To my Nanny

Alexander Pushkin

 Name of the teacher

Prasanth
Name of subject
:
Name of the unit
Name of the subunit
Standard

: Priyanka
English
: Roots
: To my Nanny
: 9 th standard

Learning Objectives

Pupil reads and enjoys the poem

Develops skill to appreciate the
beauty of the poem
Develops the awareness about
parent child relationship

Informal interaction

How is the day?

Do you like to come here?
How many of you like to stay at
home?
Do you love your Parents?

Entry Activity

What do you see in this

pictures?

I am going to introduce before you

a famous poet Alexander Pushkin

Alexander Pushkin
Russia's bard
An important contributor to modern
Russian literature
A Proponent of social reform

 Now all of you know the life style of

modern people and how the next
generation kids lost their affection for
their parents
Today we will learn a poem which
describes how intensely a boy
remembers an old lady who took
care of him in his childhood

Teacher recites the poem

DEAR DOTING SWEET
HEART OF MY CHILDHOOD

COMPANION OF MY AUSTERE FATE

IN THE LONE HOUSE DEEP IN THE

WILDHOOD

HOW PATIENTLY YOU WAIT

Individual reading

Track reading
Students are asked to track
their reading

 Sharing the doubts

Facilitation by the teacher

 Glossary reference with the help of

the teacher
Doting: being excessively fond of
Austere : Severe/ Strict
Lone : solitary

Doting: being excessively

fond of

Austere : Severe/ Strict

Lone : solitary

Scaffolding questions
Who was the poets companion when
he was a child?
What was the expression used by the
poet to describe his intimate
relationship with his nanny?

Appreciation
Rhyming words
[Child hood, wild hood]
Rhyming scheme
a,b,a,b

Poetic Images
Visual Images
Lone house

Wild wood

Reading aloud by the

students

Discourse construction
Write a few sentence about your
grandmother?

Follow up activity
Write a Poem about your
Grandmother ?