STD - 8 ENGLISH NOTES OF LESSON OCTOBER 2ND WEEK

 My Reminiscence

 Notes of Lesson for VIII-English October the second week.

Teaching of Prose

Standard : VIII,

Topic : My Reminiscence,

Page no : 92

Learning Outcomes:

E-801:Responds to instructions/ announcements in school and public places viz., Railway Station, Market, airport, cinema hall, etc.

E-806:Encourage students to practice 2 minutes speech.

E-818:Refers dictionary, thesaurus and Encyclopedia while reading /writing.

Competency

• Develops skill of writing stories.

• Engages in conversation with family and friends.

• Promote reading and vocabulary skills.

Introduction :

a) Did you know that our national anthem was written by Rabindranath Tagore?

b) Did Tagore win the Nobel Prize?

c) Where did Rabindranath Tagore live in India?

d) Did Rabindranath Tagore participate for India's independence?

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 supplementary, the teacher also explains the new words with the help of chart. The teacher explains the lesson in simple words through video.

Student’s activity:

Volunteer students to briefly explain the content explained by the teacher in front of other students.

Concept Map:

Consolidation and Presentation: (Write in Hints mode)

• Tagore returned from his second Voyage to London. He went to stay with his brother Jyotirindra and sister-in-law, who were living in a riverside. He recollects his experiences of watching the beauty of nature.

• He was amazed by the Bengal Sky-full of light, the South freeze, the flow of river and cool shade of the wooded banks. The riverside nest where replaced by mills.

• He enjoyed some rainy afternoons. Rabindranath Tagore sang some songs with harmonium, his brother played with his violin.

• He enjoyed silvery peace on both land and water. The Villa they were living in was known as Moran's Garden. In the sitting room, he saw one of the pictures depicting a swing hanging from a branch of a tree and two persons swinging.

• There was another picture of the flight of steps and men and women in festive clothes going and coming. When the light fell on the windows, these pictures shown beautifully.

• The topmost room of the house was in a round Tower with Windows opening to every side this Tagore used as his room for writing poetry.

 

Reinforcement:

List and discuss what did you see when travel and move to a new place.

Evaluation:

LOT

• How were the rooms arranged in his house?

• Quote the expressions from the text when the author sees the Ganges again.

MOT

• In what ways the river and its Bank have changed?

HOT

• Where would you like to go to relive your old memories? How do you get your memories back?

Remedial Teaching:

I give oral drills, reading practice for the slow bloomers. They use the internet source to enrich their skills.

Writing:

They write the writing practice by follow the teacher. They write fill in the blanks, write the

answers for the questions.

Follow up work:

Go to your home and ask the elders to come and write a biography of Rabindranath Tagore, his writings, the awards he has acquired and the titles he has received.

 

Prepared by…

-Sethuraman Ramalingam, BT Asst, (Eng),

Model School,

A.Kumaramangalam,

Ulundurpet Edn dt,

Kallakurichi (DT)-606107.