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UNIT PLAN STD 10 UNIT 4

NAME OF THE UNIT : UPON THE THORNS OF LIFE

ISSUE/THEME : LACK OF CONSIDERATION TOWARDS MARGINALISED PEOPLE

SUBISSUE/THEME : POVERTY AND SUFFERING/RESISTANCE AGAINST EXPLOITATION

OBJECTIVES:

• to sensitise learners about contemporary social issues like poverty and suffering

• to develop an empathetic attitude towards the downtrodden

• to enable learners to discuss and debate on various kinds of exploitation and discrimination that prevail in our society

• to think and evaluate social issues critically so as to help learners resist exploitation

• to read and analyse one act plays, short stories and poems

• to enable learners to engage in theatrical performances

• to develop an awareness in learners on devices like rhymes, figures of speech and images

• to enable learners to engage in vocabulary and language activities

• to help learners prepare write-ups, conduct debates and to write scripts for short plays

• to develop an understanding of relative clauses and complementation

• to enable them to edit and refine different discourses

SL NO	TEXT	ACTIVITIES	ADDITIONAL MATERIAL	SCOPE OF ICT	LEARNERS' CONSTRUCT	TIME	ASSESSMENT
1	LIMERICK	Entry Activity :- Presentation of Limericks .Teacher shows the picture of a beggar and recites the limerick/shows the video clipping 'Meals Ready'/cartoons	CB,HB	Audio Text, Pictures,Cartoon,Videos	Make an insight into the life of beggars and their hardships.	1 period	check list. Self assmt.
2	LIMERICK	What is a limerick? Discussion based on the hints given in the CB and HB A discussion follows using the scaffolding questions given in the text.	Printed Materials		They construct their own limericks.	1 period	Rubric. Self-assmt.
3	LIMERICK	Constructing a limerick. How to construct a limerick? Process	Printed Materials ( limericks)		They construct their own limericks.	1 period	Peer assessment
4	THE BEGGAR AND THE KING	Process of Reading. Individual Reading up-to first Pause and Reflect	CB,		Mental constructs ( forms concepts about the segment)	3 periods	self/ group assmt.
5	THE BEGGAR AND THE KING	Discourse-1 Script Writing for a Scene. Write a scene of the beggar being punished by the king's men Fix the characters. Perform the scene of their plan. Then write script for them.	CB,HB		Features of a script. Writing a script.
6	THE BEGGAR AND THE KING	Making a riddle. Tr. gives model riddles. Asks to the learner the well known riddles. How to make new riddles?	Printed materials		They construct new riddles.	1 period	feature analysis (group)
7	THE BEGGAR AND THE KING	Discourse-3 Writing Proclamation (Notice) Features of writing a proclamation, performance	Model Proclamation		proclamation, performance	1 PERIOD
8	THE BEGGAR AND THE KING	Process of Speech, Organisation of ideas, Writing speech, Performance of speech.	various speeches( handouts)	video clippings		1 PERIOD	self/peer/group assessment
9	THE BEGGAR AND THE KING	Reading Process page 130-131 Track reading process			Reading Comprehension/ analysis / assimilation etc.	3 periods	self/peer/group assessment
10	THE BEGGAR AND THE KING	Discourse-5 Script Writing			Script	1 period
11	THE BET( SHORT STORY BY ANTON CHEKHOV)	.LINKING TALK B/N THE BEGGAR AND THE KING & THE BET BY THE TEACHER Video Presentation		Video Clipping		1 period	self/peer/group assessment
12	THE BET( SHORT STORY BY ANTON CHEKHOV)	READING BY THE STUDENTS(TRACK READING)				1 period
13	THE BET( SHORT STORY BY ANTON CHEKHOV)	DEBATE ON THE TOPIC WAS THE YOUNG LAWYER GREEDY OR NOT				1 period	self/peer/group assessment
14	THE BET( SHORT STORY BY ANTON CHEKHOV)	PREPARATION OF A NOTE OF APPRECIATION BY THE LEARNERS			Note of Appreciation	1 period
15	CACTUS (POEM BY SACHIDANANDAN)	.Entry activity,video clipping of cactus with desert back ground and also some pictures of the downtrodden people		VIDEO CLIPPING	COLLECTION OF SIMILAR POEMS	1 period	self/peer/group assessment
16	CACTUS (POEM BY SACHIDANANDAN)	.Generate a discussion based on the same.				1 period
17	CACTUS (POEM BY SACHIDANANDAN)	Recitation by the learners				30 minutes	self/peer/group assessment
18	CACTUS (POEM BY SACHIDANANDAN)	Recitation by the teacher				10 minutes
19	IN THE COUNTRY (POEM BY WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES) EXTENDED	SHOWING A VIDEO CLIPPING WITH THE THEME DIFFERNCE OF CITY AND VILLAGE LIFE		VIDEO CLIPPING	COLLECTION OF SIMILAR POEMS	20 mts
20	IN THE COUNTRY (POEM BY WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES) EXTENDED	READING OF THE POEM BY STUDENTS				20 mts	self/peer/group assessment
21	IN THE COUNTRY (POEM BY WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES) EXTENDED	READING OF THE POEM BY THE TEACHER.				10 mts
22	IN THE COUNTRY (POEM BY WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES) EXTENDED	DISCUSSION OF THE THEME OF THE POEM.				30 mts	self/peer/group assessment
23	Relative Clause	Exhibit text sentence Identify similar sentences from text Discussion	News paper	slides	description(person,place,thing)	45 mts	Self peer Group Teacher
24	Relative Clause Subject realization and object-realization	Citing more examples	Articles from magazines	slides	Making conclusion chart	45 mts	Self peer Group Teacher
25	Defining and non defining relative clause identifying examples from text	Discussion -conclusion	Articles from newspaper/magazines	slides	Making consolidation chart	45 mts	Self peer Group Teacher
26	complimentizer	Citing more examples from T.B	Articles from magazines	slides	Making consolidation chart	45 mts	Self peer Group Teacher
27	Editing with editing codes	Given passage	Students' articles	Word presentation	Refined passage	45 mts	Self peer Group Teacher
28	Language Game	Making verb forms from noun to verb Identifying more examples	News paper	dictionary	Collections to magazines	45 mts	Self peer Group/Teacher
29	Vocabulary activities	dictionary-referring	dictionary	digital- dictionary	short description /narrative	45 mts	Self peer Group Teacher Teacher