Tai Po Old Market Public School (Plover Cove)

1. Tai Po Old Market Public School (Plover Cove)

2. Using readers as the organizing focus for curriculum planning 04.12.2004

3. New Welcome to English Bk 4A 2003-04 Module 1 : Me and my friendsreaders Unit 1 Getting to know you *N-O Spells NO! Unit 2 Good manners Unit 3 Getting fitter (Students write about their Katie, give advice to her and compare themselves with her. Students find out about their family and friends and make comparisons.) Curriculum planning & organization --- thematic modules for integrated work Module 2 : Me and my family Unit 4 Record holders *This is my family Unit 5 About my family *Berenstain Bear & too much pressure Unit 6 Every day Unit 7 Lazy Lizzie (Students complete a project on ‘This is my family’. Students do a radio play for a scene in ‘Berenstain Bear’) ‘Reading to learn’ culture & rich learning experiences --- +language arts materials Module 3: Food and drink Unit 8 Shopping for food Unit 9 Cooking class (This is for self-study as students are very familiar with the module. Students make a dictionary on food.)

4. Module: Me and my family Unit 5: ‘About my family’ Focus: using adverbs of frequency, comparatives & superlatives to describe family members

5. Expected product: Modeled writing from workbook R & W My father (a given piece of writing for students to model on) How do we mark this piece of work? What are we looking for?

6. My mother I think my mother is the kindest person in my family. She always helps people. She usually helps with my homework too. (Student A) My sister I think my sister is the most helpful person in the family. She always helps people. She often helps me do my homework too. (Student B) Students’ work---the best … Expected product Modeled writing - Most words and ideas from the given lists - Standard length and content

7. My mother I think my mother is the most hard-working person in the family. She always does the housework. She usually cooks the dinner to for us too. (Student C) My brother I think my brother is the funniest person in the family. He always plays tricks. He often tells me funny jokes with me. (Student D) Students’ work---the not so good ones with more mistakes … Expected product Modeled writing How big is the difference? What can we expect?

8. This is my family by GINA and MERCER MAYER Golden Books Publishng Company, Inc. Evidence of learning attitude, writing style, content, feelings, presentation, skills language …… This is my family By GINA & MERCER MAYER

9. Follow-up task book • develop reading & writing skills, vocabulary repertoire and application of language learnt • develop positive attitudes & values &appreciation for story

10. Reflection on learning-teaching use of various strategies: task-book reading aloud dictation sharing oral presentation…… support sharing consolidation

11. Summary of vocabulary used & ideas expressed Open-ended tasks diversities: language, skills & attitudes Not to mention the project … This is my family Lots ofadjectivesdescribing people: active, warm, fun, funny, special, cute, naughty, busy, tired, happy, cheerful, sad, miserable, angry, lucky, lazy, polite, lovely, troublesome, noisy, boring, nice, clever, smart, dynamic, hard-working, careless, careful, silent, neat, greedy, depressing, tired, sleepy, angry, rude, curious, stupid, naïve, kind, loving, caring, friendly, helpful, afraid, hardhearted, scared, tricky, serious, stubborn, simple, unreliable, has responsibility, awkward, fierce, lonely, pretty, good-looking, beautiful, handsome, ugly, disapproving, exhausted, interested, problem, strange, shy, dirty, different, good, fat, thin, strong, weak, young, old, Biggest likes: family, baby, sister, toys, pets, doing homework, be a good critter Biggest dislikes:sister hurts my toys, baby cries, help dad do housework, housework, cat Father’s job:officer, office worker, manager, clerk, computer operator, boss, owner of factory, writer, typewriter (typist), the story no speak What I love her (mother) most:take care of us, sit up with me when I’m sick, make me feel better when I hurt myself, her personality, tolerant, make us cakes Sister’s job: student, go to school, no job Assessment for learning: teachers’ feedback

12. Students’ project on ‘My family’ The best work from the same student in the first piece of modeled writing

13. What evidence of learning can we gather from our students’ projects? How do students perform in general?

14. Differences between students’ work in modeled writing and project on ‘My family’ • length, attitude • content, feelings, style • language use (patterns, vocabulary …..) • skills Factors leading to the differences • design of worksheet/task • requirements of conventional worksheet vs project work • input & support

15. Do we assess and analyse students’ projects in a different way? How and why?

16. Very positive attitude taken from Critter

17. Attitude/ values towards family (copying + enrichment) Strong personal feelings

18. Writing style Strong personal feelings with a sense of humour

19. Authentic / purposeful use of target language : ‘always, sometimes, never’

25. What evidence of learning can we find from weaker students’ work? How do we interpret their learning?

26. Projects from weaker students Simpler sentences and ideas …..

27. Use of isolated sentences

28. Use of mind-map and fact file

29. Use of mind-map and fact file

30. Feedback on student learning

31. Catering for learner diversity & promoting learner independence ‘variation in style and presentation’

32. Tai Po Old Market Public School (Plover Cove) Assessment Form for English Projects

33. Impact of reader

34. Strong personal touch

35. Impact of reader

36. Reflection on curriculum planning the use of readers the beauty of integration from reading to writing