Innovative Lesson

plan
Name of the teacher trainee : Mary Sindhu
B
Name of the School :
Parassala

Evans H.S.

Subject

English

Unit
Deeds

3, Seeds and

Sub unit
Blacksmith

The village

Standard :

VIII

Division

Strength

32

Duration

Date

45
:

29/10/15

Curricular objectives
Analyze poems based on the reading of the text
Identifies poetic devices like images rhyming words
simile etc
Share his/her experience with other learner in the class
Gain confidence and motivation to achieve success
Pre-requisites:
Enjoys listening to poems.
Reads aloud and recites them.
Appreciate poems and understands the poetic crafts
used n them.
Learning materials:
Flash card containing the picture of the author.

 Flash card containing the picture of a village

blacksmith.
Chart containing the poem the village Blacksmith.
Placards containing difficult word
Chart containing the scaffolding questions.
Activity card containing questions.
Reference:

Course book : VIII standard

Source book : VIII standard
Oxford English Dictionary
Internet

Class room process

Respon
se

Informal Interaction
The teacher engages in an informal talk with the
students so as to create a good rapport with the
students
How are you?
Are you all happy?
Have you had your lunch?

Entry Activity
The teacher shows the picture of The Village
Blacksmith

And asks certain questions like:

Can you identify this picture?
How is his appearance?

 Have you come across anyone who works

hard and leads a respectable life?

Link talk:
Teacher introduces the poem The Village
Blacksmith to the students. Sufficient
information regarding the poem is made
available to the students.
Teacher shows the picture of the author
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and introduces to
the students.

Micro processing of the input:

Model recitation by the teacher:
Teacher recites the poem with proper
pronunciation, stress, intonation and in
meaningful units. The theme and necessary
details are also forwarded to the students.

Recitation by the pupil:

Students are asked to recite the poem loudly and
they are asked to mark the difficult words.

Glossary Reference:
Students are asked to refer the glossary to
find the meaning of difficult words. The difficult
words are:
Bellows -

Equipment that blows a strong current of air to

make fire burn more fiercely.
Sledge a vehicle on runners for conveying loads
or passengers over snow or ice, often pulled by
draught animals.

Sinewy a person having a thin body and strong

muscles.
Sexton an employee or officer of a church who
is responsible for the care and upkeep of
church property and sometimes for ringing bells
and digging graves

Collaborative learning
Students are asked to form the groups and
share their ideas in groups. They are asked to
write the word in the personnel word list.

Mega phoning the doubts

Each group s given the opportunity to raise
their doubts to other group.

Facilitation by the teacher

Teacher helps to clarify the doubts which
no groups could effectively tackle. Teacher also
explains the difficult areas.

Scaffolding questions

In order to make the content clearer

scaffolding questions asked to the students. They
are asked to write down the answer for:
What words does the poet use to show the
strength of the blacksmith?
Mighty, large and sinewy, brawny arms,
iron bands.

Presentation by the pupil

Randomly students are selected from
each group and they are asked to present the
answers for the scaffolding questions.

Appreciation of the poem

After giving the explanation of simile
teacher asks the students to identify the similes
used n the poem.

Language activity

Students are asked to form groups and to

create a poem on any work of their choice.

Assignment:
Write the profile of the poet Henry
Wadsworth Longfellow