Action Plan

Prepared By:Miss Aisha Nasir

Grade VI

The City SchoolGulshan Junior Girls

Introduction

Miss Aisha NasirQualification: • O & A-levels from The City School.• BBA (HRM)• MBA (Mkt) Bahria University Karachi.Experience: Appointed in August 2009 (The City School)Subject of Expertise: English (LevelVI)

Aim To implement 21st century skills in our classrooms and enhance students’ learning,

vision and responsibility with the effective use of information technology in order to provide

convenience and support in learning based activities.

Targets of The Action Plan

Engage students in 21st century skills.

Reflect on professional and student-centered approaches in 21st century teaching.

Involve Information Technology in effective teaching.

Use shared vision and shared approaches in classrooms.

Inculcate critical thinking abilities in students.

Engaging in 21st Century Teaching

Using

Accountability and Adaptability

Effective Communication Skills

Developing Intellectual Curiosity

Demonstrating Teamwork using collaborative skills

Accepting the Social Responsibility

Adopting 21st Century Approaches in

ClassroomsStudents’ access

To unlimitedinformation

Group working And Shared

Goals

Students engageIn research on

The topics’Contents

Appreciation and Rewards

By the Teachers

Students know How they will be

assessed

Integration of All the subjects

taught

Generating Interest in the

topic

21st century classroom

The Learning Process

Discussion

Presentation

Production

Application

Consolidation

Practice

Practice

Instructional Tasks

English Creative Writing

Letter Writing(formal)

InterviewsPoster Making

Descriptive Writing

Writing Poems

Time Line

Letter Writing (January)

Writing Interviews (February)

Poster Making (March)

Descriptive Writing (April)

Writing Poems (May)

Lesson Methodologies, Learning Outcomes

and Challenges Creative Writing Topics

Lesson Methodologie

s

Learning Outcomes

Challenges

Formal Letter Writing

Thinking of a situation where students need

to write a letter of complaint to the editor for some social issue.

sample

Students will engage themselves in

healthy discussions on concerns of the

society

involvement of each and

every student in discussion

Writing Interviews

Preparation of the questions for interview

through discussionInterview with the favourite teacher.

sample

To learn ways of conducting a proper

interview and present it in writing

Availability of the teacher.

Time Management

Poster Making Students asked to make beautiful attractive poster

and campaign for any children’s product.

sampleThey will be shown a few

samples in class.Advertisement acts in class

Students will learn to present effective campaign writing attractive jingles.

They will also learn to use appealing colours in their

posters.

Thinking of a product.

writing of a jingle

Creative Writing Topics

Lesson Methodologi

es

Learning Outcomes

Challenges

Flow chart Writing

Drawing attention on Web on board showing

all the activities in a process.

Example: Cleaning a messed up bedroom

sample

Students acquire skills of presenting

the information related to a process in a sequence flow.

They learn organization of

activities

students’ awareness on the process.

motivation of students

Writing Poems

Brainstorming on board and gather all

rhyming words related to school life.

sampleStudents will be asked

to think about their school and think of the

time when they will pass their school life.

Awareness on the need of poetry to relax mind and

cherish the good times in life.

learn the techniques of writing it.

creative thinking skills.

Students motivation

Lesson Methodologies, Learning Outcomes and Challenges (cont.)

Instructional Strategies for Poster Making

Topic Objective

Lesson Plan

Activities

Approach

Outcomes

Poster Making

To enable students make attractive posters with a message.

Students will be asked to make attractive posters giving a message. They will also be shown a sample message.

Role Play:Students will be asked to do campaigning for selling a product through attractive poster designingDebates:A healthy debate session Upon posters

group work and shared ideas. Assessment Criteria Showing of results Teacher will give certificate to the best posters

Students will learn to

present effective campaign

writing attractive

jingles.They will also learn

to use appealing colours in

their posters.

Poster Making The purpose of a poster is to outline a

work that stimulates interest.

The information in a poster should be presented as simply as possible, and

diagrams should be used where possible to keep down the amount of text.

A typical reader may spend only a few minutes looking at the poster, so there

should be a minimum of text and a maximum of informative statements and

attractive, enlightening graphics.

Challenges SolutionsPermission for activitiesStudents motivation

Letter for principal & parentsEncouragement and rewards

Management of classResources

Group workingPreparation of resources in the beginning of the year.

Time Management

EncouragementExtra personal time for writingTask Division

Access to Internet and Availability of Computer Lab

Make a time table which entails one lab period for English in one week.

Resources for Effective Teaching

Macmillan English 6 Language Book

English Curriculum 2010-2011

www.webenglishteacher.com/

www.world-english.org/

www.poetry.com/

Effective implementation of Intel Teach

Program

Ensuring 21st century teaching and learning approaches in lesson

planning and delivery and fostering creativity in students.

Teachers acting as facilitators

Contacting the Intel Team for added support whenever needed.

AcknowledgementsI pay gratitude to

Mrs. Sumera Junaid (Master Trainer)Mrs. Sehrish Ambreen (Master Trainer)Mrs. Afroz Zafar (Headmistress, Gulshan

Junior Girls)Mr. Umer Faheem ( District Intel Trainer)

For their continuous support for the accomplishment of this Intel Teach Program “Getting Started”

For everyone of us that succeeds, it's because

there's somebody there to show you the way out.

The light doesn't always necessarily have to be in

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