Friday, 8 February 2019

INNOVATIVE WORK- A Day in the Country by Anton Checkhov animated video


                               Innovative work

 





Through this work I intended to create an  animated video capturing the scenes from the story A Day in the Country by Anton Checkhov . The first part of the story is taken for the creation of the video. Major aim of this venture was to create a memorable  experience  by transforming students' school module into awesome animated video.  They are a lot more immersive and fun, not to mention the end result is a lot more appealing. In the end, that's what makes everything more worth it .  
The animated video was created based on
·         English Test Book -VIII Grade [Part II- SCERT Kerala]
·         Unit : Flowers and Showers
·         Subunit: A Day in the Country by Anton Checkhov
 I bring my lessons to life by creating a Powtoon! And brought a touch of awesomeness to my classroom to teach  in an engaging, memorable and impactful way.

Powtoon:
Powtoon is a  Web-based animation software that allows users to create animated presentations by manipulating pre-created objects, imported images, provided music.

Animation is being used to teach in ways that were not previously possible, and its potential continues to develop. Now is as good a time as any to embrace this innovative tool, ride the wave of progress and watch as your students thrive.



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Mount Tabor Training College
Pathanapuram
2018-2019


                                    

SEMESTER IV
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Submitted by

Name: Amrutha B Saji  Reg. No : 16517303001






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                                                          PRIMARY   DETAILS


Name of the teacher  : Amrutha B Saji                                      
Name of the school    : Gurudeva H S Punalur 
Name of the subject  :  Aspire to Win 
Name of the sub-unit:  Language activity -Grammar  
Area                            :  Idioms
Std                               : IX.A
Date                           : 23/6/2018
Time                            :45 minutes



 Content Analysis:

Idioms:
                          

  •  Idioms are group of words, in which the figurative meaning is         different from literal  meaning.

Example





                     
                       Lesson Objectives:
                      
                      The learner will be able to,


  • Ø  develop knowledge and understanding about language elements like idioms  in English.
  • Ø  use  idioms in his/her speech and writing.
  • Ø  apply idioms in real life situations.

Pre requisite

The learner,
                  ·         is familiar with idiomatic usages in his/her mother-tongue.
                  ·         can construct simple sentences in English.
                  ·         might love to play games and quiz.

Teaching Learning Resources

§  Charts
§  Toy like pen (two in one )
§  Flash cards to show idioms
§  Activity card

References: 
§  Michael Swan’s Practical English grammar
§  Oxford English Grammar






CLASSROOM INTERACTION PROCEDURE

PUPIL RESPONSE

Creating a pleasant classroom situvation.

Teacher enters the classroom with a pleasant smile and greets students and they reciprocate. Teacher asks some informal questions to create a rapport.



Introduction
Teacher shows a pen which can be misunderstood as a toy in one look. Learners share their opinions.

                       Tr:  You are right…!!  It is a toy but it is a pen…that can  only be find with a keen observation… we can find this kind of ‘tricky things’  in English also. Do you want to know about them?



Micro processing of the Input

Presentation of the Structure- Idioms

Learners are provided with a sample conversation featuring the idiom “to be a chicken” when at a local amusement park. Chart was used for the purpose.
            
Arun: Ooh, wow. Look at that roller coaster, Jane! It goes upside-down!
Syam: My stomach aches just looking at it. I will not ride that.
Arun: Ah, come on. Don’t be a chicken!

Tr: What is the meaning of  don’t  be a chicken’ here?



                                                 


Then the teacher writes the idioms on blackboard and explained its meaning.


·         Don’t be a chicken
Don’t be shy  or afraid


Learners are asked to tell the meaning again and then explains the idioms using a chart….





                                  
Establishment of the structure -Language Game

Learners are divided into several groups and  game rule are explained :

Tr :  We will now move to the quiz. I will show some idioms on flash card to each group.  If the group know the meaning of the idiom, they can answer it on their activity card.  Only one chance  to each group. If they are right, then they will get 2 marks. There will only be one round to play. The group that score highest mark will be declared as the winner. All the best…
Idioms represented on flashcards  are

                  1.      Piece of cake
                  2.      Eye for n eye
                  3.       Crocodile tears
                  4.      Cat nap
                  5.      Kill two birds  with one stone 
                  6.      Ball is in your court



Assessment-Independent practice

Independent Working time can be used as a final assessment of the skill.

Tr: So these are idioms…Idioms are group of words, in which the figurative meaning is different from literal meaning.  When certain words come together in a phrase, they can mean something very different. 

After the game learners are asked to do the textual activity to pick out the idioms form the passage and match idioms with their meaning.



Review
Teacher summaries the whole session and ask some questions to student randomly;
                                            What is idiom?
                                            Can you say one idiom and its meaning?
                                             What is the meaning of black sheep?







Follow up Activity :
Find 10 idioms with their explanations and construct one sentence with each idiom.

INNOVATIVE WORK- A Day in the Country by Anton Checkhov animated video

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