First Bell Lesson Plan 5

FIRST BELL LESSON PLAN 5
Name of the Teacher  :  Rakhy                                                        Radhakrishnan   Name of the Subject  :   English                     Unit          :   Aspire to win              Sub Unit         :   The Race                    Theme         :  Sports             Sub theme.     :   motivation,                                              obstacles in                                                achieving dreams		Standard    :   IX  Duration    :   30 min Date          :    1.06.2020
Content Analysis           The story ‘The Race’ by an Indian writer , Nisha Punjabi has a charming power. Tarun, a school boy is the central character of the story. He was a mediocre student, was always blamed by his parents for his low grades and tardy nature. He was called a black sheep or a good for nothing fellow but he had an intense wish to be a fast runner. He gave vent to his better feelings by running. On one such occasion, he accidentally met a veteran athlete and coach, Ram Narayan, who identified his talent in running and agreed to train him if he won the race on Children’s day. But unfortunately, during the race Tarun slipped many times and could not win. Still everyone praised him for his strong determination to complete the race despite many obstacles.   Learning Aids                  :  PPT presentation, Laptop   Learning Outcomes         :  The learner Ø  Develops interest to read and comprehend stories related to sports Ø Develops a positive attitude towards sports and other athletic events Ø Gets familiarized with new words and language elements
Classroom Interaction Procedure	Assessment/ Response
Informal Interaction       Teacher communicates informally with the learners to create a good rapport, then teacher creates interest and readiness in the learners by showing picture of cricket players and asks them to identify which game. And then teacher lists out the qualities of a good sports person .    Entry Activity   To create mental readiness among students teacher presents an audio clip of Sachin Tendulkar’s speech . And gives a brief introduction of Sachin’s life and also mentions  that he is an under achiever in his studies. Link Talk   Teacher leads the pupil to the lesson by introducing Sachin Tendulkar as he is an under achiever in study but is a great player in cricket. Teacher gives another example who is back in studies. Model Reading   The teacher reads the first two paragraphs of the story with correct stress and  with proper pronunciation.  Process Reading  Teacher now asks the students to read the story silently while reading they are asked to find out the meaning of difficult words from the glossary.  Sharing with peer Collaborative reading  Megaphoning the Doubts Glossary reference with teacher’s supports   1.                  1.Mediocre    -  /miːdɪˈəʊkə/ - of only average 2.                  2 Barely      -     /ˈbɛːli/- only just 3.                  3.Pursuing  -  /pəˈsju / - follow or chase 4.                  4.Pent up -  /pent ʌp/ - unable to be expressed   Scaffolded  Reading      Teacher reads the passage and explains the meaning of the passage . 1.     What was the  only dream of Tarun? 2.     Why  was Tarun’s friends made fun of him ? 3.     Identify the word in the passage which means of only average standard 4.     Why did Tarun consider him self as the black sheep of the family? 5.     What were the obstacles before Tarun in pursuing his dream? 6.     Tarun always thought of himself as the black sheep of the family what does the expression ‘ Black sheep’ mean ? Loud Reading Teacher asks all learners to read the story aloud . Discourse construction        Teacher asks the students to watch videos and idioms from the Samagra and also to get more worksheet on                 idioms.    Student presentation Teacher finalization   Conclusion   The teacher concludes the day’s lesson by giving a  gist of the lesson .’The Race’ is about a school boy named Tarun . He was a mediocre student. He  was always blamed by his parents for his low grades and tardy nature . He was called as a black sheep or a good for nothing fellow but he had an intense wish to be a fast runner .   Related learning activity   Teacher asks the students to do the activity in page  33 . Activity 1, part A and B .

 

 

OBSERVATION SCHEDULE
Criteria	Observation	Reflection/ Suggestions
Set Induction	Teacher started the class by giving an  introduction about online class and introduce the lesson by  showing images , video and audio clip	The introduction was clear in its way of presenting the content with suitable picture.
Communication	Teacher presented the lesson with good voice modulation and  the class  was very effective . Teacher tried to maintain a good rapport from the beginning to the end.	Teacher used a good voice modulation and stress.
Development of the lesson	Teacher effectively developed the lesson in between  teacher asked questions to students even though they were not physically present . This will enhance students participation.	Teacher had a good explanatory skill and the lesson was developed with the help of questions
Learning Experience	Teacher gave  an excellent learning experience through asking questions and providing activities in spite off  all the limitations of online learning.	Adequate time is required by the learner to go through the content matter so teacher could wait for some more time  before going to the next questions or sections
Teaching- Learning Resources	Teacher used a wide variety of teaching learning resource related to the topic . Pictures and videos used by teacher were simple and easy to understand .	Teacher used a number of teaching aids
Subject competency	Teacher had a good knowledge  about the lesson	Teacher had a good subject competency
Teacher-Student Interaction	Even though it is an online mode of learning platform teacher maintained all possible means of interaction.	As it was a virtual learning, it is difficult to rectify the possible mistakes of the learner.
Classroom management	With the  use of adequate online techniques, the   teacher maintained a good command over the class.	The PPT and the explanations put forward by the teacher were very helpful to retained interest of students.
Closure of the lesson	Teacher gave an extended activity to write the meaning of idioms and concluded the section.	Teacher managed to cover up all the topics within the time span .