INNOVATIVE LESSON PLAN

Name of the teacher trainee    : Athira T. Mathew                 Standard: IX

Name of the school                 : M K LM HSS                       Strength:  62

Subject                                    : English                                  Period   :  3

Unit                                         : IV                                          Date      :  16/11/16

Topic                                       : Dawn of Hope

Lesson                                     : The Jungle Air Crash

Issue                                        : Power of Hope

Sub-issue                                 : Inspiration and Optimism

Learning outcomes

The learner will be able to,

·         faces the challenges in life with confidence.

·         evolves strategies in order to come out of difficult situations.

·         manages disasters effectively.

Content analysis

‘The Jungle Air Crash’ is a survival story written by Juliane Koepcke. It is an extract from her memoir ‘When I Fell from the Sky’, which is an international bestseller which describes in detail the horrifingg experience she had in the jungle, and her life before and after, and is a source of hope and inspiration for many.

Linguistic Elements

Profile, Write up

Pre- requisites

The pupils,

·         might have known about memoir.

·         might have read other memoirs.

Teaching Learning materials

Course book, Source book, Laptop.

Discourses

Profile, Write up

Support system

Course book, Source book, Internet, Dictionary, Laptop.

Classroom process

Pupils responses

1.       Warming up activity Teacher engages in an informal talk to create a rapport with the students. 2.      Introducing the content Teacher gave a brief description about the author,  Juliane Koepcke, and the story ‘The Jungle Air Crash’. It's a true account of a miraculous escape of Juliane Koepcke, who was a teenage when she boarded the Lansa aircraft with her mother on December 24, 1971. Teacher also shows the picture of the author using laptop. 3.      Reading and explaining the paragraphs Teacher asks students to open their textbooks and listen carefully. Teacher reads the paragraphs with proper stress, intonation and expression and also explains the meaning of the first two paragraphs. 4.      Follower section Students are asked to follow the reading pattern of the paragraphs silently with keen attention and mark difficult parts. 5.      Picturization Teacher shows the pictures of Ecologist, Ornithologist, rear, aisle and Stewardess and  check whether they could identify it. 6.      Clarification Teacher clarifies the doubts of the students and explains the theme and meaning of the portion once again. 7.      Discourse level activity Teacher asks the students to write a profile of the writer,  Juliane Koepcke and also gives some hints to help them. Born                : 10 October 1954 in Peru Worked as       : German biologist Memoir            : When I Fell From The Sky 8.      Creative section Teacher asks students to create a placard to prevent road accidents. 9.      Review questions 1)      Who is the author of the story ‘The Jungle Air Crash’? 2)      What is the name of Juliane Koepcke’s memoir? 3)      Who is an Ecologist?

Follow up Activity

            Write three slogans to prevent road accidents.


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