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Worksheet-The Last Lesson (2024-25)
Name: Date:
Grade: XII Subject: English
Notes to be completed in the notebook the following way:
For Prose :
1. Justification of the title
2. Theme of the lesson
3. Short summary of the lesson
4. Character sketches
5. Literary devices used
6. Question /answers
7. RTC Worksheets
For Poetry :
1. Justification of the title
2. Theme of the poem
3. Tone (What poet intends to express) and Mood (What emotion/mood it creates
in you)
4. Short summary of the poem
5. Literary devices used with examples from the poem
6. Question/ Answers
7. RTC Worksheets
Questions to write in the notebook.
1. Short Answers (in 50- 60 words).
i. Deduce why the act of M. Hamel writing "Vive La France!”, on the
blackboard, is
considered symbolic.
ii. If this had been M. Hamel’s first lesson, how do you think the school
experience of the
students might have been impacted?
iii. Little Franz is the narrator of the story. The name ‘Franz’ means ‘from
France’. In what way does the story being told as a first-person narrative of
Franz impact your reading and understanding of the story? Provide at least
one evidence from the text to support your opinion.
iv. At the end of his last lesson, M. Hamel decides to leave a little note for each
of his students for them to find the next day at their desks. Based on your
reading of the story, what might his note to Franz read? You may begin like
this: Dear Franz, I know you have always preferred to run in the open fields
…
v. How does M Hamel arouse patriotic feelings in the people of Alsace?
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vi. Is the story ‘The last lesson’ all about linguistic chauvinism? If yes,
comment.
vii. Franz reached school late. Yet, M. Hamel did not scold him. Why?
viii. Who did M Hamel blame for the neglect of learning on the part of boys like
Franz?
2. Long Answers (in 120- 150 words)
i. Though tempted by the bright day, Franz stated that he had “the strength to
resist, and hurried off to school.” As the story progresses, the reader realizes
that Franz, M. Hamel and the villagers would perhaps need “the strength to
resist” much larger forces.
Discuss how the story provides strategies for resistance and protection of
one’s identity and community through its events and characters.
Provide relevant textual details to support your argument.
ii. On the day of the last lesson, Franz felt that the “whole school was
strange”. Throughout the story, the reader encounters Franz’ account of how
school usually was, and what it was like on the last day of class with M.
Hamel. This contrast comes across through events, and the actions and
viewpoints of various characters.
• In what way can the story be seen as a comment on schooling in general?
• Does Franz’ description of school life resonate with your own experience?
• Do you think the story might also provide advice on what good education
entails?
Substantiate your argument with relevant instances from the text.
iii. What changes did the narrator find in the school when the order from Berlin
came?
iv. What did the French teacher tell his students in his last French lesson? What
impact
did it have on them? Why?
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