1. ACTION PLAN MADE BY NUSRAT MAZHER English Teacher The City School Gulshan Junior Girls

2. PERSONAL INTRODUCTION Employee of “THE CITY SCHOOL”. Gulshan Junior Gils Branch. Member of “ENGLISH FACULTY”. Teacher of “GRADE V & VI”.

3. TARGETS To introduce 21 st century approaches. To introduce technology skills practically. To improve the skills of reading, writing, comprehension and conversation in students.

4. How can we develop 21 st century skills in students? By using 21 st century Approaches By practicing 21 st century Skills By upgrading their mental level Enhancing their abilities By giving them the opportunity to express themselves

5. 21 st Century Approaches 1.Observing & Monitoring Skills 2.Giving Direction Skills 3.Listening & Speaking 4,Questioning Skills 5.Encouraging Skills 6.Intervening Skills 21 st century Skills 1.Accountibility & Adaptability 2.Communication Skills 3.Creativity & Intellectual curiosity 4.Critical Thinking & System Thinking 5.Information & Media Literacy Skills 6.Interpersonal & Collaborative Skills 7.Self Direction 8.Problem Identification & Solution 9.Social Responsibility

6. 21 st century Skills 1.Accountibility & Adaptability 2.Communication Skills 3.Creativity & Intellectual curiosity 4.Critical Thinking & System Thinking 5.Information & Media Literacy Skills 6.Interpersonal & Collaborative Skills 7.Self Direction 8.Problem Identification & Solution 9.Social Responsibility Teaching Methodologies Resources Competitions Debates, extempore, speeches Real Life Incidents’ sharing News papers & current affairs Workshops & training sessions Conflict handling Guest Speaker Field Trips Teamwork Activities Games on Internet Relevant movies & video clips Work sheets Audio and visual aids Quick Quizzes

7. Think critically Solve problems Be innovative Communicate effectively Collaborate Be a self-directed learner Be information and media literate Be civically engaged Students must be able to…

8. Time Line SEPTEMBER OCTOBER August ALPHABETICAL ORDER HOMOPHONES SYNONYMS\ANTONYMS

9. NOVEMBER DECEMBER Conjunction PARTS OF SPEECH

10. Instructional strategies Task Topic21 st Century approach Learning Outcomes Alphabetical Order Giving Direction Skills Students will be able to arrange different words according to alphabetical order HomophonesListening & Speaking Students will be able to recognize that some words have same sound but different meanings Synonyms\ antonyms Encouraging skills Students will be able to understand that words with same meanings are SYNONYMS & words with opposite meanings are ANTONYMS

11. ConjunctionObservation & monitoring skills Students will be able to connect two simple sentences through conjunction to make them compound sentence Parts of speech Intervening skillsStudents will be able to identify different parts of speech Topic21 st Century approach Learning Outcomes

12. Conjunction ContentLearning Objective Suggested Teaching Activities Learning Outcomes ConjunctionStudent should be able to join simple sentences with a usage of proper conjunctions Take them into the ICT lab and show the presentation on conjunction through which student will easily understand the topic PRESENTATION They are able to give detail to certain simple sentences by using proper conjunction

13. Conjunction Cont… Reinforce the topicCertificate Reinforce the topic conjunction by giving the worksheets or taking test conjunction worksheet Those Student who get the highest marks will be encourage by giving the certificate. activity certificate

14. Parts of speech Homophones

15. REVISED BLOOM TAXONOMY

16. Strategies for improvement in teaching Plan lesson Apply planning Review application Share with colleagues

17. Strategies to motivate students Always encourage students to ask questions. Always appreciate student’s abilities. Never compare student’s abilities. Give intrinsic and extrinsic rewards.

18. RESOURCES http://edhelper.com/ http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/ http://www.ego4u.com/ Fluency CD Dictionary Thesaurus

19. ChallengesSolutions Students motivation Encouragement Management of class Group working Time management Questionaire Group task division Extra Personal Time Story Search from internet & books Multimedia presentation Search from net

20. ACKNOWLEDGMENT District Trainer: Umer Fahim Shahid Iqbal Master Trainers Sehrish Ambreen Sumera Butt Headmistress Mrs: Afroz Zafar Lab assistant Mohammad Nazir

21. Tell me and I’ll forget. Show me, and I may not remember. Involve me, and I’ll understand !