Innovative Lesson Plan

                                              INNOVATIVE LESSON PLAN

NAME OF THE TEACHER TRAINEE  :  NIMMY ALEX NAME OF THE SCHOOL                    :  GHSS, KOICKAL SUBJECT                                              :  ENGLISH UNIT                                                    :   I; ASPIRE TO WIN AREA                                                   :  THE RACE                                                                 (PARA 1 & 2) LEITMOTIF                                         :   SPORTS SUB THEMES                                     : MOTIVATION; OBSTACLES                                                                IN ACHIEVING DREAMS

STANDARD    : IX B STRENGTH     : 34 DURATION     : 45 MINUTES DATE               :

ANALYSIS OF THE CONCERNED AREA:  The story ‘The Race‘by an Indian writer, Nisha Punjabi has a charming power. Tarun, a school boy is the central character of the story. He was a mediocre student, was always blamed by his parents for his low grades and tardy nature. He was called a black sheep or a good for nothing fellow but he had an intense wish to be a fast runner. He gave vent to his better feelings by running. On one such occasion, he accidentally met a veteran athlete and coach, Ram Narayan, who identified his talent in running and agreed to train him if he won the race on Children’s day. But unfortunately, during the race Tarun slipped many times and could not win. Still everyone praised him for his strong determination to complete the race despite many obstacles.

DESIRED OBJECTIVES

The learner,

1) Develops interest to read and comprehend stories related to sports.

2) Develops a positive attitude towards sports and other athletic events.

3)  Cultivates an optimistic attitude to life by developing a positive approach to everything.

4) Gets familiarized with new words and languages elements.

5) Acquires knowledge to construct discourses like character sketch, write up etc.

PRE – REQUISITES

The learner,

1) Has read similar stories.

2) Has heard about different sports and games.

3) Has idea about running race.

STRATEGIES USED FOR TEACHING

Individual reading, questioning,  group work,

TEACHING-LEARNING RESOURSES

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

CLASS ROOM INTERACTION PROCEDURE BUILDING RAPPORT           Teacher creates a good rapport by engaging in an informal talk with the students. ACTIVATION OF INTEREST     Teacher creates mental readiness in pupils by showing the video of an Olympic race. LINK TALK           The present lesson is based on the theme 'Sports'. Teacher talks about running race and also introduces world famous athletes like Jesse Owens, Milkha Singh, P.T. Usha, Ussain Bolt, Justin Gatlin etc. by showing their pictures. FAMILIARIZATION OF THE TOPIC       Teacher introduces the writer Nisha Punjabi by showing her picture and writes the title on the black board.                        THE RACE                               -NISHA PUNJABI READING BY THE TEACHER         Teacher reads the first  two paragraphs with proper stress, intonation and pronunciation. READING BY THE STUDENTS         Teacher asks three or four students to read the paragraphs clearly. 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. EXPRESSION OF THE IDEA        Students express the ideas that they have got from silent reading. SCAFFOLDING QUESTIONS         Teacher asks a few scaffolding questions to the students : 1) What is the title of the story? 2) Who is the author of the story? 3) Name the  central character in the story.    4) How did he think of himself? 5) What was his biggest dream? ENRICHMENT OF VOCABULARY       Teacher introduces unfamiliar words from the passage and explains their meanings using slides: WORKING IN GROUPS         Teacher asks the students to be in groups and prepare a summary of the first two paragraphs using bulletin points.                       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: * Tarun- a mediocre student *the blacksheep of the family *had the strength of a great athlete *his dream- to become the fastest runner in the world *parents wanted him to concentrate in studies *needed intensive training to achieve his dream * his family could not afford it. REVIEW            Teacher recapitulates the passages taken. FOLLOW-UP ACTIVITY            Teacher gives the following assignment : Tarun releases  his pent up emotions by running. Do you think exercise is good for physical and mental well-being? Discuss.

PUPILS' RESPONSE