1. The document outlines a lesson plan for teaching students about the short story "The Portrait of a Lady" by Khushwant Singh. 2. It provides background on the classroom setting and aids, as well as general and specific objectives for the lesson. 3. The lesson plan details the content of the story about the author's relationship with his grandmother and her eventual death.

1. P.T.s ROLL NO. - 102198
CLASS – XI-TH
SUBJECT – ENGLISH
TOPIC – THE PORTRAIT OF A LADY
BY:- KHUSHWANT SINGH
DURATION – 40 MIN.

2. GENERAL AIDS
A WELL EQUIPED CLASSROOM,
BLACK-BOARD, CHALK, DUSTER
SPECIFIC AIDS
A P.P.T. RELATED TO TOPIC

3. GENERAL OBJECTIVES
1. TO DEVELOP INTEREST FOR ENGLISH.
2. TO ENABLE STUDENTS TO UNDERSTAND,
SPEAK, READ AND WRITE ENGLISH.
3. TO ENABLE THEM WRITE GRAMATICALLY
CORRECT SENTENCES.

4. SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES
TO MAKE PUPIL UNDERSTAND ABOUT
THE CHAPTER
“THE PORTRAIT OF A LADY”.

5. P.K. TESTING
P.T. WILL ASK SOME QUESTIONS:-
1. WHICH FAMILY IS CALLED JOINT FAMILY?
2. HOW IS YOUR RELATION WITH YOUR
FATHER AND MOTHER?
3. HOW CAN YOU WRITE A PORTRAIT OF
YOUR GRAND-MOTHER?

6. ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE
TOPIC
AFTER GETTING RESPONSE P.T. WILL
SAY, “WELL STUDENTS! TODAY WE WILL
STUDY ABOUT THE CHAPTER ‘THE
PORTRAIT OF A LADY’”.

7. PRESENTATION
P.T. WILL TEACH THE LESSON
THROUGH INTERACTION WITH
STUDENTS AND BLACK-BOARD.

8. SUBJECT MATTER
In this story Khushwant Singh gives a
detailed account of his grandmother with
whom he had a long association.
Khushwant Singh recalls his grandmother
as short, fat and slightly bent. Her one
hand resting on her waist and other telling
the beads of her rosary. Grandmother woke
him up in the morning and escorted him
to school.

9. SUBJECT MATTER
The turning point to their relationship
came when they went to live in the city.
Now, the author went to a city school in a
motor bus and studied English, which she
could not understand at all.

10. SUBJECT MATTER
She was upset that there
was no teaching of God
and scriptures at city
school. Instead he was
given music lesson
which, according to her
was not meant for gentle-
folk but she said nothing.

11. SUBJECT MATTER
When Khushwant Singh went
to a university, he was given a
separate room. The common
link of their friendship was
snapped. Grandmother rarely
talked to anyone now. She
spent most of her time sitting
beside her spinning wheel,
reciting prayers and feeding
sparrows in afternoon.

12. SUBJECT MATTER
Author went abroad and when
he came back Grandmother
was there to receive him. She
celebrated the occasion by
singing songs of the home
coming warriors on an old
drum, along with the ladies of
the neighbourhood.

13. SUBJECT MATTER
Next morning she got ill.
Although the doctor said it
was a mild fever and would
go away soon. She could
foresee that her end was
near. She lay peacefully in
the bed praying and telling
beads till her lips stopped
moving and the rosary tell
from her listless fingers.

14. SUBJECT MATTER
To morn her death,
thousands of sparrows
flew in and rat scattered
around her body. There
was no chirping.

15. SUBJECT MATTER
When Khushwant Sing’s mother threw
breadcrumbs to the sparrows, they took no
attention of the bread. They flew away
quietly when the dead body of grandmother
was carried away for last rites.

16. RECAPITULATION
Q1. GRANDMOTHER WAS A ________ LADY.
Q2. GRANDMOTHER HAD A ________ IN
HER BOOK.
Q3. ________ ALSO SEEMED TO FEEL
QUITE AT HOME.
Q4. WHEN KHUSHWANT SINGH
RETURNED FROM ABROAD HE WAS
WELCOMED BY ________.

17. HOME-WORK
LEARN THE CHARACTER SKETCH OF
GRAND-MOTHER.