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INNOVATIVE LESSON PLAN

Submitted to: Dr. Mini P Dept. of English

Submitted by: Ponni R B.Ed English NSS TTC, Pandalam

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INNOVATIVE LESSON PLAN

Name of the Teacher: Ponni R

Name of the School : NSS GHSPandalam

Subject : English

Unit : II , Breaking Barriers

Sub Unit : The Princess on the Road (One Act Play)

Issue : Issues related to the marginalized

Sub Issue : Gender inequalities

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Content Analysis

‘The Princess on the Road’ is an interesting one act play

written by ‘Kathleen Conyngham Greene’. It centers around a

princess who is ill-treated by the villagers when she sheds her royal

attire and appears dressed up as a peasant girl to exercise her royal

prerogatives. The author throws light on how women, especially if

they don’t have respectable positions are singled out by the society.

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Curriculum Statements

The learner,I. Develops proper outlook on gender issuesII. Thinks and evaluate critically the issues related to

gender III. Reads and analyses the literary texts.IV. Engages in group activity and presentationV. Creates awareness for the importance of women

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Learning Outcomes

The learner,

1. Familiarizes new words adventure, peasant , cottage etc.

2. Gets awareness of central theme of the play.

3. Get Clarity and competency in developing character sketch .

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Pre-requisites

The learner,

1. Is able to comprehend passages

2. Has the study skill of referring a dictionary

3. Has read and enjoys one act play

4. Has familiarized with stories of Prince &

Princess

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New Vocabulary

Adventure Peasant Cottage Hang Sentries Banquet Rags Conquer

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Teaching Learning Resources1. Black board2. Chart3. Flash card4. Audio visual aids

Reference1. Course Book Std IX2. Source Book Std IX3. Oxford English Dictionary

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CLASSROOM INTERACTION PROCEDURE

Informal Interaction

1. Good Morning2. Have you had your

break fast?3. Are you Comfortable

in your seats?

EXPECTED LEARNERRESPONSE

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Entry ActivityI. Have you heard about one act

Plays?II. Are you interested in such

plays ?III. Do you heard about princess?IV. Yes, we can go through such

playsLink Talk

Teacher introduces the author and

also writes the title “The princess on

the Road” and name of the author

Kathleen Conyngham Greene on the

black board.

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The teacher leads the students to the play and introduces the major characters to the students.

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Individual Reading

Micro Processing of the Input

Model reading by the teacherThe teacher now reads the

paragraphs of the play with proper pronunciation, stress and intonation and also describes the theme of the play.

Teacher asks the learner to read it individually. Corrections are made whenever necessary. Track reading by the pupil.Students are asked to read

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Paragraph individually and silently and they are asked to track their reading by marking them.

Sharing with Peer The teacher asks the learners to share their understanding

Sitting in Groups The teacher asks the learners to sit in groups and discuss their understandings

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Glossary Reference with the help of teacher

Students are asked to refer the glossary to find out the meaning of difficult words.

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Collaborative LearningStudents are asked to form

groups and share their ideas in groups. Students are also asked to write down the word in the personal word list

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Megaphoning the doubtsFacilitation by the teacherTeacher helps to clarify the difficult areas which no

group could effectively tackle. Teacher also explain the

difficult areas.

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Scaffold Reading In order to make the content clear scaffolding questions are asked to the students to predict, establish and build up thoughts.

1. Describe the appearance of the princess ?2. Who are the characters in the play?

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Finding answers to the questions Now the teacher

helps the learners to find answers to the questions given in the course book

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Reading aloud by the learner

Teacher makes the learners read the passage aloud one by one with correct pronunciation, stress and voice modulation.

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Discourse Construction The teacher

asks the students to write the diary of princess on that day.

Individual Writing Teacher asks the

learners to write the discourse individually.

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Group Writing Teacher asks the

learners to sit in groups and share their understandings and refine their writings.

Presentation and Editing Randomly the students are

selected from each group and the are asked to present the answers and she helps the learners to edit it.

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Teacher’s Version

Teacher presents her own version of the discourse and students use it to refine their writings.

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Language Activity

The adventurous journey of the princess in ‘ The princess on the road comes to an end in a beautiful village street. Prepare a short description of the street.

ReviewThe Princess decided to do something adventurous. She is dressed up as a peasant girl. She is picking flowers when she goes. She has travelled twelve miles and reached a small village. There she faces many difficulties

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Prepare a short description of a place you have visited during the summer vocation or during your study tour.

Assignment