lessonplan

1. LESSON PLAN
ROLE PLAY MODEL
Name of the Teacher Trainee : Seena john Standard : IX E
Name of the School : St John’s HSS Strength :54
Subject : English Duration :45 mts
Type of lesson : One Act Play Date :08-08- 2014
Unit : 2, Breaking Barriers
Sub unit : The Princess on The Road ( page no :
: 39-41 )
Issue : The issue of the Marginalized
Sub Issue : Gender Inequalities
Theoretical Overview

2. Role Play Model was designed by Fannie and George
Shaftel. With this students get to know to take roles of other
people and to observe their social behavior and mannerisms.
Curricular Statements
The pupil,
Develop process skills like, observation,
understanding and with others.
Develop confidence to take up the roles and perform
the play.
Develops the ability to use intonation, gestures and
facial expressions while delivering the dialogues.
Support System
Course Book std. IX
Source Book std. IX
Oxford English Dictionary
Daniel Jones Pronunciation Dictionary
Profile of the author in a chart
Entry Behavior
Pupil are aware of
 The way to perform a role play.

3.  The inhabitants of a palace.
 The atmosphere in a village.
Phases of the
Model of
learning Activity
Input and Output Process
Phase I
Warming up the
group
Teacher tries to create a rapport with
the students by asking some casual talk
with the students.
i. Do you like to read books?
ii. Have you read the stories of king
and queens ?
iii. Do you like stories set in rural
background ?
iv. How many of you like acting ?
v. Why are you interested in
acting?
The teacher tells students that it is
always good , if we will be able to
understand the diverse thinking of the
society
Phase II
Selecting
Participants
The teacher and the students analyses
the roles of the speakers –The princess,
the little boy Johnny and a person to
read out the stage directions and

4. observers. Three persons are selected to
conduct the role play. They assume their
respective roles.
Phase III
Setting the Stage
The teacher introduces the lesson.
THE PRINCESS ON THE ROAD
-Kathleen Conyngham Greene
(B B)
‘The Princess on the Road ‘ is an
interesting one act ply where the main
characters in a princess who loves
adventure. She leaves the palace
wearing the dress of a peasant girl. She
is happy and free from the restrictions
and daily routine in the palace. She is set
out to enjoy her life.
Teacher gives the details of the author in
a chart and makes one of the students
read it aloud.
PROFILE
KATHLEEN CONYNGHAM GREENE
(1885-1924) is a British playwright
who has authored five plays. In her
plays we find women as central
characters.
 Teacher reads the play with the
right gestures, intonation and
voice modulation.
 Teacher asks students to read
the play silently and to mark

5. difficult words.
Teacher explains the meaning of difficult
words using different techniques.
1) Juggler -performer / magician
2)Sentries -a person who is appointed
to guard something
3)Cottage - Small house
4)Conquer – Defeat
5)Rags - a pieces of cloth ect.
Students are asked to form groups and
share their ideas in groups. Students are
also asked to write down the words in
the personal word list.
Teacher makes them share and discuss
the idea related to the play
Phase IV
Preparing the
observers
Teacher assigns the task of observing
the behavior of the role players based
on the following indicators
1. Dialogue presentation –
Audibility and voice modulation
2. Body language - Gestures, facial
expression and postures
3. Stage sense - Position of the
characters

6. 4. Co-ordination - Involvement of
all the ground members
Phase V
Enacting
The students assure the role of the
princess, Johnny and the stage manager
conducts the play with appropriate
conversational style.
Phase VI
Discussion and
Evaluation
The Teacher, actors, observers discuss
and evaluate the performance of the
next enactment based on the indicators
for assessment mentioned before.
Phase VII
Re-enactment
Modifications are made in the roles and
new group of students are given the
opportunity to act.
Phase VIII
Discussion and
Evaluation
The teacher initiates discussion and
evaluation of the re-enactment and
makes sure that the ideas mentioned in
the
Phase VI are fulfilled.
In order to find out whether the
students have understood the play well,
the teacher asks the following questions.
I. Why did the princess leave the
palace?
II. Who is the little boy the princess
talks to?

7. III. Where did all the villagers go?
IV. What did the princess take from
the little boy’s house?
Phase IX
Sharing the
Experiences and
Generalizations
The heroine of the play is a Princess
who is an adventure. She comes to a
village disguised as a peasant girl. She is
to quench her thirst and hunger she
takes a jug of milk and a loaf of bread
from the house of a little boy whom she
meets.
Follow up Activity
Write a paragraph on what you have understood from the
character of the Princess.