The document outlines the lesson plan for teaching the short story "The Last Leaf" by O. Henry to 9th standard students. It details the classroom procedures used, including an informal talk, entry activity, reading aloud, comprehension questions, and group activities. The goal is for students to understand the story about two artist friends in Greenwich Village and the "unseen stranger" of pneumonia that affects one of them.

3. Name of the teacher trainee : Shiji.E.L
Name of the school : Pallithura H.S.S
Subject : English
Unit : Dawn of Hope
Subunit : “The Last Leaf”
Std: IX B
Strength: 35
Duration: 40 mts
Date:

4. The learners : develops basic language skills.
: gets enriched with vocabulary.
: develops fast reading comprehension becomes an
efficient user of English language.

5. The learners :reads and analyse prose passages.
: will be able to face the challenges in life with
confidence.
: evolve strategies in order to come out of a difficult
situation.
: prepare news reports.
: manage disaster effectively.

6. Art is brought alive through love in O.Henry's ‘The Last Leaf’
and therein lies the beauty of the story. The story throws light on
the sad and miserable living conditions of artists who are
motivated only by their creative urge and underlying spirit. Sue
and Johnsy, intimate friends and in their midst a cold, unseen
stranger called pneumonia appears and touches Johnsy with his
cold fingers.

7. Learners is familiar with hope.
Learners is aware of power of friendship.
Learners knows how hope is important in life.
Learners knows about painter and artist.

8. 1. Source book
2. Text book
3. Profile of the author
4. Chart
5. Power Point Presentation
6. Black board

9. CLASSROOM PROCEDURES RESPONSE
EXPECTED ACTUAL
INFORMAL TALK
The teacher indulges in an
informal talk with the students.
Good Morning to all
How are you doing?
Learner’s responds Learner’s responded

10. Classroom Procedure Response
Expected Actual
ENTRY ACTIVITY
Teacher asks the
following questions:
Do you know, who is
an artist?
Have you seen any
artist?
Any idea, what is
pneumonia?
What is hope?
Learner’s answers Learner’s answered

11. CLASSROOM
PROCEDURES
RESPONSE
EXPECTED ACTUAL
LINK TALK
So, today we are going to
read the story “The Last
Leaf” written by
“O.Henry”. Teacher writes
the name of the story
and the author on black
board.

12. Classroom Procedure Response
Expected Actual
MICRO PROCESSING
OF THE UNIT
READING ALOUD BY
THE TEACHER
Teacher reads the
first three paragraph
of the lesson with
proper pronunciation
stress, pause and
intonation.
Learner’s
listens carefully
Learner’s
listened carefully
.

13. CLASSROOM PROCEDURES RESPONSE
EXPECTED ACTUAL
Silent Reading By The Pupil
Teacher asks the students
to read the passages silently
without any lip movements
and fingering beneath the
lines. She also asks them to
do track reading . Teacher
supervises them .

14. CLASSROOM PROCEDURES RESPONSE
EXPECTED ACTUAL
SHARING WITH PEERS/PAIRS
Teacher asks the learners to share what
they understood or did not understand
with their peers.

15. CLASSROOM PROCEDURES RESPONSE
EXPECTED ACTUAL
GLOBAL COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS
1) Who is the author of this story?
2) What is the author trying to tell us?
3) Name the two artist of this story.
Learner’s respond Learner’s
responded

16. CLASSROOM PROCEDURES RESPONSE
EXPECTED ACTUAL
WORD STUDY
Teacher asks the students
to locate the difficult
words. Teacher
megaphones and writes
them on blackboard.
Teacher asks them to refer
glossary. Teacher presents
the difficult words using
different strategies.
Learner’s grasp
the meaning
Learner’s
grasped the
meaning .

17. 1) Bohemian/bəʊˈhiːmɪən/n –a person often
somebody who is involved with the arts.
Teacher explains the meaning in an illustrative
sentence. Eg: A bohemian lifestyle.
2) Stalked/stɔːkt/(n,v) – to move slowly
and quickly inorder to catch or harm.
Teacher explains the meaning using
illustrative sentence. Eg: The lion was stalking
a zebra.
3) Scarely/ˈskɛːsli/(adv) – only just:
almost not.
Teacher explains the meaning using
illustrative sentence. Eg: I can scarcely believe
it.
4) Pneumonia/njuːˈməʊniə/(n) – a
serious illness affecting one or both
lungs that makes breathing difficult.

19. CLASSROOM PROCEDURES RESPONSE
EXPECTED ACTUAL
DETAILED COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS
Teacher asks the following questions to ensure
comprehension of the students.
1) Name the village many people are interested to visit.
2) Why do people come to Greenwich village?
3) What is the Greenvich village known for?
4) Where did Sue and Joanna has their studio?
5) What is the familiar name of Joanna?
6) From where did the two friends belong to?
7) Where did the two friends meet?
8) Why did the two friends come to New York?
9) When did the unseen stranger walked into the city?
10)Who was the unseen stranger?
11)Whom did the unseen stranger touch?
12)How did Johnsy lay in her bed?
Learner’s responds Learner’s
responded .

20. CLASSROOM PROCEDURES RESPONSE
EXPECTED ACTUAL
GROUP ACTIVITY
Teacher divides the class into groups
and gives an activity.
Write a small paragraph about Sue
and Johnsy.

21. CLASSROOM PROCEDURES RESPONSE
EXPECTED ACTUAL
REVIEW
As a closure of the lesson, teacher
asks some questions like:
1) What added to the interest of
Greenwich Village?
2) Identify an instance of
personification in the story. What
effect does this leave?
Learner’s responds Learner’s
responded .

23. CLASSROOM PROCEDURES RESPONSE
EXPECTED ACTUAL
FOLLOW UP ACTIVITY
Write a short note about the unseen
stranger.