Effective Teaching Procedures

You are going to take part in an actual lesson I did with one of my English classes. This lesson was to prepare

students for a piece of creative writing.

Add an adjective or adverb to each of these verbs and nouns.

walk

worked

table

shoutEngland

student

3 minutes

How do I make creative writing How do I make creative writing interesting?interesting?

What I’m Looking For, is for you to...

Identify adjectives and

adverbs

Create a piece of

descriptive writing

Explore the effect of adjectives and

adverbs

“Harry Potter was a highly unusual boy in many ways. For one thing, he hated summer holidays more than any other time of year. For another, he really wanted to do his homework but was forced to do it in secret, in the dead of night. And he also happened to be a wizard.”

Identify the adjectives and

adverbs

How do I make creative writing interesting?How do I make creative writing interesting?

5 minutes

Explore the effect of adjectives and

adverbsDiscuss with your partner how J.K. Rowling has used adjectives and adverbs. Consider the following questions:

What extra information do they give the reader?

How do they encourage the reader to keep reading?

What impact do they have on the sentence and paragraph?

How do I make creative writing interesting?How do I make creative writing interesting?

5 minutes

Choose one section from Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone. Re-write it substituting the adjectives and adverbs for others of your choice. There is only one rule:

You cannot change the meaning of the paragraph.

How do I make creative writing interesting?How do I make creative writing interesting?

Create a piece of descriptive writing

10 minutes

Peer assessment

How do I make creative writing interesting?How do I make creative writing interesting?

description markbasic There is basic use of adjectives and adverbs 1

adequate The adjectives and adverbs are adequate 2good The paragraph is good and shows good use

of adjectives and adverbs3

excellent An excellent paragraph using really well-chosen adjectives and adverbs

4

5 minutes

Reflect on teaching procedures

Effective Teaching Procedures

15 minutes

Write a description of the lesson

Which procedures were used?

How do these support reading and writing?

How could you use them?

What have you learned about lesson structures?

Effective Teacher Assessment

For tomorrow:Think about the procedures from today and be ready to design some for your scheme of work.