1) The document outlines a lesson plan for teaching a poem titled "Night of the Scorpion" by Nazzim Ezekiel to 10th standard students. 2) The teacher engages students with an opening quote, checks prior knowledge of village customs, provides context on the author, reads and discusses the poem, and clarifies difficult words. 3) Students participate through answering questions, group work, homework, and other activities designed to help them understand the themes of the poem.

1. Name of the teacher trainee : Sapna S Standard: X
Name of the school : New HSS,Nellimood Strength:
Subject : English Period:
Unit : Generations Date:
Subunit : Night of the scorpion Duration:
Issue : Generation Gap
Curricular Objective : The Pupil should understand the importance of
education and rational thinking
Pre-requisites : The students might have knowledgeabout the
superstition of the village folk and importance of
education.
Teaching –learning resources : Sourcebook,Coursebook,Dictionary,Chart,pictures.

2. Frame Activity Student
Participation
Frame1
Students
warmup
Frame2
Checking
previous
Knowledge
Frame3
About the
author
Teacher interact with the students by
saying good morning and started the class
with a quote from Abdulkhalam” Aiming
low is a crime”.
Teacher asks the students about the habbit
and character of the village people and
tries to understand the knowledge of the
students.
Teacher writes the name of the author and
the name of the poem on the blackboard.
“Night of the Scorpion”
NazzimEzekiel
NazzimEzekiel was a poet ,
playwright,editor and critic He is a
prominent figurein postindependent
Students gives a
warmwelcome to
the teacher and
became fresh and
interacted actively on
the outset of the
class
Students answer to
the questions
actively.
Students get the idea
of the poet and the
title of poem

3. Frame4
picturization
India’s literary figure.He won Sahithya
Academy Award in 1983 for his collection of
poems “Latter Day Pslamas”. His poem
“Night of the Scorpion” is full of Indianness.
Teacher shows thepicture of a scorpion,
village folk and their superstitions.
Students identifies
the pictures and the
superstitious belief
of the village folk.

4. Frame5
Reading
Frame6
Listening
Audio
Frame7
Silent reading
Frame8
Group
discussing
Teacher reads the poem loudly with correct
pronunciation,intonation,stress,rhythmand
tone.
Teacher presents an audio recitation of the
poem.
Teacher ask the students to read poem
silently and ask them to find out difficult
words
Teacher ask the pupils to discuss in groups
their doubts.
Pupil actively listen
to the teacher
Pupilsunderstoodthe
pronunciation,tone
of the poem
Pupils read the poem
silently and identifies
the difficult words
People discuss their
doubts in groups

5. Frame9
Doubt
clarification
Frame10
Summary of
the poem
Teacher clarifies the meaning of the difficult
words
1, diabolic -hikea devil
Example :terrorists are diabolic in nature
2, paralyze -preventfrom moving
Example :after his mother’s death he
become paralyzed
3, Lantern- Caseof metal and glass
protecting a flame fromwind.
Example : Before the invention ofelectricity
people uses lantern .
4, Sceptic- a person who doubts everything
especially the claims of religion, a
disbeliever.
Example: Some people are always sceptic
about the facts.
The poem opens with the poets
reminiscence of childhood experience.
One night, his mother was stung by a
scorpion .Ten hours of steady rain had
driven the scorpion to hiding beneath a sack
of rice . After inflicting unbearablepain up
on the mother with a flash of its diabolic tail
,the scorpion risked the rain again .The
peasant folk of the came like swarms of flies
and expressed their sympathy .They
believed that with every movement the
scorpion made ,the poison would move in
mothers blood. So with lightened candles
Pupils understood
the meaning of
difficult words
Students understood
the gistof the poem.

6. Frame11
Note writing
Frame12
Improving
creativity.
Frame13
Reading
answers of
homework.
Frame14
Today’s
homework
and lanterns they began to search for him,
but in vain. To console the mother they
opened the bundle of superstitions. They
told mother that the suffering and pain will
burn away the sins of her previous birth.”
May the suffering decreases the
misfortunes of your next birth too” ,they
said.
Teacher asks the students to write the
answers of the questions in the in the note
book.
Teacher asks the students to divide into
groups and composetheir own tune for the
poem and presentit bench wisein the
classroom
Teacher asks the students to read the
answer of the home work and asks to give
the notebooks to verify.
Teacher gave the students a homework:
Write a poem about your mother’s love.
Student’s writes
answer on the
notebook.
Students finds their
own tune for the
poem
Students read the
answers loudly.