TEACHING MANUAL

ON

THE TATTERED BLANKET


Submitted by,
Arya.S
English
Reg no:13978002
KUCTE,
kayamkulam

TEACHING MANUAL
Name of the teacher: trainee: Arya.s Standard: 9B
Name of the school :GBHSS, Strength: 28
Name of the subject: English Period : 2
Unit : 1, Roots Date: 13-8-2014
Subunit : The Tattered Blanket duration: 45
Issue : Culture
Subissue : weakening of family ties
Issue related to the aged.
Importance of ones roots.
The value of wealth and money in
Ones life.








CONTENT ANALYSIS: This story focuses on the multiple
themes like the crucial role of family ties and the value of
wealth and money in ones life. In this story we can see a son
who wants to forget everything and a sister who wants to
remember everything. Between them we find an old mother
who is really blessed with `forgetfulness. Old age makes the
old woman totally forgetful.
CURRICULAR STATEMENT: the learner,
Understand the crucial role of family ties in ones upbringing.
Create awareness of ones cultural roots.
Read and enjoy pieces of literature like short stories, poems
etc.
PRE-REQUISITES: The learners,
is able to comprehend short stories.
might have read various stories.
TEACHING LEARNING RESOURSES: Laptop
REFERENCE: Oxford Advanced Dictionary.
English Pronunciation Dictionary of Daniel jones.


CLASSROOM INTERACTION PROCEDURE RESPONSE/ASSESSMENT
INFORMAL INTERACTION
Teacher creates a rapport with the leaners
Good morning to all...
Is it a pleasant day for you?
Are you ready to enter in to the magical
World of English
ENTRY ACTIVITY
Teacher asks certain questions to introduce
the writer of the story.
Do you like stories?
Do you know whose autobiography is
My Story?
LINK TALK
Teacher introduces the writer of the short
story `The Tattered Blanket. Teacher writes
the title of the story and name of the writer on
the black board and shows power point
presentation which includes the picture of
Kamala suraiyya and the profile of the writer.



They interacted well.





Learners answered to the
questions.





Learners listened carefully.

Profile.
Born : March 31
st
, 1934
Punnyurkulam, Malabar dist.
Occupation : poet, short story
writer
Nationality : Indian
Notable Awards: Ezhuthachan
Puraskaram, Vayalar award, Sahithya
Academy Award.
Works: Summer in Culcutta, My story,
Neypayasam etc
Death: May 31, 2009. Pune

MICROPROCESSING THE INPUT


















INDIVIDUAL READING.
Teacher asks the learners to read the first
three paragraphs silently by following track
reading method.
SHARING THE UNDERSTANDING WITH PAIR
OR PEER.
Teacher asks the learners to share what they
have understood from the paragraphs with
pair or peer.

GLOSSARY REFERENCE
Teacher asks the learner to refer the glossary
to find out the meaning of the difficult words.

Tattered blanket damaged or torn blanket






Learners read the paragraphs
silently with comprehension.


Learners shared their
understanding with their
groups. Thereby they
improved their
comprehension.


Leaners referred glossary and
find out the meaning of
difficult words.




Country side land which is away from town
and cities.




















MEGAPHONING THE DOUBTS
Each group given opportunity to raise their
doubts to the teacher.Then teacher
megaphoning the doubts to the entire class.
SCAFFOLDED READING
Reading aloud by the teacher
Teacher reads the paragraph with proper
stress,voice modulation etc.
SCAFFOLDING QUESTIONS
Teacher asks some questions to refine the
understanding of the passage
Who is the author of the story?
Which are the main characters of the story?
READING ALOUD BY THE LEARNER
Teacher asks some of the learners to read the
passage aloud.
DISCOURSE CONSTRUCTION
Teacher asks the learners to write the activity
ACTIVITY:Write a conversation between
Kamalam and Gopi





Learners listened carefully



Learners answered to the
questions asked by the
teacher.

Some of the learners read the
passage with proper stress
voice modulation etc.



GROUP WRITING
Teacher asks learners to write the activity in
groups.
PRESENTATION BY THE LEARNER
Teacher asks the learners to present their best
work from each group.
REFINING AND EDITING
Teacher edits or refines the work of the
learner and thematic, syntactic, morphologic
editing are being done.
GENERALISATION AND CONCLUSION
Teacher generalize and concluded the class by
showing a skit based on this story using
laptop.









Learners presented their
works.













ASSIGNMENT: What do you think of the
sisters reaction?