Saima Abedi Grade 11 English Language The City School Gulshan Boys Campus

1. Saima AbediGrade 11 English Language The City SchoolGulshan Boys Campus

2. CONTENTS • Long Term Goal • Short Term Goals • Bloom’s Taxonomy And 21st Century Approaches • Timeline • Instructional Strategies and Tasks • Application of Bloom’s Taxonomy • Solutions to Anticipated Challenges • Resources • Acknowledgement • Conclusion

3. LONG TERM GOAL • Adopting 21st Century Teaching Approaches to equip the pupils with effectual communication skills. Oral Presentation Audience Awareness Critical Thinking Written Academic Writing Critical Reading Non-Verbal Body Language Facial Expression Eye Contact

4. SHORT TERM GOALS • Engaging higher order thinking • Promoting students’ collaboration • Enhancing Multimedia Communication • Encouraging students to apply iterative • cycle.(plan, do, review and share)

5. BLOOM’S TAXONOMY AND 21st CENTURY APPROACHES Higher Order Thinking Skills • The key traits in 21st Century Employees is “Communication Skills and team work .” • Collaboration is not a 21st Century Skill, it is a 21st Century Essential. Lower Order Thinking Skills

7. Time Line EFFECTUAL COMMUNICATION SKILLS DECEMBER Digital Story Telling & Year Book NOVEMBER Vocabulary Games & Brochures OCTOBER SAT Picture Vocabulary & Blogs SEPTEMBER Multimedia Presentation & Comic Strips AUGUST Interview & Debates

8. Instructional Strategies and Tasks

9. INTERVIEWS • Usage of Word Processing Tools for Preparation of hand outs and worksheets. MOCK INTERVIEW EVALUATION INTERVIEWER: __________________________ STUDENT: __________________________ DATE OF INTERVIEW: __________________________ Rate the student interviewee on a scale of 1 (lowest) to 5 (highest) in the following areas of interviewing skill. NONVERBAL BEHAVIOURS Dressed appropriately 1 2 3 4 5 Maintained eye contact with interviewer 1 2 3 4 5 Maintained good posture 1 2 3 4 5 VERBAL BEHAVIOURS  Listened closely to questions 1 2 3 4 5 Answered questions completely, yet briefly 1 2 3 4 5 Display enthusiasm 1 2 3 4 5 Focused on strengths; avoided weaknesses 1 2 3 4 5 Acted in polite manner 1 2 3 4 5

10. PARLIAMENTARY DEBATE COMPETITION • Research Using Advance Search Option • Higher Order Thinking MULTIMEDIA PRESENTATION • Collaboration • Presentation http://engage.intel.com/docs/DOC-12500

11. Instructional Strategies and Tasks

12. SAT PICTURE VOCABULARY ONLINE VOCABULARY GAMES • Internet Browsing • Word processing Tools http://www.amazon.com/Vocabulary-Cartoons-SAT-Word-Power/dp/0965242234/ref=pd_sim_b_2

13. Instructional Strategies and Tasks

14. DIGITAL STORY TELLING BROCHURES • Internet Browsing • Word processing Tools BLOG • Connect • Communicate • Collaborate • Iterative Cycle: • Plan your story. • Find  photos, music, sound, video and create a story • Review and make improvements • Share it http://saimaabedi.blogspot.com/2011/05/guidelines-for-writing-summary-gce-o.html

15. Example of Digital Story Telling • http://www.youtube.com/wat • ch?v=9jgSI7KBUE4

16. YEAR BOOK

17. Application of Bloom’s Taxonomy

18. LESSON PLAN • Word processing tools • Activity: After explanation of different types of bubbles, solve the given worksheet. http://engage.intel.com/docs/DOC-12491

19. LESSON PLAN • Internet Browsing • Activity: Read a comic strip from online sources (www.comics.com) in pairs. • Explain the comic strip to the rest of the class.

20. LESSON PLAN • http://www.teachchildrenesl.com/filez8932/lesson%20plans/comic_strip.pdf • Internet Browsing • Activity: Complete the given comic strip in a group of 4, either write dialogues or draw suitable characters for the given bubbles.

21. LESSON PLAN Present the comic strip to the rest of the class and compare it for the effectiveness of communication skills. Critique of Teacher and students for improvement. Marks will be given and recorded. Best three comic strips will be chosen and awarded with certificates. http://engage.intel.com/docs/DOC-12492

22. LESSON PLAN Create a comic strips online (in pair) http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/comic/

23. Solutions to Anticipated Challenges

24. Students’ Achievements

25. Resources • Books ( Step Ahead 1, Stepping Forward 4&5, Alan Etherton) • Colleagues • Intel Teach Program Getting Started Course Manual. • Intel Trainers • Word Processing, Multimedia And Spreadsheets Applications. • Websites • http://engage.intel.com • http://edorigami.wikispaces.com/Bloom's+Digital+Taxonomy • http://www.teachchildrenesl.com/filez8932/lesson%20plans/comic_strip.pdf • http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/comic/ • http://www.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/learnshops/digital/movies/treasure.m4v • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jgSI7KBUE4 • http://www.freemake.com/free_video_downloader/ • http://www.everythingesl.net/inservices/blooms_taxonomy_language_learn_16902.php http://saimaabedi.blogspot.com

26. Acknowledgement Special words of gratitude to the Intel Trainers and The City School Management for providing me an opportunity to augment my teaching skills.

27. Conclusion By implementing 21st Century Approaches, students will be empowered with the essential skills of communication to encounter future challenges.