3. UNIT : WINGS AND WHEELS
SUB-UNIT :FROM A RAILWAY
CARRIAGE (POEM)
STANDARD : 8
THEME : TRAVEL
4. AIM: To make the learners understand the
importance of travelling and also to make aware
of the importance of adventurous travelling.
LEARNING OUTCOME
The learner
develops reading skills with proper stress
and tone.
understands poetic devices like images,
rhyming words rhyme scheme,
alliteration etc.
familiarizes various literary forms like novel,
story and poems
Then teacher shows some pictures…..
5.
6. TESTING - What did you understand
after seeing these pictures?
From the pictures we can arrive at the
conclusion that the poem is related to
travelling. Then the teacher asks the
questions like….
Q: How do you usually spent your
holidays?
Q: How many of you like to travel?
Q: What are the different types of
transportation modes used for
travelling?
8. The famous poet shown in the picture is
Robert Louis Stevenson after that the
teacher shows the profile of the poet.
PROFILE
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON
Birth -1850
Scottish novelist, poet, essayist.
Travel writer.
Famous work- Treasure island.
9. Can you guess the name of the poem…..
The clue is…..
Then the teacher writes the name of the poem-
FROM A RAILWAY CARRIAGE
10. THEME : The poem is about a thrilling
experience of the poet during a train journey
in the 19th century. During the journey the
poet saw many sights…
Then the teacher reads the poem….
Teacher now describes the poem through the
pictures…. The poet saw…..
Hills and plains meadows
cattle
12. From these pictures we can conclude that the
train is moving through a village..
FINDING OUT THE DIFFICULT
WORDS
Teacher asks the students to mark the difficult
words and to find out from the dictionary…
1.Charge- to rush forward ( teacher gives
situation that terrorist charge on neighbouring
countries )
2Bramble –a prickly shrub of rose family
3.Ditches – a long narrow furrow
4Scrample – to move quickly( teacher creates
situation that when we are late for school we
walk quickly)
14. ACTIVITY
FINDING OUT THE ALLITERATION
Teacher shows a chart in which it is
given what alliteration is…
Now find the alliteration from the poem….
ALLITERATION
It is the stylistic device in which a
number of words having the same
consonant sound occur close together
in a series.
Example: A big bully beats a baby
boy.
