2. Innovative lesson plan on DreamsPresented by Anitha Rajan 3.
The Journey begins here. NAME OF THE TEACHER: Anitha Rajan STANDARD
: VIII NAME OF THE SUBJECT: English DURATION: 45 min NAME OF THE
UNIT: On the Wings of Wishes NAME OF THE SUBUNIT: Dreams 4.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES To make teaching- learning process interesting
To make the content more clear with technology To create a visual
impact on the students 5. Step I- Entry ActivityDo you all enjoy
music? Lets listen to a trackthenTeacher plays the song Swapnangal
from the malayalammovie Kavya Mela and starts a discussion on
Dreams. 6. A few quotes on Dreams.There is nothing like a dream to
create thefuture. Victor HugoThe future belongs to those who
believe inthe beauty of their dreams. - EleanorRooseveltYou can
design and create, and build themost wonderful place in the world.
But ittakes people to make the dream a reality. 7. Do you like to
see dreams? Do you have the habit of daydreaming?Can you share any
such experience?Write down a few words about your dreams. 8. Step
2:Link TalkSo you all have dreams in life. How about listening to a
poem on dreams? Itdiscusses the importance of dreams in life. And
the poet is 9. Langston HughesBorn: February 1, 1902, Missouri,
UnitedStatesAmerican poet, social activist, novelist,playwright,
and columnistOne of the earliest innovators of jazz poetry.Works:
Black Nativity, I Wonder as IWander, The Dream Keeper and
OtherPoemsAwards: Spingarn Medal, Anisfield-WolfBook Award,
Guggenheim Fellowship. 10. Step 3Teacher recites the poem with
proper stress, rhythm and intonation 11. Step 5:Individual reading
by the learnerStudents recite the poem individually with proper,
stress, rhythm and intonation 12. Step 6: Tracking the
readingTeacher asks the pupils to read the text and track their
reading. 13. Step 7:Sharing with pair or peerLearners share their
ideas within their group 14. Step 8: sitting in groups(
collaborative learning)Learners sit in groups and discuss their
understanding. Teachermegaphones their doubts to entire class and
clarifies them. 15. Step 9: Glossary Reference with the help of the
teacherThe students find out the meaning of difficult words with
the helpof the teacher.Barren /brn /- not good enoughfor plants to
grow on it 16. Frozen /frzn/- extremely cold 17. Step 10:
Scaffolding QuestionsTeacher asks a few scaffolding questions to
make the learner predictand establish thoughts and important facts
If dreams die what happens to our life? What makes us feel that our
life is a barren field? 18. Step 11:AppreciationTeacher makes the
learner identify rhyming words, rhymescheme, figures of speech and
other poetic devicesRhyming wordsLie- flyGo- snowRhyme schemeThe
rhyme scheme is irregular (ab cd ad ed)Figures of speechMetaphor-
Life is a barren field 19. Step 12: Reading aloud by the
learnerTeacher makes the learner recite the poem aloud with
properstress, pronunciation and intonation 20. Step 13: Discourse
level activity Prepare a profile of the poet Write a similar poem
21. AssignmentCollect some quotations regardingdreams
