INNOVATIVE LESSON TEMPLATEName of the teacher trainee : Saranya standard : 8

Name of the school : N.S.S H.S.S Karuvatta strength : 30

Subject : English Duration : 45min

Unit : Seeds And Deeds period : 6

Subunit : The Sower Date :3-10-2015

Curricular statement : To familiarize the students about the poem The Sower by pointing out the hardship in the life of a sower and his dedication to the work.

Prerequisites : The students should

-have seen sowing and harvest

-have an awareness about the life of a farmer.

Teaching learning resources : ICT

Teacher – Student interaction

The teacher entered the class and engaged the students with an informal talk.She asked the students ‘Which was your previous period?’. ‘Are you interested to learn a new poem?’ The teacher asks some questions to check their awareness about farming or to understand their personal experience with any farmer.Teacher : Do you have cultivation in your home?Learners : some responds as yes and some no,while others explained some sort of cultivation in home like lady’s finger,tomato,chilly etc.Teacher : Have you seen any farmers working in a farm?Learners: Yes, some of them describes their experience of the sight of farmers farming in a field.Teacher ; What is the speciality of farming?Learners: The farming mainly involves sowing of different seedsTeacher : What does the farmer do after sowing seeds?Learners : After sowing, harvesting is done. Now we are going to learn a new poem related to sowing., and the name

The teacher shows some pictures in slide

of the poem is ‘The Sower’The teacher divides the students in to various groups and asked them to read the poem silently. The teacher asked them to give their own personal description of the poem by reading the poem and identifying the pictures shown The students expressed their views and teacher then gives a detailed explanation about the poem.After giving a gist, the teacher asked some of the students to read.After explanation inorder to test the comprehension,she asks some questions.AssignmentThe teacher assigns the students to create a poem of similar theme.

The teacher shows the picture of a sower