This lesson plan aims to teach students about R.L. Stevenson's poem "From a Railway Carriage" through interactive activities. The teacher will start with an icebreaker about students' train travel experiences. They will then watch a video about a moving train and learn about the author. The class will read the poem together and discuss its themes of excitement in train travel. Finally, students will work in groups to write about their own train journeys and identify descriptive words from the poem.

1. INNOVATIVE
LESSON PLAN

2. Name of the teacher : Sarilekshmi R.
Name of the school : D.V.V.H.S.S.,
Thalavoor
Name of the class : VIII D.
Name of the unit : Wings and Wheels
Name of the subunit :From a Railway Carriage
Topic / area : Introduction, about the
author, 8 lines

3. THEME
Travel

4. SUBTHEME
Excitement in travelling

5. R.L.Stevenson shares his experience of a railway
journey. He describes the amazing speed of the
train. He presents the natural scenes as seen from
the window of a railway carriage
 Simile
CONTENT ANALYSIS

6.  The learners will be able to , comprehend
and appreciate the poem
 Enrich vocabulary by identifying the meanings of
words from contexts
 Gather ideas on similes
 Enhance creative and critical thinking
LEARNING OUTCOMES

7. PRE-REQUISITES
The learners might have ;
 enjoyed travelling in a train
 learned small poems related to train
TEACHING-LEARNING
RESOURCES
Video , ppt slides etc.

8. CLASSROOM INTERACTION
PROCEDURE
CHIT-CHAT…
The teacher enters the class with a pleasant
smile, greets the students and engages in an
informal interaction to establish a rapport
with them

9. KICK-OFF…
The teacher asks some questions to the students
Have you travelled in train?
How was your train journey?
What all things did you observe while in a train?
How was your experience?
Do you wish to travel in train again?

10. LINK TALK…
The students are shown a video of a
moving train and the teacher says that
they are going to study a poem in which
the writer speaks about the things he
has observed while travelling in train.
She presents a slide with the details of
the writer

11. R.L.STEVENSON
(13 November 1850 – 3 December 1894))
 Scottish writer
 Major works;
Treasure Island, Kidnapped,
Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde,
and A Child's Garden of Verses.

12. FULL STEAM AHEAD
Glancing through……
The teacher gives a model reading
of the text with correct stress and
pronunciation

13. Hush-hush…
The students are asked to read the
text silently and to keep track of
their reading

14. Casting light on….
The teachers clarifies the doubts asked by the
students

15. Clavis…
Fairies

16. witches

17. hedges

18. meadow

19. Explication…
The teacher once again reads
the passage and explain its
theme and meaning

20. Answer me…
Some questions are asked to the students to check
their level of understanding
 What is the poem about?
 Does the train move through a village or
city?
 What are the expressions used by the poet to
show the amazing speed of the train?
 What do you mean by the word “witches” ?

21. Side by Side…
The students are asked to form groups and to
prepare a write-up regarding their experience
while travelling in a train and the things they
had observed.

22. Hit on…
Identify the words that describe movement
and sound from the poem