PHASE 1- DAY 32
On 07-12-2023, Thursday, I had an hour in 9A. Students showed their concern immediately when the teacher entered the class. Many enquired about my absence in their class on the previous day. This made the teacher happy. After an informal interaction with the students, teacher continued her lesson "The Trio" with the students. It was the climax scene of the chapter and so the teacher asked the students to present their version of this story. Aamina did it in an interesting manner. She showed both her narration and acting skills. Even though her English was not that fluent, teacher helped her do the same. Comprehension of the passage was done in a smooth manner and everyone participated well. The class went good with the participation of the students and since the chapter was over by that day, teacher asked the learners to prepare a summary of the chapter.
In the 4th hour, I had a session with 8 C students and we had to deal with the Court scene in "The Merchant of Venice". As previously planned and practiced Nithya, Arafa, Swathy, Poornima, Aishwarya, look the roles of the Duke, Antonio, Bassanio, Shylock, Portia and Nerrisa respectively. Teacher found the expressions of Poornima very lovely and elegant. She is also a dancer and her facial expressions corresponding to the dialogues were really good. Students actively participated in the dramatisation and this was indeed a new experience to both the teacher and the students. Even though the scene was supposed to be very serious, but the act of the students made it somewhat comic there was some sort of confusion in the dialogues but the teacher was able to solve and correct it. After the enactment many students expressed their wish to participate in this and this made the teacher realise that they actually had interest. Overall, the innovative class went good.