1. The document outlines lesson objectives, phases, and activities for teaching a poem about women over 50 years old who continue to work hard for their families. 2. It introduces the poet Shanta Shelke and her background, and notes she will recite the first stanza. 3. A student activity involves listing images of middle-aged women from the poem, such as "A girl at play" and "A little girl at heart".

3. Name of the teacher : Parvathy Prakash. M
Name of the Subject : English
Unit : Breaking Barriers
Sub unit : Even past fifty (Poem)
Standard : IX
Register No : 16514371010

6. OBJECTIVES
 to read and analyses the poem and identifies the
theme
 to creates awareness about one’s cultural roots
 to develop an awareness about gender inequalities
 to thinks critically to take proper stance of issues
related to aged

7. Phase 1
Are you familiar with these women? What is their
specialty? Can you guess their age?
Arundhati Roy Kiran Bedi Latha Mangheskar

8. Here are more examples…..
Prathibha Pattil Sonia Gandhi Gowri Amma

10. They engage in household chores without
paying attention to their health….

11. Do they have more hands than men? Why do they
have to work so hard always? Have you ever thought
about it?

12. Now we are going to read a poem based on all
those women who have dedicated their lives
to make their dear ones happy...
Let us take a bow……

13. Shanta Shelke

14. A brief history of the poet…..
 Born : October 19, 1922, Indapur, India
 Marathi poet and writer
 Journalist, professor , composer, story writer,
translator, writer of child literature
 Penned novels like Punarjanma and
Dharma
 Famous poems include Varsha and Godhan
 Died of cancer on June 6, 2002

16. Phase 4-
The teacher recites the first stanza with proper stress,
rhythm and intonation
She’s past fifty…..

21. Phase 5
Individual Reading by the learner
Learner reads the poem with proper stress, intonation and
rhythm

22. Phase 6
Sharing with pair or peer

23. Phase 7
Glossary reference with the help of the teacher
Dolls House- A toy house with small furniture and
sometimes dolls in it for children to play with

24. Childhood- The state of being child
Fatigue – Extreme tiredness resulting from
mental or physical illness

25. Phase 8
Scaffolding questions
1.Who is the ‘she’ in the poem? Is it only the woman in the
poem? Or does she represent all woman?
2. What does ‘a long road ’ suggest here?
3. What kind of evil characters do you find in children’s
stories?
4. Is it possible for a woman of fifty to be ‘a little girl’ at
heart? How?

26. Phase 9
Reading aloud by the learner

27. Phase 10
FOLLOW UP ACTIVITY
Make a profile of the author
Hints :
Born : 1922, Pune, Maharashtra
Marathi Poet, journalist, teacher and composer
Writer of child literature
Poems deal with problems of women
‘odh’, ‘Dharma’‘Punarjanma’ are major works
Died : 2002

28. Profile of the author
Shanta Shelke was born in 1992, Pune,
Maharashtra. She is a famous Marathi
poet, journalist, teacher, translator and
composer. She is a writer of child
literature and her works mainly deals
with the problems that Indian women
face. She died in 2002.

29. Activity- 2 Images
What images about the middle- aged woman do you get
from the poem? List them….
 A girl at play
 …………….
 …………….
 …………….
 …………….

30. Let’s check the images…
 A girl at play
 A little girl at heart
 Hollowness of the forth
 Fights with blade
 A Doll’s house game
 Moonlight
 Crumpled in a fist