Lesson Based Assessment - Class 8 English (Third Language)
Poem: Rain in Summer
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'Lesson Based Assessment'
System from 2025-26 Academic Year
A significant change is set to
occur in all schools across Karnataka. From the academic year 2025-26, the
'Lesson Based Assessment' (LBA) system will be implemented. There is
anticipation among education experts and parents about whether this change will
improve the quality of education.
What is the Purpose of the New
System?
Currently, government schools
use Formative Assessment (FA) and Summative Assessment (SA) methods. The main
objective of the new LBA system is to continuously ensure students'
understanding and the quality of their learning. By conducting a short test immediately
after each lesson or chapter is taught, it will become clear how well students
have grasped the subject matter. This will encourage students to truly acquire
knowledge, not just to score marks in exams. The Department of School Education
and Literacy expects that this initial assessment method will be helpful for
students to achieve good marks in future board examinations.
Implementation and Format:
This unit test will be mandatory
for all students from Class 1 to 10. The State Educational Research and
Training Institute (DSERT) will prepare question papers for these examinations
and provide them to schools. Schools will have to conduct these exams and
upload the students' scores on the 'SATS' portal (Student Achievement Tracking
System) to facilitate tracking of student progress.
Each test will be for 30 marks
and will contain 25 questions. The structure of the question paper will have a
specific mix of easy, average, and difficult questions:
- 65% Easy questions
- 25% Average questions
- 10% Difficult questions
Most questions will be
multiple-choice (MCQ) format to make it easier to assess students'
comprehension. For primary level students, there will be engaging questions
like fill-in-the-blanks, coloring pictures, matching, and identifying the odd
one out.
The Format of the 10th Class
Question Paper Will Also Change!
These changes will also impact
the 10th (SSLC) board examination question paper. According to the new format,
along with multiple-choice questions, the question paper will include various
types of questions such as one-sentence answers, three or four-sentence
answers, explain with reference to context, eight or ten-sentence answers, and
comprehension questions based on prose passages. This will also promote
students' analytical and writing skills.
CLASS - 8
SUBJECT - English (TL)
SYLLABUS - KARNATAKA STATE
MODEL QUESTION BANK OF LESSON BASED ASSESSMENT
(These Questions are only for model)
1. Rain in Summer (Poem)
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A. Multiple Choice Questions
1. What do
some children like to do when it rains?
a) Stay
indoors all the time
b) Make
paper boats
c) Read
books
d) Go to
school
2. Who
wrote the poem 'Rain in Summer'?
a) Aesop
b) H.W.
Longfellow
c)
Sunanda
d) Peter
3. When did
Longfellow start publishing his poems?
a) When
he was a child
b) When
he was thirteen years old
c) When
he was a professor
d) After
he retired
4. What did
Longfellow do in 1854?
a) He
started a new job.
b) He
traveled the world.
c) He
gave up his professor job to write poetry.
d) He
became a doctor.
B. Answer in 1-2 sentences
5. What is
one way children enjoy rain, according to the pre-reading section?
6. What
does the poem 'Rain in Summer' describe?
II. Poem Comprehension (Mix of
Easy & Average)
A. Multiple Choice Questions
(Easy - 1 Mark each)
7. How does
the street look before the rain comes?
a) Cool
and wet
b) Dusty
and hot
c) Green
and fresh
d) Dark
and gloomy
8. The poet
compares the sound of rain on roofs to:
a) A
bird singing
b) The
sound of a drum
c) The
tramp of hoofs
d)
Gentle whispers
9. Where
does the rain gush and struggle out from?
a) From
the clouds
b) From
the window pane
c) From
the overflowing spout
d) From
the street
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10. How does
the water look when it flows down the gutter?
a) Clear
and blue
b) Muddy
and wide
c) Slow
and calm
d)
Bright and shiny
11. What
kind of rain does the poet call it at the end?
a) Sad
rain
b)
Welcome rain
c) Cold
rain
d) Heavy
rain
B. Fill in the Blanks (Easy - 1
Mark each)
12. How
beautiful is the rain! After the dust and ______.
13. In the
broad and fiery ______.
14. How it
clatters along the _______.
15. Like the
tramp of _______.
16. Across
the window ______.
17. It pours
and _______.
18. Like a
river down the _______ roars.
C. Answer in 2-3 sentences
(Average - 2 Marks each)
19. How does
the street look before the rain?
20.
Where is the rain making a clattering sound?
21. What is
the sound of rain compared to in the poem?
22.
Where does the rain pour down from the sky?
23.
Describe how the water looks and moves when it
comes down the gutter.
24.
Why do you think the poet calls the rain
"welcome rain"?
D. Short Answer Questions
(Average - 3 Marks each)
25.
Pick out the lines from the poem that compare the
rain to the tramp of hoofs.
26.
List any two words from the poem that describe
the different sounds made by the rain.
27.
Based on the poem, how do you know that it was a
very hot day before the rain?
III. Vocabulary & Grammar
(Mix of Easy & Average)
A. Glossary (Easy - 1 Mark each)
28.
What does 'fiery' mean in the poem?
a) Very
cold
b)
Intensely hot
c)
Slightly warm
d) Rainy
29.
The word 'clatter' means:
a) A
soft sound
b) A
rattling noise
c) A
loud roar
d) A
gentle whisper
30.
What is a 'hoof'?
a) A
part of a tree
b) A
horny casing of a horse's foot
c) A
type of shoe
d) A
small river
31. 'Gush'
means to:
a) Flow
out slowly
b) Flow
out suddenly
c) Stay
still
d) Dry
up
32.
What is a 'pane'?
a) A
type of bread
b) A
single piece of glass in a window
c) A
painful feeling
d) A
small door
33.
'Gutter' is:
a) A
type of tree
b) A
drain for rainwater
c) A
high mountain
d) A
smooth road
B. Rhyming Words (Easy - 1 Mark
each)
Find the word that rhymes with
the given word from the poem.
34.
pane - _______
35.
heat - _______
36.
spout - _______ (Hint: The word in the poem
sounds like 'out')
37.
wide - _______
C. Identifying Words (Average -
1 Mark each)
38.
Pick out one word from the poem that indicates a
loud sound produced when water rushes through.
39.
Pick out a word that means 'quick' from the poem.
Answer Key
I. Pre-Reading & About the
Poet
A. Multiple Choice Questions
1. b) Make
paper boats
2. b) H.W.
Longfellow
3. b) When
he was thirteen years old
4. c) He
gave up his professor job to write poetry.
B. Answer in 1-2 sentences
5. Some children like to make
paper boats and watch them float on flowing water when it rains.
6. The poem 'Rain in Summer'
describes how it rains after a hot day in summer.
II. Poem Comprehension
A. Multiple Choice Questions
7. b) Dusty and hot
8. c) The tramp of hoofs
9. c) From the overflowing spout
10. b) Muddy and wide
11. b) Welcome rain
B. Fill in the Blanks
12. heat
13. street
14. roofs
15. hoofs
16. pane
17. pours
18. gutter
C. Answer in 2-3 sentences
19. Before the rain, the street
looks broad and fiery, indicating it was intensely hot, and there was also
dust.
20. The rain is making a
clattering sound along the roofs as it falls.
21. The sound of the rain is
compared to the "tramp of hoofs," like the heavy footsteps of horses.
22. The rain pours down across
the window pane and from the throat of the overflowing spout.
23. When the water comes down
the gutter, it looks muddy and wide. It roars like a river as it rushes through
the drain.
24. The poet calls the rain
"welcome rain" because it comes after a period of intense dust and
heat in summer, bringing relief and freshness.
D. Short Answer Questions
25. The lines of comparison are:
"How it clatters along the
roofs,
Like the tramp of hoofs!"
26. Two words that indicate
different sounds made by the rain are: "clatters" and
"roars."
27. The poem mentions
"After the dust and heat, In the broad and fiery street." The words
"heat" and "fiery street" clearly indicate that it was a
very hot day before the rain began.
III. Vocabulary & Grammar
A. Glossary
28. b) Intensely hot
29. b) A rattling noise
30. b) A horny casing of a
horse's foot
31. b) Flow out suddenly
32. b) A single piece of glass
in a window
33. b) A drain for rainwater
B. Rhyming Words
34. pane - lane
35. heat - street
36. spout - out
37. wide - tide
C. Identifying Words
38. roar
39. swift
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