The Sower - Victor Marie Hugo

3. Curricular Statement : To enable the pupils to appreciate poems and develop imagination,
creativity and to instill in pupils, a love towards nature.
Learning Outcomes : The pupils will be able to :
a) To Read and comprehend the poem
b) To Develop skills of creativity and imagination
c) To Get an idea of the message conveyed
Name of the teacher : Ms Renju. S. Rajan Unit : Seeds And Deeds
Name of the Supervisor : Ms. Ansa Topic : The Sower
Name of the School : Date :
Standard : VIII Strength :
Subject : English Period :
Duration : 45 minutes

4. d) To Appreciate nature.
e) To Write poems
Content Analysis : The poem is about a lower who marches along the plain scatting the
precious grain. The hardworking farmer continues his work earnestly
even after sunset. His mind and body still want to remain in the filled
even after the sun sets. His heart is filled with hopes of good harvest.
Social issue : Lack of the knowledge that ‘no man is born into the world whose work is
not born with him, there is always work and tools to work withal, for
those who will’.
Teaching- learning : Pictures, audio-visual aids.
resources
Pre – requisites : They might have seen sower sowing seeds in the fields.

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TEACHER ACTIVITY
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Entry Activity : The Teacher enters the classroom and establishes a rapport with the students
Link Talk : Today we are going to learn the poem ‘The Sower’ by Victor Marie Hugo
A) About the Poet : The teacher gives a brief account about the poet . The picture of
the poet and other pictures related to the poet are also shown .

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Victor Hugo’s drawings :
“Octopus with the
initials V.H”,1866.
"Gavroche is eleven
years old"
"Town with Tumbledown
Bridge",1847.

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Victor Hugo’s novels :
French Romantic/
Gothic novel published
in 1831
French historical
novel published in
1862
short novel first
published in1829

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B) About the translator : This french poem was translated into english by the
Indian poet Toru Dutt. The teacher gives a brief
account about the translator . The picture of Toru
Dutt was also Shown.

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C) Explanation of the title : The teacher explains the significance of the
title to the students.
D) Theme of the Poem : The teacher renders the theme of the poem.
Microprocessing of the input
a) Model reading by the teacher
The teacher reads the stanzas of the poem with proper pronunciation, stress and intonation in
thoughtful units.
b) Track reading by the students
The teacher asks the students to read the poem silently.

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TEACHER ACTIVITY
c) Explanation of difficult words
The teacher explains the meaning of the words that are difficult for the students to understand.
Word Phonetic
Transcription
Meaning Picture
Porchway
/Pɔ:tʃweɪ/
Small area at the entrance
of a building, that is
covered by a roof, portico,
covered walk.
walk.
Hasten
/heɪ.sən/
hurry,move with speed. ---

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Word
Phonetic
Transcription Meaning Picture
Silhouette /sIlʊet/
a dark outline of
something
Linger /ˈlɪŋgər/
to stay somewhere
beyond the usual or
expected time.
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Stride /straɪd/ walk with long steps

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Word
Phonetic
Transcription Meaning Picture
Scatter /Skætə/
throw loosely about
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Furrow /fʌrəʊ/
trench made by plough

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d) Comprehension Session
The teacher asks the students to try to comprehend the poem. The teacher expects the students
to come out with their own conclusions about the poem.
e) Explanation of the poem
The teacher explains the content of the poem.
f) Megaphoning the doubts
Each student is given opportunity to raise their doubts.
g) Appreciation of the poem
The teacher explains the rhyming words, the word pictures and the rhyme scheme used in the
poem.

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TEACHER ACTIVITY
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Comprehension Questions
The teacher asks the following questions to check whether the students have comprehended the poem.
 How does the sower go about performing his task?
 Locate the word pictures used in the poem.
 Why does the speaker feel a thrill on seeing the sower now?
Textual Activities
The teacher encourages the students to complete the textual activities in class itself.
Presentation of audio-visual Aid
The teacher presents the audio of the poem wityh visual images before the students.

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TEACHER ACTIVITY
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Reinforcing Learning Activity
The teacher presents cards before the students. There are 64 cards in total. Each card has a single number written
on it, such that, only the integers from 1 to 8 are represented in the card. So same number is repeated 8 times. The
cards will be distributed among the students and the students who get same number will be grouped together.
 There are eight groups in total.
 Each group is asked to prepare an activity based on the poem.
 The activity question prepared by each group is inter-exchanged with other groups.
 Each group has to do the activity according to the question they gets.
The teacher asks the representive of each group to read out the answers.
Summarization
The teacher summarizes the poem.

16. Prepare a question bank regarding the poem ‘The Sower’ by
Victor Marie Hugo.