1. ACTION PLAN Mrs. Haleema Ubaid DACW Phase VIII Botany XI-Year Topic- Life- Cycle of Pinus- A Gymnosperm

2. Long-term Goal  Adopt 21 st century teaching to enhance students’ interest in the topic & the subject.

3. Short-term Goals  Change my questioning strategies with students to promote critical thinking  Focus on encouraging students instead of praising  Encourage collaboration among students  Help students understand that they can use each other as

4. Instructional Strategies & Tasks  I will provide more opportunities for the students to answer questions that require higher order thinking  I will provide students with time for group dicussion  I will ask questions that require students to explain how they came to an answer  I will allow students to gather in randomly assigned groups or pairs to discuss how to give the best & the most precise answer to the questions.

5. Solutions to Anticipated Challenges  I do not own a PC.  Parents may not understand my method.  Some students may not want to work in a group together.  I will ask my Principal to provide at least one computer in each department.  I will use my new MS Word skills to inform parents about my teaching strategies.  I will make random groups of students to work together. ChallengesSolutions

6. Timeline-Spermopsida 09 min Origin & Evolution, Differences between Bryophytes & Tracheophytes & About Bryophytes 06 min Classification of Tracheophytes, Spermopsida, Gymnosperms & Angiosperms, 15 min Life-Cycle of Pinus- A Gymnosperms, Sporophyte & its morphology, Types of Cones, Staminate Cones & Male Gametophyte. 15min Ovulate Cones & Female gametophyte. Pollination & fertilization. Formation & Germination of a Seed & Formation of Sporophyte.

7. Resources  Other teachers who teach the same grade & my subject.  Internet  Reference Books  Intel Teach Program Getting started course manual