The Portrait of a Lady

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Khushwant Singh

Lesson Plan The Portrait of a Lady

Learning Outcome

By the end of this lesson, students will be able to-

• Summarize the story ‘The Portrait of a Lady’ in a gap-filling exercise. (Understand)
• Recall the important points of the story through short answer questions and long answer type questions worksheet. (Remember)
• Write the character sketch of the grandmother with the help of the STEAL characterization technique. (Create)
• Justify the title by writing a short note on it. (Evaluate)
• Practice: being calm in adverse situations by taking PPDT. (Apply) {Extended}
• Infer the meaning of metaphorical statements in the story by explaining them in the notebook. (Analyze)

Let’s begin…………

1. Read about the author Khuswant Singh by clicking his name under his photograph.

2. Do the vocabulary exercise given.

3. Read the text of The Portrait of a Lady.

(Refer to these Pre, Post and While Reading Questions .)

4. Go through the explanation of important expressions to check your understanding.

5. Test your understanding by completing the cloze/gap-filling exercise.

5. Justify the title in your note-book

6. Watch the video on how to write any character sketch using the STEAL Characterisation technique. Use the STEAL -Character Sketch Graphic Organizer attached to write the character sketch of the Grandmother.

7. Fill the question worksheet (given above) for the comprehension check.

8. MIND MAP

                        Extended Learning 

Picture Perception and Discussion Test

 PPDT

 

LANGUAGE

Past Perfect Tense

1. Quiz

2. Quiz

VOCABULARY

WRITING

Relate the topic of the text to your real-life experience and write
a pen-portrait of a person whom you hold dear.