1. STATE COUNCIL FOR EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH AND TRAINING - HYDERABAD

2.  Steps of Transaction of a lesson  FOLLOW FOUR STEPS

3. I. INTRODUCTION II. READING THE TEXT AND INDENTIFYING THE UNKNOWN WORDS AND CONCEPTS III. UNDERSTANDING THE CONCEPTS ANDDISCUSSION IV. SELF EVALUATION/ HOME WORK

4. I. INTRODUCTION i) Greeting ii) Concept mapping/Mind mapping/Review Questions iii) Announcement of the topic

5. II. Reading the text and indentifying the unknown words and concepts Asking the children to read the text and identify the unknown words and concepts Underlining the unknown words with pencil mark by the children individually Saying the words underlined aloud by each child and writing the words on the b.b. at the right hand side by the teacher Discussing the words as a whole class activity

6. III. Understanding the Concepts By Discussion 1) Making the children to speak on the text read 2) Asking the children to put questions on the concepts not understood/ contemporary issues 3)Giving questions on the text read for understanding by the teacher based on the Academic Standards 4) Practicing Skills – a) Information Skills b) Mapping Skills

7. INFORMATION SKILLS COLLECTING THE DATA TABULATING THE DATA ANALYSING THE DATA INFERENCE Text to Table Table to text Text to graph Graph to table Table to graph Graph to text

8. MAPPING SKILLS Map Reading Map Drawing Map Pointing

9. IV. SELF EVALUATION/HOME WORK Writing the answers to the questions written on the b.b. by the students If the time lapses, same questions should be given as home work

10. LESSON PLAN : OUR EARTH Class: IX Period: I Time: 45 m. Sub Title: Our Universe, the Sun and the Earth OBJECTIVES: Write the objectives for the complete Chapter. Ex: Conceptual understanding: Children; explain the reasons of exploitation of the earth compare the earth with other planets differentiate between latitudes and longitudes classify the continents and oceans

11.  Differentiate between local and standard time  Explains the difficulty of studying the formation of the earth and its structure.  Reading and understanding the text given and interpreting:  Read the text related to Earth’s orbit and give their opinions  Information skills  Collect tabulate and analyze the information of different countries and their local times and standard meridians

12. Reflection on contemporary issues and questioning  Reflect on the latitudes and the temperatures  Reflect and put questions on the exploitation and destruction of earth and forests  Mapping Skills:  Draw the world map, equator, longitudes etc;  Point out the equator, standard meridians etc; on the world map  Locate different countries and latitudes etc; on the world map  Appreciation and Sensitivity  Appreciate the uses of latitudes and longitudes, earth’s composition and its uses

13. I. Introduction: 1) Greeting: Hello, children! How are you? Did you do the Home work? Very good. Can you tell where the earth is? Well! Have you heard about Universe? O.K. Tell me, what all are there in Universe? 2) Concept Mapping: ! --------- ----------- universe

14. Excellent! O.K. Today, let us know more about our universe, Sun and Earth. 3)Announcement of the topic: Teacher should write the title of the lesson on the b.b. Our Universe, the Sun and the Earth II. Reading the text and identifying the unknown words and concepts: 1. Dear children! Now, all of you open your readers and read page nos.1 and 2. 2. Underline the words the unknown words and concepts whatever you feel with your pencil. 3. Ex: Exploitation of the earth global warming

15. 2. Well! children, Now, all of you tell one by one, the words You underlined.(Teacher should write the words told by the children on the b.b at the right hand side. Make the children to discuss and understand the words.) III. Understanding the concepts by discussion: 1.Making the children to speak: Children, I hope you all understood a part of the lesson. Let me know, how well you have understood. Come on! speak about the text. (Teacher should allow and make all the children to speak on the text they have read.) 2.Asking questions: Very good. O.k. children, now put questions on the concepts and words you have not understood. Teacher should make the children to put questions adding the contemporary issues.

16. Writing questions to understand the text: Children, you have asked some questions. O.k. I will also put a few questions to make you to understand the text in a better manner, Shall I? I will write them on the b.b. Observe and think about the answers. (Teacher should write the questions prepared by him on the b.b.) Explain about Environmental crisis? Give the differences between the Sun and the Earth. Can you name the nine planets? Why do you think people today are curious to know about the secrets of universe? Read the following text and give your opinion. The exploitation of the Earth has resulted in poisoning of our soils. How do you think that the Earth gets poisoned by the exploitation? (Teacher should involve the children in the discussion to give correct answers, help them wherever necessary and conclude the understanding part of the text read.)

17. Practicing skills: Information skills: Collect the information about the Solar system, tabulate and analyze. Sl.No.Name of the planetPosition 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9. MercuryNearest to the Sun

18. 1. Which is the nearest planet to the Sun ? 2. What happens if the Earth is placed nearest to the Sun? 3. What is the position of the Saturn? Why do you think that the Saturn has no life on it? IV. Self Evaluation/Home work: Children! Now, all of you open your note books and write the answers to the questions written on the b.b. Take the remaining questions as your home work.

19. THANK YOU! HAPPY TEACHING !