Marvelous travel

                     INNOVATIVE LESSON PLAN

Name of the teacher: Aswathi.B                                                                            Standard: 8 O

Name of the school: cotton hill school                                                                  Strength: 41

Subject: English                                                                                                     Period: Third                                                                                                                                                   

Unit: Wings and wheels                                                                             Duration: 40 minutes

Sub unit : Marvellous travel                                                                                  Date:

Issue       : Travel and experience

Sub issue : 1) Adventurous aspects of travelling

                   2) Mental aspects of travelling

CURRICULAR STATEMENT

1.      Reads and enjoys pieces of literature. 2.      Understands the mental aspects of travelling and gain confidence to face critical situations in life.

CONTENT ANALYSIS

Joshua Fernandez’s “Marvellous Travel” shares Fernandez’s view on travel.

PRE- REQUISITES

The Learner 1.      Has interest and curiosity in travelling. 2.      Learn about different aspects of travelling from the other sub- units in “Wings and Wheels”

TEACHING- LEARNING MATERIALS

·         Course book ·         Source book ·         Dictionary ·         Chart ·         Blackboard

CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION/ PROCEDURE

STUDENTS’ REACTIONS

The teacher interacts informally with the learners to make a good rapport with them. Teacher initiates a discussion based on the theme of travel. Teacher asks questions like: ·         Do you like travelling? ·         Have visited any tourists spot or any place of importance? ·         What was your experience? ·         Did the travel give you new insights? Teacher gives an introduction about the poet Joshua Fernandez. Teacher recites the poem twice aloud with correct, rhyme and musicality. After asks the students to read the poem, discuss and make a story. After the discussion and writing the story one student in each group present the story in front of the class members. Teacher selects one student from each group for analyzing the story. Evaluating session: After the presentation give time to evaluating and present their opinions and suggestions. From this discussion student’s find the theme of the poem it is helpful to them improve their LSRW skills.  Teacher helps the learner to understand the meaning of the unfamiliar words. Horoscope:  a diagram of the heavens, the relative position of plants and the signs of the zodiac, for use in calculating birth for telling events in a person’s life etc.   Teacher writes the meaning in a flash card and shows a picture of horoscope. Students recite the poem with correct stress and modulation. Teacher asks some scaffold questions. ·         Why does the poet say that he travels with his eye’s  and thought’s? ·         What does the poet mean by “I travel with my pen”? ·         That something new, would spring into my horoscope... what does the line mean? Teacher asks the learners to analyse the line “ I travel with my pen” REVIEW OF THE POEM Travelling is a way of getting to know the world.

HOME ACTIVITY

Teacher asked to write a travelogue.