1) The lesson plan is for teaching a poem called "Those Winter Sundays" to 9th standard English students. 2) It involves showing videos about parent-child relationships, dividing students into groups, reading and discussing the poem, and explaining unfamiliar vocabulary. 3) Students are asked questions about the poem and videos to help them understand the loving relationship between the father and son depicted, as well as relationships between modern parents and children.

1. INNOVATIVE LESSON PLAN
Name of the teacher trainee : Joby Joyson Standard : IX
Name of the School : NHSS Nellimoodu Strength : 39
Subject : English Period : VI
Unit : I Roots Duration : 45mnt
Sub Unit : Those winter Sundays Date :
Issue : Culture
Sub Issues : Weakening of family ties
Curricular Statement : To make the learner aware about the role of parents and their care in the
life of a child
Learning Outcome : The learner is
1. Remembering his father’s love and care during childhood
2. Understanding how much pain and sufferings are under taken by parents to make
a happy home.
3. Applying the new vocabulary in a new situation
4. Analyzing the present situation of the society regarding their attitude to their
parents
5. Evaluating his own thoughts with that the poet and his peer group.
6. Creating similar poem

2. Content Analysis : Ideational content
The poem is a “regardful son’s belated homage to a loving father who did
not receive any love or gratitude from his son when he needed it”.
Linguistic Content
New vocabulary, visual image
Pre-requisites : Learner may have experience the love and care of his father during
childhood days.
Teaching- learning Resources : Laptop, (PPT, Picture ) course book, Source book
Classroom Interaction procedure Pupil Response
Informal Interaction
The teacher initiates an informal interaction with the students
and he tries to sustain the interest throughout the class.
Entry Activity
Teacher creates a mental readiness in pupils by asking
about their childhood days .
a. can you recollect your happy childhood days :

3. b. who were your playmates during those days!
c. who is your best friend , father or mother ;
Then teacher shows a video in the Laptop , based on the
chapter. Here teacher shows a video about, a loveable father
and his son in the modern world
Then teacher divided the class into 4 groups
Link Talk
Teacher leads the learner to the poem by asking students
about the video and what they have understood from this video and
asks each group to share their views
Then he writes the title and authors name on the (BB)
Those winter Sundays
Robert Hayden
Micro Processing of the Input
Teacher reads the poem with appropriate tone and
intonation . Then second time he again use Laptop for the recorded
audio representation of poem line by line with appropriate tone
Silent reading by the pupils
Teacher asks the pupils to read the poem silently.
Pupils watch the video with interest and
carefully.

4. Teacher asks some simple questions
a. Who is the author of the poem?
b. Which day of the week is mentioned in the poem?
c. Name the title of the poem?
Sharing and understanding
Teacher asks the students to sit in groups and share what they
have understood , while seeing the video and while reading the
poem . Teacher uses different methods and techniques to explain
different vocabulary item.
Teacher gives the pictorial representation of each difficult word
through laptop.
Cracked -fractured
Then show the picture of a cracked hands through laptop.
Ache- Strong pain
Show the expression of ache through picture using Laptop .
Labour- hard work
Blaze- flame
Then teacher explains the chapter ‘Those winter Sundays,’ by
comparing the video of Modern age father and son and the video

5. of father and son mentioned in the chapter. “ Those winter
Sundays” Here teacher use two Videos of same theme
SCAFFOLDED READING
Teacher asks scaffolding questions
1. Name the poet?
2. Which day is mentioned here ?
3. Father in these poem is loveable or not ?
4. Did the son realize the love of his father?
Developing Appreciation
Teacher asks the pupils to develop an appreciation of the
poem.
DISCOURSE CONSTRUCTION
Individual Work : Teacher asks the pupils to find out the images
in the poem.
GROUP WORK
Teacher again shows a video, that of modern parents who do
not have time to care their children and give them love and
affection
Then asks each group to make a comparison about parents in

6. now a days and the father in those winter Sundays.
Review Questions
1. Can you say the theme of the poem?
2. Can you give the mindset of the poet?
3. what is the character of the father here ?
4. Who is the author of the poem ?
Loud reading
Teacher asks the pupils to read the poem loudly
Follow up Activity
Collect different video clips on parent-child relationship.