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Lesson Plan - The Ball Poem

The lesson plan aims to help students analyze themes of tolerance, acceptance, and responsibility in the poem. Over two class periods, students will read and discuss the poem, examining poetic devices, tone, and message. They will also relate the poem's depiction of loss to their own experiences and learn that while attachment can be painful, one must accept loss and continue growing positively.

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Lesson Plan - The Ball Poem

The lesson plan aims to help students analyze themes of tolerance, acceptance, and responsibility in the poem. Over two class periods, students will read and discuss the poem, examining poetic devices, tone, and message. They will also relate the poem's depiction of loss to their own experiences and learn that while attachment can be painful, one must accept loss and continue growing positively.

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Woodridge High

LESSON PLAN 2020-21


Day - 1
Lesson Plan For Week: No. of Periods/time duration : 1/40 Min.
Class : X Subject : ENGLISH
Topic : Poetry
Sub Topic : Chapter 05: THE BALL POEM by JOHN BERRYMAN
Learning  Students will examine and analyse the tolerance, acceptance, responsibility and other values
Outcomes/Value depicted in the poem
Imbibed  They recognize the tone and the message of the poem along with proper reading
Pre Requisite
Students are aware of the attachment with a favourite thing and the feeling of its loss
Knowledge:
Key Words. Epistemology of Loss
To enable students to comprehend the poem thoroughly and appreciate the central idea of the poem.
Learning Objective
Skill Developed: Critical thinking, sense of responsibility and showing maturity
Opening strategy(ies)  Everyone loses something or the other in life. That’s moment when one has to be mentally
Narration/ Set Induction. balanced and accept the loss to go ahead in life.
Instructional
Discussion, reading, sharing experiences and introspection
Methodology
 The teacher will ask a few questions about the loss of something in life.
Tell us about one thing which is close to your heart.
Would you be ready to replace it with something else? Why?
What would be your reaction on losing it?
 Critical Thinking : Students will share their experiences and feelings related to some loss in life.
Teaching Startegy
Explanation &  Teacher will introduce the students with the central idea and theme of the poem.
Discussion  Reading skill: Students will read the poem attentively and teacher will assist in getting the
meanings of difficult words.
 The students will go through the glossary given in the textbook.

Teacher will encourage the students understand the entire poem and the message hidden in it.

Closer Attachment with the things and the people (closed ones) gives pain and weakens us.

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Day – 2
Lesson Plan For Week: No. of Periods/time duration : 1/40 Min.
Class : X Subject : ENGLISH
Topic : Poetry
Sub Topic : Chapter 05: THE BALL POEM by JOHN BERRYMAN
 Students will examine and analyse the tolerance, acceptance, responsibility and other values
Learning
depicted in the poem
Outcomes/Value
Imbibed  Students will narrate the poem incident and give their views on it

Pre Requisite
 The theme of the poem and example related to it
Knowledge:
 Shaking grief
 Intrude on
Key Words.
 Desperate feelings
 Epistemology
Learning Objective To enable the students take a life lesson from the poem to be a responsible person
Skill Developed: Being tolerant, growing up in understanding and moving ahead positively
 A boy feels the pain of loss of something beloved but must come out of that pain as early as
Opening strategy(ies)
possible
Narration
 Things and persons disappear one day leaving only memories.
Instructional
Discussion, assessing the poem, poetic devices and the deep message
Methodology
 Teacher will ask the students to explain the poem in their own words
 Writing skill: Students will write down the poetic devices applied in the poem.
 Teacher will encourage the students elaborate the theme, tone and message of the poem using
PPT
Teaching Startegy
Explanation &  The students will attempt the questions given in ‘Thinking about the Poem’ in the textbook in pairs
Discussion and groups.
 Speaking skill: The students will be asked to come forward one by one to speak on their
‘Experience of Loss’.

Closer The students will tell what they learnt from the poem for their future

Teaching Aids / Textbook, Board, PowerPoint Presentation


Materials / Resources

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