Action Plan
Teachers:Muhammad Saeed Shaikh
Class: O Level, Senior 1Subject: English LanguageDate: 01 August 2011
For Augut 2011The City School, Gulshan Boys’ Campus
Karachi
Long – Term
To unleash the potential of the pupils making them:
• More competitive to meet the challenges of the 21st century.
• More communicative to be more competitive.
• More skilled to be more communicative.
• To inspire them to be a better and beneficial person.
Goals
Short – Term Goals
In the up-coming session I shall:
• Adopt computer-based instruction
methodology involving
– Level of comprehension
– Understanding of Implicit & Explicit Questions; & facts & Opinions
– Creative ability
• Ensure more collaborative learning on the part of the pupils to enhance:
– Worksheets on MS Word
– Result Sheets on MS Excel
– Presentations on MS Powerpoint
ANALYZING EVALUATING CREATING
REMEMBERINGUNDERSTANDINGAPPLYING
Communication &Information Skills
• Information and Media Literacy Skills• Accessing & Analyzing Information
Critical Thinking &Problem-Solving Skills
• Problem Identification, Formulation and Solution• Creativity and Intellectual Curiosity• Critical Thinking, High-Order Thinking
Interpersonal & Self-Direction Skills
• Self-Direction• Agility, Accountability and Adaptability • Leadership & Responsibility• Interpersonal and Collaboration• Initiative & Entrepreneurialism
Blooming Skills of 21st Century
HIGHER ORDER THINKING
LOWER ORDER THINKING
Effectivecommunication
WEEK
1
WEEK
2
WE
EK
3
.Diagnosis
Implicit/Explicit & Fact/Opinion
Comprehension Practice
TheTime-LineFor August
2011
TASKS&
MODES
MODES OF LEARNING
GOALS
STUDENTS’ CENTERED INSTRUCTION
21st Century Students’ Skills
21st Century Teachers’ Approaches
Improving Comprehension:
Comprehension worksheetsSummary Writing
Intellectual CuriosityCritical ThinkingProblem Identification
Effective Questioning Intervening
Developing Composition Skills:
Composing Essays
CreativityIntellectual CuriosityProblem Identification
Listening & SpeakingGiving DirectionsEncouraging
Individualisti
cally
Competitively
The Arrow shows the direction of the order of thinking.
Model LessonDifference Between Facts And Opinions
A fact is something that can be proven true.An opinion is someone's feelings about a particular topic.Tell whether each sentence is a fact or opinion.
• 1. _______________ Sunday is the best day of the week.• 2. _______________ George Washington was born in February.• 3. _______________ Memorial Day is the most important holiday
of the year.• 4. _______________ Thanksgiving is celebrated in autumn.• 5. _______________ Some families eat turkey on Thanksgiving.• 6. _______________ This has been a terrible week.
Source: Super Teacher Worksheets - www.superteacherworksheets.com
Model LessonThe Lesson will comprise the following activities:
A WORKSHEET will be handed to the students to fill up.
The class will be divided into two 3 groups and each group will be asked to tell about the facts and opinions about the given statements in the following three worksheets:
Worksheet AWorksheet BWorksheet C
Applying Cognitive Domainof Bloom’s Taxonomy
Sample: Fact vs OpinionRemembering What does news articles mainly provide?
Understanding What is the difference between a fact and an opinion?
Applying Write one fact and one opinion about a given topic.
Analyzing How many facts are there in a given news article?
Evaluating After writing your draft check out how many facts or opinions were you able to write.
Creating Write a news article on a given topic.
Challenges Solutions
INCOMPREHENSIBILITY Collaborative Work [pair-work]Effective Questioning Technique
LACK OF INTERESTUsage of 21st Century Technology[use of internet]Effective Encouraging Skills
DISRUPTIVENESS PresentationsEffective Intervening SkillsEffective Monitoring
UNAVAILABILITY OF RESOURCESPrior Information to ManagementWell-Planned ActivitiesUtilizing Cellular Technology
RESOURCES The Manual of Intel Teach Program, Getting Started
Course. The Curriculum of The City School, Gulshan Boys’
Campus. Assistance Provided By The Instructors of Intel
Teach Program. Bloom’s Taxonomy The Wild World of The World Wide Web.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/words/reading/fact_and_opinion/tutor.shtml
http://www.worsleyschool.net/socialarts/factopinion/factopinion.html www.superteacherworksheets.com www.slideshare.net www.templateswise.com/
CONCLUSION
I realized
I will have to be:
APPROACHABLEINTERACTIVE
TRUST-WORTHY
During The Intel Teach – Getting Started Course…
by adopting the approaches and strategies of 21st century.
the need to embellish my instructional potentiality
AcknowledgementThank you Intel Teach Program Team…
•For their benevolent guidance & support.
•For rekindling a fervor of improving myself so as to be more competitive.
Thank You
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