The river power point
- 1. WELCOME
- 2. NAME OF THE COLLEGE NEW B Ed COLLEGE, NELLIMOODU
- 3. Name of the Teacher Trainee : Jermina Joseph K Option: English Reg No : 165/13376012
- 4. POWER POINT PRESENTATION FOR STANDARD VIII BASED ON THE UNIT “AS WE SOW SO SHALL WE REAP”
- 5. TOPIC “ THE RIVER” BY CAROLINE ANN BOWLES
- 6. INFOMAL INTERACTION Good Morning Children! How are you getting on? Do you like to play in water? Are you ready to listen to a poem? Do you love Rivers?
- 7. ENTRY ACTIVITY Shows the picture of a River in all its vitality and splendor Read the following questions and try your level best to find out the answers 1. Where is the river born? 2. Where does it spend its younger days? 3. What happens to the river when it approaches the ocean? 4. Does a river grow and vanish? How?
- 8. ANSWERS 1. The river is born in the mountains. 2. It spends younger days through rocks and woods. 3. It seems wider and seems even slower when it approaches to the ocean. 4. As it approaches to the ocean the river grows and then vanishes into the ocean.
- 9. LINK TALK OR PRESENTATION THE RIVER is a poem written by Caroline Ann Bowles. Age : 1786- 1854 Husband: Robert Southey Poet Laureate of Britain She wrote works like ‘Chapter on Churchyard’ and ‘Tales of the Factories.
- 10. STANZA-1 River, river, little river! Bright you sparkle on your way; O’er the yellow pebbles dancing, Through the flowers and foliage glancing, Like a child at play.
- 11. EXPLANATION Oh! Little river, you sparkle brightly on your way. You go dancing over the yellow pebbles. You glance through the flowers and leaves of trees, dancing all the while like a child at play (like a child who plays hide and seek.)
- 12. STANZA 2 River, river! Swelling river! On you rush through rough and smooth; Louder, faster, brawling leaping, Over rocks, by rose-blanks, sweeping Like impetuous youth.
- 13. EXPLANATION Oh you rising river, you rush through rough places and smooth places. You are brawling and leaping. You go by rough rocks and banks where roses grow. Now you are like a reckless youth.
- 14. STANZA 3 River, river! Brimming river! Broad and deep, and still as time; Seeming still, yet still in motion, Tending onward to the ocean Just like mortal prime..
- 15. EXPLANATION Oh! River, which is full, now you are broad and deep and motionless as time. Though you seem motionless, you are moving towards the ocean. Now you are like a man in his prime.
- 16. STANZA 4 River, river! Headlong river! Down you dash into the sea,- Sea that line hath never sounded, Sea that sail hath never rounded, Like eternity.
- 17. EXPLANATION Oh! River, you move quickly down into the sea. That sea’s depth has never been measured by a weighted line. None has gone by ship completely round the sea which can be compared to eternity. LAST STAGE OF THE POEM- Four stages of life are compared with the four stages in the course of the river
- 18. MICROPROCESSING OF THE INPUT THEME-It is a poem which describes a river in all its vitality and splendor FLOW OF THE RIVER -It shows the journey of life to eternity THE SEA -The sea reminds the pool of eternity TONE- The poem is highly philosophical
- 19. RHYMING WORD The Word which has the same last sound as another word. Motion – Ocean Dancing – Glancing Leaping – Sweeping
- 20. MEANING OF THE DIFFICULT WORDS PEBBLES: Small smooth and round stone especially found on a beach or river bank FOLIAGE : The leaves of plants or trees IMPETUOUS : Acting without thinking MORTAL PRIME : A man in the best age of his life ETERNITRY : Endless time
- 21. SCAFFOLDING QUESTIONS Is the River like a child why? Why does the poet call it swelling river? How does the see remind you of eternity?
- 22. DICOURSE CONSTRUCTION The teacher makes the pupils to write an appreciation of the poem individually The teacher asks them to exchange their products to other members of the group to get their material modified.
- 23. ASSIGNMENT Pick out the words in the poem which show the movement of the River at various stages, classify them into fast and slow.
- 24. Thank You