B.Ed ENGLISH: November 2018

Weekly reflection

week 1 ( 7 Nov - 16 Nov )

As part of 2017 - 2019 B.Ed curriculum the second space school internship was started on 07 November 2018 Wednesday. Govt HSS Koickal was the school allotted me for teaching practice. There were a group of 15 students from six optional subjects. From English there were four of us and we were asked to meet the concern teacher for the classes. I was assigned to take classon std VIII A. On the first day of our second phase teaching practice we were reached the school at 9 am. since the day was celebrated as C V Raman day. A special assembly was conducted in the school and a quiz program was also organised there. In the first day I had class in 8^th A on 4 th period and I taught the titular picture from the unit flowers and showers. On the second day I took the poem song of the flower written by Khalil Gibran from the unit flowers and showers. . On Children's day, the classes were handled by students themselves 15 november I started the next poem Flowers and Showers by Nalini Sharma. On the last day of this week I had class at first period and I took last stanzas of the poem Flowers and showers. I had tried my level best to take the classes by following the activities which was mentioned in my lesson transcript as such. These activities help me a lot to delver the content to the students most effectively. The students were also very cooperative. I also got the opportunity to engage with other students in the school through the substitution classes and I was able to make a good rapport with them.

NAME OF THE TEACHER TRAINEE : ASHA A S

NAME OF THE SCHOOL : GHSS KOICKAL

SUBJECT : ENGLISH

UNIT : IV FLOWERS AND SHOWERS

THEME : NATURE

SUB THEME : HARMONY IN NATURE

CONTENT ANALYSIS

First showers is a beautiful poem written by the well-known Indian poet Nalini Sharma. In which she speaks about the changes that the rain brings. First, she tells how the rain soothens her 'frayed nerves' and removes the strain from her face because of her work. She walks with unsteadiness because of getting wet but still she enjoys the rain and the changes it was bringing in.

CIRCULAR OBJECTIVES

The learner

i) develops listening speaking reading and writing skills.

ii) enhances creative and critical thinking

iii) identifies poetic devices and its usage.

iv) develops imagination and aesthetic powers.

v) reads the poem and appreciates the poet’s style.

PRE-REQUISITES

The learner,

i) knows about the happiness that rain brings.

ii) knows the importance of nature

iii) develops an attitude to understand the poem with its essence

iv) knows about the features of nature poem

TEACHING LEARNING MATERIALS

Course book source, book, video, chart

CLASS ROOM INTERACTING PROCEDURE	PU[ILS RESPONSE
INFORMAL INTERACTION Teacher creates a good report by engaging in an informal talk with students	Pupils interact with great interest
ENTRY ACTIVITY Teacher creates mental readiness by showing sum pictures of different seasons in the projector.	Pupils generated curiosity to learn the lesson
LINK TALK Teacher gives a description about the happiness that rain brings and its speciality
INTRODUCING THE TOPIC Teacher introduces the lessons and writes the title on the black board First showers -Nalini Sharma Teacher displays a video which narrates the poem and visualises each line in the poem.	Pupils listen carefully
SILENT READING BY THE STUDENTS Teacher ask the students to read the poem silently	Pupils read carefully
SHARING THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE STANZA Teacher ask the students to be in groups and to share their ideas with their peers	Pupils share their ideas
SCAFFOLDING QUESTIONS Teachers ask a few scaffolding question to the students 1. What is the title of the poem? 2. Who is the author of the poem? 3. Who soothed the poet’s nerve?	Pupils answered the question correctly
GLOSSARY Teacher introduces the unfamiliar word from the stanza	Pupils identifies the meaning of the unfamiliar words
APPRECIATION OF THE POEM	Pupils listen care fully
GROUP ACTIVITY Write the profile of Nalini sharma Using the hints given- Nalini Sharma Profession: school principle, Bilingual writer ( English and Hindi Innumerable works: poems articles, essays, short story< novel etc. Major works Orchid ( vol 1& 2) , the unwed mother, rhythm etc. Awards: many awards including Sarojini Naidu award and swedha patel award.	Pupils engaged in the group activity.
PRESENTATION OF THE PRODUCT Teacher ask the group leaders to present the product prepared by them	Pupils presented there products
TEACHERS VERSION	Pupils copied the answers displayed
REVIEW The teacher recapitulates the lessons and ask a few questions 1. How does the rain soothe the poets nerves. 2. What made the poet step unsteady? 3. What was the poet doing at the time of rain?	Pupils listen and answer correctly.
FOLLOW UP ACTIVITY Teacher gives an assignment Find out the poetic devices used in the first 8 lines of the poems.