10th English Notes of lesson English November 1st week 2022-23

 Notes of Lesson for the Tenth STD-English November the first week ” The Last Lesson”

Teaching of Prose

Standard : X,

Topic : The Last Lesson,

Theme : “ The longing to learn the mother tongue and love for it.”,

“It is about one's language and why it is important to preserve it for any race” ,

Learning Outcomes:

E-1005 – talks on key contemporary issues like social issues, like social justice, environment, gender etc., in speech and writing

E-1010 – collects evidences and discusses in groups for reading autobiographies, history and science based literary texts

E-1011 – writes paragraphs, narratives etc., by planning revising, editing, rewriting and finalizing

Competency

General Objectives

• To learn to narrate

• To appreciate narration

 

Specific Objectives

• Encouraging patriotism and language among students

• Engage themselves in conversation, dialogue, discussion and discourse in peer-peer mode, and with teacher on various themes.

 

TLM

▪ Videos, PPT, charts, Online resources and images.

 

Motivation and Introduction:

▪ Which language do you like to speak?

▪ Tell about the languages spoken in Indian states

▪ Did everyone participate in the Indian freedom struggle regardless of language?

▪ After a country conquers another country, how should the conquered country treat that country?

 

Guided Reading:

I read the prose with proper stress, pause and intonation. Students listen silently at the first time. Second time they repeat after me. They read in small groups.

 

Teacher’s activity:

Before explaining this lesson, the teacher explains the new words with the help of chart. The teacher explains the lesson in simple words through video. And actions.

Student’s activity:

Choose a favorite part of the prose and have students explain it. Volunteer students to briefly explain the content explained by the teacher in front of other students.

Presentation:

• The narration of this story is by a French boy, Franz. Franz is a lazy boy. However, in spite of his laziness, Franz likes to play and is of a sensitive nature. Furthermore, Franz hates his teacher M. Hamel in his school and has no interest in studying French.

 

• An order has come from Berlin after taking over the districts of Alsace and Lorraine in France that the German language rather than the French should be taught in the schools there. Furthermore, it is the school French teacher M. Hamel’s last day. This teacher has been working there for forty years. Moreover, the teacher has feelings of patriotism. He is also full of nostalgia and grief. The village men also attend his ‘last lesson’ so as to honour and respect him. The village is regretting and is sad that they didn’t learn their mother tongue in their childhood.

 

• Franz receives a big shock when he learns that this is his last lesson in French. He is shocked because he does not know French. Furthermore, on learning about the last lesson, a sudden interest arises in him for learning French. Moreover, he pays careful attention and learns everything taught on this last day.

 

• Instantly, he develops liking for the teacher M. Hamel. His feelings of hatred for him suddenly came to an end. Moreover, Franz develops respect for the hard work and sincerity of his teacher. Franz is sad and ashamed for being unable to recite his lesson.

 

• Hamel explains that they all are at fault for lacking eagerness to learn. Furthermore, he also includes himself in this fault. He blames himself for lack of sincerity in teaching them.

 

• There is a reflection of his patriotism in his praise for the French language. He says that the French language is the most logical and beautiful language in the world. It seems that M. Hamel got emotional on this occasion. Furthermore, he asks the class to guard their language. He says that being close to one’s language is a way to escape the clutches of slavery. This language will assist them in attaining freedom from the Germans. The people realize the significance of their mother tongue. Moreover, they feel the reason for their defeat is illiteracy.

 

 

• Franz feels that it is impossible to remove one’s language from a person. This is because it is something that is natural to a person. This means that no matter how hard the opposition may try, they will fail to remove one’s language.

 

New words chirping (v) - making a short, sharp high pitched sound (usually by small. birds or insects)

bustle (v) - move in an energetic manner

unison (n) - simultaneous utterance of words

rapping (v) - striking with a series of rapid audible blows

thumbed (v) - a book which has been read often and bearing the marks of frequent handling

cranky (adj.) – strange

Saar -a River in north-eastern France and western Germany

Angelus (n) - a Roman Catholic devotion commemorating the Incarnation of Jesus and

including the Hail Mary, said at morning, noon, and sunset.

 

Follow up work:

• Give an account of the last day of M.Hamel in school.

• Describe and write how language and patriotism played a role in the Indian freedom struggle.

 

Prepared by

Sethuraman Ramalingam, BT Asst, (Eng),

Model School,

A. Kumaramangalm,

Ulundurpet Taluk,

Kallakurichi (DT)-606107