LESSON TEMPLATE 37 [INNOVATIVE LESSON PLAN]

Name of the teacher trainee

: Avani Saseendran

Standard : IX

Name of the school

: St.Johns H.S.S. , Mattom

Strength : 41

Subject

: English

Period : III

Unit

: Glimpses Of A Green Planet

Subunit

: To Nature

Issue

: The Importance Of Nature

Subissue

: The Spiritual Effects In Nature

Content Analysis

: The poem speaks about the importance of Nature

Curricular Statement

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Pre-requisites

Date : 5/8/2015

Should be able to read and analyse the poem

Should engage in group activity and presentation
Should be able to realise the divinity in Nature

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Learning Outcome

Duration : 30 mins

Should have had a close interaction with Nature

Has the study skill of referring a dictionary

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Familiarises with the new words phantasy, altar, piety etc.

Gets clarity and competency about the principal ideas in
the poem.

Learning Material

: Black Board, Charts, Flash-cards

Reference
Dictionary.

: Course Book std.ix, Source Book std.ix, Oxford English

Classroom Interaction Procedure

Assessment

Informal Interaction :

The students respond actively.

1. Good morning to all

2. How are you all ?
3. Are you comfortable in your seats ?

Entry Activity : Children1. Have you felt any spiritual effects in

Nature?
2. Do you like to interact with Nature?
3. Are you familiar with the Romantic
poets?
4. So now we can move on to a poem
written by a romantic poet about Nature.
Link Talk : The teacher gives some clues about
the author and writes the title of the poem To
Nature on the board. The cles are:
1. He is an English poet, literary critic and
philosopher.
2. He is the friend of Wordsworth and is
regarded as one of the founders of the
Romantic movement.

The students answer the questions.

The students find out the name of the

author.

The author Samuel Taylor Coleridge is thus

introduced before the students. The teacher
shows the picture of the author.
Microprocessing of the Input
Model reading by the teacher : The reads the
poem with proper intonation, stress and pause
and also describes the theme of the poem.
Individual Reading : The teacher asks a student
to read aloud the poem. Corrections are made
whereever necessary.
Track reading by the pupil : Students are asked
to read the poem silently and to track their
reading by putting a tick mark to the sentences
which they have understood, to put a question
mark to the part they havent understood, and to
put an exclamatory mark for what they found
interesting or surprising.
Glossary Reference : The students are asked to
refer the glossary and to find out the meaning of

The students track their reading according

to their level of comprehension.

the difficult words.

The students find out the following words :

Phantasy Extreme form of imagination.
Piety Devotion to God and good works.

Collaborative Learning : Students are asked to

form groups and share their ideas in groups.
They are asked to write down the word in the
personal word list.

Altar Raised platform on which offerings

are made to God.

Megaphoning the doubts : Each group is given

opportunity to raise their doubts to other groups.
Eg. Group A to B
What is the meaning of the word Dome?
Group B to A
The meaning of the word is a rounded roof with
a circular base.
Facilitation by the teacher : Teacher helps to
clarify the difficult areas which no group could
effectively tackle. Teacher also explains the
difficult areas.
Scaffolding questions : To make the content
clear questions are asked to the students. The
students are asked to write down the answers.
What does the phrase all created things bring to
your mind?
All living and non-living things.
Pick out the expressions that show the intense
and personal experience of the poet.
Deep, Heart-felt, Inward joy, Closely clings etc.
Indicate the intense and personal experience of
the poet.
Presentation by the pupil : Randomly the
students are selected from each group and are

The students find out the answers.

asked to present their answers.

The students present their answers.

Language Activity : The teacher asks the

students whether they agree with Coleridges
view of giving high regard to Nature. Explain
your views.

A leader from each group of students come

forward and present their answers.

Assignment : The teacher assigns the students to

write a paragraph about an instance when they
felt deep devotion to Nature.