INNOVATIVE LESSON PLAN.

Name of the Teacher : Dhanya Vijay P V Standard : VIII F

Name of the School : P P M H S Karakonam Strength : 30

Subject : English Date : 13/08/2018

Unit : 2, Wings and Wheels Duration : 40 minutes.

Sub-unit : The Little Round Red House

Theme : Understanding of our surroundings.

CONTENT ANALYSIS.
This is a story by Carolyn Sherwin Bailey. She tells about the journey of a little boy to find out a little
round red house, as per the directions given by his mother to get rid of his boredom.

Learning Outcomes.
The pupil will be able to,

 Get an idea about the nature

 Understand and love their surroundings
 Develop critical thinking and creativity
 Imagine new ideas from their experience
 Create a play from a story.

PRE REQUISITES.
Students had interest in enacting plays

TEACHING LEARNING RESOURCES.

Course Book(Standard VIII), chalk board, pictures.
 CLASSROOM PROCESS. PUPILS’
RESPONSE.
INFORMAL INTERACTION.

Teacher indulges in an informal interaction in order to create

a rapport with the students. Teacher asks some questions to the
students. Students actively interacted with
- How are you? teacher
- Do you like stories?
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OUTLINE PRESENTATION
Teacher gives an idea about the story that this a story about the Students listen to teacher
search of a little boy for a little round red house .He searches his
surrounding to find the little house which his mother said to him
to find out. His mother was trying to motivate his son to explore
the world around him.

Making of a Play
Teacher explains the story in a detailed way to make the
students understand the story and the conversation in it. After that Students listen to teacher and
teacher asks the students to find out the characters in the story. wrote the script
After they found the characters in the story, the teacher asks them
to convert the conversation in the story in a model of a script for
a play based on the same story.

ACT 1

The boy talks about his boredom to his mother. She put forward
the idea of searching a little round red house. The boy gets ready
for his journey.

ACT 2
Scene 1 - The boy wanders along the street and meets a mail The selected students enact the
carrier. He asks the mail carrier about the little round red house. play and the others watch it.

Scene 2- The boy confronts a police officer and enquires about the
little round red house.

Scene 3 - The boy meets Mr. Fetzer and thereby finds the little
round red house.

Casting the Characters.

Teacher divides the students into groups and cast characters for
the play.

GIRL 1 - The Boy Students took the role of each

GIRL 2 - The Mother character in the story.
GIRL 3 - The Mail Carrier
GIRL 4 - The police Officer
GIRL 5 - Mr. Fetzer
ENACTING THE PLAY.

Students enact the play in the class room based on the script that Students enacted the play in the
is already prepared. class

BLENDED READING

After enacting the play, students read the story with the help of Students read the story.
prepared script for the better understanding of the story.

Revisiting the Story

The teacher asks the students to sit in groups and ask Students sat in groups and asked
questions to the each members of the group to ensure the questions each other.
understanding level of each individual.

VISUAL GRASPING

Teacher gives some pictures related to the story to each group and A group member shows the
asks them to show the picture to other groups and identify the picture to other group and they
word related to the picture as well as the event in the story. answered.

Mail Carrier.
Apple (the little round red house).

The little round red house with a star in the

middle.

Reflection.
Students are asked to write about their own
experience of preparing a script for play and its
enactment.

Assignment.

What are the things that you will do, if you get
bored?