Kerala Plus Two English (DHSE) case studies
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The Kerala Higher Secondary (Plus Two) English course is the English component of the two-year higher secondary programme offered by schools affiliated to the Directorate of Higher Secondary Education, Kerala. It is taken by students in the science, commerce and humanities streams, and the mark contributes to the total used for higher secondary certification and for subsequent admission processes. The Kerala Plus Two English (DHSE) case studies are 5 cases and about 3,099 words.
1The Backwater Passage: When the Chosen Option Has the Wrong Evidence
An unseen discursive passage of about 420 words, headed 'The Cost of the Backwater Boom', is set for timed practice. Its key sentences are: 'Kumarakom's boatmen earned about ₹4,200 a week from tourism in 2019 and about ₹2,600 in 2024; the houseboats that pay them also discharge untreated waste into the very channel the fish nursery depends on.
659 words, about 3 min2The Tied Boat: Reading a Poem Instead of Listing Its Devices
A six-line poem is given for appreciation practice in class: The lamp is lit; the rice is measured out; the boat is tied, the oars are stacked away. My son has learned the word for 'elsewhere' now, and says it softly, as a kind of prayer.
666 words, about 3 min3The Closing Shop: Turning Retelling into Craft Analysis
A three-paragraph prose extract describes a stationery shop closing after forty-one years. The owner, Mr Pillai, counts the unsold notebooks and enters the figure in a ledger he will not need again.
470 words, about 2 min4One Set of Facts, Three Genres: Notice, Letter, Report
As secretary of the Eco Club you have these facts: a sample from the school water cooler, tested on 3 August, showed a coliform count of 42 per 100 ml against the BIS requirement of nil; the PTA meets on 12 August; the school magazine goes to press on 20 August; the cooler was serviced on 27 July by a named contractor. Your teacher asks for three pieces of writing from the same facts: (i) a notice for the noticeboard, (ii) a letter to the editor of a local daily, (iii) a report for the school magazine.
654 words, about 3 min5Five Numbered Blanks: Finding the Head of the Subject
Five numbered items in a draft paragraph are set for editing: The school library, which houses over 9,000 titles, (1) were reopened last Monday. Neither the librarian nor the volunteers (2) was informed about the new timings.
650 words, about 3 min