1. Name of the Teacher : Anjana.S.R Std : VIII
Name of the College : STTC Volume : 1,Pg No: 92
Subject : English Strength : 19/19
Type of Lesson : Extended Reading Period : IV
Unit : 3, As We Sow So Shall We Reap Duration : 40 minutes
Sub-unit : Gullivers Travels(paragraphs-1,2) Date : 16-09-2014
Issue : Adventures of the voyage.
Expected Learning Outcomes
The learners
i. comprehend the passage.
ii. develop the ability to frame questions.
iii. understand the adventure of voyage.
iv. develop the four-fold skills – LSRW.
Content Analysis
In ‘Gullivers Travels’ , Jonathan Swift narrates the adventure of a ship’s surgeon
named Gulliver. First two paragraphs deal with the adventure he had to face during his first
voyage to South Sea in a ship named Antelope.
Teaching-Learning Materials
i. Course book
ii. Profile of the Author(made by the students)
iii. Film clippings from the movie Gullivers Travel (2010)
iv. Picture of ship wreck
v. Dictionary
Pre-requisites
The learners are asked to prepare the profile of the author by the teacher in the previous class.
Therefore the learners
I. might have collected the details of the author
2. II. might have prepared the profile of the author.
Classroom Activities
Informal Interaction
Teacher establishes rapport with the learners by indulging in some casual talk.
i. How are you all?
ii. Did you collect the details of the author, Jonathan Swift ?
iii. Did you make his profile?
Presentation of Works by the Pupil
Teacher asks the details of the author to the students one by one.
Teacher the asks the students to display the profile made by them.
Refreshment Activity
So , Today we are going to learn an interesting lesson written by Jonathan Swift,ie
Gullivers Travels
- Jonathan Swift
(B.B)
Before we get in to the lesson, let me show you something.
*Teacher then shows some interesting film clippings from the movie Gullivers Travel(2010) .
*Teacher then starts reading the first two paragraphs of the lesson with correct pronunciation,
stress and intonation.
Micro-Processing of the Lesson
*Teacher asks the learners to read the two paragraphs silently and mark the difficult words.
*Teacher then gives the meanings of the difficult words using different techniques.
1) adventure / /
- an unusual exciting and daring experience
(B.B)
3. Teacher uses the situational approach to explain the word.
i. Have you ever gone to Wonderla, where we have so many land and water rides?
ii. Have you got in to that dragon drive or space ship ? Then
iii. How was your experience?
2)terrible / /
- causing fear or dread or terror
(B.B)
Teacher uses the reference skill by giving the Dictionary to the students.
3)wreck / /
- the destruction of a ship at sea.
(B.B)
Teacher shows the picture of a ship wreck.
*Teacher now divides the class into two/three groups and gives names to the groups.
*Teacher then asks each group members to discuss what they understood from the passage.
*Teacher gives the opportunity to each group leader to present their version.
*From the points given by the students, the teacher explains the content of that two
paragraphs.
Group Learning
*Teacher asks the two/three groups to frame maximum questions from the two paragraphs.
*Then, Group A should ask questions to Group B and vice versa. For each correct answer
Teacher gives them points to find the winner group of that class.
*From the questions asked by the students, Teacher picks out the relevant questions and use it
as Review Scaffolding Questions.
1) Who was Lemuel Gulliver ?
4. 2) What was the name of the ship?
3) Where was his first voyage to?
4) What happened to the ship?
Language Activity/ Follow up Activity
Teacher asks the students to circle all the past tense form of the verb given in those two
paragraphs and to find their Present Tense(Root form) and Past Participle form.
Summing up the Class
So , Today, We started the lesson ‘Gullivers Travels ‘ written by Jonathan Swift. The first two
paragraphs deals with the introduction of Gulliver and what has happened during his first
voyage to South Sea.
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