Action Plan Teachers:Muhammad Saeed Shaikh Class:O Level, Senior 2 Subject:English Language Date:01 August 2011 For Augut 2011 The 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 21 st 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 – Understanding of different types of comprehension questions – Creative ability 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 REMEMBERING UNDERSTANDING APPLYING 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 21 st Century HIGHER ORDER THINKING LOWER ORDER THINKING

Effective communication WEEK1WEEK1 WEEK2WEEK2 WEEK3WEEK3. Diagnosis Implicit/Explicit Questions Comprehension Practice The Time-Line For August 2011

TASKS & MODES MODES OF LEARNING GOALS STUDENTS’ CENTERED INSTRUCTION 21st Century Students’ Skills 21st Century Teachers’ Approaches Improving Comprehension: Comprehension worksheets Summary Writing Intellectual Curiosity Critical Thinking Problem Identification Effective Questioning Intervening Developing Composition Skills: Writing summaries Creativity Intellectual Curiosity Problem Identification Listening & Speaking Giving Directions Encouraging Individualistically Competitively The Arrow shows the direction of the order of thinking.

Model Lesson Passage A Notes-Making Summary-Writing Fact & Opinion Determining The Conclusion Personal Response Comprehending The Comprehension Passage B Implicit & Explicit Questions Inferential Questions Own-Words Questions One Word Answers Vocabulary Questin SAMPLE PASSAGE ASAMPLE PASSAGE B

Applying Cognitive Domain of Bloom’s Taxonomy Sample: Comprehension Exercise Remembering What does comprehension mean? Understanding What is the difference between an explicit and implicit an question? Applying Write one fact and one opinion about a given topic. Summarise a given passage; answer both explicit and implicit questions (in your own words)… Analyzing Can the students determine the gist of the given passage? Evaluating Can the students count the number of points that they have used in their own summaries. Creating Can students frame both implicit and explicit questions and write their own facts and opinions other than the passage ones?

ChallengesSolutions 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.    

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

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.

Thank You