ICT Lesson Plan

NAME OF THE TEACHER TRAINEE  : NIMMY ALEX NAME OF THE SCHOOL                    :  GHSS, KOICKAL SUBJECT                                              : ENGLISH UNIT                                                    : IV, DAWN OF HOPE TOPIC                                                  : THE LAST LEAF                                                               (PARA 1-3) THEME                                                : FAITH AND HOPE SUB THEMES                                     : HOPE; FRIENDSHIP

STANDARD    : IX B STRENGTH     : 34 DURATION     : 45 MINUTES DATE               : 26-11-2018

CONTENT ANALYSIS:  ‘The last leaf ‘is a marvelous story by O.Henry, which depicts the treasury of life and the inevitability of faith to tackle the hindrances we battle through our life. The story takes place during the second decade of the twentieth century in New York City’s Greenwich Village and has as its central characters an old artist, Behrman, whose path crosses with that of a young artist, Johnsy, and who gives her an incentive to live when she becomes seriously ill. A third artist, Sue, is another young woman with whom Johnsy lives. In to their midst a cold, unseen stranger called pneumonia appears and touches Johnsy with his cold fingers.

CURRICULAR OBJECTIVES

The learner,

1) Develops listening, speaking, reading and writing skills.

2) Generates interest in reading various literary texts like novels, stories and travel diaries.

3)  Identifies the meaning of the new words from the content.

4) Gets familiarized with new words and languages elements.

5) Develops courage and confidence to face critical situations in life.

PRE – REQUISITES

The learner,

1) Has read similar stories of faith and hope.

2) Has read biographies of great authors.

TEACHING-LEARNING RESOURSES

Course book, source book, charts, picture, C.D., dictionary.

CLASS ROOM INTERACTION PROCEDURE INFORMAL INTERACTION           Teacher creates a good rapport by engaging in an informal talk with the students. ENTRY ACTIVITY     Teacher creates mental readiness by asking about pupils’ creative skill in drawing. LINK TALK           Teacher gives a description about the Bohemian life and shows the pictures to the students using a power point presentation :    INTRODUCING THE TOPIC       Teacher introduces the writer O.Henry by showing his picture and writes the title on the black board. THE LAST LEAF                               -O.HENRY MICRO PROCESSING OF INPUT READING BY THE TEACHER         Teacher reads the first three paragraphs with proper stress, intonation and pronunciation. SILENT READING BY THE PUPILS TRACK READING          Teacher asks the pupils to read the paragraphs silently and put ‘√’ mark when they understand a sentence and ‘X’ mark when they didn't understand a sentence and put ‘!’ mark when they find something interesting. SHARING THE UNDERSTAING OF THE PASSAGES IN GROUPS         Teacher asks the students to be in groups and share their ideas and what they found interesting and surprising with their peers. SCAFFOLDING QUEST IONS         Teacher asks a few scaffolding questions to the students :              GLOSSARY         Teacher introduces unfamiliar words from the passage and explains their meanings using slides:                                    GROUP ACTIVITY         Teacher asks the students to be in groups and prepare the profile of O. Henry  based on the hints given in the slide:                       PRESENTATION OF THE PRODUCT        Teacher asks the group leaders to present the products prepared by them. TEACHER’S VERSION             Teacher presents her own version of the answer using a slide:   REVIEW            Teacher recapitulates the passages taken. FOLLOW-UP ACTIVITY            Teacher gives the following assignment :

PUPILS' RESPONSE