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SAI INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL
STD 10
ENGLISH LESSON NOTES
MODULE: THE HACK DRIVER
Objective
To enable the students' comprehension of the text.
Infer the contextual meaning of the text.
To enable the learners to read independently.
To enhance the vocabulary of the students.
To understand and react to the feelings of an individual.
To enable the students to share their personal experience.
New words
hack: a horse-drawn vehicle
Ex: Nowadays hacking is rarely in fashion.
agreeable sight: pleasant sight
Ex: Market place is hardly an agreeable sight.
unpleasant: unlikable
Ex: Nobody likes to live in an unpleasant house.
summons: order, command
Ex: The court summons the convict to defend his case.
witness: eyewitness
Ex: I have witnessed an unpleasant event that I can't share.
poker: a card game in which bluff is used as players bet on the value of their cards
Ex: I love playing game of poker.
Key points
The character of the young lawyer.
His nature of job & working environment.
His likes & dislikes.
The place he visited and work assigned.
Summary
In this lesson, a young lawyer is made to serve summons instead of practicing law. He hates
his job as sometimes he is beaten up. Once he is directed by the law firm to serve summons
to one Mr. Oliver Lutkins, who lived in a village called New Mullion. The young laywer goes
to the village with some expectations of village life but he is disappointed. He meets a hack
driver who is a very helpful man according to him.