INNOVATIVE LESSON TEMPLATE

INNOVATIVE LESSON PLAN

Name of the teacher trainee    :   Athul B.Nath Name of the School                  :   M.G.T.H.S Mukhathala Subject                                      :   English Unit                                           :   IV, Flowers and Showers Topic                                         :   The Nightingale and the Rose Theme                                       :    Nature Sub-Theme                               :   Communion with Nature

Standard : VIII.B Strength  : 26 Date         : 11/12/2017 Duration : 40minutes

CONTENT  ANALYSIS :

‘The Nightingale and the Rose’ is a story written by Oscar Wilde .The story tells about the relationship between man and nature. The Nightingale sacrifices her life for true and ideal love.

GOALS :

v The learner reads and comprehends stories.

v The learner gets an ability to analyse short stories based on context.

v The learner develops an ability to construct discourses.

PRE-REQUISITES :

v  The learner reads and understands the human feelings.

v The learner  has the ability to understand the diversities of nature.

MATERIALS

§  English Course Book of Standard VIII.

§  English Source Book of Standard VIII.

§  Pictures.

§  Videos.

§  Flash Cards.

CLASSROOM INTERACTION PROCESS

PUPIL’S RESPONSE

BEGINNING SESSION Teacher engages in a friendly talk to create good warm-up stage with the learners. BEFORE THE LESSON Teacher asks pupils to identify some pictures : BRIDGE  The pictures you have seen now are the characters of the story, ‘The Nightingale and the Rose’. We are going to learn the first few paragraphs of the story. AUTHOR INTRODUCTION The teacher introduces author by showing a picture of Oscar Wilde. DEVELOPEMENT Teacher reads the story and explains it to the students.  TRACK AND MARK The teacher asks the students to go through the passage silently and mark  their reading using appropriate punctuation marks. ü  Words that are familiar. û  Words that are unfamiliar. ?   Words that are confused.  !   Words that create surprise. AMPLIFIER SECTION The teacher asks about the doubts that the students have not been able to find solutions to and megaphones these doubts to the entire class. The teacher then explains the word  with the help of pictures :      DETAILED STUDY Teacher asks different questions to produce, establish and build up thoughts : 1)    What is the colour of the rose that the Student searches for? 2)    What does the Nightingale admire about the student? 3)    Where does the Student plan to present the red rose to the girl? PAIR WORK  The teacher asks the students  to form a group and perform the activity : Design a poster for promoting social awareness on the need of conserving water. PRESENTATION BY GROUP LEADERS Group leaders are asked to present their products. TEACHER’S VERSION HOMEWORK Activity: Write the Diary Entry of the dejected Student in your own words : RECAP Teacher summarises this extract using an animated video of the story :

Pupils actively interacted in the talk. Pupils watched the pictures with interest and tried to identify them.  Pupils listened with keen attention. Pupils observed and listened carefully about the author. Pupils listened the story with keen  interest.  Pupils engaged in silent reading and marked  their reading. Pupils expressed their doubts and listened the teacher’s explanation carefully.    Pupils  answered all the questions correctly.    Pupils discussed in groups and engaged in activity.  Group leaders presented their products. Pupils observed teacher’s version and took down the important points.   Pupils took down the assignment topic. Pupils watched the video with great interest.