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WELCOME
TALES OF TOIL
Name of the teacher trainee: Mekha Salim
Name of the school: St. John’s H.S.S, Mattom.
Subject: English
Unit: Tales of Toil
Sub Unit: I Am The People The Mob
Standard: IX
Strength:41
Period: III
Duration: 35mins
Date: 5. 10. 2015
OBJECTIVES
To make the learning process interesting and effective.
To engage pupils in various discourse activities.
To develop an awareness about the importance of hard work.
TODAY WE ARE GOING TO LEARN A NEW POEM “I AM THE PEOPLE THE MOB” BY CARL SANDBURG
CARL SANDBURG (1878- 1967)
American poet, historian, novelist $ folklorist. The Singing Bard. Central figure in Chicago Renaissance. Won Pulitzer Prize thrice. Major works:
• Chicago poems
• The People, Yes
• Abraham Lincoln: The prairie Years and The War Years.
I AM THE PEOPLE,
THE MOB
ALL HUMAN ACHIEVEMENTS ARE THE FRUIT OF MAN’S LABOUR. THE POEM IS A TRIBUTE TO PEOPLE, WHO ARE THE SEED GROUND OF PROGRESS.
I Am the people- the mob- the crowd- the mass.Do you knowthat all the great work of the world is done through me?
I am the working man, the inventor, the maker of ’s food and cloths.
READ THE POEM SILENTLY.
TRACK READING
Track the text with symbols
(√,?,!)
COLLABORATIVE LEARNING
GLOSSARY REFERENCE
MOB =Disorderly crowd
INVENTOR =person who designs and make something
not existing before.
MEGAPHONING THE DOUBTS
SCAFFOLDING QUESTIONS
1.Who is the I in the poem?
2.To whom the poem is addressed?
READ THE POEM ALOUD.
LANGUAGE ACTIVITY
FIND OUT THE WORDS THAT ARE USED TO REFER THE ‘I’ IN THE POEM.
ASSIGNMENTWrite a profile of the author Carl Sandburg.