Class 4 English Pallavi Lesson Diary

Lesson Diary: This Is My Town

Class: IV
Subject: English

Chapter: 4 — This Is My Town
Duration: 6 periods × 40 minutes
Method: Panchapadi Method

Teaching Aids: Textbook, pictures of town, village and forest, flashcards, word cards, objects such as shirt, shoe and shell, chart paper, blackboard, chalk, crayons and worksheets.

Learning Outcomes

By the end of the six periods, I expect learners to be able to:

Listen to, read and recite the poem This Is My Town.
Identify the difference between a town, village and forest.
Describe their home, street, village or town in simple sentences.
Understand the sequence: town → street → house → room → bed → basket → flowers.
Use words such as town, street, house, room, bed, basket and flowers.
Identify and pronounce words beginning with the sh sound.
Use a/an, is/are, and singular/plural forms correctly.
Write their name and home address.
Develop love and respect for their home and hometown.

Period 1: Pre-reading—Town, Village and Forest

Topic: Identifying town, village and forest
Text Focus: Pre-reading pictures and conversation

1. ଅଧୀତି (Adhiti — Introduction) — 7 minutes

I will show three pictures: a town, a village and a forest. I will ask learners to observe the pictures and say what they can see.

I will ask:

Where do you live—in a town or in a village?
What is the name of your town or village?
What is the nearest town to your village?
What can you see in a town?
What can you see in a village?
What can you see in a forest?

I will help learners match the pictures with the correct words:

Picture of many trees and wild animals — forest
Picture of fields, huts and village houses — village
Picture of roads, shops, buildings and houses — town

2. ବୋଧ (Bodh — Conceptual Understanding) — 12 minutes

I will explain the difference in simple language:

Place	What we may see
Town	Streets, shops, schools, hospitals, houses, vehicles
Village	Fields, ponds, trees, small roads, farmers, houses
Forest	Many trees, plants, wild animals and birds

I will say that people may live in villages, towns and cities. Every place is important because it is home to someone.

I will introduce the poem:

“We live in towns. We live in cities. We live in villages. Wherever we are, home is sweet.”

I will explain the phrase “Home, home, sweet home”. It means that we love our home because it is a place of comfort, care and family.

3. ଅଭ୍ୟାସ (Abhyas — Practice) — 8 minutes

I will say a word, and learners will tell whether it belongs to a town, village or forest:

Shop — town
Paddy field — village
Tiger — forest
Hospital — town
Pond — village
Tall trees — forest
Street — town

I will ask learners to complete orally:

I live in a .
My nearest town is .
I see in my village/town.
A forest has many .

4. ପ୍ରୟୋଗ (Prayog — Application) — 8 minutes

I will ask learners to speak two sentences about their place.

Examples:

“I live in Bhubaneswar.”
“My town has many roads and shops.”
“I live in a village.”
“My village has paddy fields and trees.”
“The nearest town is Puri.”

I will encourage learners to respect and keep their locality clean.

5. ପ୍ରସାର (Prasar — Extension/Sharing) — 5 minutes

I will ask learners to tell one family member:

“My home is special because my family lives there.”

Assessment: I will observe whether learners can identify a town, village and forest correctly.

Home Assignment: Draw your village or town and write its name.

Period 2: Reading the Poem and Place Sequence

Topic: Town, street, house and room
Text Focus: First half of the poem

1. ଅଧୀତି (Adhiti — Introduction) — 5 minutes

I will revise the previous lesson by asking:

Where do you live?
What do we see in a town?
What do we see in a village?
What do we see in a forest?

Then I will ask learners:

Is your house in a street or lane?
How many rooms are there in your house?
What things are there in your room?

2. ବୋଧ (Bodh — Conceptual Understanding) — 13 minutes

I will read the first part of the poem slowly and clearly:

“This is my town.
In my town,
There are streets.
In my street,
there are houses.
In my house,
there are rooms.”

I will draw the sequence on the blackboard:

Town → Street → House → Room

I will explain:

Town is a place where many people live.
A town has many streets.
A street has many houses.
A house has one or more rooms.

I will use classroom examples:

“Our school is in a town.”
“Our school has rooms.”
“This classroom is a room.”
“My house is in a street.”

3. ଅଭ୍ୟାସ (Abhyas — Practice) — 9 minutes

I will read each line, and learners will repeat after me.

I will ask learners to arrange word cards in correct order:

Room
Street
Town
House

Correct order:

Town → Street → House → Room

I will ask oral questions:

What are there in the town?
What are there in the street?
What are there in the house?
Where are the rooms?

Expected answers:

“There are streets in the town.”
“There are houses in the street.”
“There are rooms in the house.”
“The rooms are in the house.”

4. ପ୍ରୟୋଗ (Prayog — Application) — 8 minutes

I will ask learners to describe their own home using a simple pattern:

“I live in .”
“My house is in street.”
“There are rooms in my house.”
“My room has a bed.”

I will help learners who live in villages use suitable sentences:

“I live in village.”
“My house has two rooms.”
“There is a bed in my room.”

5. ପ୍ରସାର (Prasar — Extension/Sharing) — 5 minutes

I will ask learners to share this sequence with family members:

“Town has streets, streets have houses, and houses have rooms.”

Assessment: Learners will be able to arrange town, street, house, and room in correct order.

Home Assignment: Write four sentences about your house.

Period 3: Bed, Basket and Flowers

Topic: Objects inside the house
Text Focus: Second half of the poem

1. ଅଧୀତି (Adhiti — Introduction) — 6 minutes

I will show pictures or flashcards of a bed, basket and flowers. I will ask:

What is this?
Where do we sleep?
What can we keep in a basket?
What flowers do you see near your home or school?

I will write the words bed, basket and flowers on the blackboard.

2. ବୋଧ (Bodh — Conceptual Understanding) — 12 minutes

I will recite the second part of the poem:

“In my room,
there is a bed.
On the bed,
there is a basket.
In the basket,
there are some flowers.”

Then I will recite the reverse sequence:

“Flowers in a basket.
Basket on the bed.
Bed in the room.
Room in the house.
House in the street.
Street in the town.”

I will explain the position words:

In means inside something.
On means above and touching something.

Examples:

“The book is on the table.”
“The pencil is in the box.”
“Flowers are in the basket.”
“The basket is on the bed.”

3. ଅଭ୍ୟାସ (Abhyas — Practice) — 9 minutes

I will place a pencil in a box and a book on a desk. I will ask:

Where is the pencil?
“The pencil is in the box.”
Where is the book?
“The book is on the desk.”

I will ask learners to complete orally:

There is a bed in the .
There is a basket on the .
There are some flowers in the .
The house is in the .
The street is in the .

Expected answers: room, bed, basket, street, town.

4. ପ୍ରୟୋଗ (Prayog — Application) — 8 minutes

I will ask learners to look around the classroom and make sentences using in and on:

“The chalk is in the box.”
“The book is on the table.”
“The bag is on the chair.”
“The duster is on the desk.”
“The pencils are in the bag.”

5. ପ୍ରସାର (Prasar — Extension/Sharing) — 5 minutes

I will ask learners to observe their home and tell one person:

“The plates are in the kitchen.”
“The pillow is on the bed.”
“The flowers are in the vase.”

Assessment: I will check whether learners can use the words in and on correctly.

Home Assignment: Write five sentences using in and on.

Period 4: Recitation, Listening and “sh” Sound

Topic: Poem recitation, word order and pronunciation
Text Focus: House, wall, lane, room, mouse, broom; shirt, shell, shoe and shampoo

1. ଅଧୀତି (Adhiti — Introduction) — 5 minutes

I will revise the poem through a quick recitation. I will ask learners to say the sequence:

Town → Street → House → Room → Bed → Basket → Flowers

Then I will say the reverse sequence:

Flowers → Basket → Bed → Room → House → Street → Town

2. ବୋଧ (Bodh — Conceptual Understanding) — 10 minutes

I will teach the following word groups and ask learners to repeat:

Words
House, mouse
Wall, well
Lane, line
Here, there
Room, broom

I will explain that some words have similar ending sounds, such as house–mouse and room–broom.

Then I will introduce the sh sound through objects or pictures:

Shirt
Shell
Shoe
Shampoo

I will pronounce the sound clearly: “sh… sh… sh…”

3. ଅଭ୍ୟାସ (Abhyas — Practice) — 10 minutes

I will conduct a listening-and-pointing activity. I will say a word, and learners will point to the correct picture or object:

Shirt
Shell
Shoe
Shampoo

I will ask learners to repeat:

“I wear a shirt.”
“I wear shoes.”
“I use shampoo.”
“I found a shell.”

I will give the poem lines in mixed order and ask learners to arrange them:

In my town
There are streets
In my street
There are houses
In my house
There are rooms

Correct sequence:

1. In my town

2. There are streets

3. In my street

4. There are houses

5. In my house

6. There are rooms

4. ପ୍ରୟୋଗ (Prayog — Application) — 10 minutes

I will ask learners to find words beginning with sh from daily life.

Examples:

Shirt
Shoe
Shop
Ship
Shawl
She

I will make simple sentences:

“My father wears a shirt.”
“I polish my shoes.”
“My mother wears a shawl.”
“We buy things from a shop.”

5. ପ୍ରସାର (Prasar — Extension/Sharing) — 5 minutes

I will ask learners to tell three sh words to a family member at home.

Assessment: I will assess correct pronunciation of the sh sound and the ability to arrange poem lines in order.

Home Assignment: Write five words beginning with sh.

Period 5: Grammar—A/An, Singular/Plural and Is/Are

Topic: Articles, plural forms and use of is/are
Text Focus: Egg, engine, elephant; room/rooms; flower/flowers

1. ଅଧୀତି (Adhiti — Introduction) — 5 minutes

I will display pictures of an egg, an engine, an elephant, a pen, a pencil and a bell. I will ask learners to name the pictures.

I will write:

an egg
an engine
an elephant
a pen
a pencil
a bell

2. ବୋଧ (Bodh — Conceptual Understanding) — 12 minutes

I will explain the use of a and an:

We use an before words beginning with vowel sounds such as a, e, i, o, u.
Examples: an egg, an engine, an elephant.
We use a before words such as a pen, a pencil, a bell, a kettle.

I will explain singular and plural words:

One room — many rooms
One flower — many flowers
One cat — many cats
One cup — many cups
One doll — many dolls

I will explain that we add s to make many words plural. For some words, we add es:

Box — boxes
Class — classes
Mango — mangoes
Brush — brushes
Bench — benches

I will explain is/are:

Is is used for one person, animal, place or thing.
Are is used for more than one person, animal, place or thing.

3. ଅଭ୍ୟାସ (Abhyas — Practice) — 10 minutes

I will ask learners to complete:

A. Add s

Cat — cats
Cup — cups
Doll — dolls
Shop — shops
Street — streets
Toy — toys

B. Add es

Box — boxes
Class — classes
Mango — mangoes
Brush — brushes
Bench — benches

C. Fill in with is/are

There animals in the jungle. — are
The table made of wood. — is
These mangoes sweet. — are
Raghuram a tall boy. — is
The toys on the shelf. — are
The book on the table. — is
The girls at the shop. — are
The car on the road. — is

4. ପ୍ରୟୋଗ (Prayog — Application) — 8 minutes

I will ask learners to make their own sentences:

“There is a flower in the basket.”
“There are flowers in the basket.”
“There is a book on the table.”
“There are books on the table.”
“This is an egg.”
“This is a pen.”

I will ask them to look at objects in the classroom and use is or are correctly.

5. ପ୍ରସାର (Prasar — Extension/Sharing) — 5 minutes

I will ask learners to make two singular-plural pairs at home and say them to family members.

Examples:

“One toy, many toys.”
“One mango, many mangoes.”

Assessment: I will check learners’ use of a/an, plural forms and is/are.

Home Assignment: Write five singular words and their plural forms.

Period 6: Writing Address, Observation and Creative Work

Topic: Writing practice, home address and drawing a house
Text Focus: Home address, fill in “sh,” observation activity and house drawing

1. ଅଧୀତି (Adhiti — Introduction) — 5 minutes

I will revise through quick questions:

What is there in the town?
What is there in the street?
Where are the rooms?
What is on the bed?
What is in the basket?
When do we use is?
When do we use are?

2. ବୋଧ (Bodh — Conceptual Understanding) — 10 minutes

I will explain the parts of a home address:

Name
Name of street/area
Name of village/town
Name of post office
District
State
PIN code

I will write a model format on the blackboard:

Name: Rina Das
Street/Area: Unit-4
Village/Town: Bhubaneswar
Post Office: Nayapalli
District: Khordha
State: Odisha
PIN: 751012

I will explain that learners should write their actual address carefully and should ask parents if they do not know some details.

3. ଅଭ୍ୟାସ (Abhyas — Practice) — 10 minutes

I will give writing practice with sh:

The sun is shining now.
I am wearing a T-shirt and shorts.
My father is wearing a new shirt.
My grandfather is washing his shawl.
My uncle is polishing his shoes.

I will ask learners to complete these words by writing sh.

Then I will ask them to write their name and address in the correct format.

4. ପ୍ରୟୋଗ (Prayog — Application) — 10 minutes

I will conduct an observation activity using two similar room pictures. Learners will find differences, such as:

The door is open in one picture and closed in another.
A toy may be missing in one picture.
The curtain colour may be different.
An object may be on the bed in one picture but not in the other.

Then I will ask learners to draw their house. They may include:

Door
Windows
Roof
Rooms
Bed
Table
Flowers
Trees
Family members

5. ପ୍ରସାର (Prasar — Extension/Sharing) — 5 minutes

I will invite a few learners to show their drawings and say:

“This is my house.”
“My house is in .”
“There are rooms in my house.”
“I love my home.”

I will end with the mental-talk line:

“Home, home, sweet home.”

Assessment: I will assess learners through poem recitation, written address, grammar exercises, “sh” words, observation activity and house drawing.

Home Assignment: Write five sentences on “My Home.”

Class 4 English Pallavi Lesson Diary - This Is My Town