A word from the VWCC
Short Stories
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Title - The Purloined Letter
Author - Edgar Allen Poe
Link - The Purloined Letter
Questions :
- #1: What practical advice does the story seem to offer?
- #2: What are some of the Prefect's Strengths and Weaknesses in the story?
- #3: Summarise The Purloined Letter in under 300 words.
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Title - Shooting an Elephant
Author - George Orwell
Link - Shooting an Elephant
Questions :
- #1: Summarise
Podcasts
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Title - Words by Radiolab
Duration - 57 mins
Questions :
- #1: Summarise
Books
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Title - Animal Farm
Author - George Orwell
TED Talks
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Title - Before Public Speaking
Author - Public Speaking
Link - Before public speaking…
Reports
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Title - Uttarakhand Tourism Policy - 2017
Author - Tourism in Uttarakhand
Link - Tourism in Uttarakhand
Articles
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"The article discusses about the effects of streaming in children. Streaming is the process of separation of students into classes based on their levels. Streaming can be more negative than positive for the development of children"
Link - Read More
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"Practising the Greek virtues of wisdom and courage is one thing. But being cheerful the American way borders on psychosis"
Link - Read More
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"And nowadays, no one talks about the Singapore model anymore. They talk about the China model"
Link - Read More
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"An interesting read on decision making and our judgemental behavior"
Link - Read More
Editing Exercises
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Title - SFEP
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Title - NYT
Link - NYTimes
