Innovative lesson plan

1. INNOVATIVE LESSON PLAN
Name of the teacher trainee : Kavitha.S.S
Name of the school : G.H.S. Pooyappally
Subject : English
Unit : III, Tales of Toil
Sub Unit : Follower
Issue : Lack of human resource development
CURRICULAR STATEMENTS
Enables the learner to,
 Read the poem effectively with proper rhythm intonation and feeling.
 Grasp the theme of the poem.
 Identify poetic devices such as figures of speech images used in the poem.
 Understand the mood of the poem and share emotions and feeling.
LEARNING OUTCOME
The leaner,
 Develops proper attitude towards work.
 Thinks and evaluate critically the issues relate of to human resource
development.
 Develops interest in reading poems.
CONTENT ANALYSIS
Ideational content: “Follower” is written by Seamus Heaney who beautifully
natures how he become a true follower of his dear father
LINGUISTIC CONTENT
Vocabulary : Globe, furrrow, sock clicking tongue
Std : IX.E
Str : 57
Dur : 30min
Date :

2. PRE- REQUISITES
The pupils have already heard about the poems related to dignity of labour
TEACHING LEARNING RESOURCES
Course book, chart, black board
Process Assessment
INFORMAL INTERACTION
Teacher establishes a rapport with the students by
indulging in them casual talk. How are you all?
ENTRY ACTIVITY
The teacher interacts with the students on the basis of
asking the following questions to trigger their thought.
Do you like help your parents?
Have you ever imitate your parents?
Do you like agricultural activities?
LINK TALK
Teacher now leads the poem by asking some
questions?
Have you heard about the poem related to father and
son relationship?
INTRODUCING THE POEM
Teacher introduces the poem by saying that today we
are going to listen the poem “Follower” written by
Seamus Heaney, in this poem we can see the poet’s
brevity and accuracy in describing the peasant father
impress us a lot.
Fine Teacher
Yes
Yes/No
Yes/No
Yes/No
Pupils listens to the teacher

3. Process Assessment
MICRO PROCESSING OF THE POEM
Teacher recites the poem about with correct
pronunciation, intonation and rhythm
INDIVIDUAL READING
The students are allowed to read the poem silently
PICTORIAL REPRESENTATION
The teacher shows the pictures
GLOSSARY REFERENCE
The teacher now helps the learner to refer glossary and
find out the meaning of different words
Globe (v)- swell or round like a globe
Student listens carefully
Student reads the poem silently
Student finds out the meaning
of words

4. Process Assessment
Furrow (n)- a long narrow cut in the ground
Clicking tongue- making a sound with the tongue
Sock- sharp metal tip of a plough
SCAFFOLDING READING
Teacher recites the poem focusing on correct
pronunciation, intonation, rhythm etc and interacts with
the students by asking some questions.
 What makes the father ‘an expert’?
 Who are referred to as ‘the sweating team”
 What are they described so?
 What is the setting of the poem?
FINDING ANSWER OF THE QUESTION GIVEN
Teacher gives textual question and asked them to find
out the answer
ENJOYING THE POEM
Teacher divided the students into two groups. Each
group presented the rhyming words, poetic device,
word pictures and rhyme scheme. For the best
presentation teacher gives the reward .
GRASPING THE THEME OF THE POEM
Teacher tells a shown appreciation of the poem. That
helps the students to understand the poem effectively
His long experience in
managing the horse and setting
the plough makes him an
expert
Father and the horses
They are called sweating team
because they work hand in
hand to plough the field
The poem has an agrarian
setting
Student writes the answer
Student actively participates
Student listens
FOLLOW UP ACTIVITY
Prepare an appreciation of the poem “Follower”