Notes of Lesson for the 9th-English February the first week

 

 

 Notes of Lesson for the 9th-English February the first week

 

Standard : IX,

Topic : A Birthday Letter  (Prose),

Page : 177.

Date            :  30.01.2023  to  03.01.2023

Theme : “This extract is about a letter written by Jawaharlal Nehru to his daughter Indira when he  was in the Central Prison at Naini. As he was not able to send a gift to Indira on her birthday, he writes to her. Though presents are appreciated, letters can equally be cherished as gifts.”

Learning Outcomes:

E- 910 : Writes letters (both formal and informal), invitations, advertisements, notices, slogans, messages and emails. Writes informal letters on the given topic.

E- 907: Reads with comprehension the given text/materials employing strategies like skimming, scanning, predicting, reviewing and inferring.

Competency :

• Read texts and other longer, standard, literary pieces.

• Engages in conversation with family and friends.

• Responds to different kinds of instructions in varied contexts.

• Read literary books in English, interpret, evaluate and respond to the characters, plot and setting.

 

TLM

▪ Videos, PPT, Online resources and images.

▪ News paper articles about sports and games.

 • Have you ever received a personal letter from your friends or relatives?

• If yes, from whom and about what?

• Have you ever written a personal letter to anyone?

• If yes, to whom and about what?

Motivation and Introduction:

Guided Reading:

Teacher reads 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.

The Teacher’s activity:

Before explaining this prose, the teacher explains the new words with the help of chart. The teacher explains the lesson in simple words with help of online resources and through videos.

The student’s activity:

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

Presentation:

• His gifts were mental or spiritual. He said that he did not like giving sermons to others.

• He thinks that while having a conversation with each other, a piece of truth emerges from it. He recalled her fascination with a historical character called Joan of Arc.

• Nehru then highlighted the importance of history that could make men and women heroic in their lives. Nehru stands on the view that history even helps simple, ordinary people to become heroes. He said that the magic words of Bapuji have stolen the hearts of millions of Indians.

• Bapuji had inspired his people by doing great deeds and honourable sacrifices in India. Nehru motivates his daughter by saying that under Bapuji's leadership, there was no place for secrecy or hiding.

• Nehru wants his daughter to be unafraid, serene, and unruffled. He tells her to make friends in the light and do nothing secretly.

• Nehru is quite confident that Indira will grow up into a brave soldier in India’s service.

 

New words

sermon (n) - ceremony in which a priest gives a talk on a religious or moral subject

fascinated (adj) - extremely attracted

deed (n) - a brave or noble act

starving (adj) - suffering or dying from hunger

oppressed (adj) - governed in an unfair and cruel way and prevented from having opportunities and freedom

sacred (adj) - considered to be holy and deserving respect

serene (adj) - peaceful and calm

unruffled (adj) - not nervous or worried, usually despite a difficult situation

Reinforcement:

• Mention the people who are determined to live like Gandhi and Nehru and write down what we can do to follow them.

 

Evaluation:

LOT :

• Why could not Nehru send any presents to Indira?

• What cannot be stopped even by the high walls of prisons?

 

MOT :

• What does the phrase ‘great drama’ refer to?

• Why are the freedom fighters under Gandhi not afraid of anything?

 

HOT :

• If you had the opportunity to fight under Gandhi's leadership during the Indian Freedom struggle, what kind of struggle would you take part in? Describe your contribution.

Assignment

Write a paragraph about 80-100 words

• Explain the important elements of Nehru’s letter.

 

Writing:

They write the writing practice by follow the teacher. They write book back exercises, write the answers for the questions.

Follow up work:

• Imagine yourself as Indira and write a reply letter to your father, Nehru for the letter you received on your birthday.

Prepared by

Sethuraman Ramalingam, BT Asst, (Eng.), MA., B.Ed.,

Tamil Nadu-IX Standard English Textbook Committee Author,

Model School,

A. Kumaramangalam,

Ulundurpet Edn dt,

Kallakurichi (DT