Action Plan For August

2011Ms Afreen IqbalThe City SchoolGulshan CampusEnglish PREP III

Long term goals

Short term goals

Application of bloom’s taxonomy and 21st century approaches

Instructional Strategies and tasks

Solutions to anticipated challenges

Timeline

Resources

Acknowledgement

Conclusion

Content

Adopt 21st century teaching approaches, to manage and create effective oral, written and multimedia communication in a variety of forms and contexts.

LONG TERM GOALS

Short- Term Goals• Develop interpersonal and collaborative skills • Enhance students word power, so that they can

illustrate their views in better vocabulary• Polish students’ innate talents and to provide a

ground, where they can express their creative potentials and constructive ideas.

• To be skilled in the usage of grammar ; reinforcement exercises

Time LineFor August 2011

1st Week:

Orientation Week

Introduction to the text books

Familiarization with the

classmates

Diagnostic test

2nd Week:

Comprehension ‘Snakes’

Present perfect and Past

perfect tense

News article ‘Saving lives

with poison’

The Son’s Veto

3rd Week:

Poetry

News Article ‘So Long’

The Son’s Veto

Report writing

Use of bloom’s taxonomy and 21st century approaches.

Application of Bloom’s Taxonomy

Learning Objectives:

Students will be able to learn and practice the use of Present and Past perfective with the auxiliary have

Values:

The value of having but having means having only what is enough

Productivity Tools:

www.nonstopenglish.com

www.englishclub.com

www.google.com.pk

BBC English Learning

Level 1: Remembering

Brainstorm session to judge students prior knowledge through various examples.

Level 2: Understanding

I’ll explain the rules to clarify the concept.

Level 3: Applying

Students will be given a worksheet to change the sentences into perfect tense.

Level 4: Analyzing

Through peer checking, students will point out their errors.

Level 5: Evaluating

Students will be evaluated through dialogue conversation.

Level 6: Creating

MS Word will be used by the students or a well written passage, using perfect tense.

Strategies 21st century Approachs

Mode

I will develop interpersonal and collaborative skills during creative writing sessions and brain storming for literature based analytical questions

•Questioning skills•Monitoring and observing skill•Encouraging Skill

Random grouping of students will be done to inculcate team spirit and social ethics, along with accomplishing the learning goals

I will provide opportunities to play word games to enhance their word power

•Observing skills I will ask them to play online scrabble and play word games in groups like ‘small crosswords, jumble or target games’

I will focus on correct usage of grammar.

• Listening & speaking skills •Direction Skills•Questioning skills

Thorough explanation and reinforcement worksheets.

I’ll brainstorm the main theme of the passageStudents will be asked to comprehend in their own words.

•Intervening skills•Monitor questioning skills

I will encourage students for their response to the given questions.

TopicsReport writing

The Son’s Veto

Present and Past perfect tense

Comprehension

SOLUTIONS TO ANTICIPATED CHALLENGES

PROBLEMS• Very few students are

interested in visiting the olcsn website

• Some students complain that they are unable to open the password through their roll numbers.

• Students and parents will notice that grammar is not being focused in the new session.

SOLUTIONS• Those worksheets should be

marked for the term marks.• As the information or

worksheet is the same for all the students, they can access the site through a friend’s password.

• Students will be informed that as per CIE pattern, more emphasis will be laid on comprehension and creative writing.

Resources• Other teachers who teach same grades and

subjects• Internet• Reference books, curriculum, dictionary• Word processing, multimedia, worksheets,

spread sheet applications• Intel teaching program getting started course

intel manual

Acknowledgement I would like to acknowledge the Trainers at the INTEL workshop who taught us sincerely and with

patience.

I am grateful to my family, management and colleagues for

their extended support which enabled me to design this action

plan.

Conclusion

By implementing my newly acquired teaching styles students will be empowered and will appreciate and gain better knowledge at English