Friday, 3 February 2017

WEEKLY REFLECTION SEMESTER 4



WEEKLY REFLECTION
IV SEMESTER

17/11/16 - 18/11/16
As the part of B.Ed. curriculum the second part our teaching practice for thirty days started on 16, November 2016. This time also I got S.N.Trust H.S.S., Kollam and I was really glad for that. There were fifteen teacher trainees with me. The concerned teacher allotted for me to take fourth and fifth unit of eighth standard and I completed the poem the ‘First shower’ and started the chapter ‘The Nightingale and the Rose’. This time I was very familiar with the school atmosphere.
21/11/16 - 25/11/16
On this week I continued with the chapter ‘The Nightingale and the Rose’. Pupils were very co-operative during the classes and it helped me in the smooth running of classes. It was interesting to know that they connected this story to a song in the Malayalam movie and that was new information for me. This week I got many substitution periods and I enjoyed a lot.
29/11/16– 2/12/16
I started the third week of our teaching practice on 29, November 2016. On this week also I continued with the chapter ‘The Nightingale and the Rose’ and pupil made their own suggestion to help the Nightingale and I found that very creative, so I encouraged them by giving chocolates.
5/12/16 – 7/12/16
On this week I got only two classes because of educational strike and the past part of fourth semester teaching practice got over on 7th December 2016 and went back on to our college for University exams. This week our concerned teacher, Ambili Mam visited our school for observing our classes and this time she gave tips to give the class more effective. So I started practicing as per her instruction. But this week I completed the thirteenth and fourteenth lesson plan.


3/1/17 – 6/1/16
The second semester of our fourth semester teaching practice, started on 3/1/17, and that was my past class on the New Year. With two classes I completed the rest of the chapters ‘The Nightingale and the Rose’ and started the new chapter ‘The School for Sympathy’. On this week itself I conducted the diagnostic test during a free period.

9/1/17 – 13/1/17
On this week our general teacher Sangeetha Miss visited our school for observing our classes and teacher gave delighting feedbacks on my class, that encouraged me a lot and this week I completed the chapter ‘The School for Sympathy’. And on the Thursday we got the duty serving the meals for the students and we did that with immense pleasure.
16/1/17 – 20/1/17
On this week I started the chapter ‘The Merchant of Venice’ with an impressive entry activity. The pupil were curious to learn this chapter and on week itself I took the advance organizer model on the topic ‘Tenses’ and found the class very effective. On Thursday we the trainees conducted our conscientization programme on the topic ‘IMPORTANCE OF PEACE EDUCATION’ and we got good feedbacks from the students. And this week itself I conducted achievement test during a free period.
23/1/17 – 24/1/17
With this week we came to the end of our fourth semester teaching practice and I took two models, role play model based on the chapter ‘The Merchant of Venice’ and concept attainment model on the topic. Pupils were very much interested in doing the role play model. On the whole with this teaching practice I gained a lot of experience which will help me in my future career.

INNOVATIVE LESSON PLAN 2



INNOVATIVE LESSON PLAN - 2
Name of the teacher trainee : Soorya Raj
Name of the school              : S.N.TRUST H.S.S., Kollam
Subject                                 : English
Topic                                   : The Nightingale and the Rose
Theme                                  : Nature
Sub-theme                            : Harmony in nature

GOALS: The learner,
1) enriches vocabulary and use them suitably in various situations.
2) develops interest in the beauty of nature.
3) forms opinions and substantiate them using facts
4) assess the understanding of concepts through mind mapping
5) develops the ability to read and appreciate nature stories and poems.
MATERIALS
Course book
Source book
Pictures
Charts

PROCESS
RESPONSE
BEGINNING  SESSION
Teacher engages in a friendly talk to create good warm-up stage with the learners.
LESSON ENTRY
Teacher asks some questions to the learners about train journey and shows some pictures.
1)    Do you love nature?
2)    Have you read any nature related stories?
3)    Can you share experiences of nature?
The teacher writes the title and poet’s name on the blackboard.
The Nightingale and the Rose – Oscar Wilde
DEVELOPMENT
Teacher reads the story and explains it to the students. Students also share their ideas with friends.
VOCABULARY HUNTING
Teacher asks the learners to hunt new words and explains the words from the poem
1)    passion – strong desire
2)    cavern – any large dark enclosed space
3)    heather – low evergreen grown widely in the Northern hemisphere.
4)    murmur – speak softly and indistinctly
PAIR READING
Teacher divides the story into two equal halves and divides the students into pairs. Then asks the pairs to read the story.
MEGAPHONING THE DOUBTS
Teacher asks the students to come up with their doubts and megaphone the doubts to the whole class.
DETAILED STUDY
Teacher asks different questions to product, establish and build up thoughts.
1)    What are the common scenes in nature?
2)    What are the two things seen in your garden?
3)    What was the aim of the writer while writing the story?
TASK EMPLOYING
Teacher gives them a question for discussion.
How does the narrator bring out the relation between man and nature through the story?
PRESENTATION AND EDITING
Teacher asks the student to come up with the products.
Teacher helps the students to edit it.

CLOSURE
Teacher summarizes the story taken.
ASSIGNMENT
Collect any nature related stories.




INNOVATIVE LESSON PLAN 1




Name of the teacher trainee    :SOORYA RAJ
Name of the school                    : SN Trust, HSS , Kollam
Subject                                          : English
Unit                                                :IV, Flowers and Showers
Sub-unit                                        :The Nightingale and the Rose
Theme                                           :Nature
Sub-theme                                    :Communion with Nature
                                                           Harmony in Nature



STANDARD-VIII
STRENGTH-
DATE      :
DURATION:

Learner’s outcome
Can read and understand a prose text, helps to enrich vocabulary by
identifying the meaning of words from the context, refer to a glossary   
  or dictionary to find out the meaning of unfamiliar words, can effectively
   communicate in the target language, can construct language discourses
 like narrative, conversation, character sketch etc.

Brief idea about the content
Oscar Wilde’s ‘The Nightingale and the Rose’ is a folk tale in which a
nightingale overhears a young student express his fears about losing the
young woman he loves forever. The young woman threatens to abandon
the student unless he gives her a red rose. Taking pity on the student,
 the nightingale sacrifices her life in order to procure a red rose for the
young man. However, the bird’s sacrifice proves to be in vain. The story
                                                   foreshadows the consequences of not appreciating nature and its
                                                   creations.



Previous knowledge of the learner
                                                   The learner is already familiar with the folk tale and were interested in
the characters and events appeared in folk tale. They also understood
the power of nature in one’s life.

Teaching materials
                                           Course book, source book, blackboard and chart.


Learning outcome
                                     The teacher tries to maintain a good relationship with the learner by asking
some questions related to their interests and favourites. Teacher then collect
the student’s view or idea about the term folk tale and ask to mention the
names of their favourite folk tale. Teacher shows the picture of some folk tales.
 Also explain about the folk tale and its main features.
                                                     After that the teacher draws the attention of the learner to the story
                                     named “ The Nightingale and the Rose” and also provides a chart about
                                     the details of the author Oscar Wilde.

                                  OSCAR WILDE
·      Was an Irish poet, fiction writer and essayist

·      Is considered as a central figure in aesthetic writing and a master short story writer.

·       The happy prince and other tales, The importance of being earnest, The picture of Dorian Gray are his major works










                                                With the effective introduction about the story the teacher read the
content of the passage and then describes the meaning of the sentence. Teacher write down some
 difficult word from the passage on the blackboard like;-
 Meanings
Desire – a strong wish
Passion – strong feeling or emotion
Ball – a formal party for dancing
Murmur – something that is said quietly









                             If the learner found any other difficult words, they can directly ask the teacher or
can refer the pocket dictionary. Then the teacher allows some learners to read the passage loudly.
After that the teacher arranges the students into groups and asks them to share their ideas about
the content. Then the teacher asks some questions about the lesson to each group like;-

·       What is the title of the story?


·       Who is the author?

·       Who heard the young student’s cry?


·       Why does the nightingale think that the student is a true lover?


·       Why does the young man think that his life is wretched?

   After that the teacher gives the question,

Prepare a brief description about the young student in the story




And asks them to construct an answer on their own. Then the teacher consolidates the learnt
portion and gives them a work to do at home.
                                    Home work
The dejected student goes to his room, overwhelmed with
 feelings and makes a diary entry. Write the diary entry
 expressing his feelings.