WELCOME

TALES OF TOIL

Name of the teacher trainee:

Thara S
Name of the school: St. Johns
H.S.S, Mattom.
Subject: English
Unit: Tales of Toil
Sub Unit: I Am The People The
Mob

Standard: IX
Strength:44
Period:
Duration:
35mins
Date: 20. 7.
2015

OBJECTIVES
To make the learning process interesting
and effective.
To engage pupils in various discourse
activities.
To develop an awareness about the
importance of hard work.

TODAY WE ARE GOING TO LEARN A NEW POEM I AM

THE PEOPLE THE MOB BY CARL SANDBURG

CARL SANDBURG (1878- 1967)

American poet, historian, novelist $

folklorist.
The Singing Bard.
Central figure in Chicago Renaissance.
Won Pulitzer Prize thrice.
Major works:
Chicago poems
The People, Yes
Abraham Lincoln: The prairie Years and The
War Years.

I AM THE
PEOPLE,
THE MOB

All human achievements are the fruit of

mans labour. The poem is a tribute to people,
who are the seed ground of progress.

I Am the peoplethe mob- the

crowd- the mass.
Do you know

that all the great

work of the

I am the working
man,
the inventor,
the maker of

READ THE POEM SILENTLY.

TRACK READING
Track the text with symbols

(,?,!)

COLLABORATIVE LEARNING

GLOSSARY REFERENCE
MOB
= Disorderly crowd
INVENTOR =person who designs
and
make something
not existing before.

MEGAPHONING THE
DOUBTS

SCAFFOLDING QUESTIONS
1.Who is the I in the
poem?
2.To whom the poem
is addressed?

READ THE POEM ALOUD.

LANGUAGE ACTIVITY
Find out the words that are used to refer the I in the poem.

ASSIGNMENT
Write a profile of the author
Carl Sandburg.

THANK YOU

WELCOME

Name of the teacher trainee :

Thara S
Name of the school :
St. Johns H.S.S,
Mattom.
Subject : English
Unit : Tales of Toil
Sub Unit : I Am The People
The Mob

Standard:
Strength:
Period:
Duration:
Date:
2015

IX
44
35mins
13. 8.

OBJECTIVES
To make the learning process interesting
and effective.
To engage pupils in various discourse
activities.
To develop an awareness about the
importance of hard work.

I AM THE PEOPLE,
THE
MOB
BY
CARL SANDBURG

I am the audience
that witnesses
history.
The napoleons come
from me and the
Lincolns.
They die.

I am the seed
ground.
I am a prairie that
will stand for much
ploughing.
Terrible storms pass
over me.

I forget.
Everything but
Death comes to me
and makes me work
and give up what I

READ THE POEM SILENTLY.

TRACK READING
Track the text with symbols

(,?,!)

COLLABORATIVE
LEARNING

GLOSSARY REFERENCE
PRAIRIE= Grassland of
North America

MEGAPHONING THE
DOUBTS

SCAFFOLDING QUESTIONS
1.To whom does the poet attribute the
qualities of Napoleon and Lincoln?
2.To whom does the poet compare the
people with?

READ THE POEM ALOUD.

LANGUAGE ACTIVITY
FIND OUT THE FIGURE OF
SPEECH USED IN THE
POEM

ASSIGNMENT
Write a small paragraph on
the person who inspired you
most.

THANK YOU

WELCOME

Name of the teacher

trainee :
Thara
S
Name of the school :
St. Johns H.S.S,
Mattom.
Subject : English
Unit : Tales of Toil
Sub Unit : I Am The
People
The Mob

Standard:
Strength:
Period:
Duration:
Date:
2015

IX
44
35mins
13. 8.

OBJECTIVES

To make the learning process interesting

and effective.
To engage pupils in various discourse
activities.
To develop an awareness about the
importance of hard work.

I AM THE PEOPLE, THE

MOB
BY
CARL SANDBURG

Sometimes I growl,
shake myself and
spatter a few red
drops for history
to remember.

When I, the people, learn to

remember,
When I, the people, use the
lessons of
yesterday and
no longer forget
who robbed me last year,
Who played me for a foolthen
there will be no speaker in all
the world say the name: The
People,

READ THE POEM SILENTLY.

TRACK READING
Track the text with
symbols

(,?,!)

COLLABORATIVE LEARNING

GLOSSARY REFERENCE
Spatter = to sprinkle
Derision = ridicule

MEGAPHONING THE
DOUBTS

SCAFFOLDING QUESTIONS
1. What does the author mean by spatter a
few drops of blood?
2. What is the author predicting?

READ THE POEM ALOUD.

LANGUAGE ACTIVITY

FIND THE
ONOMATOPOEIC
WORDS USED IN THE
POEM

ASSIGNMENT
Write an appreciation of the
poem I am the People the Mob

Thank
you...