Academic Year 2012-13 Std-9
Teaching Philosophy : Only in grammar can you be more than perfect. Only that some take longer. ~William Safire
Teaching Strategy The syllabus will be transacted mostly using lecture method. Students will be exposed to films & documentaries related to poetry & short stories. Apart from this, certain topics are going to be taken up for thorough discussion for the purpose of establishing relevance to the day to day happenings. They will also be shown the film ‘As You Like It’. Worksheets of all texts will be discussed in the class and a question bank for Drama, Short stories and Poems will be given out to the students.
Annual Teaching Plan Month | Topic | No. Of Classes | June | Drama – As You Like It – Act 1, Sc 1 & 2 Prose – Dusk & The Gift Of Magi | 18 | July | Drama – As You Like It – Act 1, Sc-3 / Prose – The Umbrella Man / Poetry – If & A River | 22 | August | Drama – As You Like It – Act 2, Sc – 1&2 / Prose – A Fishy Story / Poetry – The Road Not Taken & No Men Are Foreign | 12 | September | Drama – As You Like It – Act 2, Sc 3 / Prose – Monkey’s Paw
/ Poetry – To India My Native Land & Our Casuarina Tree | 20 | October | Drama – As You Like It –Act 2, Sc 4&5 / Prose – Rikki Tikki Tavi / Poetry – A Slave’s Dream | 19 | November | Drama – As You Like It – Act 2, Sc 6&7 / Prose - Girls Poetry – La Belle Dame Sans Merci / Workbook | 13 | December | Drama - Workbook / Prose – The Tiger in the Tunnel / Poetry – To The Indian Who Died In Africa | 22 | January | Drama - Workbook/ Prose - Workbook / Poetry – Workbook | 19 | February | Drama - Workbook/ Prose - Workbook / Poetry – Workbook | 9 |
Project Details
The project should consist of a report on ONE topic from EACH of the following sections.
SECTION ‘A’ – DRAMA – ‘AS YOU LIKE IT’ a) Rivalry and enmity between the blood relatives forms an important part of