1. The document provides details of an ICT-enabled English lesson plan focusing on the poem "Newton's Law" by Nandita Das. 2. The lesson aims to help students understand and enjoy the poem by reciting it, discussing vocabulary, and answering comprehension questions. 3. Activities include warming up with physical exercises and word games, presenting the poem with audio and images, discussing difficult words, group work to identify rhyme scheme, and a follow-up writing activity.

1. ICT ENABLED LESSON TEMPLATE
Name of the teacher: Athira Reghu
Name of the School: Gurudeva H.S., Piravanthoor Std: IX.A
Name of the Subject: English Date:
Name of the Unit: Enlightening Minds Time:
Name of the subunit: Newton’s Law (Poem)
(Stanza 1,2, and 3: I was...did roar)
THEME:
Science and Environment
SUB THEMES
 Scientific theories
 Love for Science
 Situation of a science class
THEMATIC ANALYSIS
Nandita Das’ poem ‘Newton’s Law’ is all about a childhood memoir spiced up with a generous
amount of humour. It also pokes an unintended pun on the dry scientific facts that children are forced
to shallow in their formative years. If the curiosity is not aroused children would only take a morbid
interest and it would result in passive listening. Scenes of similar one occur in everyone’s life. The
port with her brave selection of words expresses her embarrassment she once had in her school days.
VOCABULARY
2. random
1. inattentive
9. roar
6.flounder
8. fear 3.dare
5.blank
4.glare
7. tremble

2. EXPECTED OUTCOMES FROM THE LESSON:
The learner,
 Recites and enjoys the poem
 Comprehends the poem by answering questions
 Identifies rhyme scheme and rhyme words of the poem.
 Develops writing skill.
 Develops imagination and creativity.
 Tries to pronounce words, phrases, and sentences intelligibly.
 Reads silently and locate specific information.
PRE REQUISITES
The Learner,
 Might have referred to dictionary to find meanings of difficult words
 Might have developed ability to gather relevant information
 Had previous class experience to deal with the poem
 Might have learned poems or stories having similar themes.

INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIAL
 Audio clip of the poem
 PowerPoint presentation
 Missing Letter Game card for each group
REFERENCES

3. CLASSROOM INTEARCTION PROCEDURE PUPIL ASSESSMENT/
RESPONSE
USE OF ICT
MATERIALS
INFROMAL TALK
The teacher enters the class and tries to establish
rapport through an informal interaction. A good
teacher should be engaging and creative in the class
so as to create inquisitive attitude among the
students. Students are given ample scope to engage
themselves in the talk. Teacher initiates discussion
on any interesting topics to reduce their inhibition in
talking and interacting in an English class.
WARMING ACTIVITIES
Students might be tired or distracted in the class. In
order to foster their attention, teacher starts the day’s
session with warm up activities.
Teacher gives some direction and asks them to do it.
1. STRESS MANAGEMENT THROUGH PHYSICAL
EXCERSICE
Tr:
1. Close your eyes
2. Raise your head and turn it to right.
3. Put your hands on your waist
4. Stand up
5. Put your left hand on your right hand
6. Nod your head for times.
7. Freeze. Remain in this position till I tell you
to relax.
2. WORD GAME ACTIVITY
Students are asked to sit in group and they are
provided with missing word game activity cards. In
group they are asked to find out the missing word
using the hint keys provided by the teacher. Keys are
provided orally and students need to listen to catch
the key. ( Motive: 1. to enhance listening
comprehension, 2. to enhance students vocabulary)
So, the word is SCIENCE.

4. CLASSROOM INTEARCTION PROCEDURE PUPIL ASSESSMENT/
RESPONSE
USE OF ICT
MATERIALS
LINK TALK
Tr:
Do you like your science class?
Who is teaching you science?
Is the class interesting?
Okay, then I have a question for all of you....
What would you do when you are called by the
teacher who noticed that you were inattentive in class?
Lr1: I will try to answer it.
Lr2: I would cry.
Lr3: I might become tensed and admit that I was
inattentive.
Tr: So, in the last class we had discussed about a
person. Right!!
Who was she?
What was her name?
Today we are going to look into a poem written by
Nandita Das.
The poem humorously portrayed her awful experience
in science class during her school days.
Tr: Do you know to which genre of poetry does this
poem belong?
It belongs to memoir. A memoir is a description of the
poet’s life. Otherwise it can be defined as an account
of a person’s personal life.
The teacher makes the students to pronounce the
word.
So, the poem for the day is NEWTON’S LAW
written by NANDITA DAS
Explanation of the title
The teacher asks for an explanation of the title from
the student’s side and later explains the title to the
students.

5. CLASSROOM INTEARCTION PROCEDURE PUPIL ASSESSMENT/
RESPONSE
USE OF ICT
MATERIALS
MICRPROCESSING OF THE INPUT
PRESENTATION OF THE POEM
The teacher presents an audio recitation of the
poem and the students are asked to listen to it
carefully.
Model Recitation
The teacher recites the poem with proper stress,
rhythm, intonation and pronunciation.
The learners listen with rapt attention and enjoy its
rhythm and theme.
Track Reading
The students are asked to read the poem silently
and comprehend the meaning and main idea.
Glossary Reference
The teacher then asks the students to pick out
difficult words from the given stanza.
Megaphoning Doubts
The students find out difficult words and then the
teacher utters the word loudly and clarifies their
doubts.
Explanation of difficult words:
1. Inattentive:
2. Random:
3. Dare:
4. Glare:
5. Blank:
6. Flounder:
7. Tremble:
8. Fear:
9. Roar::
Then teacher shows ppt slides containing images to
provide the students with contextual meaning of the
requisite words.
The teacher recites the poem once again and gives
an oral summary of it.
Inattentive in class
Random
Wouldn’t dare
Glare
Blank
Tremble with fear

6. CLASSROOM INTEARCTION PROCEDURE PUPIL ASSESSMENT/
RESPONSE
USE OF ICT
MATERIALS
Loud Recitation
The teacher selects students at random and asks
them to recite the poem.
Collaborative Learning
The students are asked to sit in groups and share
what they understood. Teacher then displays a PPT
slides to make students understand the poem.
Scaffolding Questions
The teacher asks few questions to the learner to
ensure whether they have understood it.
 Why was Nandita’s mind blank?
 What did the teacher ask Nandita to
explain?
 What happened to Nandita when the teacher
asked her to explain the law?
 Did her friends tease her?
.
Oral Summary:
Nandita Das presents a very amusing
situation in a highly thought provoking
way in her poem Newton’s Law. The
poet is inattentive in the class. It is the
science class. The teacher calls her to
explain Newton’s Law of Gravity and
mass. Her mind becomes blank. There
are louder heartbeats. For an answer,
the girl tries hard.
She stands before the class trembling
with fear. She fails to explain gravity.
Then she falls off the stage onto the
floor. Other students roared with
laughter.

7. CLASSROOM INTEARCTION PROCEDURE PUPIL ASSESSMENT/
RESPONSE
USE OF ICT
MATERIALS
Collaborative Activity
The students are asked to sit in groups and pick
out the rhyme words and rhyme scheme of the
poem.
REVIEW
The teacher asks some questions, recapitulates the content and concludes it.
 What is a memoir?
 What is the title of the poem?
 Who is the poet?
 What is the main theme?
FOLLOW UP ACTIVITY
If you face a similar situation like that of Nandita what will be your feeling. Write it in a small
paragraph.