Description:

NAME SUBJECT TOPIC CLASS AIM

KRISHNAKANT PALNATE LITERATURE POETRY-OH I WISH I'D LOOKED AFTER MY TEETH CLASS IX A IMPROVE THE ART OF ELOCUTION TO PRACTISE AND CONSOLIDATE KEY VOCABULARY TO NOTE & APPRECIATE THE POETIC STYLE USED AND THE VEIN OF HUMOUR IN THE POEM

Perception:

Parents alone are responsible for inculcating a good sense of dental hygiene amongst children. Do you agree/disagree Discuss with your partner Health is wealth.

A brief discussion and feedback on the above topics is held (pair or group work) The students read the poem silently after it is read aloud by the teacher (facilitator) Some of them take it in turns to read it aloud, thereafter.
Understanding:

Can you identify with any part of the poem or the poet? Summarize each stanza. Deduce the central idea of each stanza

Analysis:

Compare the feelings of the poet when he used to make fun of his mother's denture and later when realization of his own sorry state dawned on him. Select words and phrases that convey the poet's interesting style of communication:

that has comic effect that shows candor is descriptive

Synthesis:

Frame a piece of advice or a question you would like to put to the poet in the related context
Evaluation: 1. 2.

Would you brand him 'lazy' 'foolish' or just normal like any other when it make to dental care? Give reasons for your answer. Do you think he deserved the horrible experience at the dentist's

Creativity:

Read the following statement where 'I' refers to 'you' "I can't afford to, after what Jack's done to his teeth"

What is it you think you can't afford and why? Write a diary entry of not more than 125 words