LESSON PLAN 5

Name of student Teacher: Himanshu Kumar Class: VII

Subject: English Period:1st

Chapter: The Rebel (POEM) Time: 30 minutes

General Objectives:
Students will be able to:

• Appreciate the beauty, rhyme and style of the poem.

• Develop real poetic taste and enrich the imagination.
• Develop aesthetic sense and expression skill.
• Comprehend the meaning of the stanzas while reading.
• Generate interest among the learners for English language and literature.

Specific Objectives:
Students will be able to:

• Read aloud the poem with proper rhythm and intonation.

• Comprehend the meaning of the couplets while reading.
• Identify and form sentences from the difficult words in the poem.
• Find the satirical elements in the poem.
• Explain the gist of the story.

Student’s Previous Knowledge:

Students are supposed to have a workable knowledge of humor, irony and satire.

Teaching Aids:
• Charts

Teaching Method:
• Narration method.

Pupil Teacher Activity Student’s Response (Expected)

Who is a rebel? Rebel is a person who does not like rule or authority
and shows this by behaving differently from most
people in the society.
Are you a rebel? Yes sir/ No sir.
If I say we all are rebel, will you agree? Problematic question

Statement of Aim: Today we will be continuing the poem “The Rebel” by D. J. Enright.
 Teaching Pupil – Teacher Activity Students’ Response Teaching Aid Blackboard
Points Work

Recitation by Teacher will ask few students to Students will recite the
student. recite the poem with proper poem.
pronunciation and intonation.

Exposition to Teacher will ask students if they Students will note down
difficult word are facing /observing any difficult difficult words and try to
and word in the poem. form sentences.
Pronunciation
Drill Teacher will write down difficult
words and pronunciation them by
defining their meaning.
Teacher will ask students to form
new sentences.

WORDS:
• covetous: greedy
• crone: old woman (old
man’s wife) flung:
threw
• carcass: dead body
• mortar: bowl
• pounding: crushing;
grinding
• envious: feeling or
showing envy.
Explanation of Students listen carefully.
the poem In these lines, the poet tells us
about a person who is called a rebel
by the society for his different
manners and nature. This rebel has
to show his individuality in every
company. When he is in the
company of dog lovers, he tries to
speak in favor of cats.

And when he is in the company of

cat lovers, he tries his best to speak
in favor of dogs. The rebel always
adopts the opposite way of life than
the other people because he has to
show himself individual than
others. These lines are the
representative lines about the
nature of rebels who are found in
every country and society.

In the given lines the poet tells us

about another quality of the
behavior of rebel. He always goes
against the current of public
opinion as well as public behavior.
If everybody is praising the sun, the
rebel starts praising the rain and
begins his remarks about the need
for it.

If on the other hand, it is raining and

people are happy with the rain, he
will then praise the sun and say that
there was a need for the sunshine
at that time. Actually, he likes
neither the sun nor the rain but he
is simply to go against public
opinion.

In these lines, the poet describes

the nature of a rebel. A rebel is a
young man who acts against social
values and traditions. When people
go to attend a meeting, the rebel
stays at home and reads books.

But when others stay at home to

read books, the rebel goes out to
attend the meeting. In this way, he
tries to keep himself away from
others.

The rebel always opposes the

opinion of the majority and asserts
his own. When all the people accept
an offer, the rebel refuses it. But
when others rejected an offer, he
accepts it readily.

Whatever he does, he does it as a

negative. The eccentric attitude of a
rebel makes him an unwanted
personality. But the poet says; It is
very good that we have rebels. In
fact, he asks us to put up with a
rebel due to certain reasons.

The poet advises us not to become

a rebel. He says; you may not find it
very good to be one. A rebel is, in
fact, always a target of criticism.
People call him insane, anti-social,
anti-tradition, psycho-case, etc.

Therefore, no one will like to be a

rebel. But reading between the
lines, we learn that it is not a child's
play to oppose the opinion of the
majority. Only a brave person has
the guts to do so. Hence, a rebel is
a brave person because he opposes
the opinion of the majority.

He is not a commoner but a brave

person who can become a rebel. If
anyone considers himself brave
and has the guts to face difficulties,
he is valid for becoming a rebel.
Recapitulations / Exercises:
1. Do we need rebels in our society? If yes then why and, if no then why?
2. Find the satirical elements in the poem.

Home Assignment:
• Would you like to be a rebel? If yes, why? If not, why not?