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Grade: 3
Month:
Subject: English
Week:
Lesson No.:
Topic: Anu’s Conversation & Project Work
Competencies:
• Listening and speaking through dialogue
• Understanding an informative conversation
• Introducing Indian astronomers
• Story writing based on pictures
• Developing imagination and sequencing skills
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Teaching Materials:
• Textbook (Blossom Class 3)
• Chart of Aryabhatta
• Space pictures
• Flashcards: rocket, planets, astronaut
• Worksheet for story writing
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Pre-Knowledge Test:
Ask the learners:
• “Have you ever seen an exhibition or a fair?”
• “Do you know any Indian scientists?”
• “Have you seen a poster of a famous person?”
(Students respond freely.)
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Introduction:
Teacher shows a picture of Aryabhatta and asks:
• “Who do you think this person is?”
• “What do scientists do?”
Teacher: Today we will read Anu’s conversation with her father about a great Indian astronomer.
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Concept Building:
Read the conversation aloud:
Anu: Father, do you know the name of the person on the poster?
Father: Of course. His name is Aryabhatta. He is the first Indian astronomer and a mathematician.
Anu: It’s interesting. I’d like to know more about him.
Father: Sure. We will search the internet for more information when we reach home.
Teacher explains:
• Who Aryabhatta was
• What astronomers do
• How we can find information on the internet
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Consolidation and Reinforcement:
Oral Questions:
1. Who did Anu talk to?
2. What is the name of the person on the poster?
3. Who was Aryabhatta?
4. What does Anu want to know?
5. How will Anu and her father find more information?
Vocabulary:
• astronomer
• mathematician
• poster
• interesting
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Activity 1: Role-Play
Students act as Anu and Father and perform the conversation in pairs.
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Activity 2: Project Work (Textbook Q.18)
Collect photographs of astronauts and paste them on a chart paper.
Teacher instructs students to collect pictures of:
• Kalpana Chawla
• Rakesh Sharma
• Sunita Williams
• Neil Armstrong
They prepare a chart at home or in class.
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Activity 3: Story Writing (Textbook Q.19)
Teacher shows the pictures of Anu’s journey to the moon.
Guided Questions:
1. What is Anu riding in?
2. What planets do you see around her?
3. Where does she land?
4. How does she feel?
Model Story Outline:
• Anu travels in a rocket to space.
• She sees bright stars and many planets.
• She lands on the moon.
• She walks around happily and takes photographs.
• She enjoys her dream journey.
Students then write their own version in notebooks.
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Practice:
• Pair discussion: “How can we find information on the internet?”
• Students share one Indian scientist they know.