Learning Design For: My Mother at Sixty-Six by Kamala Das Context

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Learning Design for: My Mother at Sixty-six by Kamala Das

Context

Topic: My Mother at Sixty-six by Kamala Das


Total learning time: 1 hour and 40 minutes
Designed learning time: 1 hour and 30 minutes
Size of class: 150
Description: My Mother at Sixty-Six is a poignant poem by Kamala Das which deals with the
themes of aging, a person’s love for her mother, separation, uncertainty and death. A sensory
and deeply sensitive poem, My Mother at Sixty-Six is a first-person confessional poem that
captures the reader’s attention and provides a glimpse of the subtle intricacies of a mother-
daughter relationship. The poem captures the speaker’s train of thought and the entire poem is
written in a single sentence. The poem makes use of a natural unaffected rhythm, striking
imagery and a sense of movement to convey the insecurities and apprehensions of the poet-
persona about her rapidly ageing mother and the inevitable separation that must follow.
(Courtesy: www.litbug.com)
Aims
By the end of this lesson, you would be able

to paraphrase the poem (Remember)


to identify the figure of speech used in the poem (Remember)
to justify the title of the poem (Evaluate)
to analyse the important phrases in the poem (Analyse)
Outcomes
Comprehension: to paraphrase the poem (Remember)
Knowledge: to identify the figure of speech used in the poem (Remember)
Evaluation: to justify the title of the poem (Evaluate)
Analysis: to analyse the important phrases in the poem (Analyse)
Teaching-Learning activities
About the poet
Read Watch Listen 5 minutes 65 students Tutor is available Online
A little biography of the poet
Linked resources
Poet and her Biography
Explanation of the poem
Discuss 40 minutes 65 students Tutor is available Online
Justification of the title''
Line by line explanation
The figure of speech used in the poem
Practice 15 minutes 150 students Tutor is available Online
With the help of a quiz made on hot potatoes and uploaded on edudemic.com
Linked resources
Figure of Speech
Practice 40 minutes 150 students Tutor is not available Online
Reference to the Context on Google Form, MCQ and Fill-in
Linked resources
Reference to Context (Google Form), MCQ and Fill-in, cloze

Representations of the learning experience

Learning through Minutes %

Acquisition (Read, Watch, Listen) 5 6

Investigation 0 0

Discussion 40 50

Practice 35 44

Collaboration 0 0

Production 0 0
Minutes %

Whole class 80 100

Group 0 0

Individual 0 0

Minutes %

Face to face 0 0

Online 80 100
Minutes %

Teacher present 60 75

Teacher not present 20 25

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