2. Innovative Lesson Plan
Name of the Teacher : Jayasree.V.G
Name of the School : P.G.M
Subject : English
Unit : I, on the wings of wishes
Sub Unit : Macbeth
Issue : Human Resource Management
Sub Issue : The importance of hardwork and determination
Curricular Statements
The pupil,
* reads and analyze the literary texts and identifies the theme.
* constructs various discourses like dialogues, poems, narratives etc...
* develops positive outlook on works and life.
Learning Outcomes
The learner,
* familiarizes the new words like, predict, caste etc..
* gets an awareness of central theme of the story.
Content Analysis
Macbeth by William Shakespeare is a tragedy. The story shows us
the destructive side of our ambition in life. It shows the end of a greedy man
who ran behind his over ambition.
Pre-requisites
The pupil,
* is familiar with a stories of king and queen.
* is able to comprehend passage
* has able to read stories.
Learning materials
* Black board * Pictures
* Laptop * Charts
3. References
* Course book VIII * Oxford English Dictionary
* Source book VIII
Classroom Process
Actual response
Informal Interaction
* Good Morning!
* Are you ready to learn English?
* how is climate?
Entry Activity
Teacher give some activity cards and asks them to write are the
predictions of the wishes?
Link Talk
Teacher asks the students to share the theme that we have studied.
Micro Processing of Input
Model reading by the Teacher
The teacher reads the story two or three times a loud with correct
pronunciation, stress, intonation and meaningful units.
Track reading by the pupil
Teacher asks the learners to track their reading by marking
- for what they have understand.
? - for what they haven’t.
! - for what they found interesting/surprising.
Loud reading by the pupil
Teacher selects some students among them and asks them to read loudly
the content portion. Teacher helps the student to pronounce correctly.
4. Glossary References
* Castle - /k2csti/ - large medieval fortified building
* eagerly - /Ig31I/ - strongly to do or have
audience eagerly waited for the chief guest.
* Predict - /predIt/ - State that an event will happen in the future.
(Astrologers predict the future)
Collaborative learning
Students are asked to read in groups and share their ideas and also asked
to write down the word in the personal worldlist.
Megaphoning the doubts
Each group has given opportunity to other group or teacher, can conduct
an
activity based on this paragraphs.
Facilitation by the Teacher
Teacher helps to clarify the difficult areas which no groups could
effectively tackle. Teacher also explains the difficult areas.
Scaffolding Questions
1. Does the first prophecy had been fulfilled?
Yes
2. What would be witches foretold to Banquo?
Banquo’s descendants would be kings of Scotland.
3. What kind of person was Banquo?
Banquo was a simple and upright person.
Presentation by the pupil
Randomly students are selected from each group and they are asked to
present the answers for scaffolding questions.
Language Activity
Imagine you were the witches and what would you predict for Macbeth.
Write three predictions.
5. Review
Macbeth and Banquo continued their journey. On the way the messenger
came and told that the king was pleased with victory and he had made you the
‘Thane of Cawdor’. So the first properly had been fulfilled and he believed the
witches. Macbeth’s mind was disturbed and he talk to Banquo. But Banquo was
a simple and upright person, so he don’t believe the witches and said to
Macbeth don’t fall in to the witches trap.
Assignment
“Life is a told by an idiot. Signifying nothing”
Write someone quote related to ‘life’