INNOVATIVE LESSON PLAN

Name of the teacher trainee : Haritha.s

Name of the school : RVVHSS Valakom

Subject : English

Topic : Dawn of hope

Lesson : The Last Leaf

Class : 9

PURPOSE

The aim of the lesson is to make the students understand the story and to make them aware of

the concept ,nuance and meaning .The importance of our life and how it means to the people who

love us .We should not give up on life at the most trying times

OBJECTIVES

Students should be able to comprehend and write comprehensively about the characters, events

and the glossary of the story .Learn the language and new words

RESOURCE MATERIALS

Teaching tools images of O.Henry, autumn season, and vine tree

SOURCE

Internet

TEACHING METHEDOLOGY

1) Checking previous knowledge

a) Do you like to paint?

b) Is there any artist in this class?

2) ELEMENTS OD THE STORY

Settings

Have any of you been to New York?

“The Last Leaf “ takes place in New York ,the largest city in America .The location of the

story is a small part of New York known as Greenwich village .It depicts New York in the light

of struggling artists.(showing a picture of New York)

Season

How many seasons are there in your country?

What are the main seasons?

In which season in it easiest to fall ill? “Winter” (shows the image of winter season)

Disease

Have you nursed a very ill person?

How was his response?

Here the story tells us about the disease “pneumonia” and the character affected by that.

The story tells us about how that disease affects her mind

3) SHOW THE PICTURE

Introduces the author to the students with the picture of O. Henry , the author of the

story

4) VOCABULARY CHECKING

a) Bohemian life : a person who is interested in art, music and/ or literature and

lives in very informal way ,ignores the usually accept ways of behaviour

b) Vine (noun) : a vine is like a branch, but is actually a stem of a climbing plant

5) SYNOPSIS

The settings is Greenwich village, New York, Johnsy and Sue and Behrman are three of the

impoverished artists .One autumn, Johnsy suffers from Pneumonia that has killed so many

people at that time, Johnsy is despair that she depends her life on the ivy leaves outside the

window .She believes that the moment the last leaf falls she will die .Her friend .Sue does

not what to do except worrying and constant nursing

6) INTRODUCING THE TOPIC

The teacher reads the lesson, and explains it to the class, and wants the students to read it.

Calls a student and asks him /her to read it

7) CHECK FOR THE UNDERSTANDING

a) There are two painters in this story. Who are they?

b) How would you describe Mr.pnuemonia?

c) What do you mean by ‘personification’?

d) What added to the interest of Greenwich Village?

8) GROUP ACTIVITY

Write a character sketch of Sue

9) EDITING

Teacher edits the best work and asks them to read it

10) TEACHER ‘S VERSION

Teacher shows the answer to the students with the help of power point power

11) QUESTION

a) What is the title of the story?

b) Who wrote this story?

c) Who are the main characters of this story?

12) EXCERSISE

Ask the pupils to portraits the story in the class as drama

13) REFLECTION

Interest : Did the story arouse the students’ curiosity, interest and attention?

Participation : Did the students participate eagerly and actively in the activities given to

them?

Enjoyment : Did the children enjoy the story and the related activities?