LISTEN TO THE MOUNTAIN LESSON PLAN 1

·     LESSON PLAN IN CONSTRUCTIVIST FORMAT   Preliminary details   Name of the                                                                        teacher trainee : Shifana kunnappully         Name of the school:G.H.S.S Mankara   Subject             : English                             Class                      : IX  Unit                  : Care for the Morrow         Strength                 : 20   Topic                : Listen to the Mountain      Date                      :16/01/2018   Subtopic           : “Iam a great grandmother…  thankyou”  ( Scene 1)                Duration       : 40 minutes

·         THEME: Preservation of nature

·         SUBTHEMES: Natural Phenomena and Natural Calamities

·         Learning Outcomes: The learners will be able to:-

·         3.1 read and comprehend plays.

·         3.2 enrich vocabulary by referring to glossary.

·         3.5 speak and read with proper stress, pause and intonation.

·         3.6 attempt a poster.

·         3.9 develop awareness about nature and its importance.

·         3.11 identify the nature of developmental activities and their impact on the environment.

·         Concept/Skill

·         Read and comprehend the play.

o   Enrichment of vocabulary.

o   Enhancement of four fold skills of the language.

·         Develop awareness about the need to protect nature.

·         Activities

·         Poster

o   Familiarizing a new discourse.

o   Enhance creative and critical thinking skills.

o   Develop presentation skills.

·         Process/Assessment

§  Individual reading

§  Group activity

·         Content Analysis

o   The play ‘Listen to the Mountain’ by Kavery Nambisan open our eyes to ecological issues. It highlights the need for being conscious about our duties and responsibilities towards nature.

·         Prerequisites The learners are able to:-

§  Enjoy similar plays.

§  Refer glossary and locate needed information.

§  Understand ecological issues.

§  Attempt a poster on the topic ‘save nature’.

o   Learning Aids

·         A video  of industrial pollution

·         A picture of Kavery Nambisan.

·         A slide of global comprehension questions.

·         A picture of a boy on crutches.

·         A picture of paintings depicting the concept of freedom.

·         A poster on the topic ‘Save Nature’.

	·       PROCESS	·       RESPONSE
·       Entry Activity ( 5 min) ·         Teacher enters the classroom and establishes a rapport with the students. She exhibits a video of industrial pollution and generates a discussion on the same. She asks simple questions and elicits answers from students. ·         Vi ·         What do you observe in the video? ·         What are the causes of pollution? ·         How does it affect nature and our health? ·         Who is responsible for destroying nature? ·         After asking questions teacher introduces the author in detail and then narrates the gist of the story to the whole class. The teacher exhibits the picture of Kavery Nambisan. ·         ·        Gist of the story ·         All of us are responsible to protect our mother earth. Unfortunately we compete with one another to destroy our nature. This play of Kavery Nambisan is an eye opener to all who cause serious damage to the environment. The play is about the construction of a five star hotel on a mountain in the village of Dharmagiri. Do you like to know what happened later? Now read the first scene silently. ·        Silent reading by the learners ·         Teacher asks the learners to read the first scene silently without lip movement. She stress the learners to locate the answers to global comprehension questions. She then asks global comprehension questions. ·        Global Comprehension Questions ·         What is the title of the play? ·         Who is the author? ·         Who are the characters in the play? ·         What is the setting of the play? ·        Reading in Pair ·         Teacher asks the learners to form pairs and read the first scene. She then motivates the learners to identify the word meaning of difficult words from the glossary. ·         Wordstudy ·         Hobble: - walk in an awkward way typically because of pain from an injury. o   Context 1 ·         The teacher exhibits the picture of a man walking with difficulty on crutches. She then generates a discussion on the same. She asks simple questions and elicits answers from students. ·       Ebin hobbles on crutches. ·         Depicting:-represent by a drawing, painting or other art form. o   Context 1 ·         The teacher exhibits a picture of paintings related to the concept of freedom.She then generates a discussion based on the same. ·     ·         Eg:- These are paintings depicting the concept of freedom. ·         Teacher encourages the students to construct sentences using the words hobble and depict. ·        Model reading by the teacher ·         Teacher reads the first scene with correct stress, pause and intonation. She then asks questions to help the learner understand the deeper meaning of the first scene. She elicits answers through prompting. ·        Scaffolding Questions ·        What did the grandmother say about her past? ·        Where does she live? ·        Who are her friends? ·        Who is Narayan? ·        Where does Sagar comes from? ·        ‘Development is a threat to nature’. Do you agree with the statement? ·        Activity ·         Attempt a poster on the topic  ‘Save Nature’ ·        Leading Questions ·         What are the rules for making a poster? ·         What all things are required? ·         What is the theme of the poster? ·        Individual Presentation by Students ·         Teacher selects students randomly to present their discourse. While presenting teacher edits the product syntactically, semantically and morphologically. ·        Teacher’s Version ·         Teacher presents a model poster before the class o  ·        Refinement in groups ·         Teacher asks the learners to form groups and refine the product based on discussion and teacher’s version. ·         Presentation ·         Group leader presents the product. Teacher edits it syntactically, semantically and morphologically. ·         Assignment ·         Write a conversation between two birds about man’s selfish attitude.		·         They greet back the teacher. Students were very curious to watch the video. ·         They observed the model and came up with answers based on the theme. ·         They opined that man is responsible for destroying nature. ·         They listened to it. They observed the picture of Kavery Nambisan. ·         They listen to it carefully. ·         They read the first scene silently. ·         They gave appropriate answers. ·         They read in pairs and locate the word meaning of difficult words from the glossary. ·         They observe the picture. ·                 They were able to construct sentences using the new words. ·         They listen to it. ·         Students gave correct answers. ·      They understood how to do the activity ·         They present their posters individually. ·         They observe the teacher’s version. ·                  They refine the product based on discussion and teacher’s version. ·         The group leader presents the end product. ·         They jot it down in a notebook.