M a education paper-v methods of teaching english

4.3.7. The Process of Teaching the Poem can be in three Main Stages. 
1. Preparation 
2. Presentation 
3. Discussion 
1. Preparation: 
a. Equipping the students for a quick grasp of the main out of the poem. 
b. Familiarizing (not through explanation) them with the most important words and 
expressions. 
c. Ensuring that the ideas involved in the poem are not beyond his reach. 
2. Presentation 
The teacher recites / reads out the poem with the proper pronunciation, intonation and 
facial expression (a second reading/ recital can also be done if necessary). 
3. Discussion-Books Open 
The teacher need not explain every word or every line. She can ask simple questions 
to ensure whether the pupils have understood the poem. Even if a few students ask the 
meaning of words like catamarans, leaping wealth, she can show pictures, or pose 
questions to the clan and elicit the answer. 
Further reading
When the whole poem has been presented and discussed this way , it may be 
read over by the teacher again once or twice (depending on the students need).
As a concluding part of discussion you may initiate the children. 
a. To quote parallel incidents /recite poems in their mother tongue with parallel themes. 
b. To draw pictures or point some beautiful scenes that appeal to their mind. 
c. To enact the poem. 
d. To pick out the rhyming wards. 
Teaching Grammar 
4.4.1. Introduction

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“One who, climbs the grammar tree, distinctly knows where noun verb and 
participle grow.” Dryden. 
Grammar tells us how language works. It tells us how a particular language uses or exploits 
versatile resources to perform its functions principal one of which is communication. Dr. Sweet 
describes grammar as the ‘practical analysis of a language ‘. It is also called the” anatomy of 
language” though this does not make us think the language as static. 
If the language is not static, the grammar, too, cannot be static. 
The contemporary grammar of any living language tells about the language.