a creative slide on THOSE WINTER SUNDAYS by Robert Hayden

1. ROBERT HAYDEN

2. Name of the student teacher: Ivy Isac
Subject :English
Unit :I, Those Winter Sundays
Issue :Importance of fatherly figure in a
family
Sub Issue: Relationship between son and father
Importance of family relationship
New vocabulary: Blue-black, Cracked, Banked
fires, splintering, Austere

3. Teacher begins the class with a language game.
Teacher write the word “DEVELOPMENT” on
the board and asked students from each
bench to create a word out of it.

4. Teacher ask some questions to the students to
enter into the topic.
1. Do you like poems?
2. Who is your favourite poet?

5. Teacher ask few questions for making them
ready to listen to the poem.
1. Do you love your parents?
2. Whom do you love the most?
3. Did your parents satisfy your needs?
4. Do you ever thanked them?

6.  Robert Hayden (4 August 1913 – 25 February
1980) was American poet, essayist and
educator.
 He served as consultant in poetry to the
Library of Congress from 1976–78, a role
today known as US Poet Laureate.
 He was the first African-American writer to
hold the office.

8. This poem deals with the relationship
between a father and a son. It also says how
his father used to work hard for the family.
But no one ever thanked him. The speaker is
recalling his experience with the father.

9. READING:
Teacher read the poem aloud with correct
pronunciation, stress and voice modulation.
INDIVIDUAL READING:
Students read the poem individually.
TRACKING:
Teacher ask students to track their reading.
SHARING WITH PAIR/PEER:
Teacher now ask them to share their
understanding.

10. SITTING IN GROUPS:
Teacher ask learners to sit in groups and share
their understanding.
INTRODUCING NEW WORDS:
Teacher introduce following new words to the
students.
BLUE BLACK
CRACKED
BANKED FIRES
SPINTERING
AUSTERE

16. MEGAPHONING THE DOUBTS:
Teacher goes to each group and megaphones
their doubts.
SCAFOLDED READING:
1. Who is the author of this poem?
2. Who is the speaker of the poem?
3. What is the theme of the poem?
FINDING ANSWERS TO THE QUESTIONS GIVEN:
Teacher helps learner to find the answers to
the questions given in the text.

17. Write a poem or few sentances
about your father
Or
Share a beautiful memory you
have with your father

18. INDIVIDUAL WRITING:
Teacher give some time for the individual
construction of the discourse.
GROUP WRITING:
Teacher ask them to construct the discourse in
groups.
PRESENTATION AND EDITING:
Student present the discourse before the class.

19. TEACHERS VERSION:
Teacher presents her own version of the
discourse.

20. Imagine, your father gave you a
surprise gift. You felt really
happy and want to thank your
father. Write a conversation
between you and your father.