Mrs. Masooma Raza, The City School, Gulshan Boys Campus, English, Prep II.

LONG TERM GOAL Adopt 21 st century teaching approaches to enhance students’ language and comprehending skills

SHORT-TERM GOALS Follow my questioning strategy to promote critical thinking. Preparation of presentations in groups. Provide resources to help my students. Encourage them to work in collaboration.

Bloom’s Taxonomy

TIMELINE I will focus on students group activities and peer participation I will ensure that all the planned strategies will be implemented according to the 21 st century approaches in my class environment Shorts assignments to be made adopting the iterative cycle i.e. plan, do, review and share I will encourage students’ questioning skills and higher order thinking August September October November

INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES AND TASKS I will encourage students to adopt 21 st century learning aids. I will conduct worksheets, online quizzes and encourage them to participate in group discussions. Students will be emphasized to follow the iterative cycle i.e. plan, do, review and share to ensure a better end product. In order to promote higher order thinking, cross questioning will be encouraged.

Strategies Strategies Approach Approach Mode Mode I will conduct worksheets, online quiz and encourage them to participate in group discussions. Listening & speaking skills Intervening skills Questioning skills CLMS Website Class discussions Students will be emphasized to follow the iterative cycle i.e. plan, do, review and share to ensure a better end product. Intervening skills Questioning skills Encouraging Skills Research work through Internet Rough Draft on a Sheet. Written task. In order to promote higher order thinking, cross questioning will be encouraged. Listening & speaking skills Intervening skills Questioning skills Worksheets and Questionnaires.

Online Quiz Active & Passive Voice  Q) Are the sentences written in Active or Passive voice? 10 points. 1) Steven likes to play baseball. Active voice Passive voice 2) Bingo is played in Britain. Active voice Passive voice 3) Lots of houses were destroyed. Active voice Passive voice  4) French is spoken in Nigeria. Active voice Passive voice 5) The bus driver was hurt. Active voice Passive voice

SOLUTIONS TO ANTICIPATED CHALLENGES CHALLENGES I. Initially students might show hesitation in adopting new strategy. II. Few students might be reluctant. III. Some might not have computers at home. IV. Few parents don’t allow their wards to have access to computer. SOLUTIONS I. I will encourage and make them aware of the advantages of adopting 21 st century approaches. II. For persuasion, marks would be awarded in the end of the assignment. III. Extra effort will be done by allowing them to use computer in school during their free time. IV. Counseling will help them to allow limited access to internet.

Lesson Plan

Bloom’s Taxonomy Application Remembering Recalling information, recognising the characters of the novel. Understanding Explaining the plot. Applying Summary writing.

Analyzing During class discussions Qs. and Ans. Session will be conducted. Evaluating Class tests, quizzes about novel and writer. Creating Drama Presentation.

RESOURCES CLMS Internet Word processing, multimedia and spreadsheets application. englishpage.com/grammar/

CONCLUSION The implementation of my 21 st century teaching approaches will not only encourage students’ participation, cooperation, acceptance and critical thinking but also enable them to improve their English language skills.