WELCOME

TALES OF TOIL

Name of the teacher trainee: Thara S

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

Subject: EnglishUnit: Tales of ToilSub Unit: I Am The People The

Mob

Standard: IXStrength:44Period:Duration:

35minsDate: 20. 7.

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 world’s food and cloths.

READ THE POEM SILENTLY.

TRACK READING

Track the text with symbols

(√,?,!)

COLLABORATIVE LEARNING

GLOSSARY REFERENCE

MOB =Disorderly crowdINVENTOR =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.

THANK YOU…

WELCOME

Name of the teacher trainee : Thara S

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

Subject : EnglishUnit : Tales of ToilSub Unit : I Am The People

The Mob

Standard: IXStrength: 44Period:Duration: 35minsDate: 13. 8.

2015

OBJECTIVESTo make the learning process interesting and effective.To engage pupils in various discourse activities.To develop an awareness about the importance of hard work.

I AM THE PEOPLE, THE MOB

BY CARL

SANDBURG

I am the audience that witnesses history.The napoleons come from me and the Lincolns. They die. And then I send forth more Napoleons and Lincolns.

I am the seed ground.I am a prairie that will stand for much ploughing. Terrible storms pass over me. I forget. The best of me is sucked out and wasted.

I forget.Everything but Death comes to me and makes me work and give up what I have. And I forget.

READ THE POEM SILENTLY.

TRACK READING

Track the text with symbols

(√,?,!)

COLLABORATIVE LEARNING

GLOSSARY REFERENCE

PRAIRIE= Grassland of North America

MEGAPHONING THE DOUBTS

?

SCAFFOLDING QUESTIONS1.To whom does the poet attribute the qualities of Napoleon and Lincoln?2.To whom does the poet compare the people with?

READ THE POEM ALOUD.

LANGUAGE ACTIVITY

FIND OUT THE FIGURE OF SPEECH USED IN THE

POEM

ASSIGNMENTWrite a small paragraph on the person who inspired you

most.

THANK YOU…

WELCOME

Name of the teacher trainee : Thara S

Name of the school : St. John’s

H.S.S, Mattom.

Subject : EnglishUnit : Tales of ToilSub Unit : I Am The

People The Mob

Standard: IXStrength: 44Period:Duration: 35minsDate: 13. 8.

2015

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.

OBJECTIVES

I AM THE PEOPLE, THE MOB

BY CARL SANDBURG

Sometimes I growl,shake myself and spatter a few red drops for history to remember.Then- I forget.

When I, the people, learn to remember, When I, the people, use the lessons of yesterday and no longer forget who robbed me last year,Who played me for a fool- thenthere will be no speaker in all the world say the name: ‘The People’, with any fleck of a sneer in his voice or any far off smile of derision.The mob- the crowd- the mass- will arrive then.

READ THE POEM SILENTLY.

TRACK READING

Track the text with symbols

(√,?,!)

COLLABORATIVE LEARNING

GLOSSARY REFERENCE

Spatter = to sprinkleDerision = ridicule

MEGAPHONING THE DOUBTS

?

SCAFFOLDING QUESTIONS

1. What does the author mean by “spatter a few drops of blood”?

2. What is the author predicting?

READ THE POEM ALOUD.

LANGUAGE ACTIVITY

FIND THE ONOMATOPOEIC WORDS USED IN THE POEM

ASSIGNMENTWrite an appreciation of the

poem I am the People the Mob

Thank you...