.(d)

And it grew both day and -----(e) night, light,Till it bore an apple bright. (e)And my foe beheld it -----(f) pine, shine,And he knew that it was mine. (f)

And into my garden stole. (g)When the night had veiled the ----- (g) goal, pole,In the morning glad I ------ (h) free, see,My foe outstretchd beneath the tree. (h)

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Match the Jumbled lines with the jumbled starters:

(a) ----- sunset's mounded cloud; (e) -------a tear to shed; (h) ------ Love dead. (b) ----- diamond evening-star; (g) ------ end of a summer day; (d) ------ in his shroud. (f) ------ a word to say; (c) ----- blue hills afar;

An Evening by Gwendolyn Brooks

A(b)Scarcely (e)

Love(d)Sad(c)A(a)

The(g)Hardly(f)Sweet(h)

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Thank You

This Presentation is submitted to Department of English (Bhavnagar University, Bhavnagar).

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