Name of the school : SMHSS Patharam Strength : Subject : English Period : Unit :2,Breaking Barriers Duration:45 min Subunit : Women Date : TEACHING LEARNING AIDS: course book,movie clippings,powerpoint presentation. TEACHERS ACTIVITY 1.WARMING UP ACTIVITY An interactive talk on current affairs related to the topic to be taught women empowerment citing examples of famous ladies Malala yusuf Sai,Medha Padkar , Sonia Gandhi( pictures of above mentioned ladies is shown as slide show ) 2.CONTEXTUAL LINK A link to the poem Women is created by showing some clippings from the movies like Agnisakshi acted by actress Shobana ,Verudhe Alla Oru Bharya acted by actress Gopika which potray that the life of a women is deprived of freedom and filled with agony .women finds out how hard it is to break the barriers of life. 3.INITIATING THE TOPIC Introduction to the author of the poem ,Louise Bogan (by showing his picture on slide).Then saying the theme of the poem Women the poem draws our attention towards how lead a life of confinement in our society 4.RECITATION OF THE POEM Teacher recite the poem with correct stress ,rhythm, intonation and ask some students to recite the poem aloud for clearing the pronounciation and increasing reading skill. 5.DISECTING THE POEM Part by part analysis of the ornaments used in the poem by an interactive discussion between teacher and students.
6 .CLEARING DOUBTS Teacher clears the doubts of the students and gives the meaning of difficult words and explain the theme of the poem for whole class more clarification . 7.COMPREHENSION ANALYSIS Teacher asks some questions to the students to check whether they understood the poem. i.The word provident means careful in planning.How is it contrasted with wilderness? ii.Are women really contented ? What does the poem say about this ? iii. Women miss many things in life.What are some of the things the poem mentions ? 8. PRACTICE SESSION Teacher asks the students to be in group and write an appreciation on the poem and ask the group leader to present it in class 9.CORRECTION Teacher edits the students presentation . 10.EXTRA CREDIT WORK Teacher gives a home assignment to write a poem on womens strength and weakness.