Innovative Lesson Plan

1. INNOVATIVE LESSON PLAN
Name of the Teacher: Mamatha Krishnan Std : IX
Name of the School : STHSS Volume : 1, Pg 39
Subject : English Strength:
Type of Lesson : Short Story Period :
Unit : III, The Tales of Toil Duration: 40 mins
Sub-unit : The Man Who Knew Too Much Date :
Curricular Statements
The learners
i) Comprehend the passage
ii) Develop the four-fold skills LSRW
Content Analysis
In the lesson ‘The Man Who Knew Too Much’, Alexander Baron depicts the character
Private Quelch, who is very meticulous and studious.
Pre-requisites
The learners
i) Might have heard about people who are very meticulous.
Teaching-Learning Resources
i) Course Book
PROCEDURE ADOPTED
Teacher explains the meaning of the word lanky, frowning, and depot both in English as
well as Malayalam. The teacher also explains to the students to devise an innovative method for
improving vocabulary. The teacher, herein, instructs the students to create a private Dictionary of their
own wherein each page shall be labeled with a single alphabet of a word. To this book, a student shall
enter all those complicated words which they come across in the class in the appropriate page with a

2. detailed explanation/illustration to decipher the meaning (in the language they understand). A student
on being confronted with such difficult words in future shall refer to this private Dictionary for
understanding the meaning. This exercise not only reinforces the new word, but also helps the students
in writing clearly, alphabetizing and even understanding how to create/ use a Dictionary.