WELCOME

Name of the teacher trainee : Deepthy

Standard : 9

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

Strength : 36

Subject : English
Unit : Breaking Barriers
Sub unit : Even Past Fifty

Period : 4
Duration :45 min

OBJECTIVES
To make the learning process
interesting and effective
To develop an awareness about
gender inequalities
To engage pupils in various
discourse activities

PHASE

Are you familiar with these women?

How old do you think they are? They
are all past fifty

Women engaged in different works

Phase 2
Today we are going to learn a new poem "Even
Past Fifty "by Shanta Shelke

A Brief history of the poet

Born on October 19,1922, Indapur , India
Marathi poet and writer
Journalist , professor, composer , story writer,

translator, writer of child literature

Penned novels like Punarjanma and Dharma
Famous poems include Varsha and Godhan
Died of cancer on 6 June, 2002

Phase 3
The poem is about the toil that women
suffer in our society. They endure
everything for the the sake of their family

Phase 4
The teacher
recites the first
stanza with
proper stress,
rhythm, and
intonation

Shes past fifty;

Yet she 's still

a little girl at heart

for whom the house is a doll's

house,

and running the household

a childhood game.

Phase 5
Silent reading by the learner

PHASE 6 :Track reading / Glossary Reference

The students find out the following words :
Dolls house : a toy house
with small furniture to
play

Childhood : a state of
being a child

Phase 7
Collaborative Learning
Students sit in groups and share their thoughts

Phase 8
Megaphoning the doubts
Students clarify their doubts

PHASE 9
Scaffolding questions

The teacher asks certain questions

1. Who is the she in the poem? Is it only the

woman in the poem? Or does she represent all

women?
2. Is it possible for a woman of fifty to be a
little girl at heart? How?

Phase 10
Reading aloud by the Learner

Language Activity/Discourse
Construction
Images used to describe the middle aged

woman?

Assignment
Write a paragraph on your mothers activities
during the course of a day.