INNOVATIVE LESSON

TEMPLATE
Name of the teacher trainee : Saranya

standard : 8

Name of the school : N.S.S H.S.S Karuvatta

Subject : English

strength : 30

Duration : 45min

Unit : Seeds And Deeds

period : 6

Subunit : The Sower

Date :3-10-2015

Curricular statement : To familiarize the students about the poem

The Sower by pointing out the hardship in the life of a sower and
his dedication to the work.
Prerequisites

The students should

-have seen sowing and harvest

-have an awareness about the life of a

farmer.
Teaching learning resources : ICT

Teacher Student interaction

Teaching Aid

The teacher entered the class and engaged the students

with an informal talk.She asked the students
Which was your previous period?.
Are you interested to learn a new poem?
The teacher asks some questions to check their
awareness about farming or to understand their personal
experience with any farmer.
Teacher : Do you have cultivation in your home?
Learners : some responds as yes and some no,while others
explained some sort of cultivation in home like ladys
finger,tomato,chilly etc.
Teacher : Have you seen any farmers working in a farm?
Learners: Yes, some of them describes their experience of
the sight of farmers farming in a field.
Teacher ; What is the speciality of farming?
Learners: The farming mainly involves sowing of different
seeds
Teacher : What does the farmer do after sowing seeds?
Learners : After sowing, harvesting is done.

The teacher shows

some pictures in
slide

Now we are going to learn a new poem related to sowing.,

and the name of the poem is The Sower
The teacher divides the students in to various groups and
asked them to read the poem silently.
The teacher asked them to give their own personal
description of the poem by reading the poem and
identifying the pictures shown
The students expressed their views and teacher then
gives a detailed explanation about the poem.
After giving a gist, the teacher asked some of the students
to read.
After explanation inorder to test the comprehension,she
asks some questions.
Assignment
The teacher assigns the students to create a poem of
similar theme.

The teacher shows

the picture of a
sower