Lesson Plan for Class 4th English (Marigold)
Subject: English
Lesson Name: Nasiruddin's Aim
Board: CBSE (Aligned with NEP 2020 Guidelines)
1. Curricular Goals
- To develop
students' reading comprehension, listening, and storytelling abilities.
- To build
critical thinking by exploring themes of confidence, humour, and skill
development.
- To foster
teamwork and collaborative learning through play-based and experiential
activities.
- To promote
creativity, self-expression, and cultural understanding by exploring
traditional tales.
2. Competencies/Skills
- Language
Skills: Reading comprehension, vocabulary building, and oral expression.
- Critical
Thinking: Problem-solving, evaluating different outcomes, and understanding
humour.
- Social
Skills: Collaboration, communication, and respectful listening.
- Physical
and Motor Skills: Integrated through games and sport-based activities.
3. Targeted Learning Outcomes
- Students
will understand and retell the story of Nasiruddin's Aim and its central message
of confidence and humour.
- Students
will acquire new vocabulary words from the story and use them in sentences.
- Learners
will reflect on personal experiences of success and failure and connect them to
Nasiruddin's character.
- Students
will participate in group activities to practice aiming and target-setting
skills, reinforcing the theme of practice and self-belief.
4. Play-based Activity
- Target
Practice Game: Set up a safe target practice game (such as throwing a soft ball
or beanbag at a target). Students take turns aiming, similar to Nasiruddin's
archery. After each round, they can discuss how practice and confidence helped
them improve.
5. Experiential Learning Activity
- Confidence
Circle: Have students sit in a circle and take turns sharing a story about a
time when they were confident about something, whether they succeeded or not.
This helps students reflect on the concept of confidence, as seen in
Nasiruddin's behaviour.
- Role-play:
Students can enact the scene where Nasiruddin boasts about his archery skills
but misses the target. Other students can play the onlookers, and they can
discuss how they feel when they see someone boast.
6. Art/Sport Integrated Activities
- Sport:
Organize an outdoor archery or aiming competition with safe materials. Students
can learn about hand-eye coordination and perseverance through this activity,
paralleling Nasiruddin's attempts.
- Art:
Students can create drawings or cartoons showing Nasiruddin trying to hit
different targets, focusing on the humorous side of the story.
7. Learning Tools/Teaching-Learning Materials (TLM) to be
Used
- Flashcards
with key vocabulary and expressions from the story.
- A toy bow
and arrow or similar aiming tools (beanbags, softballs) for the target practice
game.
- Drawing
materials (paper, crayons, etc.) for the art-based activities.
- A
whiteboard for explaining key concepts and organizing vocabulary activities.
- Printed
worksheets for students to complete related to comprehension questions and
vocabulary exercises.
8. Gist of the
Lesson
The story Nasiruddin's
Aim is about Nasiruddin, a character known for his wit and humour, who boasts
about his archery skills. When he tries to show off, he misses his target
multiple times but finds ways to make excuses for his failure. Finally, he
makes a successful shot and takes full credit, demonstrating a mix of humour,
confidence, and self-deception. The story highlight’s themes of confidence,
humility, and the importance of practice and effort.
9. Teaching-directed, Teacher-guided, and Student-led
Activities
- Teacher-Guided:
- Introduce the story by discussing
traditional tales and figures like Nasiruddin.
- Read the story aloud and explain difficult
words, using flashcards for vocabulary.
- Ask thought-provoking questions about
confidence, boasting, and the consequences of overconfidence.
- Student-Led:
- Students will take turns reading parts of
the story, improving fluency and expression.
- In groups, students will perform a skit
based on the story, adding their own humorous touches.
- Encourage students to discuss in pairs what
they think the moral of the story is and how it relates to their lives.
10. Pedagogical Procedure & Resources Required
Procedure:
1. Introduction:
Introduce Nasiruddin as a popular figure known for his wisdom and humour.
Discuss archery and how it requires skill and practice.
2. Story
Reading: Read Nasiruddin's Aim aloud, pausing to ask comprehension questions and
explain key vocabulary.
3. Vocabulary
Activity: Use flashcards to introduce and reinforce new words (e.g., boast,
confident, target, aim). Ask students to use these words in their own
sentences.
4. Target
Practice Game: Conduct the Target Practice game outside to help students
experience the importance of aiming and practice in a fun way.
5. Discussion
& Reflection: Lead a discussion on how Nasiruddin handled his failure,
asking students how they handle their own successes and failures.
6. Role-play
and Art: Students will act out scenes from the story and draw their own
illustrations of Nasiruddin trying to hit different targets.
Resources Required:
- NCERT
Marigold Textbook (Class 4),
- Flashcards
for vocabulary words,
- Toy bow
and arrow or beanbags for target practice,
- Drawing
materials (paper, crayons, etc.),
- Whiteboard
and markers.
11. In-Lesson Formative Assessment
- Observation:
Observe students during the reading and role-play activities to assess their
comprehension and participation.
- Vocabulary
Use: Check students' understanding and use of new words during discussion and
flashcard activities.
- Target
Practice: Evaluate students' hand-eye coordination and reflection on how
practice helped them improve.
12. Post-Lesson Assessment
- Worksheet:
Students will complete a worksheet with comprehension questions and a short
paragraph on how they relate to Nasruddin’s confidence or failure.
- Drawing:
Assess students’ understanding of the story through their drawings and how they
visualize Nasiruddin's attempts.
- Oral Recap: Have students retell the story to their peers in their own words, focusing on the moral of the story.
13. Assessment Strategies
- Observation:
Monitor how students participate in class discussions and activities, focusing
on how they express their understanding of confidence and practice.
- Worksheets:
Use the completed comprehension worksheets and vocabulary exercises to assess
their retention of the story.
- Creative
Expression: Assess the creativity and effort put into their role-plays and
drawings to gauge their understanding of the story’s humour and moral.
14. Interdisciplinary/Multidisciplinary Activities
- Physical
Education: Through the target practice game, students will improve hand-eye
coordination and motor skills.
- Art:
Students will illustrate their interpretation of Nasruddin’s archery skills and
his humorous excuses for missing the target.
- Moral
Education: Discuss the theme of humility and how it is important to balance
confidence with the recognition that practice is necessary for success.
15. Reinforcement/Practice Plan
- Assign
students to write a short personal story about a time they were confident but
failed at something and how they responded to the failure.
- Ask
students to practice vocabulary words by writing sentences using the new words
they learned in the lesson.
- Reinforce
the theme by asking students to observe how practice and confidence affect
their performance in other activities, such as sports or schoolwork.
16. Self-Assessment by the Teacher After Execution of the
Lesson
- Reflect on
student engagement: Did students actively participate in the story reading,
games, and role-play activities?
- Assess
whether the learning objectives were met, especially in terms of language
skills and social-emotional learning.
- Evaluate
whether students understood the theme of the story and could connect it to
their own experiences.
- Identify
areas for improvement, such as better scaffolding of vocabulary or refining the
play-based activities to make them more accessible.
This lesson
plan integrates language development with experiential and play-based learning,
aligned with the NEP 2020’s focus on fostering creativity, critical thinking,
and interdisciplinary education. Through a balance of guided reading, outdoor
activities, and reflective discussions, students will deepen their
understanding of the moral of Nasiruddin's Aim while improving their language
skills.