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Name of the teacher trainee : Saranya Standard : 9Name of the school: N.S.S H.S.S Karuvatta Strength : 39Subject : English Period : 7Unit : Breaking Barriers Duration :45 minSub unit : Even Past Fifty OBJECTIVES To make the learning process interesting and effectiveTo develop an awareness about gender inequalitiesTo engage pupils in various discourse activitiesPHASE 1Are you familiar with these women? How old do you think they are? They are all past fifty

Women engaged in different works

Phase 2Today we are going to learn a new poem "Even Past Fifty "by Shanta ShelkeBorn on October 19,1922, Indapur , IndiaMarathi poet and writerJournalist , professor, composer , story writer, translator, writer of child literaturePenned novels like Punarjanma and DharmaFamous poems include Varsha and GodhanDied of cancer on 6 June, 2002A Brief history of the poetPhase 3The poem is about the toil that women suffer in our society. They endure everything for the the sake of their family

Phase 4The teacher recites the first stanza with proper stress, rhythm, and intonation

Shes past fifty;Yet she 's still a little girl at heart

for whom the house is a doll's house,

and running the household

a childhood game.Phase 5Silent reading by the learner

Dolls house : a toy house with small furniture to playChildhood : a state of being a child

PHASE 6 :Track reading / Glossary ReferenceThe students find out the following words :

Students sit in groups and share their thoughtsPhase 7Collaborative Learning

Students clarify their doubtsPhase 8Megaphoning the doubts

The teacher asks certain questions ?1. Who is the she in the poem? Is it only the woman in the poem? Or does she represent all women?2. Is it possible for a woman of fifty to be a little girl at heart? How?PHASE 9Scaffolding questions ?Phase 10Reading aloud by the Learner

Images used to describe the middle aged woman?Language Activity/Discourse ConstructionWrite a paragraph on your mothers activities during the course of a day.Assignment