Action Plan

Muhammad Saeed Shaikh

Class: O LevelSubject: English

LanguageDate: 20 May 2011

For Term 1: August 2011 – December 2011The City School, Gulshan Boys’ Campus Karachi

Long – Term

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.

Goals

Short – Term Goals

In the up-coming session I shall:• Adopt computer-based instruction

methodology involving

– Level of comprehension– Creative ability– Solving situational intricacies

• Ensure more collaborative learning on the part of the pupils to enhance:

– Worksheets on MS Word– Result Sheets on MS Excel– Presentations on MS Powerpoint

ANALYZING EVALUATING CREATING

REMEMBERINGUNDERSTANDINGAPPLYING

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

Blooming Skills of 21st Century

HIGHER ORDER THINKING

LOWER ORDER THINKING

Effectivecommunication

SEPTE

MBER

OCTOBER

NOVE

MBE

R

DECE

MBER

.Comprehension

Composition

Directed Writing

Evaluation

TheTime-Line

TASKS&

MODES

MODES OF LEARNING

GOALS

STUDENTS’ CENTERED INSTRUCTION

21st Century Students’ Skills

21st Century Teachers’ Approaches

Improving Comprehension:

Vocabulary QuizzesComprehension worksheetsSummary Writing

Intellectual CuriosityCritical ThinkingProblem Identification

Effective Questioning Intervening

Developing Composition Skills:

Composing EssaysStory CompetitionsRole Plays

CreativityIntellectual CuriosityInformation & Media LiteracyProblem IdentificationSelf-Direction

Listening & SpeakingGiving DirectionsEncouraging

Solving Situational Problems:

Report WritingLetters & ArticlesSpeech Writing & DeliveryGroup Presentations

AccountabilityAdaptabilityCommunicationInterpersonal & Collaborative SkillsSocial Responsibility

Listening & SpeakingGiving DirectionsObserving & MonitoringIntervening

Individualisti

cally

Competitively

Cooperatively

The Arrow shows the direction of the order of thinking.

SampleDirected Writing

Narrative Essay Writing

Question:Working in groups, discuss and then write a narrative on the given picture, which should have between 300 to 350 words, covering the excitement of an adventure which turned out to be a complete banal. Each story would have to be told to the class by all the members of each group.

Presentation Marks: 15 Time Allowed: 1 hour

Marks For Content: 15

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Applying Cognitive Domainof Bloom’s Taxonomy

Sample: Narrative Essay WritingRemembering What is a narrative?Understanding Which person can be used in a narrative?

Applying How do we mention the plot and the setting in a narrative?

Analyzing Which figures of speech have been used by fellow writers and which have you used?

Evaluating What is the level of grammatical authentication and coherence in the drafts of your friends?

Creating Retell the story from another perspective.

Other Comprehensive Activities Testing Bloom’s Cognitive Domain

TheParliamentary

Debate

Role Plays

Projects

Presentations

• The Parliamentary Debate• The Role Plays• Projects & Presentations

Challenges Solutions

INCOMPREHENSIBILITY Collaborative Work [pair-work]Effective Questioning Technique

LACK OF INTERESTUsage of 21st Century Technology[use of internet]Effective Encouraging Skills

DISRUPTIVENESS PresentationsEffective Intervening SkillsEffective Monitoring

UNAVAILABILITY OF RESOURCESPrior Information to ManagementWell-Planned ActivitiesUtilizing 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.

www.gubing.com/wbl/Docs www.dpi.wi.gov/cte/ppt/21centuryskills.ppt www.kurwongbss.eq.edu.au/thinking/Bloom www.slideshare.net & www.templateswise.com/

CONCLUSION

I realized

I will have to be:

APPROACHABLEINTERACTIVE

TRUST-WORTHY

During The Intel Teach – Getting Started Course…

by adopting the approaches and strategies of 21st century.

the need to embellish my instructional potentiality

AcknowledgementThank you Intel Teach Program Team…

• For their benevolent guidance & support.

• For rekindling a fervor of improving myself so as to be more competitive.

Thank You