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Epc - Ii: Teaching-Learning Competency Reading and Reflecting Presentation

The presentation analyzed and discussed the poem which describes the poet's memories and feelings associated with listening to the sound of raindrops falling on the roof. Key points included the poet finding the sound soothing and reminding them of their loving mother who used to watch over them as children. New vocabulary from the poem was also explained. Questions about the poem were presented and answered to demonstrate comprehension.

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Epc - Ii: Teaching-Learning Competency Reading and Reflecting Presentation

The presentation analyzed and discussed the poem which describes the poet's memories and feelings associated with listening to the sound of raindrops falling on the roof. Key points included the poet finding the sound soothing and reminding them of their loving mother who used to watch over them as children. New vocabulary from the poem was also explained. Questions about the poem were presented and answered to demonstrate comprehension.

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EPC – II

Teaching-Learning Competency
Reading and Reflecting
Presentation
Iyengar Harini Badrinarayanan
B. Ed (2019-20)
Sem I
4. Searching Material and Presentation
before a group

Focus:
• Choice of a specific topic in my subject area
(English) which is researched from a set of
available reference books/journals/periodicals/
websites/enrichment books.
• Learning of effective processes of searching
relevant material and its presentation.
Topic: Rain on the
Roof
Poem by Coates Kinney
Objective of the Lesson

• To understand the poem thoroughly


• To inculcate the habit of reading poems
• To admire the bliss of nature in the form of rain
• To learn new words
Poem
When the humid shadows hover
Over all the starry spheres And a thousand recollections
And the melancholy darkness Weave their air-threads into woof,
Gently weeps in rainy tears, As I listen to the patter
What a bliss to press the pillow Of the rain upon the roof.
Of a cottage-chamber bed
And lie listening to the patter Now in memory comes my mother,
Of the soft rain overhead! As she used in years agone,
To regard the darling dreamers
Every tinkle on the shingles Ere she left them till the dawn:
Has an echo in the heart; O! I feel her fond look on me
And a thousand dreamy fancies As I list to this refrain
Into busy being start, Which is played upon the shingles
By the patter of the rain.
New Words and Meanings
• Tinkle: Short, light ringing sounds
• Shingles: Rectangular wooden tiles used on roofs
• Woof: Weft, i.e. the threads woven across the loom
• Ere: Old poetic word for ‘before’
• Refrain: A repeated part of a song or a poem; here, the
sound of the rain
• List: old poetic word for ‘listen’
Summary
• The poem ‘Rain on the Roof’ is taken from Beehive Textbook for
English (9th Std.)
• It talks about the poet’s varied reactions to the sound of raindrops
falling on the roof of his house.
• He says that the raindrops at night are like tears shed by the sad,
dark night. He loves to lie in bed and hear rain falling on the roof
of his room because it gets back sweet memories of the past.
• He says that the sound of rain drops helps him fall asleep and gives
him sweet dreams. He has memories of his loving mother who
would put them to sleep.
Questions and Answers
Q1. What do the following phrases mean to you?
• (i) ‘humid shadows’ refers to the dark clouds which are full of
water.
• (ii) ‘starry spheres’ refers to the sky at night time which is full of
stars.
• (iii) ‘bliss’ means a blessing.
• (iv) ‘a thousand dreamy fancies into busy being start’ means that
people start having varied sweet dreams.
• (v) ‘a thousand recollections weave their air-threads into woof’
means that when people are asleep, the memories of the past
come back into their mind in the form of dreams.
Questions and Answers
Q2. What does the poet like to do when it rains?

• When it rains, the poet likes to lay in bed and hear the rain falling on
the roof of his room.

Q3. What is the single major memory that comes to the poet? Who are
the “darling dreamers” he refers to?

• The poet has memories of his beloved mother. When he was a child,
she would put him and his siblings to bed and allowed them to sleep till
late. They had sweet dreams in their sleep. “Darling Dreamers” refers
to the poet and his siblings when they were children and had sweet
dreams. They were loved by their mother and so, were her ‘darlings’.

Q4. Is the poet now a child? Is his mother still alive?

• No, now the poet is not a child. He is an adult. His mother is not alive
anymore.
Thank You!

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