LESSON PLAN

LESSON PLAN

	Name of the student teacher  : Aswathy P.S. Name of the school                 : G.G.H.S.S., Attingal Name of the subject                : English Name of the unit                     :IV, Glimpses of a Green Planet Name of the sub unit               : Memories of a Dying River Name of the issue                    : Harmful effects of global                                                         warming Name of the sub issue             : To understand how we are                                                                    responsible for the sufferings of a                                                    river
			Standard: IX Strength: 32 Duration: 45’ Date       : 26/03/2014 Period    : 2nd

 

Curricular Statements

The pupil

-          reads and analyses the article and identifies the theme.

-          understands how we are responsible for the sufferings of a river.

Content Analysis

            “Memories a Dying river” is an article on Bharatapuzha by Sri.M.T Vasudevan Nair. It is a nostalgic remembrance of the days of plantitude abundance and pristine glory of ‘Nila’ or ‘Bharatapuzha’,which had once been a lifeline for the people of our state.

Pre-requisites

The pupil

-          might know the contemporary environmental problems.

-          might be aware of the rivers that have been polluted in our country.

-          might watch films dealing with environmental issues.

Process skills

Effective communication, Group work, analysis, critical thinking.

Product/Discourse

Discussion, Poster

Teaching Learning Resources

1)      Video clipping (Movie song)

2)      Chart (About the author)

3)      Chart pieces

4)      Colour pens

Class room procedure/  activity

Assessment

Rapport Teacher establishes a rapport though an informal interaction with the students Entry Activity Teacher shows a movie song (Karayunno puzha chirikkunno?...) from the Malayalam film ‘Murappennu’. Have you ever heard this song? In which film this song appears? What can you see in the back ground? Can you identify the river? What are the other names of Bharatapuzha? Link  Talk       Let’s read an article “Memories of a Dying River” (BB),dealing               with the river Bharatapuzha. It is written by Sri.M.T Vasudevan Nair (BB).Teacher shows a chart about the author.     Teacher asks two students to read the chart.     Teacher asks  questions from the chart     Where did M.T born?     What are his famous works? Micro processing of the unit Teacher reads  the article aloud with correct pronunciation, stress, rhythm and expressions of thought. Teacher makes the learners read the passages silently. Track Reading Students tracked down the passages. Teacher asks the students to put a tick mark to those words which are familiar to them. Students are asked to put a ‘     mark to those words which are not familiar to them and put a ‘?’ mark to confusing words and ideas and put a ‘!’ mark on those ideas they find interesting. Glossary References Teacher helps the learners to share their understanding and encourage them to refer the glossary to find out the meaning of difficult words. If the learner needs more clarification, teacher introduces teaching aids and provides situations to convey the meanings. 1)      Gaze(v) /           / -to look at something for a long time. Teacher gives the meaning by enacting the situation. 2)      Scamper(v) /                 / -to run with quick short steps like a child or small animal Teacher gives the meaning by enacting the movement. 3)      submerge(v)/                  / -to cover something completely with  water or other liquids. Teacher gives the meaning with the help of pictures. 4)      Eco-aesthetics(n)/                         /-a branch of literature which deals with environmental issues and related topics. Discourse based construction       Teacher divides the students into 5 groups and gives charts and colour pens to each      group. Students are asked to prepare a poster on the topic ‘Man against Nature’,in groups Presentation Editing and Refinement       Teacher asks each group to present their poster. Teacher shows teacher’s version. Finally the best product  is presented to the whole class. Assignment       Suppose you have witnessed an illegal sand mining near your locality. Write a letter to the collector informing this antisocial activity.