The Situation You want your students to make connections between their reading and viewing to other media that have experienced. The Solution Making Connections is the process of making connections between personal contexts/experiences, similar text and worldly events and issues in society. Making connections is a type of reading strategy that students need to learn. … Continue reading Making Connections Between Texts, Self and The World
Month: April 2020
Visualising: Challenging Your Students to Visualise the Character’s Experience
The Situation You want you students your students to understand that writers are persuading their readers to think and 'see' in a particular way. The Solution Every time you read a word, your brain is interpreting the meaning and developing an understanding. Every word is part of a bigger puzzle that your brain is trying … Continue reading Visualising: Challenging Your Students to Visualise the Character’s Experience
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Pathway to Higher Order Thinking
Bloom's Taxonomy should be your lifeline in teaching. It outlines low-level thinking to high-level thinking skills: Knowledge Comprehension Application Analysis Synthesis Evaluation http://valuediversity-teacher.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/blooms.png When construct a lesson sequence, you should always consider the order of thinking. Do you want your students to memorise facts, analyse data, compare different theories, or evaluate a criteria against a … Continue reading Bloom’s Taxonomy: Pathway to Higher Order Thinking
Inferring: Encouraging Students to develop an Interpretation
The Situation You want your students to develop opinions about characters, conflict and setting. The Solution Inferring is the process of concluding from evidence. When we read a story, we infer meaning from the the ideas conveyed through character and conflict. Checkout this video for additional explanations. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZE4jOLDLdOQ There are a number of ways to … Continue reading Inferring: Encouraging Students to develop an Interpretation
Lesson Design
AITLS STANDARDS: 3.1 - Establish challenging learning goals Set explicit, challenging and achievable learning goals for all students. AITLS STANDARDS: 3.2 - Plan, structure and sequence learning programs Plan and implement well-structured learning and teaching programs or lesson sequences that engage students and promote learning. The Situation You are finding it difficult to structure your … Continue reading Lesson Design
The English Classroom 
