خطة توطين التدريب Planning Components of Annual Plan Designing a Learning Unit Plan خطة توطين التدريب

Ice breaking time. Design a poster about your plan of the summer vacation you are going to have.

Outcomes: Define Planning Identify the different stages of planning Discuss the components of the competence-based Annual Plan Discuss the components of the learning units Discuss the lesson plan Discussing different types of thinking Plan a lesson based on a vision of the learning unit Discuss the difficulties teachers face in writing lesson plans and the suggested solutions

Quote by Benjamin Franklin “ If you fail to plan, you are planning to fail.” Quote by Benjamin Franklin

“It wasn’t raining when Noah (PBUH) built the ark”

“The relevant question is not simply what shall we do tomorrow, but rather what shall we do today to get ready for tomorrow?” Peter Drucker

Planning The process of setting goals, developing strategies, and outlining tasks and schedules to accomplish the goals.

Task What are the stages of planning? (Group discussion)

Planning Process: Establish objectives Develop Strategies Determination of premises Reviewing the planning process Determination of alternatives Implantation of plans Evaluation of alternatives Formulation of derivative plans Selecting a course of action

Why do teachers need “planning”? What To whom Why How

Important questions for discussion: Which are the points of reference in planning? How can teachers create planning documents?

What plans do we attach to our work?

Annual Planning Points of reference fpr the learni: the curriculum, the structure of the school year

The importance of annual planning A macro level planning estimate Provides a possible structure for the year long journey Aligns with the curriculum purpose Establishes a possible map Allocates time for all learning units Points of reference fpr the learni: the curriculum, the structure of the school year

Points of reference for the annual planning curriculum structure of the school year calendar textbook or workbook other instructional materials

What to be taken into consideration We make sure we cover all the SC’s and learning content for a school year. We take into consideration the time assigned to the subject for a certain grade. We determine a coherent perspective on the journey proposed for students. We may use the textbook as ONE OF THE resources rather than a unique point of reference for the plan and in teaching and learning.

The Annual Plan The English Language Subject

Possible headings in an annual plan

The Unit Plan Points of reference fpr the learni: the curriculum, the structure of the school year

The learning unit An open and flexible learning structure, focusing on the management of the teaching and learning which: Leads to developing specific learning outcomes Has a common topic (and, in some cases, combines learning content from different domains of the subject or other subjects) Progresses meaningfully and with continuity over a period of time Includes formative assessment and ends with a summative test

Planning the learning units How? With what? How much? Why? What? Set formative/ summative assessment Focus on specific competences/meet standards Select learning content Undertake learning activities Analyze resources

How to plan the learning units Determine the specific competences to be acquired Identify the adequate learning activities. Select learning activities that are adequate to the needs of the group and having in view the SC Suggest formative/summative assessment strategies (select those that fit the group’s progress) having in view the CS (curriculum standards) as the intended target.

Lesson Planning

How to plan your lessons according to competency based approach When using the updated lesson plan teachers should consider the following points:

Planning a lesson based on a vision of a LU What information do I have from the LU? What student experiences will I develop? What student experiences are expected? Important learning activities The learning evidence students are expected to produce Type of activity (individual, group etc.)

Planning a lesson based on a vision of a LU Should I add something to the corresponding sequence in the planned LU? How will I begin and end the lesson in order to ensure a coherent link with previous and next lessons in the LU and to motivate the students for learning? How can I begin the lesson? (links with what students already know about the topic, arouse their interest for the topic)

Planning a lesson based on a vision of a LU Can I do all the learning activities planned for this sequence be included? What do I select? What do I add? Can I use all the assessment instruments mentioned in the planning? What do I select? What do I add? How can I end the lesson in order to make the learning meaningful for my students? (reflection on how they explored the topic and on how they can use the new acquisitions in different contexts)

Challenges in Lesson Planning Difficulties in writing (copying) the competences and standards everyday Repeating the same competences almost everyday Little focus on the writing competences

Challenges in Lesson Planning Choosing suitable activities to match the specific competences Competences are very general and vague for the teachers Critical thinking activities are still a burden The wrong usage of assessment tools

What criteria should you have to design a task? Will the activity engage learners' interest? Is there a primary focus on meaning? Is there a goal or an outcome? Is success judged in terms of outcome? Is completion a priority? Does the activity relate to real world activities?'

task Choose an activity from the pupil’s book and write a lesson plan.

Thinking Time

Bloom’s taxonomy of the cognitive domain

Logical thinking A process in which one uses reasoning consistently to come to a conclusion The ability to understand and to incorporate the rules of basic logical inference in everyday activities Cause and effect

Logical thinking examples A doctor diagnosing a patient’s illness An engineer trying to determine why a machine is not working You have six pairs of black socks and six pairs of white socks in a drawer. In complete darkness, and without looking, what is the least number of socks must you take from the drawer in order to be sure you get a matching pair? A milkman has two empty jugs: a three gallon jug and a five gallon jug. How can he measure exactly one gallon of milk without wasting any?

Logical thinking activities

Logical thinking activities

Critical thinking Critical thinking is thinking which involves evaluation and, perhaps, challenge.

Critical thinking activities

Critical thinking activities

Critical thinking activities 1. Who Works Where? Klare, Lemon, Morton, and Nelson are women who love their work (dress designer, florist, gardener, and symphony conductor). From the clues below, match up each woman’s name with her kind of work. 1. Klare is violently allergic to most plants. 2. Lemon and the florist are roommates. 3. Lemon likes only rock music. 4. The gardener, the dress designer, and Nelson are strangers. Chart for Problem 1

Creative thinking

Creativity Creativity – a mental process involving the generation of new ideas or concepts, or new associations between existing ideas or concepts

Creative thinking Creative thinking – generating new ideas by combining, changing, or re-applying existing ideas Creative thinking is directed towards solving a problem in one’s own way. It often involves imagination and initiative.

Creative activities

Creative activities

Creative activities

Creative activities

Pay attention: Critical thinking, creativity and the critical/creative process Both creative and critical thinking involve the use of high order thinking skills In the creative process one uses: creative thinking skills (synthesis and imagination) in the preparation and verification phases critical thinking skills (analysis and evaluation) in the incubation and illumination phases

Creative vs critical thinking Creative thinking Divergent Right brain (global, parallel, emotional, subjective) Synthesis Critical thinking Convergent Left brain (analytic, serial, logical, objective) Evaluation 59