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TALES OF TOIL

Name of the teacher trainee: Mekha Salim

Name of the school: St. John’s H.S.S, Mattom.

Subject: English

Unit: Tales of Toil

Sub Unit: I Am The People The Mob

Standard: IX

Strength:41

Period: III

Duration: 35mins

Date: 5. 10. 2015

OBJECTIVES

To make the learning process interesting and effective.

To engage pupils in various discourse activities.

To develop an awareness about the importance of hard work.

TODAY WE ARE GOING TO LEARN A NEW POEM “I AM THE PEOPLE THE MOB” BY CARL SANDBURG

CARL SANDBURG (1878- 1967)

American poet, historian, novelist $ folklorist. The Singing Bard. Central figure in Chicago Renaissance. Won Pulitzer Prize thrice. Major works:

• Chicago poems

• The People, Yes

• Abraham Lincoln: The prairie Years and The War Years.

I AM THE PEOPLE,

THE MOB

ALL HUMAN ACHIEVEMENTS ARE THE FRUIT OF MAN’S LABOUR. THE POEM IS A TRIBUTE TO PEOPLE, WHO ARE THE SEED GROUND OF PROGRESS.

I Am the people- the mob- the crowd- the mass.Do you knowthat all the great work of the world is done through me?

I am the working man, the inventor, the maker of ’s food and cloths.

READ THE POEM SILENTLY.

TRACK READING

Track the text with symbols

(√,?,!)

COLLABORATIVE LEARNING

GLOSSARY REFERENCE

MOB =Disorderly crowd

INVENTOR =person who designs and make something

not existing before.

MEGAPHONING THE DOUBTS

SCAFFOLDING QUESTIONS

1.Who is the I in the poem?

2.To whom the poem is addressed?

READ THE POEM ALOUD.

LANGUAGE ACTIVITY

FIND OUT THE WORDS THAT ARE USED TO REFER THE ‘I’ IN THE POEM.

ASSIGNMENTWrite a profile of the author Carl Sandburg.