Self reflection

6th February  2017 to 8th February 2017

    In this week I completed my last lesson "climate change is not hysteria-it's a fact". This lesson was actually a speech delivered at the UN climate summit.After teaching this lesson I moved on to activities such as preparation of notice, poster making and preparation of E-mail etc.Then I took grammar portions:relative clause,active and passive voice etc.Our reaching practice ended on 8th February 2017.
        I learned a lot about teaching after this course.In my view teaching is like a performing art.No amount of reading or attending workshops will prepare you for the challenge. You only get better with practice.

Innovative lesson

Name of the teacher : Neenu Das
Name of the school.  : GHSS Vallikeezhu
Name of the subject. : English
Name of the Unit.  : Dawn of hope                                
Name of the lesson.   : The last leaf'

STD:9
Objectives

Student will read and discuss the short story The last leaf' by O Henry. Students will achieve a better understanding of the story by learning literary devices and terms used for analyzing stories. They  will also learn how to analyse the relationship between the characters and events in the story by using these literary devices.

 Pre- reading exercises

To introduce this lesson I presents a chart showing some famous quotes related with friendship.



Vocabulary
Bend- Becomce Curved

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Ivy Vine - Parasitic Plant


Appartment - Flat


To introduce the difficult words : bend,apartment and ivy vine I used some pictures and gave the situations to get the right meaning.

Post reading exercise
I gave interesting activities based on my lesson such as word web,word pyramid,jumbled words etc.
 Assignment works: preparation of greeting card,preparation of comic strip and collection of adds from the news paper

Innovative lesson(1)

Innovative lesson plan no:1

Name of the teacher: Neenu Das
 Name of the school. : G.H.S.S Vallikeezhu
Name of the subject  : English
Name of the lesson.   : The making of a scientist
Innovation.                : comic strip

            General objectives

_enable students to develop and use innovative and good practice
_provide advice and mentioning to enable students to realise their goal
_encourage dissemination and sharing of good practice

             Specific Objectives

The learners
                     _to tell a complex story with the help of few images
                    _to identify the characters to form the basis for sketches
                  _to comment and provoke thoughts on events and issues in the strip

Innovative lessoplan (2)

Innovative Lesson Plan No:2

Name of the teacher : Neenu Das    
Name of the school : G.H.S.S  Vallikeezhu
Name of the subject : English
Name of the lesson : The last leaf
Innovation: Quiz programme
STD:9c.                 Date:27/01/2017
 
       
              General Objective
_appropriate practice and innovative approaches to provide for those needs
_promote links between teaching and learning
_provide examples of innovative and and good practice, promote awareness of the diversity of student needs

              Specific Objectives
The learns will be able to
         _improve or expand knowledge of things either general or in specific area
          _enable to think from different angles
          _being fun to participate in but with a competitive mind


    Conducting a quiz programme in our class room
This activity can provide an excellent means of reviewing for a lesson. By creating their own quiz show students practice their research skills, organise information, work cooperatively and evaluate the need for rules and fair play.
        Teacher at first informs the students that today we are going to conduct a quiz programme based on the story'The last leaf' in our class room.l think it surely helps you to review the lesson.
        So the teacher divides the class into 3 groups and assign each team to prepare and submit 5 questions for conducting the quiz.Then teacher gives the rules for writing questions.

   Rule 1 : prepare multiple choice questions
   Rule 2 : use simple sentences
   Rule 3 :avoid double negative
   Rule 4 : keep the no.of options consistent

After preparing the questions, collects the question papers from each group and select the best ones to use for the quiz programme.To avoid having students answer their own questions.
          Before beginning the quiz Programme teacher explains the rules and regulations of the quiz. Teacher choose a captain to present their answer and and select one student as time keeper. In this programme teacher provides the reinforcement to the students.

Conscientisation

Conscientization Programme on Road safety
             An awareness programme on road safety awareness and norms was l conducted for my students. lnorder to conduct the awareness programme on road safety various techniques l used such as
1.Paper presentation on importance of road safety
2.Chart presentation
3Video presentation
4.Tableau
5.Pledge
         This was really a great opportunity for us to conduct an awareness class in the school. At the end of the programme all of them shared their valuable opinions.The programme was a big success.

Republic day celebration in my school
lndia won her freedom on the 15th of August 1947 and become a republic on the 26th of January 1950.It is a day of national rejoicing and a red letter day in our country.
              The day was celebrated in our school with great eclat.The school building was decorated with flowers pots,pictures and national flags.We reached the school at 9 am.The programme began at 9.15am.The H.M unfurled the national flag amidst loud cheers.The NCC cadets saluted the national flag.Some selected girls sang the national anthem.Then there were some very inspiring national songs sang in chorus.These were followed by stirring speeches by the students teachers and some prominent citizens.
 It fact, it is a day of rejoicing and Merry making. May we continue celebrating this day forever!

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Self reflection

16 January 2017 to 21 January 2017
    ln this week l got only 3 classes because l got examination duties.Monday l and my friend chandini got physical education examination duty.Tuesday we conducted work education examination.Wednesday l conducted diagnostic test in my class(9c).
This week l taught the lesson ' The making of a scientist'.l taught half part of my lesson.For the activities l gave some charts based on the grammar portions, conversation, narration etc.

Self reflection

9 January to 13 January
                 ln this week l Started a new lesson" the  making of a scientist ". This story is a memoir about the author's interaction with his father and how he become a scientist. Author of the story is Richard Feynman.This story deals with the childhood experience of the  author. So that when l start this lesson l showed some quotes about childhood on the chart. l taught the positive and negative effects of the science ,qualities of a good scientist etc.From my students l also collected their experience in the  science class.

Self reflection

3 January to 6 January
       

After the Christmas vacation our school started on 3 January 2017. ln this week l taught a humorous poem and the poem is written in a relation with Newton's law.The title of the poem is 'Newton's law' and it is written by Nandita das.The poem describes what happened to the poet in her science class. l want two days for completing this chapter.At first l taught the helpless condition of the author Nandita.In the next class l taught about the response of Nandita's science teacher. l gave  interesting activities: rhyme words,rhyme scheme, narratives etc.At the end of my class l collected the students critical appreciation of this poem.

Self reflection

5 December 2016 to 9 December 2016.  
       

 In this week I taught a poem the title of the poem is 'another chance' written by Helen Steiner Rice.The poem highlights the importance of being hopeful throughout our life.This Ideal inspirational poem will certainly enable us to move forward in life with confidence. For the introduction phase i presented some pictures and charts in every classes.When I start this lesson that day I showed a seedling picture which arouse from the severe drought.After that I asked What do you infer from the picture? after eliciting responses l started my lesson. l recited the poem twice. After that l gave a short summary of the poem. ln this lesson l gave few activities to the students: profile writing, match the following words,comments on the title etc .l also gave assignment works : paragraph writing ,appreciation of the poem...
                           After teaching this lesson l conducted activities from the textbook. l taught them how to write a comic strip,what is radio play and it's features.And l also taught grammar portions from the textbook:articles,prepositions and auxiliaries.

Teaching Practice

Self reflection

Our teaching practice programme started at 14th November 2016.   Inorder to conduct our teaching practice programme I choosed G.H.S.S Vallikeezhu.   The important aspect of school based teaching practice is that it provides the opportunity to integrate different types of knowledge and use them in specific school contexts.   Teaching practice also represents an opportunity for student teachers to socialise, and learn to'behave' like teachers.

Our School is a P+UP & Sec/H.Sec School.   The management of G.H.S.S. Vallikeezhu is Dept. of Education.    Malayalam and English are the medium of instructions in this school.   The school has implemented continuous and comprehensive evaluation.   Teachers of school are well qualified as they have graduate and above degrees.

Working hours of my school is 9.30 am to 3.30 pm.   In every week Monday and Wednesday we conducted assembly.   Our first day at school was November 14, Children's day so at that day our school celebrated Children's day.   In that function UP, HS, HSS Students and teachers participated and we all enjoyed the function.

In the school I got IX.C English medium class to teach my lessons.   The total strength of my class is fourty.   At first I taught them a short story named 'the last leaf'.  It tells the story of the friendship between two young girls and how the life of one of them was saved by an old painter.   The painter sacrificed his own life, but in the process produced a masterpiece in painting.   The main concepts of this lesson are determination, conviction and power of the mind, the ability to manage a disaster effectively, optimism and positive thinking and importance of forgiving and forgetting.

In my class at first I checked the students previous knowledge through asking questions.  Then I gave interesting entry activities to the students.   After that I read the passage and referred the glossary items.   For glossary reference I used some pictures, charts and gives the situations to get the right meaning.   At the end  I gave interesting activities based on my lesson; Word Web, Word pyramid jumbled words etc.   The students in my class actively participated in all the activities.   I also gave assignment works to the students; preparation of greeting cards and comic strips, collection of adds from the news paper, preparation of the script of radio play etc.

Postural Deformities

Flat feet

Flat feet (also called pes planus or fallen arches) is a postural deformity in which thearches of the foot collapse, with the entiresole of the foot coming into complete or near-complete contact with the ground. Some individuals (an estimated 20–30% of the general population) have an arch that simply never develops in one foot (unilaterally) or both feet (bilaterally).

There is a functional relationship between the structure of the arch of the foot and the biomechanics of the lower leg. The arch provides an elastic, springy connection between the forefoot and the hind foot. This association safeguards so that a majority of the forces incurred during weight bearing of the foot can be dissipated before the force reaches the long bones of the leg and thigh.

Bow legs

Genu varum (also called bow-leggedness,bandiness, bandy-leg, and tibia vara), is a physical deformity marked by (outward) bowing of the lower leg in relation to the thigh, giving the appearance of an archer's bow. Usually medial angulation of both femur andtibia is involved.

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