Learning Activity Template for “English”

1. Learning Activity Templatefor“English” Maria fragkaki O.U.CY. Mohamed S. Abu Maliq Qou

2. Learning Activity Identity Teachers name: Abeer Ayaseh School name/for boys or girls: Raba Secondary Girls’ School Grade/Age: 11th Grade Subject Matter: “English” Topic of the learning activity: Education First Relation with the curriculum: This theme it concerns “English” and especially the unit three from the book English for Palestine on page 26-35. You can also find information about the targets to the English Curriculum : Arabic & Civil Education Wp2- T1.3.-“Learning Activity Template Science _, M. Fragkaki

3. The description of the activity Activity name : Education First Improving writing and speaking skills are targeted in this activity. Activity in brief : dividing students into three groups, asking them to search the Internet to get the following information in years 2000 and 2014 Group1: number of students \ # schools \ educational system in India. Group 2: number of teachers & illiterates educational system in America Group 3: number of graduates & Internet users \ educational system in Britain The idea is to promote the students to know about the condition of education in Palestine and compare it with other systems in other countries in charts then convey them into paragraphs on ppt slides. They will also be able to discuss their needs as students in Gaza and the West Bank at schools and write a letter to the Minister of Education telling her about the solutions. Moreover, the students will read their letters through the morning program and share them on their page on Facebook. Wp2- T1.3.-"Structure of Learning Activity, M. Fragkaki

4. Teaching-Learning Process Cognitive targets/Skills/products 21st c skills • Living in the world Citizenship – local and global Life and education Personal, social responsibility • Ways of working Communication; Collaboration; • Ways of thinking Creativity and innovation; Critical thinking, problem solving; • Ways of feeling Empathy Care Wp2- T1.3.-“Learning Activity Template Science _, M. Fragkaki

5. Teaching-learning process الاطار النظري الاطار المنهجي Communication: the students build their knowledge by exchanging information with their classmates and teacher. Critical thinking : - discussion in groups -comparing and contrasting invention ( create solutions) analytical thinking Critical thinking Learning with fun Communication Co-operation Social awareness Long-life learning Empathy Wp2- T1.3.-“Learning Activity Template_Civilian_, M. Fragkaki

6. Teaching-learning process The teacher's role The students’ roles *monitoring *directing • *Asking students to collect information • *counseling • * Using different sources and ICT tools to create and find solutions for problems cooperating and communicating by working in groups Critical thinking and searching on the Internet to get information. Wp2- T1.3.-“Learning Activity Template_Civilian_, M. Fragkaki

7. ICT Environments and Resources utilization & added value • Wordle helps students to brainstorming and their more common thoughts /knowledge to be distinguished through a quantitative analysis of the data • Wikipediahelps students to find information easily and flexibly • Google helps students to find information easily and flexibly • Excel helps students to organize their data and visualize them easily • E draw Mind Maps help students to organize-reorganize analyze and synthesize their thoughts more flexible and creative. It helps students visualize their thought • youtube helps students to watch and collect information about their lessons . • Game: “Against all adds”” helps students to cultivate empathy emotions and critical thought through playing • Moviemaker helps students to write stories, poems and illustrated them as the wish via a professional and easy way Wp2- T1.3.-“English_ Learning Activity Template _M. Fragkaki

8. Learning Activities Templates for “English” Activity: “ warm up ” ICT environment: ” Words clouding http://www.manythings.org/hmf/hm-subjects.html http://www.eslgamesworld.com/members/games/ClassroomGames/SpinOff/School Warm up activity: Hangman game.( school subjects ) . Dividing students into three groups .Students guess the letters that are in the words. If they make 4 wrong guesses, they will lose. The words are about the school subjects. http://www.manythings.org/hmf/hm-subjects.html *Alternative : the classroom spin wheel. Dividing students into three groups. Each group chooses a topic of four and answer the question about it. The topics are: school subjects \ school rooms\ school supplies and school actions. The group that answers the largest number of questions correctly is the winner. http://www.eslgamesworld.com/members/games/ClassroomGames/SpinOff/School,%20Classrooms,%20Subjects%20&%20more/play.html Wp2- T1.3.-“English_ Learning Activity Template _M. Fragkaki

9. Learning Activities Templates for “English” Activity: “ what do you know about education in Palestine? ” ICT environment: Google\ Wikipedia The students work in three groups. Each group has homework to collect information about the following topics about the educational system in Palestine in 2000 & 2014. Group1: number of students \ # schools \ educational system in India. Group 2: number of teachers & illiterates educational system in America Group 3: number of graduates & Internet users \ educational system in Britain Then, the students bring the information to the classroom. Each group discusses their information. • Students work in groups and discuss the reasons that make education comes first . Students write down their own opinions and suggestions .Then, the groups exchange their ideas . A student from each group visits the other groups and discuss her group’s point of view with them. Wp2- T1.3.-“English_ Learning Activity Template _M. Fragkaki

10. Learning Activities Templates for “English” Activity: “ Magic box ” ICT environment : Wordle Wp2- T1.3.-"Structure of Learning Activity, M. Fragkaki • students make their own clouds of words (related to school) using wordle. Then each student writes her best word on a piece of paper and put it in the magic box that the students made. Next, a student from each group picks a paper and helps the others to guess it by telling them the first letter or its type of speech or acting it, then they give information about it http://clipflair.net/overview

11. Learning Activities Templates for “English” Activity: “changing information from linear into non-linear . Excel (charts )- PowerPoint- game (Monopoly) • Students work in groups of three to organize their information ( statistics )about numbers of learners, schools, illiterates, Internet users, teachers and graduates in charts • Then they convert the linear information of the charts into non-linear in paragraphs (using simple past and simple present) on their classmate laptops using PowerPoint prg and give presentations. • wrap up : Monopoly : students pick a number using the dice and talk about the topic that it has this number. Wp2- T1.3.-“English_ Learning Activity Template _M. Fragkaki

12. Learning Activities Templates for “Science” Activity: “ Palestine between developed and developing countries educationally. ICT environment: Google\ Wikipedia \ excel(charts)\ PowerPoint compare the Palestinian education with the education in India and America Sts collect information about the educational system in America and India. Then, they upload the information on their group “ 21st C skills “ to share ideas and avoid repetition. Then they prepare presentation about each educational system on PowerPoint Students work in groups to comment on the presentations and discuss critically the educational condition in Palestine. Then they are asked to find solutions to the discussed problems . Wp2- T1.3.-“Learning Activity Template Science _, M. Fragkaki

13. Learning Activities Templates for “English” Activity 3: “let's interact and create?” ICT environments “Microsoft word, youtube ” Students show youtube videos about schools , students, teaching and education conditions in the West Bank and Gaza. Then the students work in two groups ( West Bank students and Gaza students) and write letters to the Minister of Education to convey their problems and need in education . Then they are asked to write their final draft of the letters on word document and print them out and read them during the morning program, Wp2- T1.3.-“English_ Learning Activity Template _M. Fragkaki

14. Conclusions: • Students get self-confidence and strong characters to deliver presentations in front of their classmates and teachers. • Minimizing the teacher’s talking time and maximizing the students’ talking time. • Students w0rk cooperatively in teams. • Students start using ICT tools in the classroom. • Students get long life learning by collecting information by themselves and exchanging information with other classmates in groups. • Students’ participation getting better ; 99% of the students participate in most of the activities . • Propositions. • Getting training on some programs such as Clip Flair. • Cooperating and Exchanging activities with other teachers to perform them at schools. • Preparing evaluation sheet to evaluate students work in groups . • Getting a special place to show the students’ work and production . • Promoting the individual work in groups. • Having Internet connection at my school • Reconstructions on students thoughts: students were able to gather information from the Internet and convey it into charts. • Students were able to be creative ( writing letters to the Minister of Education and making a report about education in Palestine using moviemaker) Reflection- Evaluation Teachers Reflection on students knowledge 21st c skills Wp2- T1.3.-“English_ Learning Activity Template _M. Fragkaki

15. Student reactions and actions during activities: • Students get self-confidence to sit in groups without being asked to do so. • Students get upset to have a class without ICT tools , team-work or asking them go on the Internet to find information about a specific topic or entering the classroom without markers and A3 papers . • Consideration of spontaneous verbal reactions of students and discussions among students: • At the beginning of applying the activities, students were noisy, unorganized ,and they don’t show full respect to each other. • Then the Students start w0rking cooperatively in teams. They communicate at the classroom in the groups and at homes on Facebook to discuss and share ideas. • Students started to have good ideas, excellent, fluent English during the brain storming and discussion activities . Reflection- Evaluation Students Reflection on teaching/learning Process Wp2- T1.3.-“English_ Learning Activity Template _M. Fragkaki

16. Presentation of students work Pictures from the teaching process, worksheets, ICT students activities etc Wp2- T1.3.-“English_ Learning Activity Template _M. Fragkaki

17. Presentation of students work Pictures from the teaching process, worksheets, ICT students activities etc Wp2- T1.3.-“English_ Learning Activity Template _M. Fragkaki

18. Presentation of students work Pictures from the teaching process, worksheets, ICT students activities etc Wp2- T1.3.-“English_ Learning Activity Template _M. Fragkaki