This document provides information about an English class for 8th standard students. The topic is a story called "The Story Teller" by Saki. The objectives are to have students read and analyze literary texts, improve imagination and thinking, and engage in group activities. Materials used include a blackboard, charts, pictures, and word cards. Activities included an entry activity identifying a story teller, reading paragraphs aloud and silently, defining difficult words, group discussions, answering scaffolding questions, and constructing sentences using vocabulary words. Students were engaged and participated well in the discussions and activities.

1. Name of the teacher: Remya Mol .J.G Standard : VIII
Name of School : Vimala Hridaya High School, Virally Strength :
Subject : English Date :
Unit : II ,On telling a tale Duration : 45 mts
Subunit : The story teller
Issue : Lack of cohesive universal vision
Sub issue : Not realizing the importance of social mingling
Curricular objectives: i) reads and analyses the literary texts.
ii) Improve imaginative and thinking faculty.
iii) Engages in group activity and presentation.
Learning Materials:
i) Blackboard
ii) Chart containing the scaffolding questions and answers.
iii) Picture of the story teller picture of the poet.
iv) Word cards containing the difficult word and its meaning.

2. Reference :
i) Course book std VIII
ii) Source book std VIII
iii) Oxford English, Dictionary.
Pre-requisites: The pupil,
i) is able to comprehend passages.
ii) has the study skill of referring the dictionary.
iii) is familiar with the stories of small children.
Class room process Response /Assessment
Informal interaction Students interacted well with the teacher
The teacher engages in an informal talk with during the initial interaction.
the students so as to create a good rapport with them.
Good morning
How are you

3. Have any importance of this day?
Entry Activity
Teacher shows the picture of a story teller and Students observed the picture carefully and they identified
Asks the students to identify the picture and asks certain the picture and answered well to the questions asked by the
Questions like: teacher.
i) Can you identify this picture?
ii) What were the qualities of a good story teller?
iii) Who is the good story teller in your home?

4. Link Talk Students attentively listened to the teacher students
The character of the story teller is linked to the story. Carefully grasped the title of the story. The details of the
Teacher introduces the story ‘The story teller ‘to the students. Author too was well listened to by the pupil. Students keenly
Sufficient information regarding the story is made available to observed the pictures shown by the teacher with great
the students .The writer of the story teller ,Saki interest
(Hector Hugh Munro) too is introduced to the students with
the help of picture. Then title of the story and writers name is
Written on the blackboard
The storyteller
Saki
Micro processing of the input
Model Reading by the Teacher
The teacher reads the paragraphs of the story with Students listened to the reading by the teacher with much
Proper pronunciation, Stress, intonation in meaningful units. Attentions. The students carefully listened the explanations
The theme and the necessary details are also forwarded to the provided by the teacher
Students.

5. Track reading by the pupil
Students are asked to read the paragraphs individually Students read the paragraphs of the story and they marked
and silently and they are also asked to mark accordingly . according to the teachers instruction
That is they have to put tick (v) ,For what they have understood
, question mark (?), for what they haven’t and an exclamatory
mark (!) for what they found interesting or surprising.
Glossary reference
Students are asked to refer glossary to find Students referred the glossary to find out the meanings of
Out the meaning of difficult words .The difficult words are , difficult words.
Sultry, Storyteller Scowl, reluctantly, utterly, etc.
1) Sultry -Very hot and uncomfortable
2) Story teller –one who tells a story
3) Scowl –looking angry
4) Relevantly - unwillingly
5) Utterly –completely

6. Collaborative Learning
Students are asked to form groups and share their ideas Students Formed groups and share their ideas among them
in groups . Students are also asked to write down the word in selves. Students also entered the words in the personnel
the personnel word list word list .
Megaphoning the doubts.
Each group gives the opportunity to raise their doubts to Students megaphoned their doubts to other groups in order
other groups to make the content more clear .
Facilitation by Teacher
Teacher help to clarify the difficult areas which Students listened carefully to the further explanations
no groups could effectively tackle .Teacher also explains the provided by the teacher
Difficult areas.
Scaffolding Questions
In order to make the content clear Scaffolding questions Students wrote down the answers for the Scaffolding
are asked to the students .The students are asked to write questions asked by the teacher. They discussed the
down the answers. Answers among themselves and wrote down the answers
effectively

7. (i) Who are the Characters you have met so far in the story?
List them and write out at least one of their attributes
(ii) The bachelor must have had his own thoughts regarding
the happenings in the compartment .What would his thoughts
be?
Teacher versions
Presentation by the pupil
Randomly Students are selected from each group and Students presented their answers well to the scaffolding
they are asked to present the answers for the scaffolding Questions asked by the teacher.
questions
Oh; What a lady she is! Why is she shouting in this way at
The children .She shouting in this way at the children .She
Doesn’t seem to know how to manage them. All her remarks
Reasonable answer to the boy’s questions?
OH; this boy is smacking the cushions of the seat .It will make
me sneeze now .

8. Language Activity
A set of different words are selected from the paragraphs. Students actively participated in the language activity .
for eg: Sultry ,Scowl utterly etc . Students have to construct Students constructed sentences with the words given
sentence with these words . by the teacher .
Assignment .
Write a short paragraph about the story teller .