Job Responsibility

A1. Responsibility Discuss the following questions with your partner. 1. What reasons do people give for not doing a job assigned? 2. Why do people avoid their responsibility? 3. What is required for the completion of a job? 4. When does your job remain undone? A2. Self experience Often your parents ask you to do some household work. To avoid it, you pass it on to somebody else. Have you undergone such an experience? Share it with the class. A3. Listen Listen to the poem and while you listen make a list of the words that you come across again and again. Job Responsibility There was a most important job that needed to be done, And no reason not to do it, there was absolutely none. But in vital matters such as this, the thing you have to ask Is who exactly will it be wholl carry out the task? Anybody could have told you that everybody knew That this was something somebody would surely have to do. Nobody was unwilling, anybody had the ability. But nobody believed that it was their responsibility. It seemed to be a job that anybody could have done, If anybody thought he was supposed to be the one. But since everybody recognized that anybody could, Everybody took for granted that somebody would. But nobody told anybody that we are aware of

That he would be in charge of seeing it was taken care of. Any nobody took it on himself to follow through, And do what everybody thought that somebody would do. When what everybody needed so did not get done at all, Everybody was complaining that somebody dropped the ball. Anybody then could see it was an awful crying shame, And everybody looked around for somebody to blame. Somebody should have done the job And Everybody should have, But in the end Nobody did What Anybody could have. A4. Now read the poem again and after discussing with your partner answer the following questions: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. What was needed to be done? What should be considered before doing any task? How do people usually react when given a particular job? Why did people blame each other? Was the job assigned done at the end? Explain. Give instances that evoke laughter. What was the job in hand? Although it is a humorous poem, what subtle message is conveyed through it? Write in 2-3 lines.

A5. Complete Read the poem again and complete the following: 1. The vital question is _____ 2. Nobody actually did it because _______ 3. The job was so simple _____________ 4. Somebody should have _____________ 5. Each one was waiting for ___________ 6. In the end none ________

A6. Select the proper response. Glance through the poem and select your response for the following: 1. Anybody could tell that everybody/anybody/somebody knew. 2. Everybody knew that this was something that anybody/everyone/somebody would do. 3. Nobody/Anybody/Somebody was unwilling. 4. Somebody/Nobody/Anybody had the ability. 5. Everybody took for granted that somebody/nobody/anybody would. 6. Everybody was complaining that somebody/nobody/everybody dropped the ball. 7. Anyone/somebody/everybody should have done the job A7. Rhyming words Music is added to a poem by the means of various techniques. Discus with your partner and find out such techniques. Look at the ending words of each line. Make a list of all those words that sound alike that is the rhyming words. Put them in pairs. All ball ___________________ A8. Tongue-twisters While you read some words with (Try but quickly) with speed you have to play a lot with your tongue and other vocal organs. Find such example from the poem and enjoy them: She sells soft sea-shells surely. Add some of your own and ask your partner to read that quickly. If you go wrong you are out! A9. Repetition Glance through the poem again and find out the words or expressions that are repeated throughout the poem. Discuss: The reason for repetition The impact of repetition The need for repetition

A10. Opposites Look at the following line and discuss with your partner the questions that follow: And no reason not to do it, there was absolutely none. What is special about the ideas? Why these ideas are in the same line? What is the effect of it? A11. Crossword puzzle. Work in pairs and solve the puzzle. Outline of puzzle. Across 1. Consent to give/allow 5. Complete, perfectly 6. Identify again Down 2. being accountable 3. dreadful 4. find fault with

A12. Discussion Everybodys Responsibility is Nobodys Responsibility. You come across people who always shrug aside their Responsibility. Discuss with your partner with the help of following points: Reason why people shrug aside their responsibility Impact of this kind of behaviour Solutions for avoiding the impact. ******