Innovative Lesson PlanName of the teacher    : Harsha C V                                                          Standard :IXSubject                         :English                                                           Strength  :Unit                              : IV Glimpses of a Green Planet.                    Period      :Sub unit                        : On the Grasshopper and the Cricket.            Duration : 45 mtsIssue                              :lack of eco-friendly industrialization                   Date         :                                        and urbanization                                          

Curricular statetementsThe people,

        Recites and analyses the poem.        Create an awareness of the beauty, glory, and grandeur of nature

expressed through the various forms, mood, landscape, seasonal rhythm etc.      Learning Outcomes          The learner,

        Familiarizes new words jaint, hedge, etc.and its usage.        Realizes the value of nature’s glory.

gets an awareness of the central theme of the poem.

Content Analysis     ‘On The Grasshopper and Cricket’ written by John Keats is a beautiful poem which deals with the beauty of nature.

Pre-requisites The pupil’

        may know the different seasons.        is able to recite the poem.

has the study skill of referring a dictionary.

Teaching learning ResourceCourse book std: IX, Source book std; IX, Chalk board charts pictures, Laptop, Activity card.

Classroom process ResponsesInformal interactionGood morning.Are you all happy?Have you had your break fast?Take your numbers.Entry activityTeacher shows pictures regarding four seasons. Teacher asks them to identify these pictures.Then asks which are the different seasons of a year? Can you say something about summer season?Link TalkCan you name a creature which we can see in the picture?Can you name a creature we can see in the winter?Then the teacher writes the title of the poem on the black board.‘On The Grasshopper and The Cricket’

John Keats

                            

                           Micro processing of the inputModel reading by the Teacher  The teacher recites the poem with proper pronunciation, musicality, feeling and rhythm. The theme and necessary detail are also forwarded to the students.

Student interaction well with the questions.

They observed the pictures.

They answered to the questions.

They listened to the model reading.

Track reading by the peopleStudents are asked to read the first stanza individually and silently and they are also marked accordingly, That is they have to put tick for what they have understood, question mark for what they haven’t, exclamation mark for what they found interesting or surprising.Glossary ReferenceNow teacher helps the learners to refer glossary and find out the meaning of difficult words. The difficult words are,

       Faint:weak,kiddy

faint       Hedge; arrow of bushes or trees planted cross together

   

    

Moun: To cut grass using a machine or an implement with a blade.

They marked according to the teachers instruction.

They understood the meanings.

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.Mega phoning the doubtEach group asked doubts to other groups and others answer to it. A game is held on the basis of this doubts.Eg-teacher asked the students to match the word with their meaning.

        Mead         -                           1,   the fainting birds        Moun         -                           2, Grasshopper        Faint           -                           3,  a meadow        Hedge         -                          4,  summer        All the bird are faint in    -     5, weak or

                                                   giddy                                                                 

        He takes the lead in    summer luxury                -    6,  a row of                                                  bushes or                                                               planted together      

        Hide in cooling trees         -  7,to cut grass                                                      Using a

                                                        machineFacilitation by the teacherTeacher helps to clarify the difficult areas which no groups could effectively tackle. Teacher also explains the difficult areas.Scaffolding questionsIn order to make the content clearer scaffolding questions are asked to the students. The students are asked to write down the answers.

     Who take the lead in summer?                       The grass hopper

     Who hide in cooling trees?                      All the fainting birds

     Who breaks the silence of winter?                       The cricket.

     Where can we see the grasshopper in summer?                        In the new moun mead.Presentation by the people            Randomly students are taken from each group and they are asked to present the answers for the scaffolding questions.

Student share their ideas.

They found the answers.

They answered to the questions.

Students presented the answers.

Review

This poem identifies the real poets of the earth. That is the grasshopper never be tired, he sings song even in the summer season. He leads in summer luxury.

Assignment

What are the sights and sounds related to summer that you find in the poem?