TEACHING MANUAL

TEACHING MANUAL

ON

THE TATTERED BLANKET

Submitted by,

         Arya.S

         English

13978002

        KUCTE,

                kayamkulam

TEACHING MANUAL

Name of the teacher: trainee: Arya.s              Standard: 9B Name of the school   :GBHSS,                          Strength: 28

Name of the subject: English                             Period    : 2 

                             Unit     : 1, Roots                         Date: 13-8-2014

                   Subunit       : The Tattered Blanket     duration: 45’

                             Issue    : Culture

                   Subissue      : weakening of family ties

                                              Issue related to the aged.

                                                Importance of one’s roots.

                                                The value of wealth and money in

                                                                   One’s life.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     

CONTENT ANALYSIS: This story focuses on the multiple themes like the crucial role of family ties and the value of wealth and money in one’s life. In this story we can see a son who wants to forget everything and a sister who wants to remember everything. Between them we find an old mother who is really blessed with `forgetfulness’. Old age makes the old woman totally forgetful.

CURRICULAR STATEMENT: the learner,

Understand the crucial role of family ties in one’s upbringing.

Create awareness of one’s cultural roots.

Read and enjoy pieces of literature like short stories, poems etc.

PRE-REQUISITES: The learners,

is able to comprehend short stories.

might have read various stories.

TEACHING LEARNING RESOURSES: Laptop

REFERENCE: Oxford Advanced Dictionary.

                         English Pronunciation Dictionary of Daniel jone’s.

CLASSROOM INTERACTION  PROCEDURE

RESPONSE/ASSESSMENT

INFORMAL INTERACTION Teacher creates a rapport with the leaner’s Good morning to all... Is it a pleasant day for you? Are you ready to  enter in to the magical World of English… ENTRY ACTIVITY Teacher asks certain questions to introduce the writer of the story. Do you like stories? Do you know whose autobiography is ‘My Story’? LINK TALK Teacher introduces the writer of the short story `The Tattered Blanket’. Teacher writes the title of the story and name of the writer on the black board and shows power point presentation which includes the picture of Kamala suraiyya and the profile of the writer.                Profile. ·                      Born : March 31st , 1934       Punnyurkulam, Malabar dist. ·                      Occupation : poet, short story        writer ·                      Nationality : Indian ·                      Notable Awards: Ezhuthachan Puraskaram, Vayalar award, Sahithya Academy Award. ·                      Works: Summer in Culcutta, My story, Neypayasam etc… ·                      Death: May 31, 2009. Pune  MICROPROCESSING THE INPUT INDIVIDUAL READING. Teacher asks the learners to read the first three paragraphs silently by following track reading method. SHARING THE UNDERSTANDING WITH PAIR OR PEER. Teacher asks the learners to share what they have understood from the paragraphs with pair or peer. GLOSSARY REFERENCE Teacher asks the learner to refer the glossary to find out the meaning of the difficult words. Tattered blanket – damaged or torn blanket Country side –land which is away from town and cities. MEGAPHONING THE DOUBTS Each group given opportunity to raise their doubts to the teacher.Then teacher megaphoning the doubts to the entire class. SCAFFOLDED READING Reading aloud by the teacher Teacher reads the paragraph with proper stress,voice modulation etc. SCAFFOLDING QUESTIONS Teacher asks some questions to refine the understanding of the passage Who is the author of the story? Which are the main characters of the story? READING ALOUD BY THE LEARNER Teacher asks some of the learners to read the passage aloud. DISCOURSE CONSTRUCTION Teacher asks the learners to write the activity ACTIVITY:Write a conversation between Kamalam and Gopi GROUP WRITING Teacher asks learners to write the activity in groups. PRESENTATION BY THE LEARNER Teacher asks the learners to present their best work from each group. REFINING AND EDITING Teacher edits or refines the work of the learner and thematic, syntactic, morphologic editing are being done. GENERALISATION AND CONCLUSION Teacher generalize and concluded the class by showing a skit based on this story using laptop.

They interacted well. Learners answered to the questions. Learners listened carefully. Learners read the paragraphs silently with comprehension. Learners shared their understanding with their groups. Thereby they improved their comprehension. Leaner’s referred glossary and find out the meaning of difficult words. Learners listened carefully Learners answered to the questions asked by the teacher. Some of the learners read the passage with proper stress voice modulation etc. Learners presented their works.

ASSIGNMENT: What do you think of the sister’s reaction?