Innovative Lesson Plan about the one act play " The Princess on the Road"

1. INNOVATIVE LESSON PLAN
Submitted to: Dr. Mini P
Dept. of English
Submitted by: Ponni R
B.Ed English
NSS TTC, Pandalam
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2. INNOVATIVE LESSON PLAN
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Name of the Teacher: Ponni R
Name of the School : NSS GHS
Pandalam
Subject : English
Unit : II , Breaking Barriers
Sub Unit : The Princess on the
Road (One Act Play)
Issue : Issues related to the marginalized
Sub Issue : Gender inequalities

3. Content Analysis
‘The Princess on the Road’ is an interesting one act play
written by ‘Kathleen Conyngham Greene’. It centers around a
princess who is ill-treated by the villagers when she sheds her royal
attire and appears dressed up as a peasant girl to exercise her royal
prerogatives. The author throws light on how women, especially if
they don’t have respectable positions are singled out by the society.
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4. Curriculum Statements
The learner,
I. Develops proper outlook on gender issues
II. Thinks and evaluate critically the issues related to
gender
III. Reads and analyses the literary texts.
IV. Engages in group activity and presentation
V. Creates awareness for the importance of women
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5. Learning Outcomes
The learner,
1. Familiarizes new words adventure,
peasant , cottage etc.
2. Gets awareness of central theme of the
play.
3. Get Clarity and competency in developing
character sketch .
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Pre-requisites
The learner,
1. Is able to comprehend passages
2. Has the study skill of referring a dictionary
3. Has read and enjoys one act play
4. Has familiarized with stories of Prince &
Princess

7. New Vocabulary
 Adventure
 Peasant
 Cottage
 Hang
 Sentries
 Banquet
 Rags
 Conquer
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8. Teaching Learning Resources
1. Black board
2. Chart
3. Flash card
4. Audio visual aids
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Reference
1. Course Book Std IX
2. Source Book Std IX
3. Oxford English Dictionary

9. CLASSROOM
INTERACTION
PROCEDURE
Informal Interaction
1. Good Morning
2. Have you had your
break fast?
3. Are you Comfortable
in your seats?
EXPECTED
LEARNER
RESPONSE
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10. Entry Activity
I. Have you heard about one act
Plays?
II. Are you interested in such plays
?
III. Do you heard about princess?
IV. Yes, we can go through such
plays
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Link Talk
Teacher introduces the author and
also writes the title “The princess on
the Road” and name of the author
Kathleen Conyngham Greene on the
black board.

11. The teacher leads the
students to the play
and introduces the
major characters to the
students.
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12. Individual Reading
Micro Processing of the Input
Model reading by the teacher
The teacher now reads the
paragraphs of the play with proper
pronunciation, stress and intonation
and also describes the theme of the
play.
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Teacher asks the learner to read it
individually. Corrections are made
whenever necessary.
Track reading by the pupil.
Students are asked to read

13. Paragraph individually and silently
and they are asked to track their
reading by marking them.
Sharing with Peer
The teacher asks the learners to
share their understanding
Sitting in Groups
The teacher asks the learners to sit
in groups and discuss their
understandings
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14. Glossary Reference with the
help of teacher
Students are asked to refer the
glossary to find out the meaning
of difficult words.
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Collaborative Learning
Students are asked to form
groups and share their ideas in
groups. Students are also asked to
write down the word in the personal
word list

16. Megaphoning the doubts
Facilitation by the
teacher
Teacher helps to clarify the difficult areas which
no group could effectively tackle. Teacher also
explain the difficult areas.
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17. Scaffold Reading
In order to make the content clear
scaffolding questions are asked to the students to
predict, establish and build up thoughts.
1. Describe the appearance of the princess ?
2. Who are the characters in the play?
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18. Finding answers to the
questions
Now the teacher helps
the learners to find answers
to the questions given in the
course book
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19. Reading aloud by the learner
Teacher makes the learners
read the passage aloud one
by one with correct
pronunciation, stress and
voice modulation.
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20. Discourse Construction
The teacher asks
the students to write the
diary of princess on that
day.
Individual Writing
Teacher asks the
learners to write the
discourse individually.
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21. Group Writing
Teacher asks the learners
to sit in groups and share their
understandings and refine their
writings.
Presentation and Editing
Randomly the students are
selected from each group and the are
asked to present the answers and she
helps the learners to edit it.
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22. Teacher’s Version
Teacher presents her
own version of the
discourse and students
use it to refine their
writings.
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Language Activity
The adventurous journey of the princess
in ‘ The princess on the road comes to an
end in a beautiful village street. Prepare a
short description of the street.
Review
The Princess decided to do something
adventurous. She is dressed up as a
peasant girl. She is picking flowers when
she goes. She has travelled twelve miles
and reached a small village. There she faces
many difficulties

24. Prepare a short description of a place you have
visited during the summer vocation or during
your study tour.
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Assignment