Action Plan Teachers:Muhammad Saeed Shaikh Class:O Level, Senior 1 Subject:English Language Date:01 August 2011 For Augut 2011 The City School, Gulshan.

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