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DUSK

F Express

F1 Writing an email

Imagine that you are Norman Gortsby. You
have always thought of yourself as a clever
person at judging people. You still can’t believe
something like this happened to you; you have
been hoodwinked by a young man. You feel that
it is shameful that a clever cheat has taken you
for a ride. You rue the time you rushed along
the path in search of the young man and gave
him a sovereign. Now you are convinced that
appearances are deceptive. Write an email
(or letter) to one of your old friends about the
incident. Use an informal style to convey your
consternation and apprehension. You don’t know
whom to trust.

F2 Imagine that you lost your wallet while travelling on a bus or the metro. Write an informal
email to a friend, describing your day. Also warn your friend to be cautious while he or she is in
public places.

G Learn by Doing

G1 Writing and enacting a monologue

Divide the class into groups of four. Imagine the story ‘Dusk’ from the perspective of the young
man. Discuss and write a monologue from the young man’s point of view and present it as if
narrated to a close friend of his. Make the monologue as humorous as possible and enact it
in class. The students in a group can take turns to enact parts of the monologue, one after the
other.

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