Keeping Quiet- Lesson Plan

Class: XII A & XII D                           Subject: English                                                Chapter: Keeping Quiet- Pablo Neruda                                 Number of Periods: 04

Date of Commencement: 09 July 2019   Expected date of Completion: 12 July 2019          Actual Date of Completion: _______________________

Gist of the Lesson/ Focussed Skills/ Competencies	Targeted Learning Outcomes (TLO)	Teaching-Learning Activities Planned for achieving the TLO using suitable resources and classroom management strategies	Assessment Strategies Planned
The poem is a call for introspection for all human beings who have divided themselves on the basis of race, language and nationalities. The poem is presented in the form is presented in the form of an exercise for meditation in silence. To feel the strength of humanity	To derive pleasure and entertainment To heighten students sensitivity to poetry. To identify the poetic devices To appreciate  the poetic beauty The learners would also be able to understand the need of the hour to maintain peace and cut out the clamour and bloodshed, correlating it with contemporary background and personal experiences. They would also be able to up threat and gentle heeding with the predictable loss of the world. (global domain)	ü  The session would begin with the study of silence. The teacher would ask the learners to maintain silence and the study the sounds of silence for one minute. ü  The learners would discuss on the sounds and thoughts of silence and relate to the title of the poem. ü  The background of the author would be given. ü  The poem would be read aloud and discussed. Difficult words would be listed out and discussed. ü  The synopsis would be shown with the help of a PPT.	Students will answer the following questions in their notebooks- 1.       What does the poet want the people on earth to do for once? How would they benefit? 2.       When and why would the fisherman not harm the whales? How will the ‘man gathering salt’ react when he looks at his hurt hands? 3.       Who are the people who prepare green wars? 4.       How and when does everything seem dead? 5.       How does the poet visualize life? Why does he refuse to associate it with death? 6.       What is the sadness that the poet refers? What does the poet recommend us to do to overcome it? 7.       Does the poet advocate complete activity and death? How would you justify his stand?