Action Plan April 2012 Ms Afreen Iqbal The City School Gulshan Campus English PREP III

Long term goals Short term goals Application of bloom’s taxonomy and 21st century approaches Instructional Strategies and tasks Solutions to anticipated challenges Timeline References and links Resources Peer assessment worksheets Acknowledgement Conclusion Content

Adopt 21 st century teaching approaches, to manage and create effective oral, written and multimedia communication in a variety of forms and contexts. LONG TERM GOALS

Short- Term Goals Develop interpersonal and collaborative skills Enhance students word power, so that they can illustrate their views in better vocabulary Polish students’ innate talents and to provide a ground, where they can express their creative potentials and constructive ideas. To be skilled in the usage of grammar ; reinforcement exercises

Time Line For April 2012 COMPREHENSION O.P.E Unit 9-10 CREATIVE WRITING Report writing Writing an opinion Imaginative composition Descriptive accounts Article writing LITERATURE Sandpiper At Hiruharam GRAMMAR A verb less sentence Prefixes Idioms and Expressions Homophones Future Time Narration Phrasal verbs

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Use of bloom’s taxonomy and 21st century approaches.

Application of Bloom’s Taxonomy Learning Objectives: Students will be able to learn and practice the use of Present and Past perfective with the auxiliary have Values: The value of having but having means having only what is enough Productivity Tools: BBC English Learning

Level 1: Remembering Brainstorm session to judge students prior knowledge through various examples. Level 2: Understanding I’ll explain the rules to clarify the concept. Level 3: Applying Students will be given a worksheet to change the sentences into perfect tense. Level 4: Analyzing Through peer checking, students will point out their errors. Level 5: Evaluating Students will be evaluated through dialogue conversation. Level 6: Creating MS Word will be used by the students or a well written passage, using perfect tense.

Strategies21 st century Approachs Mode I will develop interpersonal and collaborative skills during creative writing sessions and brain storming for literature based analytical questions Questioning skills Monitoring and observing skill Encouraging Skill Random grouping of students will be done to inculcate team spirit and social ethics, along with accomplishing the learning goals I will provide opportunities to play word games to enhance their word power Observing skillsI will ask them to play online scrabble and play word games in groups like ‘small crosswords, jumble or target games’ I will focus on correct usage of grammar. Listening & speaking skills Direction Skills Questioning skills Thorough explanation and reinforcement worksheets. I’ll brainstorm the main theme of the passage Students will be asked to comprehend in their own words. Intervening skills Monitor questioning skills I will encourage students for their response to the given questions. Topics  Report writing  Her First Ball  Fly in the Ointment  Present and Past perfect tense  Compre hension

SOLUTIONS TO ANTICIPATED CHALLENGES PROBLEMS Very few students are interested in visiting the olcsn website Some students complain that they are unable to open the password through their roll numbers. Students and parents will notice that grammar is not being focused in the new session. SOLUTIONS Those worksheets should be marked for the term marks. As the information or worksheet is the same for all the students, they can access the site through a friend’s password. Students will be informed that as per CIE pattern, more emphasis will be laid on comprehension and creative writing.

Resources Other teachers who teach same grades and subjects Internet Reference books, curriculum, dictionary Word processing, multimedia, worksheets, spread sheet applications Intel teaching program getting started course intel manual

THE CITY SCHOOL GULSHAN CAMPUS PREP-III ENGLISH PEER ASSESSMENT WORKSHEET-4 NARRATION Q1- Let ’ s quickly revise the tenses in the following reported speech 1. 'I am very tired. She said she very tired. 2. 'You play the piano very well. Mr. Jones told me I ____________ the piano very well. 3. 'Can you give us a hand?' They asked if we ______________ give them a hand. 4. 'We're leaving the town.' He told me they _____________ the town. 5. 'He hasn't shaved. I noticed that he _____________________. 6. 'Your parents have had an accident. Sally rang to say that your parents ____________________ an accident. 7. 'I left home at seventeen.' Her letter said that she_____________________ home at seventeen. 8. 'Don't worry! He won't say anything to the police'. I was sure he ________________ anything to the police. 9. 'None of our relatives will come.' They knew none of their relatives ____________________. 10. 'This parcel has been opened at the customs.' ___________________________________________________ Direct and indirect speech Q2- Change the narration 1-. She said to me,' You are singing very melodiously'. ____________________________________________________________________________________ 2-. You said,' I killed a rat rather wickedly'. ____________________________________________________________________________________ 3- He said,' I have done amazingly well today.' ____________________________________________________________________________________ 4- We said,' We were watching a truly absorbing movie'. ____________________________________________________________________________________ 5- She said,' I may badly need some medical help soon'. ____________________________________________________________________________________ 6-. You said to me,' You can do this ridiculously easy task'. ____________________________________________________________________________________ 7- I said,' I shall certainly take care of all eventualities'. ____________________________________________________________________________________ 8- They said,' We have put up an extraordinary performance indeed. Assessment criteria: Answer the questions keeping in mind the rules of narration. Peer assessed by:_______________________________________________

The City School GULSHAN CAMPUS PREP III ENGLISH PEER ASSESSMENT WORKSHEET Prefixes and suffixes Transform the given words into their correct forms. You will have to use prefixes or suffixes. 1. He was sitting __________________ in his seat on the train. (comfort) 2. He was acting in a very __________________ way. (child) 3. This word is very difficult to spell, and even worse, it's __________________. (pronounce) 4. The team that he supported was able to win the__________________. (champion) 5. I couldn't find any __________________ in his theory. (weak) 6. He wants to be a __________________ when he grows up. (mathematics) 7. You need to be a highly trained __________________ to understand this report. (economy) 8. There were only a __________________ of people at the match. (hand) 9. The road was too narrow, so they had to __________________ it. (wide) 10. They had to __________________ the lion before they could catch it. (tranquil) 11. He needed to __________________ the temperature. (regular) 12. There was a three-hour __________________ because of the strike. (stop) 13. You need a _______________of motivation, organization and revision to learn English.(combine) 14. His __________________ has been expected for the last half an hour. (arrive) 15. She looked at her __________________ in the mirror. (reflect) 16. I told him my plan but he wasn't very __________________. (receive) 17. She had no __________________ of going to see him. (intend) 18. He spent half an hour __________________ himself with the building. (familiar) 19. Failing her driving test was a great __________________ to her. (appoint) 20. He decided to study __________________ at university. (journal) 21. The film was __________________ good. (surprise) 22. The company has over 500 __________________. (employ) 23. The rate of __________________ in Brazil has been rising steadily. (employ) 24. With the real plan, the rate of __________________ in Brazil has fallen. (inflate) 25. She looked at him __________________, and started to cry. (happy) 26. The party was __________________, everything went wrong. (disaster) 27. The film was so __________________ that we left before the end. (bore) 28. I think that there has been a __________________, I didn't order this. (understand) 29. The bacteria are so small that you need a __________________ to see them. (scope) 30. Have you seen that new __________________ ? He's very funny. (comedy) 31. The event was totally __________________. It was terrible. (organise) 32. I arrived late for work because I had __________________. (sleep) 33. There is a small __________________ explaining the new traffic code. (book) 34. He was __________________. He wouldn't change his mind. (compromise) ASSESSMENT CRITERIA: To derive prefixes or suffixes from the given root words. Peer assessed by:____________________________________________________

Acknowledgement I would like to acknowledge the Trainers at the INTEL workshop who taught us sincerely and with patience. I am grateful to my family, management and colleagues for their extended support which enabled me to design this action plan.

Conclusion By implementing my newly acquired teaching styles students will be empowered and will appreciate and gain better knowledge at English