The City School, Gulshan Boys’ Campus Karachi Teachers: Muhammad Saeed Shaikh Class: O Level, Senior 1 Subject: English Language Date: 01 September 2011 Action Plan For September 2011 The City School, Gulshan Boys’ Campus Karachi

Long – Term Goals 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.

Short – Term Goals In the up-coming session I shall: Adopt computer-based instruction methodology involving Worksheets on MS Word Result Sheets on MS Excel Presentations on MS Powerpoint Ensure more collaborative learning on the part of the pupils to enhance: Understanding the art of narration Understanding the plot and the setting of the narrative Creative ability

Problem-Solving Skills Self-Direction Skills ANALYZING EVALUATING CREATING HIGHER ORDER THINKING Blooming Skills of 21st Century 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 LOWER ORDER THINKING REMEMBERING UNDERSTANDING APPLYING

The Time-Line: For September 2011 Effective communication W E K 1 2 3 . Comprehension Passage2’s Narrative Writing Picture Story 4 Comprehending A Narrative

TASKS & MODES MODES OF LEARNING GOALS STUDENTS’ CENTERED INSTRUCTION 21st Century Students’ Skills 21st Century Teachers’ Approaches Inculcating Narrative Skills: Determining the plot for the story Highlighting the setting Intellectual Curiosity Critical Thinking Problem Identification Effective Questioning Intervening Developing Art of Describing: Composing Narrative Essays Creativity Listening & Speaking Giving Directions Encouraging Individualistically Competitively The Arrow shows the direction of the order of thinking.

Model Lesson The Narrative Essays Narrative essays are often personal essays written in a story form. Narrative essays can be written in the first or third person depending on the perspective of the story. Narrative essays should have concrete terms. Remember, a narrative essay is more than telling a story. Put into the story only details that illuminate the thesis. Narrative essays if told as a story should have a plot, setting, characters, a climax leading to the thesis, and conclusion. Most narrative essays should have a time line where it begins and where it ends.

Model Lesson Following lessons and activities will better the knowledge of the students: Effective Story-Starters Picture Story Writing Elements of Narratives

Applying Cognitive Domain of Bloom’s Taxonomy Sample: Fact vs Opinion Remembering What does the narrative essay mean? Understanding What is the difference between a narrative and a descriptive essay? Applying Can the students depict the background to the stories effectively? Analyzing Can the students identify the plot of the given stories? Evaluating Can the students tell a good plot from a confused and muddled one? Creating Can a student compose a narrative piece of writing in standard English?

UNAVAILABILITY OF RESOURCES Challenges Solutions INCOMPREHENSIBILITY Collaborative Work [pair-work] Effective Questioning Technique LACK OF INTEREST Usage of 21st Century Technology [use of internet] Effective Encouraging Skills DISRUPTIVENESS Presentations Effective Intervening Skills Effective Monitoring UNAVAILABILITY OF RESOURCES Prior Information to Management Well-Planned Activities Utilizing 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/ www.englishessays.org.uk www.prolinguaassociates.com

CONCLUSION During The Intel Teach – Getting Started Course… I realized the need to embellish my instructional potentiality by adopting the approaches and strategies of 21st century. I will have to be: APPROACHABLE INTERACTIVE TRUST-WORTHY

Acknowledgement Thank you Intel Teach Program Team… For their benevolent guidance & support. For rekindling a fervor of improving myself so as to be more competitive.

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