1. Action Plan Ms.Erum Asim The City School Prep Boys, North Nazimabad ENGLISH LANGUAGE

2. Long term goal Adopt 21 st century’s teaching approaches to enhance students understanding of the language English.

3. Short term goals  To establish an English speaking environment.  To promote process writing.  To minimize linguistic errors.  To enhance written expression.  To inculcate research skills.  To promote collaborative learning.  To develop analytical and evaluative approach to learning.  To foster the process of critical thinking.  To groom the student in the most appropriate way to face the real world. to face the real world.

4. Challenges faced by a teacher Challenges   Learners rarely work at the same pace.   Active students may dominate classroom activities.   Passive students may feel intimidated by the competition. The active students may feel that they are being held back. Solutions  To ensure some success for all learners classroom, teachers must determine what each learner needs and wants to learn.  When active students dominate the class, politely stop them  When materials may be too easy for active students or too difficult for passive students, make the materials cross several levels or when some students finish their work earlier, assign them additional follow-up tasks

5. Techniques Sample group activities: 1. Whole class activities can be used to warm up and wrap up classes. (E.g. small talk, brainstorming, listening to audiotapes or viewing videotapes, projects) Group A.doc Group B.doc 2. Small group activities can be used to enhance time to practice target language in real communication. (E.g. discussions, conversations, problem-solving, jigsaw activities, board games, collaborative writing, information gaps, role plays) 3. Pair activities can be used to practice verbal interaction in short periods of time (E.g. dialogues, role plays, pair interviews, dictations, written work) 4. Individual activities can be used to assess individual achievement. Invite volunteers to demonstrate activities, advanced students first Provide students with same text, but different tasks

6. Techniques of enhancing 21 st century skills in students  Provide opportunities to express opinions  Provide exposure to real life situations  Provide exposure to critical thinking situations while in diverse groups  Provide opportunities to work collaboratively  Provide opportunities to develop problem solving skills “Remember innovation comes from unique combination of people and ideas”

7. Skills and Approaches of 21 st Century 21 st Century Approaches 1. Listening & Speaking Skills 2. Giving Direction Skills 3. Questioning Skills 4. Observing & Monitoring Skills 5. Encouraging Skills 6. Intervening Skills 21 st Century Skills 21 st Century Skills 1. Accountability and Adaptability 2. Communication Skills 3. Creativity and Intellectual Curiosity 4. Critical Thinking and Systems Thinking 5. Information & Media Literacy Skills 6. Interpersonal & Collaborative Skills 7. Problem Identification, Formulation and Solution 8. Self-Direction 9. Social Responsibility

8. Bloom’s taxonomy provides a guideline for creating assignments, discussions, questions, and assessments that address the kinds of skills that students must develop to be critical thinkers and learners. The first and second steps of the taxonomy are often where teachers spend most of their time, but the last four steps are where critical thinking is developed. Remembering UnderstandingApplying AnalyzingEvaluating Creating

9. English Language 1.READING, LISTENING AND COMPREHENSION 2.VOCABULARY AND SPELLING 3.GRAMMAR AND LANGUAGE BUILDING 4.WRITING

10. READING, LISTENING AND COMPREHENSION  Unit 12:Try Thinking  Unit 13:Problem Solving  Unit 14:Diaries  Unit 15:Autobiography  Unit 16:Feeling  Unit 17:Castaway  Unit 19:Dragon  Unit 20:Future Worlds  Unit 21:Reviews  Unit 22:The Novel approach  Unit 24:Short Stories  Unit 28:Refugees  Unit 29:Describing Places

11. VOCABULARY AND SPELLING  Dictionary work (meaning/alphabetical order).  Thesaurus work (synonyms/antonyms)  Classifying/categorizing thematic words.  Rhyming words  Compound words  Homonyms  Syllable  Silent letter words  Prefix/suffix  Suggesting alternatives for over used words.

12. GRAMMAR AND LANGUAGE BUILDING  Regular and irregular verbs  Adverbs  Adjectives  Active and passive voice  Punctuation  Possessive nouns/ adjectives/ pronouns  Simple, complex and compound sentences  Tenses  Onomatopoeia  Direct and Indirect narration  Similes and metaphor  Analogies  Anagrams

13. WRITING  A diary entry  An advertisement for a teacher  Descriptive writing  A film review  Planning and writing a story sequel  A fantasy story  Tall story  Formal and Informal Letters  Writing a news report  Paragraph Writing  Introduction, body and Conclusion

14. Move into English book II  Try Thinking  Problem Solving  Diaries  Autobiography  Advertising  Feeling  Castaway  Images  Film Still  Future Worlds  The Novel approach  Dragon  Short Stories  Poetry  Similes Metaphors and Personification  Newspaper Report  Refugees  Describing Places UNITS 12-29 (FINAL TERM)

15. English Literature Around the World in Eighty Days (FINAL TERM) Chapter 17-Chapter37

16. 21 st Century Approaches and Skills applied in the Active and Passive Voice activity. 21 st Century Approaches 21 st Century Skills Resources Giving Direction Skills Accountability and Adaptability Accountability and AdaptabilityPresentation Active and Passive.ppt Active and Passive.ppt Questioning Skills Questioning Skills Communication Skills Communication Skills Group Activity Group A.docGroup A.doc Group B.doc Group B.doc Group A.docGroup B.doc Observing & Monitoring Skills Observing & Monitoring Skills Creativity and Intellectual Curiosity Creativity and Intellectual CuriosityWorksheets Active and Passive Voice worksheet.doc Active and Passive Voice worksheet.doc Active passive worksheet2.doc Active passive worksheet2.doc Intervening Skills Intervening Skills Critical Thinking and Systems Thinking Critical Thinking and Systems Thinking

17. Time Line January February March April May Chap 17-21 / Unit 12,13,14,15 Revision and Assessment Chap 22-26 / Unit 16,17,18,19 Chap 27-31 / Unit20,2,22,23 Chap 32-37 / Unit 24,25,26,27,28

18. Encouragement For the encouragement of the students certificates will be awarded certificate.ppt

19. Resources   Adelson-Goldstein, J. (2006). Mastering the magic and madness of the multilevel classroom. Language Magazine, 6(2), p. 36- 37.  Images from google.  www.helium.com

20. Special thanks for the valuable suggestions and support. The Intel MT The Head mistress Mr. Mustajab Haider (Master Trainer) Mrs. Tabassum Afreen (Master Trainer) Administration and Colleagues

21. Thank You The great aim of education is not knowledge but action. “Man's mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimensions.” Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.