Expansion of Idea / Theme


Expand the theme


Components                                                                                   Marks
Title and Beginning                                                                        01 Mark
Vocabulary and Grammar                                                              01 Mark
Use of appropriate points / examples / conveying message        02 Marks



(1) Expansion of Proverbs / Maxims / Quotations / Slogans.
(2) News Report
(3) Developing a story / narrating an experience / with a given beginning / end
(4) Description of place, personality / situation.


He that loves reading has everything within his reach
The quote highlights the importance of reading. The phrase ‘within one sreach’ denotes ‘in ones
capacity, controlor authority’. A person who loves reading has everything within his control, capacity or authority. Reading is a source of knowledge to succeed in life. It is the fundamental skill of learning languages and other subjects but at the same time it is also one of the most essential skills of life. Therefore, a person who loves reading has command of education and life.
Behind every successful person, there is reading that always keeps a person leading in all fields of life. It is well said that today is a reader, tomorrow is leader. In this way, reading and success are the two sides of the same coin. The acronym of read’ is–Reap the harvest of Education and Development. It is observed that reading and academic success are interdependent. Students
Who are good at reading are more intelligent than weak readers in schools. Good readers grasp
The theme of the text immediately as their vocabulary strength is developed well due to extensive reading. Reading is the effective mental exercise to brain and it keeps us intellectually active and creative as well. It increases the span of concentration so that students can study for hours. Reading of
Books relieves tension, depression and plant rich thoughts in minds. Reading gratify a yearning for knowledge which develops a child’s imagination and creativity. The habit of serious reading has started absconding due to cinema, television, mobiles and social media. We should inculcate the habit of reading books rather than reading messages on social media like Facebook and WhatsApp which is considered non thinking amusement. So we should
Waste time in in significant things but must inculcate the habit of reading. A poet has rightly said,

If you do not travel,
If you do not read,
You start dying slowly.

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