Bio-Diversity — Syllabus
Telangana Board · Class 10 · English
Bio-Diversity topics: Environment: Wangari Maathai Interview, Poem: Or will the Dreamer Wake?, A Tale of Three Villages, plus 1 more.
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Topics in Bio-Diversity
1. Environment: Wangari Maathai Interview
- Basic rural needs are all connected with the environment: clean drinking water, food, energy or firewood, building material, and fodder for animals.
- When the environment is degraded, people do not get these basic needs.
- Deforestation causes shortage of water and changes rainfall patterns.
2. Poem: Or will the Dreamer Wake?
- The poem is about endangered animals and the danger of extinction.
- The tigress, white bear, song thrush, and whale are all shown as vulnerable living creatures.
- Each stanza presents a different animal and a warning that it may be the last of its kind.
3. A Tale of Three Villages
- Koko Village, Nigeria is affected by toxic chemical drums dumped near the village.
- Three large empty metal drums with skull and crossbones symbols stand outside Mr. Nana's house.
- A pyramid of drums near a drinking-water stream is leaking, corroding, smoking, swelling, and bursting.
4. Grammar: Non-finite Clauses
- A finite verb has tense; a finite clause contains a finite verb.
- A non-finite verb has no tense and a non-finite clause depends on the finite clause for tense.
- A non-finite clause has no subject.
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Central concept: Bio-Diversity as the connection between environment, literature, and social responsibility
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