This lesson plan is for teaching an English class about the short story "The Boy Who Drew Cats" by using various learning activities. The plan aims to help students develop reading comprehension and an appreciation for art through analyzing the prose passage and discussing the importance of art. Activities include letter writing, keeping a diary, collecting information on famous paintings, and doing a character sketch of the boy in the story. The teacher will narrate the story, facilitate a discussion of it, assign a character sketch, and provide context on folktales and different art forms to enhance the students' understanding.

1. INNOVATIVE LESSON PLAN
Name of the teacher trainee : Renjana Varghese
Name of the school : S.K.V.V.H.S.S
Class : viii
Subject : English
Unit : I. Hues and views
Lesson : The Boy Who Drew Cats
Duration : 45 mints
Issue
Art
Sub Issue
The pupil develops the ability to
1) Read and analysis prose passages
2) Enjoy reading short stories.
3) Realize the importance of art
4) Engage in various discourse in language .

2. Content Analysis
‘The boy who drew cats’ is a Japanese folktale. The tale glorifies art
which help in the realization of the self.
Learning Activities/Discourse
 Letter writing
 Diary
 Collection of famous paintings
 Character sketch
Pre-requisites
The pupil;
1) Enjoys reading different type of stories
2) Knows about different art forms
Discourse
Character sketch
Reference
Source books , course book ,internet

3. Teaching Learning Material
Course book, chart, flashcards, and laptop
Process Response
1) Informal Interaction
 How are you?
 How is the day?
 Do you like stories?
 Which story do you most
like?
 Have you heard about
folk tale?
 What is your hobbies?
 Are you interested in
drawing pictures?
 What are the things
needed to draw a picture
2) Link talk
Today we are going to learn a
Japanese folktale. title “The
Boy Who Drew Cats”
 Teacher explain what is
folktale
:-It is the story about of a
young boy , who had a
strong liking for drawing.
Teacher writes the title on the
blackboard ‘The Boy Who
Drew’s Cats’.
3) Presenting the narrative
Teacher narrates the story
with proper stress, gestures,

4. and expression.
4) Editing free response/-Track
reading
Teacher edits free response
from the students about the
story ‘The Boy Who Drews Cats’
and ask the pupils to read the
first two paragraph and
underlined difficult work.
 Teacher explain the
difficult word by using
laptop
 Acolyte - Assistant
 Teacher displays picture
of famous paintings
using laptop.
5) Collaborative learning
o Pupils shares their ideas
about what they
understood ,what they
found ‘interesting and
motivating from the
story.
6) Scaffolding questions
1.what type of story ‘The
Boy Who Drews Cats’ is?
2.which is the setting
place?
3.how is the your child
introduced in the story?

5. 7) Assigning discourse task
Character sketch of the boy.
8) Group presentation
Students come up with the
answers and presenting.
9) Editing by the teachers
Teacher edits one of the best
work and ask to present it to
the whole class.
10)Teachers version
Teachers display charts with
answers and asks pupil to read
and to copy it.
 Teacher choose one of the
student to read the chart
loudly.
Assignment
Prepare a write up on folktale?