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INNOVATIVE LESSON PLAN

Submitted by : SMITHA.A

Option : English

Reg. No : 13377009

Year of Study : 2013-14

Submitted to : Divya

Lecture in English

PTM College of Education

Maruthoorkonam

Trivandrum

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INNOVATIVE LESSON PLAN

Name of the Teacher : SMITHA.A

Name of the School : PTM HSSMaruthoorkonam

Subject : Englsih

Unit : II Breaking Barriers

Sub Unit : The Princess on the Road (One Act Play)

Issue : Issues related to the marginalised

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Curricular StatementThe Pupil

I. Reads and analyses the literary texts.

II. Engages in group activity and presentation

III. Creates awareness for the importance of women

Learning OutcomesThe Pupil

I. Familiarizes new words juggler, cross torn etc. and its

image

II. Gets awareness of central theme of the play.

III. Get Clarity and competency in developing character sketch

.

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Content Analysis The pupil

‘ The Princers on the Road’ is a one act play written by Kathleen

Conyngham Greene’. The princes in the one act play ‘ The Princes of the

Road’ treads dangerous grounds and finally lands in trouble’. The play

reminds in that women irrespective of her social status, is always

marginalized.

Pre-requistesThe pupil

I. Is able to comprehend passages

II. Has the study skill of referring a dictionary

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Learning MaterialsI. Black board

II. Chart

III. Pictures

ReferenceI. Course Book Std IX

II. Source Book Std IX

III. Oxford English Dictionary

Informal InteractionI. Good Morning

II. Have you had your break fast.

III. Are you Comfortable in your seats

CLASSROOM PROCESS RESPONSE/ASSESSMENT

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Entry ActivityI. Have you heard about one act Plays?

II. Are you interested in such plays ?

III. Do you head about princes ?

IV. Yes, we can go through such plays

Linte Talk

I. Give some clues about the author and also creates the title

“ The princes on the Road” on the black board and ask

i. She is a British playwright.

ii. She has authored fine plays.

The author of one act play Kathleen Conyngham Greene is

introduced to the students

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The title of the story and the name of the

writer is written on the black board and also

the major characters are introduced to the

students.

Then the teacher showed the drama “ Princess

on the Road” through lap top. So the students

gets a clear idea of the play

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Individual Reading

Micro Processing of the Input

Model reading by the teacher

The teacher now reads the five paragraphs

of the story with proper pronunciation stress and intonation and in meaningful units and also describes

the theme of the play.

Teacher asks the learner to read it individually. Corrections are made whenever necessary.

Trade reading by the pupil.

Students are asked to read the first time

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Glossary Reference

Paragraph individually and silently and they are asked

to make accordingly. That is they have to put tick(√)

what they haven’t and an exclamatory mark(!) for

what they found interesting or surprising

Students are asked to refer the glossary to find out the

meaning of difficult worlds.

They are

Gross /kros/: model of cross on the symbol of Christian faith. Teacher shows The cross, seen on the

representation the picture of the instrument

of classification Jesus.

Torn /TƆ:n/ : Pull sharply to pieces (Teacher shows the

picture

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Pigtail /pigteil/ : A plait of hair that hangs from

the back of the head. A little

girl in pigtail presented the

flowers.

Sentries /sentri/ : Soldiers posted to keep guard

Teacher shows the picture

Crumble /Kr^mpl/ : Break into very small pieces.

Don’t crumble

the paper

Collaborative LearningStudents are asked to form groups and

share their ideas in groups. Students are also asked to write down the word in the personal word list

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Mega phoning the doubtsEach group is given opportunity to raise their doubts to other

groups.

Eg: Group A to Group B

What is the meaning of the word ‘Harvesting’

Group B to Group A

The meaning of the word is reaping and collecting grain.

Facilitation by the teacherTeacher helps to clarify the difficult areas which no group

could effectively tackle. Teacher also explain the difficult areas.

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Scaffolding QuestionsIn order to make the content clear scaffolding

questions are asked to the students. The students

are asked to write down the answers

1. Describe the appearance of the princess ?

She is dirty, the edge of her skirt is torn and

one of her shoes has come off. She wears her

hair in s long pigtail under a cotton handkerchief.

2. What is she doing ?

She is picking the flowers and singing as he

goes.

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Presentation by the pupilRandomly the students are selected from each

group and the are asked to present the answers

for scaffolding questions

Language ActivityThe adventurous journey of the princess in ‘ The princess on

the road comes to an end in a beautiful village street & prepare a

short description of the street

AssignmentPrepare a short description of a place you have

visited during the summer vocation or during your study

tour.

ReviewThe Princess decided to do something adventurous. She wears

dirty dress. She is picking flowers when she goes. She has

travelled twelve miles. There she faces many difficulties