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Name of the Teacher: Shilpa Raveendran Standard : IX

Subject : English Strength :

Unit : Breaking Barriers Duration :

Subunit : Women

Curricular Statement

The Learner,

1) Understands about the plight of women.

2) Finds out the problems faced by middle aged women in the society.

3) Grasp the theme of the poem ‘gender inequalities.

Content analysis

The poem, ‘Women’ by Louis Bogan deals with the pathetic plight of women in

male dominated society. It also tells about the problems faced by them.

Teaching-learning resources

Blackboard, chart, chalk, laptop, textbook

Classroom Interaction Response Teacher shows a picture to the students and asks the following questions.

Which is this film? What is the film about? Who is the main character in the

film? What’s her age? Does she get any respect in the

society? In the end does she tackle all her

problems?

Here is another picture Look at the picture given below and find out the similarities between these two movies.

Here we are going to study a beautiful poem, ‘Women’ by Louise Bogan which describes the life of women just like Nirupama and Bindu. Model reading by teacher Teacher reads the poem with correct stress and voice modulation.

Our interpretation Teacher asks the students to read the poem individually and present their

This is a film which describes the life of a 36 year old Nirupama Sajeev who faces almost every situation that every middle aged women goes through. The movie focuses on society’s obsession with attaching gender and age specific stereotypes to women.

interpretations about the poem. Teacher helps the students to find the meaning of the poem.

Find new words Wilderness – a wild and uncultivated region. Provident – careful in planning. Content – satisfied Culvert – a tunnel that carries a river or water under a road. Stiffen – to make the arm firm and straight. Benevolence – the quality of being generous. Cleft – a space or opening made by a cleavage. Lax – not strict or careful enough about work, rules and behavior. Door-sill – the horizontal piece or member beneath a window, door or other opening.

Group Activity Teacher gives a box full of ribbons of 5 different colors and asks the students to pick one ribbon and tie on their hand. The students with the same color of ribbon form a group. Teacher asks the students of each group to write about a famous women personality who have overcome all those barriers in the society that hinders their path to success.