This document outlines an innovative lesson plan for teaching a memoir titled "Only Daughter" by Sandra Cisneros. The lesson aims to develop students' ability to write memoirs, understand themes of marginalization and women's issues, and correctly read passages. Key elements include introducing the author and story, a model reading by the teacher, individual student readings with guidance, and follow-up questions and writing activity. The goal is for students to learn about and engage with issues faced by marginalized groups through analysis of the memoir.

1. INNOVATIVE LESSON TEMPLATE
Submitted to:
Asst.Prof. E.K. Jijan
Dept. of English
Mount Tabor Training College
Pathanapuram
Submitted by:
Ida Philip
Reg.No. 16514303014

2. INNOVATIVE LESSON TEMPLATE
Name of the student teacher: IDA PHILIP
Name of the school: Mount Tabor Girls Higher
Secondary School Pathanapuram
Subject: English
Unit: Second, Breaking Barriers
Topic: Only Daughter(Memoir)

3. Issue
Issue related to the marginalized.
Content Analysis
Only daughter is a Memoir written by SANDRA CISNEROS. In only
daughter the author speaks about how as a girl child, she was ignored by her
family.
Curricular objective
The learner,
‫٭‬ Develops the ability to write memoir.
‫٭‬ Learns to read the passage correctly.
‫٭‬ Learns and understand the theme of the
memoir.
‫٭‬ Creates awareness for the importance of
women.

4. Pre-requisites
The Learner,
• Know about the difference between memoir and
autobiography.
• Study the issue of marginalized people.
• Study the problems of women in the society.
Teaching Learning Resources
• Slide presentation, pictures, chart.
Reference
Source book, course book, dictionary.

5. Class room interaction Expected pupil response
procedure
Informal talk:
Good morning
How are you all
Have you had your breakfast?
Link talk:
Teacher introduces the writer to the students
with the help of pictures and explained about
the writer. Then write the title and name of the
writer on the black board and also using power
point. Teacher introduced main characters of
this story to the students.
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.

6. Individual reading
Teacher asks the learner to read it
individually. Corrections are maid when ever
necessary.
Track reading by the pupil.
Students are asked to read the first time
paragraphs 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.
Scaffolding Questions
•What is the title of this memoir?
• Who is the author of this memoir?
• Can you tell me what is the main theme of this
story?
• Who are the main character of this story?
Follow up activity
• What is the most wonderful thing that
happened in your life? Write a small paragraph
In your own words.