1. The document is an innovative English lesson plan submitted by a teacher named Smitha A. It includes details about the lesson such as the subject, unit, learning outcomes, content analysis, and classroom activities. 2. The lesson focuses on the one-act play "The Princess on the Road" and teaches students about analyzing literature, group work, and raising awareness about women's issues. 3. The classroom activities include introducing the playwright and title, modeling reading aloud, group discussions, answering scaffolding questions, and presenting summaries. The goal is for students to understand the themes and characters in the play.

1. INNOVATIVE LESSON PLAN
Submitted by : SMITHA.A
Option : English
Reg. No : 13377009
Year of Study : 2013-14
Submitted to : Divya
Lecture in English
PTM College of Education
Maruthoorkonam
Trivandrum
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2. INNOVATIVE LESSON PLAN
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Name of the Teacher : SMITHA.A
Name of the School : PTM HSS
Maruthoorkonam
Subject : Englsih
Unit : II Breaking Barriers
Sub Unit : The Princess on the
Road (One Act Play)
Issue : Issues related to the
marginalised

3. Curricular Statement
The Pupil
I. Reads and analyses the literary texts.
II. Engages in group activity and presentation
III. Creates awareness for the importance of women
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Learning Outcomes
The Pupil
I. Familiarizes new words juggler, cross torn etc. and its
image
II. Gets awareness of central theme of the play.
III. Get Clarity and competency in developing character sketch
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4. Content Analysis
The pupil
‘ The Princers on the Road’ is a one act play written by Kathleen
Conyngham Greene’. The princes in the one act play ‘ The Princes of
the Road’ treads dangerous grounds and finally lands in trouble’. The
play reminds in that women irrespective of her social status, is always
marginalized.
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Pre-requistes
The pupil
I. Is able to comprehend passages
II. Has the study skill of referring a dictionary

5. Learning Materials
I. Black board
II. Chart
III. Pictures
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Reference
I. Course Book Std IX
II. Source Book Std IX
III. Oxford English Dictionary
CLASSROOM PROCESS RESPONSE/ASSESSMENT
Informal Interaction
I. Good Morning
II. Have you had your break fast.
III. Are you Comfortable in your seats

6. Entry Activity
I. Have you heard about one act Plays?
II. Are you interested in such plays ?
III. Do you head about princes ?
IV. Yes, we can go through such plays
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Linte Talk
I. Give some clues about the author and also creates the title
“ The princes on the Road” on the black board and ask
i. She is a British playwright.
ii. She has authored fine plays.
The author of one act play Kathleen Conyngham Greene is
introduced to the students

7. The title of the story and the name of the
writer is written on the black board and also
the major characters are introduced to the
students.
Then the teacher showed the drama “ Princess
on the Road” through lap top. So the students
gets a clear idea of the play
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8. Micro Processing of the Input
Model reading by the teacher
The teacher now reads the five paragraphs
of the story with proper pronunciation stress and
intonation and in meaningful units and also describes
the theme of the play.
Individual Reading
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Teacher asks the learner to read it individually.
Corrections are made whenever necessary.
Trade reading by the pupil.
Students are asked to read the first time

9. Paragraph individually and silently and they are asked
to make accordingly. That is they have to put tick(√)
what they haven’t and an exclamatory mark(!) for
what they found interesting or surprising
Glossary Reference
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Students are asked to refer the glossary to find out the
meaning of difficult worlds.
They are
Gross /kros/: model of cross on the symbol of Christian
faith. Teacher shows The cross, seen on the
representation the picture of the instrument
of classification Jesus.
Torn /TƆ:n/ : Pull sharply to pieces (Teacher shows the
picture

10. Pigtail /pigteil/ : A plait of hair that hangs from
the back of the head. A little
girl in pigtail presented the
flowers.
Sentries /sentri/ : Soldiers posted to keep guard
Teacher shows the picture
Crumble /Kr^mpl/ : Break into very small pieces.
Don’t crumble
the paper
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Collaborative Learning
Students are asked to form groups and
share their ideas in groups. Students are also asked to
write down the word in the personal
word list

11. Mega phoning the doubts
Each group is given opportunity to raise their doubts to other
groups.
Eg: Group A to Group B
What is the meaning of the word ‘Harvesting’
Group B to Group A
The meaning of the word is reaping and collecting grain.
Facilitation by the teacher
Teacher helps to clarify the difficult areas which no group
could effectively tackle. Teacher also explain the difficult areas.
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12. Scaffolding Questions
In order to make the content clear scaffolding
questions are asked to the students. The students
are asked to write down the answers
1. Describe the appearance of the princess ?
She is dirty, the edge of her skirt is torn and
one of her shoes has come off. She wears her
hair in s long pigtail under a cotton handkerchief.
2. What is she doing ?
She is picking the flowers and singing as he
goes.
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13. Presentation by the pupil
Randomly the students are selected from each
group and the are asked to present the answers
for scaffolding questions
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Language Activity
The adventurous journey of the princess in ‘ The princess on
the road comes to an end in a beautiful village street & prepare a
short description of the street
Review
The Princess decided to do something adventurous. She wears
dirty dress. She is picking flowers when she goes. She has
travelled twelve miles. There she faces many difficulties
Assignment
Prepare a short description of a place you have
visited during the summer vocation or during your study
tour.