1. The document summarizes a lesson plan for teaching a one-act play called "The Princess on the Road" to 9th standard students in India. 2. The play is about a princess who goes on an adventurous journey dressed as a peasant girl to experience real life outside the palace walls. 3. The lesson plan outlines pre-reading activities, a reading of the play, discussion questions, and a group activity where students describe how the princess is dressed as a peasant girl in the story.

1. Nameof the teacher : Binduja Rajendran Standard : IX
Nameof the school : Govt.H.S Thevarvattam Strength : 3
Subject : English Period : 4
Unit : 2, Breaking Barriers Duration : 45 mn
Sub-unit : theprincesson the road Date :16/7/15
{one - act play}
Issue : the issue of the marginalized
Sub issue : gender inequalities
The representationofgender issues
Content analysis : “The Princesson the road “isa one act play writtenby
Kathleen Cunningham greenesa British play write. In her plays women
treet as centralcharacters. Theauthor throwslight on how women ,
especially is they don’t have respectablepositionsaresingled out by the
society.
The one act play we get theidea about thetheme. It
deals with the story or the princesswho sets out an adventurousjourneyto
a village, dressed as a peasant girl.
Curricular Statement: The learner
i. Reads and enjoys the pieceof literature
ii. Identifiesthe characterof theplay –Theprincesson the road-
princess, Juggler
Pre-requisites : The learner,

2. i. Had read several works related with princess – A lice in
wonderland, rapunzel etc
ii. Knows to writedialogues, character sketch etc.
Teacher – learning Resources :
i. Black board :- To note down title, author’snameetc
ii. Laptop :- To show the pictureor the author, katheleen
conyungham greene
iii. Chart :- To show the physicalappearanceofprincess
iv. Picture :- Toshow princessas a peasant girl
v. Flash card :- To introducenew words
Refrences
i. Course book standard IX, pageno 39-40
ii. Sourcebook standard IX, pageno 71, module II

3. Classroom interactionprocedure
Informal interaction
Teacher ask some questionto
the studentsin order to makea good rappout with
the students.
 Do you know who is a princess?
 What you thinkabout their dressing style and
living conditionof them?
Entry activity
Teacher shows the pictureofpalace
and princess, and ask them to watch it carefully.
Link task
Teacher ask questionstomake them enter
into theplay.
 What do you think about thispicture?
Assessment/expectedresponse.
All of the studentsinteracted well
to the questions
Studentscarefullywatched the
picture.
Studentstold thepictureisof a
princessand palace.
Studentscarefully observed the
pictureand blackboard works.
Studentslistened to the reading
by the teacher with much
attention. Theycarefullylistened

4.  Are you familiar with thestorieslike
rapunzel and syndrella?
 Did you heard about One – act play
Teacher shows the author’s pictureby
using laptop and writesthe titleon the black
board.
THE PRINCESS ON THE ROAD.
- KATHLEEN CANYNGHAMGREENE
MicroProcessing ofthe input
Model reading bythe Teacher.
Teacher readsthe passageof
the one – act play with proper intonattion
punctuation, stressand in meaningfulunits. The
themeand necessarydetailsalso forwarded tothe
students.
Silent reading by the pupil
The studentsareasked to read the
passagesilently with comprehension.
Trackreading bythe pupil
Studentsareasked to read the
chapter from pageno 39-40 individuallyand
silently and they are also asked to put markfor
known words, (?) markfor unknown words and
exclamation(!) marksfor the words you rounds
interesting.
Sitting and sharing with peers.
Teacher ask the studentsto
to the explanationprovided bythe
teacher
Studentsread the passagesilently
Studentsmarked accordingtothe
teacher’sinstruction
Studentsshared their ideaswith
the peers.

5. sit in groupsand to share their understandingsand
findings.
Glossary Reference
Teacher asksthe studentsto refer the
glossary to find out meaning of thedifficult words.
If the studentsneed further classification, the
teacher intervenes and providessituation, teaching
aid to get right meaning ofthe words.
Peasant Farmer
Teacher:- Peasant cultivatevegetablefor living
Sentries
Soldiersposted to keep guard
Teaches:- Sentrieswho save us from attacks
Banquets
A formal mealfor a large number of people
They writedown the word and
meaning intheir notebook.
Studentsmegaphoned their
doubts.
Picture, laptop etc. wereused by
the teacher. And thestudents get
the right idea
Studentspresented well to the
questions

6. Collaborativelearning
Teacher asks them to sharethe unknown words in
groups
Megaphoning theDoubts
Teacher asks them to megaphonetheir doubtsto
another group
Group A to B:- what is the meaning of adventure?
Group B to A:- Adventurousmeansdangerous
journey or activity
Facilitationbythe Teacher
Teacher providesproper help to the studentsto get
right idea about theplay
Second Model reading by the Teacher Scaffolding
questions
After the second model reading and
explanationteacher askssomequestionsinorder to
get the right idea about theplay
1. When the princessappearsinthe play, is she
dressed like a princes? What doesher dress
suggest?
2. Who could be ‘You’ in the song?
3. Thisis live says the princess. What does she
meanby saying that?
Studentscorrected their answers

7. 4. Why does the Princessthinkthat Fiomund
will laugh?
Answers:
1. Her dress Suggest her efforts to be like a
peasant girl
2. The subject of her country
3. The real life is outsidethe huge walls of the
place
4. Because, she had dressed up in rags
Presentationbythe pupil
randomlystudentsare asked to present
answers for the scaffolding questions
DiscourseConstructionEditing and
Presentation
Teacher shownthe pictureof the princes
who dressed up like a peasant girl. And ask
the studentsto writethe current physical
appearanceofthe princesin group
Hints:-
Dusty tarnrags
Pigtailhair
Ugly shoes
After the presentationoftheir work,
teacher presentsthe chart, thenthey were
asked to edit their answers
Teacher’sversion
Theprincesseem dusty, the edge of her
skrt is toin, and on of her shoes has comeoff.
She wearsher hair in along pigtailunder a
cottonhand kerchief. Shelooks like an
ordinarypeasant girl

8. Generalisationand conclusion
With thehelp of students, teacher
concludesthe passagesof the play. In the
above mentioned passageswe canidentify
the heroine of the play, who is an
adventurousPrincess. Shedecided to do
something adventurousand therebysurprice
the princeand the people. She is dressed up
as a peasant girland enter into the village.
And thereis no one in that village.
ASSIGNMENT:
Writea diaryentry of the princess.