1. The document summarizes a lesson plan for teaching the short story "A Shipwrecked Sailor" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez to 8th standard students. 2. The story is about a 20-year-old sailor who was washed overboard during a storm in the Caribbean Sea and clung to a life raft for 10 days without food or water before being rescued. 3. The lesson plan includes introducing the story and author, reading the story aloud, discussing characters and events, related activities like fill-in-the-blank and recall questions, and asking students to narrate the story in their own words.

1. Submitted by : Kamila
Thasneem.K
Option : English
Reg No: 165 14 303 018
Year of study: 2014-2015
Submitted to: E.K Jijan
Assistant Professor
English
Mount Tabor Training
College
Pathanapuram

2. Name of the Teacher - Kamila Thasneem.K
Name of the school - Marthoma Girls High School
Name of the subject - English
Name of the unit - Wings and Wheels
Sub-unit - A Shipwrecked Sailor
Issue -Travel
Sub-issue: Adventure in Travelling.
Content Analysis : A shipwrecked sailor is the story of a twenty year old
sailor, who was washed overboard during a storm in the middle of the
Caribbean sea. Clinging to a life raft without food and water, he survived ten
days and was proclaimed a national hero , kissed by beauty queen.
Std – VIII
Time – 40 mts

3. Curricular Statement -
The learner develops a favorable attitude towards the English language.
The learner develop fourfold skills in English language Listening, speaking,
reading, writing.
The learner grasps the meaning of new words in contexts.
The learner should understand tragic experience of ship wreck.
The learner should be able to understand the concept of adventure journey.
Pre-requisites -
The learner should be aware of adventure aspect of travelling.
The learner should be familiar with sailor.
The learner should read books or watch movies related to shipwreck.
Teaching-Learning Resources - Course book, Video clips ,Pictures, Charts.
Reference - Source book, Kerala reader English- part 1, stdVIII
Daniel Jones English pronouncing dictionary
Oxford English dictionary

4. 1.Informal Interaction.
Good Morning.
How are you all?
Have you had your breakfast?
2.Refreshing Zone.
Classroom Interaction Procedure Helping Desk
Do you like travelling?
Do you have any adventurous journey in
your life?
Have you ever travelled in a ship?

5. Connection Talk –
Teacher show pictures of shipwrecked
from the movie ‘ Titanic’ and explains that the
story they are going to learn is “ A Shipwrecked
Sailor by Gabriel Garcia Marquez and
introduce the author.
Lets Familiarize.
Classroom Interaction Procedure Helping Desk
Columbian writer
Novelist
Short story writer
Journalist
Gabriel Garcia Marquez

6. Classroom Interaction Procedure Helping Desk
Reading Corner –
Teacher reads the passage and
ask the learners to read it silently.
Recollect And Organize Ideas -
Students are asked to share their ideas.
The main characters.
About the incident.
Narrator’s condition.

7. Classroom Interaction Procedure Helping Desk
.Activity time
Fill in the blanks in the following passage
picking up the right words given in the box.
[Impression, recognize, contemplate ,surface,
evidence]
I can’t ------ what it would be like to be alone.
My----- of it’s really frightening. I am saying
this based on the --------I got from my
reading. I also------that floating on the ---of
the sea on a boat alone is a more frightening
experience them being in a forest.
Recognize
contemplate
impressio
n
surface
Evidence

8. Lets Recall -
Who is the author of the story?
Who are the main characters?
What happened to the narrator?
What appeared reassuring to the narrator?
Do it Yourself
Narrate the story in your own words.