LESSON PLAN

Name of the teacher : Praseetha. C.P Standard : VIII B

Name of the School : H.S.S.Kandamangalam Strength : 34

Subject : English Period : 6

Unit : 2. On Telling A Tale Duration : 45 mins

Sub Unit : The Story Teller ( Paragraph 1-3 ) Date :08/08/2014

Issue : Lack of Cohesive universal vision

Sub Issue : Not realizing the importance of social mingling

Content Analysis : The Story Teller is a short story written by Hector Hugh Munro (Saki). Heis also known as Saki. The story is about three children , their aunt and a bachelor. This short storyfocuses on the art of storytelling because two different stories come within the main story. In the 1st

part aunt and three children are travelling in a train. A bachelor sits opposite to them. Aunt always says‘ don’t ’ , to the children. And children always ask ‘ why ’ to the aunt. Aunt began to tell story to them.

Curricular Statements : The Learner ,

1. reads and analyses the literary text , Page no. 472. identifies the main characters in the story – aunt and three children3. learns to construct discourses like sentence construction4. develops interest in reading similar kinds of stories

Pre- requisites : The Learner ,

1. is able to comprehend passages2. has the study skill of referring a dictionary3. has similar experiences in a train journey

Teaching Learning Resources :

1. Black board ( Name of the story and writer )2. Chart ( Profile of the author )3. Picture ( Saki )4. Roller board (Scaffolding Questions )

References :

1. Course Book of Standard VIII ( Page no.47 , Paragraph 1 , 2, 3 )2. Source Book of standard VIII3. Oxford English Dictionary

Classroom Interaction Procedure Assessment / ExpectedResponse

Informal Interaction

Teacher engages in an informal talk with thestudents. So as to create a good rapport with them.

Good Afternoon

How are you ?

Are you all happy with the climate ?

How was the rain today ?

Entry Activity

Teacher asks certain questions like

Have you ever been in a train journey ?

How many times you travelled in a train ?

Link Talk

Teacher introduces the short story ‘The StoryTeller’ written by Hector Hugh Munro and thendisplays a chart (profile) with the picture. Then shewrites the title of the story and the name of thewriter on the black board.

Students interacted well tothe teacher during informalinteraction.

Students freely respondedto the teacher.

Students listened carefullyto teacher.

The Story Teller

Hector Hugh Munro

Micro – processing of the input

Model reading by the Teacher

The teacher reads the first three paragraphs ofthe story with proper stress, intonation , pronunciationand in meaningful units. The theme and the necessarydetails are also forwarded to the students.

Silent Reading by the pupil

The teacher asks the students to read theparagraphs silently with comprehension.

Track Reading by the teacher

The students are asked to read paragraphs1,2,3 individually and silently and they are alsoasked to mark accordingly ie., they have to put tick

( ) mark for what they have understood and aquestion mark ( ? ) for what they have not understoodand an exclamation mark for what they found

Students listened to thereading by the teacherwith much attention. Thestudents carefully listenedto the explanationprovided by the teacher.

Students read theparagraphs silently withmuch comprehension.

Students read theparagraphs of the storyand mark according tothe teacher’s instruction.

interesting or surprising.

Sitting and sharing with peers

Teacher asks the pupil to sit in groups andto share their ideas with the members of the group.

Glossary reference

Teacher asks the students to refer the glossary andto find out the meaning of the difficult words. If thestudents need further clarifications, teacher intervenesand provides situation or teaching aids to get rightmeaning of the words. The difficult words arePersistent, Smacking and Reluctant.

Persistent/pəˈsɪst(ə)nt/ - continuing firmly or obstinately in an

opinion orcourse of action in spite of

difficulty or opposition.

Some Salesmen can be very persistent.

S mack

/smak/ - strike (someone or something), typicallywith the palm

Students shared theirideas with the peers.

Students referred theglossary to find out themeaning of the difficultwords.

Students understood themeaning.

of the hand and as a punishment.

Jessica smacked his face, quite hard

reluctant/rɪˈlʌkt(ə)nt/ - unwilling and hesitant; disinclined.

She seemed reluctant to answer

Collaborative learning

Students are asked to form groups and share theirideas in groups. Students are also asked to write downthe word in their personal word list.

Mega phoning the doubts

Teacher asks each group to megaphone theirdoubts to other group.Eg :Group A to Group B : What is the meaning of the word‘Stranger’?Group B to Group A : The meaning of the word Stranger is‘a person whom one does not know or with whom one is notfamiliar’.

Facilitation by the teacher

Students formed groups andshare their ideas amongthemselves. Students alsoentered the word andmeaning to the personalword list.

Students asked their doubtsto other group.

Teacher helps to clarify the difficult areaswhich no groups could effectively tackle. Teacher alsoexplains the difficult areas.

Second model reading by the teacher

Scaffolding Questions

In order to make the content clear, scaffoldingquestions are asked to the students. The students areasked to write down the answers.

1. What is the title of the story?2. Who is the writer of the story?3. Who are the characters in the story?

Presentation by the pupil

Randomly students are selected from each groupand they are asked to present the answers for thescaffolding questions.

Discourse Construction , Editing and Presentation

Teacher asks the students to construct sentencesby using the words.

Students presented theiranswers well to thescaffolding questions askedby the teacher.

Students actively participatedin the discourse construction.

Group 1 and 3 : Don’t and whyGroup 2 and 4 : Come and Go

Then teacher presents a chart with answers.

Teacher’s Version

Don’t - Don’t make noise. Why - Why are you late ?

Come - Come here.Go - I go to school.

Generalization and Conclusion

Teacher summarizes the paragraphs with the help ofthe students.

- ‘ The Story Teller ’ is a short story written by thefamous writer Saki.

- The location of the story is in a train.- The aunt and three children are travelling in a

train.- A bachelor sits opposite to them.- Aunt always says ‘ don’t ’ , to the children. And

children always ask ‘ why ’ to the aunt. Auntbegan to tell story to them.

Students helped the teacherto summarize the paragraphs.

Assignment

Write a story based on your experiences in a train journey.