1. 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

2. 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.

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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.

7. 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.

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

9. 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?

10. 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

11. 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.

12. 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

13. 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.

14. Thank You