The Enemy- Lesson Plan

Class: XII A & XII D           Subject: English                                Chapter: The Enemy- Pearl S. Buck                          Number of Periods: 04

Date of Commencement: 20 July 2019                   Expected date of Completion: 24 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 white sailor who is washed on to the shore is labelled as 'The Enemy' according to the Laws of the Land. The question to be asked is if patriotism is more important than the laws of humanity. Themes in the text 1. Ethics of medical profession 2. Realization of the essential worth of human being 3. How humanitarianism transcends all manmade prejudices and barriers? 4. Story as a great lesson of peace, love, sympathy etc. 5. Making choices between our roles as private individuals and citizens with a sense of national loyalty. 6. Self – centeredness, dereliction of duty (General Takima) 7. Sense of superiority (of both the Americans and Sadao) 8. Logic and reasoning against desire	ü  The learners will be able to familiarize themselves with specific background of political enmity. ü  They will be able to identify and make connections between similar situations in own life experiences where our prejudices often hinder our human compassion and empathy for a political enemy. ü  They will be able to understand the significance of professional ethics and social obligation in sensitive times.	The session would start with an interactive session on the services of a doctor. The title of the lesson would be open for class interpretation. The background of the author would be given. The lesson would be read aloud and explained. The historical background of the story and war related issues would be discussed. Difficult words would be listed out and discussed.	Oral: Discussion on patriotism vs. Humanitarianism Written: The students will answer the following questions: ü  What was Dr. Sadao’s motive for giving shelter to the white sailor Tom? Was it that he had a sympathy for Americans since he had studied in America? ü  Can we say that General Takima was a traitor? ü  ‘‘But Sadao searching the spot of black in the twilight sea that night, had his reward’’. What was the reward? ü  How did Dr. Sadao rise above narrow prejudices of race and country to human being in need?