This lesson plan is for an 8th standard English class about the short story "The Boy Who Drew Cats". The story is about a Japanese boy who can only draw cats and suffers for his art, but eventually his art saves his life. The lesson aims to enrich the students' vocabulary, identify meanings from context, discuss themes of art and life/eternity of art. Students will discuss the story in groups, answer questions about characters and events, and write short paragraphs for homework.

1. INNOVATIVE LESSON PLAN
NAME OF THE TEACHER:SHIFINA SAIFUDEEN STANDARD:8
NAME OF THE SCHOOL:M K L M H S SCHOOL STRENGTH:44
SUBJECT:ENGLISH DURATION:
UNIT:1,HUES AND VIEWS DATE:
TOPIC:THE BOY WHO DREW CATS
THEME :ART
SUB-THEME:PASSION FOR ART
ART AND LIFE
ETERNITY OF ART
LEARNERS OUTCOME
reads and enjoys every paragraph in the lesson, enriches
vocabulary by identifying the meanings of words from
context, refers dictionary or glossary to find out the meaning of
unfamiliar words, identifies the word meaning given in
the context prepares a write up, speaks with correct intonation
pronunciation and stress.

2. Brief idea about the content
Hasegawa Takejiro’s “ The Boy Who Drew Cats ” is a Japanese folktale
in which a small boy who is a painter knows to draw only cats. At first ,
he has to suffer a lot but finally his art saves his life. The story glorifies art
which ultimately helps in the realization of the self.
Previous knowledge about the learner
The learner has heard and read about the folktales and moral stories, and
were interested in the events and characters appeared in folktales. They also
understand the power of art forms especially paintings in one’s life.
Teaching materials
Course book , source book ,blackboard

3. Learning outcome
Teacher tries to maintain a good relationship with the learner by asking some questions
related to their interest and favorites. Teacher then collect the student’s view or idea
about the term folk tale and ask to mention the names of their favorite folk tale. Teacher
shows the picture of some folk tales and its main features in the help of chart.

4. If the learner found any other difficult words ,they can directly ask with the teacher or can
refer the glossary .The teacher asks the students to share what they understood and what
they found interesting and surprising. Then the teacher allows some learners to read
the passage loudly. After that the teacher arranges the students into groups and then asks
Some questions about the lesson to each group like:,
}what is the title of the story?
}who is the author of the story?
}who is the hero of the story?
}why did the parents take the boy to the priest?
}what was the advice of the priest to the boy?
}how did the priest agreed to make him as an acolyte?
MEANINGS
acolyte > a person who helps a priest in the certain religious
ceremonies
obedient > doing what you are told to do: willing to obey
lad> child or boy
farmer> a person who manages or owns a farm
fault > the responsibility for something wrong that has
happened or been done
priest > a religious male member who is trained to perform
services at a temple or church

5. After that the teacher gave the question.
And asks them to construct a paragraph about their views. Then the teacher recapitulates
the lesson and gives them a question to do at home.
“Write a paragraph about the family background of the
boy”?
Give the character sketch of the
boy in the lesson
HOME WORK
THANK YOU