Amanda!
Class 10 English · First Flight – Poems · Chapter 6
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CBSE Class 10 · English
First Flight: what 34 board papers asked- Marks booster + cheatsheet: key concepts in 2 lines each, common traps
- 9 prose pieces, each summarised
- 10 poems with their poetic devices
- Common traps to avoid
- Long-answer pairs the board has set
- 10 marks each: grammar and writing formats
CBSE Class 10 · English
105 board questions, counted story by story- Marks booster + cheatsheet: key concepts in 2 lines each, common traps
- 9 stories: plot, characters, themes
- Character-sketch frames
- Common traps to avoid
- Diary-entry and long-answer frames
- Values in all 9 stories
CBSE Class 10 · English
Both English readers: what the board asked- 34 board papers counted for First Flight
- 105 board questions on Footprints, by story
- 9 prose pieces and 10 poems summarised
- 9 Footprints stories: plot, characters, themes
- 10 + 10 marks: Section B grammar and writing
- Traps + 12-question test in both kits
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- Science: 25 marks each in Units I and II
- English: what 34 board papers asked
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- Economics: all 20 marks, with 18 traps
- 12 kits, one per subject or book
The story in short
Robin Klein’s poem “Amanda!” presents a young girl who is constantly nagged and instructed by an adult — most likely a parent — about her habits and behaviour. She is told not to bite her nails, to sit up straight, to clean her room, to finish her homework and not to slouch, and is even blamed for sulking. Tired of these endless commands, Amanda escapes in her imagination into worlds where she is free: she dreams of being a mermaid drifting alone in a calm green sea, an orphan roaming the streets in blissful freedom, and Rapunzel in a tower who would never let down her hair. The poem, using the child’s daydreams set against the adult’s instructions, gently criticises the way constant scolding and over-control stifle a child’s freedom and spirit. It pleads for understanding the child’s need for space, imagination and independence.
The story in 6 beats
- 1An adult tells Amanda not to bite nails, hunch shoulders, or sit lazily.
- 2Amanda imagines she is a mermaid, alone and calm in a soft green sea.
- 3The adult orders her to finish homework, clean her room, and not eat chocolates.
- 4Amanda dreams of being an orphan, freely wandering streets and making soft patterns in dust.
- 5The adult asks why she is sulking and tells her to stop looking moody.
- 6Amanda imagines herself as Rapunzel, living quietly in a tower and never letting down her hair.