Grade-8 (Session 2023-24)

NOTEBOOK PLAN
Lesson- The Black Spot

- R L STEVENSON

Lesson Objectives
 Analyze the role of a narrator in stories
 Infer the text and answer questions
 Discuss the plot of the story

THINKING ROUTINE
Literary Analysis

L- Lesson details (date of publication, selection from…, genre…)

A – Author (Country, Born & Died year, known for?)

S – Setting

T – Tone and mood

P – Purpose (instruct/entertain/inform/persuade/describe…)

L – Literary devices (for poetry); descriptive, informal, conversational, factual, funny, journalistic…

(for prose)

A – Audience (meant for children/young adults/

adults/students/educationists/politicians/sportspersons…)

N – Narrator/Speaker

T – Theme
Vocabulary

WORD SYNONYM ANTONYM

hunched round-backed upright, erect
nimbleness agility , dexterity clumsiness
deposition dismissal retention

Frame sentences with any 2 new words learnt.

Idioms –
Bite the bullet- To get something over with because it is inevitable

Wrap your head around something - Understand something complicated

Reference to Context (Pg 28) : SAMPLE ANSWERS

Q2. I was standing at the door for a moment, full of sad thoughts about my father, when I
saw someone drawing slowly near along the road.
a. Why was the speaker full of sad thoughts about his father?
Ans: The speaker was full of sad thoughts about his father because of the recent
death of his father.

b. Where was the speaker when the above incident happened?

Ans: The speaker was standing at the door of the Admiral Benbow, Black Hill Cove.

c. Describe the person who was drawing slowly near along the road.
Ans: The person approaching was blind since he tapped before him with a stick
and had covered his eyes and nose with a green shade. He was hunched and wore
a huge, hooded and torn sea-cloak. The effect of the hood was to make him look
deformed.
Subjective questions (Pg 28) : MODEL ANSWER
Q4. What was drawn and written on the card? How did the captain react upon reading the
card?
Ans: The card had a big black spot drawn on it and on the other side was a message that said,
‘Ten o’ clock’. The captain reacted by swaying, and then falling from his whole height face
foremost to the floor. He had been struck dead.
CHOICE BOARD (SELECT ANY ONE QUESTION AND ANSWER) :
Q2. How would the captain spend his time after the stroke?
Q3. What did the blind beggar say he would do to the narrator if the latter didn’t take him to
the captain?
Q5. It was the second death I had known, and the sorrow of the first was still fresh in my heart.
Whose deaths is the narrator talking about? Why was the sorrow of the first death still fresh in
the narrator’s heart?

THINK AND ANSWER (Pg 29) :

Q3. Why do you think all colour went out of the captain's face the moment he saw the blind
beggar?

SUBJECT CONNECT : (Art Integration/Geography)

Which were the important maritime routes across the world, and what were some of the
important ports in ancient times? Which are some of the most important ports worldwide?
Make a Collage to present all your data with interesting maps.
Paste pictures of the same in your notebook.