FIRST SHOWERS

                                   

 LESSON PLAN -FIRST SHOWERS

                     
 NAME OF THE TEACHER TRAINEE   : JYOTHI JOSE.O

 SUBJECT                                                      : ENGLISH

 UNIT                                                              : IV FLOWERS AND SHOWERS

 THEME                                                         : NATURE

 SUB THEME                                                : HARMONY IN NATURE

CONTENT ANALYSIS

First showers is a beautiful poem written by the well-known Indian poet Nalini Sharma. In which she speaks about the changes that the rain brings. First, she tells how the rain soothens her 'frayed nerves' and removes the strain from her face because of her work. She walks with unsteadiness because of getting wet but still she enjoys the rain and the changes it was bringing in.

TEACHING LEARNING MATERIALS

Course book source, book, video, chart

TEACHER TALK	PUPILE TALK
Teacher greets the students good morning  Close your eyes and make silent prayer	Pupils interact with great interest
ENTRY ACTIVITY Teacher creates mental readiness by showing sum pictures of different seasons in the projector.	Pupils generated curiosity to learn the lesson
Teacher gives a description about the happiness that rain brings and its speciality  Teacher takes the central position of the class and asks them to close their eyes for a moment and plays an audio of rain Few seconds later teacher asks them to open their eyes and to say what sound is this?	Students listen carefully sound of rain
INTRODUCING THE TOPIC Teacher introduces the lessons and writes the title on the black board First showers -Nalini Sharma Teacher displays a video which narrates the poem and visualises each line in the poem.	Pupils listen carefully
Teacher ask the students to read the poem silently	Pupils read carefully
Teacher ask the students to be in groups and to share their ideas with their peers	Pupils share their ideas Students listen carefully sound of rain
Teachers ask a few scaffolding question to the students 1.      What is the title of the poem? 2.      Who is the author of the poem? 3.      Who soothed the poet’s nerve?	Pupils answered the question correctly
Teacher introduces the unfamiliar word from the stanza	Pupils identifies the meaning of the unfamiliar words
APPRECIATION OF THE POEM	Pupils listen care fully
GROUP ACTIVITY Write the profile of Nalini sharma Using the hints given-                                   Nalini Sharma Profession: school principle, Bilingual writer ( English and Hindi Innumerable works: poems articles, essays, short story< novel etc. Major works   Orchid ( vol 1& 2) , the unwed mother, rhythm etc. Awards: many awards including Sarojini Naidu award and swedha patel award.	Pupils engaged in the group activity.
PRESENTATION OF THE PRODUCT Teacher ask the group leaders to present the product prepared by them	Pupils presented there products
TEACHERS VERSION	Pupils copied the answers displayed
REVIEW The teacher recapitulates the lessons and ask a few questions 1.      How does the rain soothe the poets nerves. 2.      What made the poet step unsteady? 3.      What was the poet doing at the time of rain?	Pupils listen and answer correctly.
FOLLOW UP ACTIVITY Teacher gives an assignment Find out the poetic devices used in the first 8 lines of the poems.