Lesson Plan

                                        CRITICISM LESSON PLAN

Name of the teacher- Athira Nandan

Name of the school-Mount Tabor Girls High School

Name of the subject-English

Name of the unit-Unit II ;Wings abd Wheels

Name of the subunit-Marvellous Travel(poem)

Issue

Travel

Subunit

*New ideas of travelling

*Knowledge and insights on travelling

*Adventure in travelling

Content Analysis

The poem was written by Joshua Fernandez . All travels are informative. Travels provides us with opportunity to come across new people, their ways of life and their culture. The poet travels well equipped to write about everybody he sees on his way. The poet is hopeful that his new experiences will changes his life. Whatever we come across, whethergood, badf or even ugly will be useful to our journey of life.

Vocabulary

Spring, to scope, Lace, Testimony

Curricular  Statements

The learner,

*reads aloud with proper stress and intonation

*guesses the meaning of unfamiliar words while reading

*develops an interest to explore new world

*develops mental and spiritual aspects of travelling

Pre-requisites

The learner,

*might have visited many tourist spot or places of importance.

*might have some experiences of their  travel

*might have some new insight from their travelling

Teching –Learning Resources

*chart showing profile of the poet

*flash card for displaying meaning of difficult words

References

Sourcebook, dictionary

CLASSROOM INTERACTION PROCEDURE		EXPECTED PUPIL RESPONSE
Informal interaction The teacher enters the class, wishes the learners and the learner reciprocates. The teacher establishes a good rapport with them through an informal talk Entry activity The teachers  asks some questions to enter into the poem *do you like travelling? *have you visited any tourist spot or place of importance? *What was your experience? Link talk So, All of you have visited any tourist places such experience give us new insights. Here the poet Joshua Fernandez shares his views on travel. Teacher then explains the title of the poem ‘Marvellous Travel’,and write it on the blackboard. Teacher also shows the profile of the poet in a chart and allows one or two learners to read it loudly  Joshua Fernandez (b.1974) *Malaysian film director and designer. *He first started working in the film industry from 1995 onwards. *He has produced dance music and released a number of track music numbers. Microprocessing  of the Input Model Recitation by the Teacher The teacher gives a model recitation of the poem by asking the learners to listen carefully. Track Reading Let the learner read the poem silently and asks them to clear their doubts if any and also find out the difficult words in the poem. Explanation of the difficult words The teacher megaphones the doubts of the learners and explains the meaning of difficult words of the entire class by displaying the meaning in flashcards. 1]Spring-jumb or tom move suddenly 2]to scope-to look at 3]lace-threads of cotton twisted into a pattern 4]testimony-a statement saying what you know to be true Collaboration Learning The teacher asks the learners to sit in group and asked to find out answers of certain questions . 1)How does the poet identify the little girls? 2)What are the  different types of experiences of the  poet? 3)Who are the different types of people the poet meets during this journey? Audio Recitation of the poem Teacher asks the learners to listen to the audio recitation of the poem by displaying it in the projector. Loud Reading by the learner Teacher allows one or two learners to recite the poem loudly with correct pronunciation, stress and rhythm. Review In order to get feedback from the learners, the teacher asks some questions. 1)What is the title of the poem? 2)Who is the poet? 3)What is the meaning of the word ‘spring’? 4)What are the different types of experiences of the poet? Follow up Activity Write one of your’s travel experiences in a page.		Yes Yes. They named some tourist spot Interesting Learner listened carefully Learners found the difficult words Learners listen carefully The poet identifies the little girls by their laces. Good,bad and ugly. He meets people belonging to different races, and tribes, children, women and little girls. Learners listen carefully Learners read well ‘Marvellous Travel’ Joshua  Fernandez Jumb or move suddenly Good, bad and ugly