Ms. Sheharbano Bukhari The CitySchool PAF Chapter English Prep-I

LONG TERM GOAL  To inculcate the reading habit in the students

SHORT TERM GOALS  To create students interest and fascination for books.  To develop their reading skills through activities.

INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES AND TASKS  I will assess students’ prior knowledge on the importance of books and reading. The points to ponder would be …  What is the importance of books in our lives?  Why do we need to read books?  What are the library resources available to us? Do we have easy access to reading material?  I will apply various techniques to make reading interesting.  A variety of books as per the child’s level of difficulty will be provided.  It should be ensured that the child has access to a variety of reading materials such as novels, magazines, comic strips, reference articles, news items, poems, mysteries, reports etc.  Shared reading and Guided Reading  I will allocate a specific time for reading daily.

READING ENVIRONMENT- A DAILY ROUTINE  To improve the fluency, students need to develop their reading habit. In order to develop this habit we must allocate a specific time for reading daily. In fact, we must create a reading environment by asking everyone to read at a specific time of the day i.e. if it’s decided that daily the first 10 minutes of the “zero period” will be specified as the reading time, then everyone from the Head Mistress to the domestic staff should be reading some material, may be a book, newspaper or magazine at that specific time title of the activity; Drop Everything And Read’

THE READING CLUB I will establish a Reading Club. The details are as follows:  The reading teacher will advertise a lunch time reading club to students with reading difficulties. A competition,extrinsic reward for the best reading club poster and certificates can be given out during the assembly in order to publicize the event.  The importance of reading will be emphasized during assemblies in order to give it credibility and status  Badges will be given to the club member for feeling of pride, ownership and identification  Through power point presentation the message will be conveyed that all students are welcomed.  The Head Mistress can make regular visits & give her remarks in order to motivate the students. This will be valued because I believe that students should receive praise for attending & that they should recognize that the school values the importance of this club.  The students will have “Reading for Meaning” lessons on a weekly basis which will cover essential reading skills including cloze procedures, deduction, prediction, sequencing, comprehension and so on “Reading for Enjoyment” will be central to my work.  Merit certificates will be given to those completing set targets.

 The Reading Room will offer peace and harmony and provide a safe environment for the students.  The atmosphere of the club will be less formal than that of, the library e.g. seating arrangement on the floor.

Solutions  I will show her my action plan and an alternate choice will be considered.  I will share and discuss my goals with them through a newsletter also prepared by the students using I.T. Skills.  Ten minutes will be given for lunch time. Challenges  The Management may not agree for a separate reading room.  Parents may not approve of the lunch time being utilized.

MonthTopic21 st Century Approaches Used 21 st Century Skills Developed ProblemsSolutions Sep – Oct Reading Power point presentation. Merit certificate. Badges. Knowledge (Introduction to the club and its activities) Comprehensio n (Reading) Application( A pplying the vocabulary learnt in their creative writing) Analysis( Chang e of level after improvement in reading) Synthesis (Developing ideas for creating writing) Evaluation (Merit certificates, badges) Arrangement of resources. Availability of merit certificates badges. After approval from higher authorities will be arranged. Preplanned so budget will be set aside.

 AUG - Introduction  SEP/OCT - Reading Theatre Activities  NOV - Assessing their improvement  DEC - Awarding certificates

 HUMAN: Head Mistress, Reading Teacher, English Teacher, Students and Parents.  PHYSICAL: Reading Room, Seating arrangement, Book shelves, Worksheets, Books, Magazines, Newspapers, Book Reviews and Library inside the class rooms.  I.T Word processing, Spread sheets, Power point presentation.

When I examine myself and my methods of thought, I come to the conclusion that the gift of fantasy has meant more to me than any talent for abstract, positive thinking.

Title of the book: _______________________________ Name:_________________________ Class: ___________ Author: ___________________ The Plot: This story is about _____________ The main character(s) in the story is/are________ My favourite character is ______________ because he or she ____________________ Your Opinion Did you like this book? Why or why not?________________ What is your favourite or least favourite part of the book?