Tuesday, 16 September 2014

Lesson Plan

                                                                                                                      Std:VIII
Date:16/9/2014
Time:45mins
                                                                                         

LESSON PLAN
Name of the student teacher: Betty .M. Rajan
Name of the school                 : Govt H S S,Pattazhy
Subject                                      : English
Unit                                           : II, On Telling  A Tale
Sub Unit                                    : The Enchanted Shirt (Ballad)
                                                     (stanza 1-7)

ISSUE                                      : Lack of cohesive universal vision
SUB ISSUE                              : Not realizing the importance of          
                                                     social mingling
CONTENT ANALYSIS
              ‘ The Enchanted shirt ’ is a ballad by the American poet John Hay. It is a story told in the form of poem. The poet tells us the story of a king who lived in a self-centered life and never bothered  to think of others. He said he was sick but his cheek was red and eyes clear and bright.
Vocabulary = Zest, Studious.
CURRICULAR STATEMENT
Ø Develops the habit of reading process
Ø Read an enjoy a new piece of literature like ballad
Ø Develops the students to read the poem with proper stress, pronunciation and feeling.
Ø Develops an interest towards learning English
Ø Can read and understands the subject matter
Ø  Pre – requisites
Ø Has already heard ballads
Ø Might known how to recite poem
Ø Has already heard vadakkanpattukal
Teaching learning resources
powerpoint
Reference
Textbook, dictionary

Classroom Interaction Procedure

Expected pupils response 
Informal Talk

  Teacher greets the students and establishes a rapport through an informal talk.
Good morning children.
How are you?

Entry Activity

Do you know what is a Ballad?

‘A poem or song narrating a story in short stanzas. Traditional ballads are typically of unknown authorship, having been passed on orally from one generation to the next.

Have you heard of vadakkanpattukal?

1.    Vadakkan Pattukal (or Ballads of North Malabar) is a collection of Malayalam Ballads of medieval origin.

The teacher explains about the ballad to the students.

Link talk
Today we are going to learn a new piece of literature that is a ballad. The name of the ballad is The Enchanted Shirt is written by John Hay.



Born
John Milton Hay
October 8, 1838
Salem, Indiana, U.S.
Died
July 1, 1905 (aged 66)
Newbury, New Hampshire, U.S.
Political party
Profession               
Journalist, Poet


Micro Processing of the input

Model recitation
Teacher reads the poem properly with correct stress pronunciation and feeling

Track reading
Teacher ask the students to recite the poem silently and find out the difficult words

Zest – Enthusiasm or eagerness
Student should take every learning task with zest

Studious – Spending a lot of time studying and reading.
Most parents wants their children to be studious.

Collaborative reading
The learners discuss and share what they have understood in pairs or in small groups.

Scaffolding questions
1.    What is a Ballad?
2.    Was the king really sick
3.    What is the meaning of the word zest?

Activity: Finding appropriate tone
Teacher allows the students to sit in groups and ask them to find out an appropriate tone for the poem.

Practice reading
Teacher ask the students to read the passage with the proper stress, intonation
And feeling.

Review
Teacher conclude the lessons by asking some questions like,
Ø What is the name of Ballad?
Ø Who wrote the Ballad?
Ø What is the poem tells about?

Follow-up Activity
Teacher ask the students to find out the names of some Ballad as a home assignment









Wish back the teacher





Yes/No

Listen carefully with rapt attention




Yes/No










Listens carefully



















Reads the profile of the author










Listens the model recitation


Find out the difficult words and guess the meaning






Write down the meaning





Sit in groups and share their ideas and thoughts



Answer in simple English





Actively participates












Answer in Simple English