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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.
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