To Sum Up : ESSAY WRITING1. Clearly define your subject in your own mind2. Think over it, until ideas about it come into your mind; and jot

these down on paper as they occur to you.3. Classify these points in groups under suitable headings, rejecting

those that are unsuitable.4. Arrange these headings in a bare outline, in some logical order.5. Fill in this bare outline, making a full outline.6. Now begin to write the essay, dividing it into paragraphs.7. The essay should consist of introduction, body and conclusion.8. Make the introduction brief and arresting.9. Keep the parts of the body of the essay in proper proportion; and

take pains in building up and connecting the paragraphs.10.Make the conclusion effective and satisfying.11.Write in a simple, concise, clear direct and natural style.

THE ELEPHANT1. Largest of all animals2. Used in tiger-hunting3. Revengeful – story of tailor and elephant4. Its trunk and large ears.5. Found in India and Africa – two kinds.6. Its skill in piling logs7. Its great strength8. In India, used in state processions.9. How caught and tamed.10.Its tusks – hunted for ivory11.In odl times used in war.12.Its intelligence.13.Feeds on leaves and grass14.Can draw heavy loads.

Vocabularies1. ivory / Ñ 'aIvJri; NAmE Ñ / (pl. -ies) noun 2. [U] a hard yellowish-white substance like bone that forms the tusks (= long

teeth) of elephants and some other animals:a ban on the ivory trade . an ivory chess set

3. an object made of ivory4. [U] a yellowish-white colour

tame / Ñ teIm; NAmE Ñ / adjective, verbŒ adjective (tamer, tam·est) 1(of animals, birds, etc.) not afraid of people, and used to living with them OPP wild2(informal) not interesting or exciting:You’ll find life here pretty tame after New York.3(informal) (of a person) willing to do what other people ask:I have a tame doctor who’ll always give me a sick note when I want a day off.ô tame·ly adverbô tame·ness noun [U] Œ verb[vn] to make sth tame or easy to control:Lions can never be completely tamed. Ç She made strenuous efforts to tame her anger.

tusk / Ñ tVsk; NAmE Ñ / nouneither of the long curved teeth that stick out of the mouth of elephants and some other animals—picture at walrus—see also ivory‹ WORD ORIGINŠ WORD ORIGINtusk Old English tux, variant of tusc.

BARE OUTLINE

1.Description2.Habitat and food3.How and why hunted4.Strengths and intelligence,

making elephant useful to man5.Its different uses.

FULL OUTLINE1. Description

- Great size and strength; trunk ( its uses); big ears; small tail; tusks; speed

2. Habitat- Found in Africa and India; two kinds; lives in herds;

feeds on leaves and grass in jungles.3. Of great use to man (because of its strength and intelligence )

Different Uses :- Draws heavy loads-Piles logs- Used in tiger-hunting-Used in battles in old days-Used in state processions in India.

4. Elephant Hunting – Why and how - Hunted for ivory with elephant guns- Caught alive to be tamed