LONG TERM GOALS

1. ACTION PLANPOETRY XITOPIC: THE CHARACTER OF A HAPPY LIFEMUHAMMAD NAWAZLECTURER ENGLISH DADC

2. LONG TERM GOALS • Adopt 21st Century Teaching Approaches to develop students’ taste and interest for English poetry • To make students develop their sense of aesthetics, enrich their imaginative power and promote their softer feelings.

3. SHORT TERM GOALS • To familiarize students with Henry Wotton’s concept of a happy man • List out the character traits mentioned by the poet

4. INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES AND TASKS • I will facilitate students to understand and learn from English poetry in an enjoyable way. • I will make students’ pairs / groups to let them evaluate and explore the symbolic meaning of English poetry by giving directions and quoting some real life examples. • I will observe and monitor that what they have done and what kind of difficulties they are facing. • I will put up some questions from the work they have done.

5. Change in questioning strategies to promote critical and creative thinking among students. • Making questions from the answers given by the students. • Encouraging students instead of praising. • Focus on WHAT they answer, not HOW they answer. • Make students believe that they are critical and creative contestants in a classroom, not the cruel combatants in a battle field.

6. Solutions to Anticipated Challenges

7. I’ll successfully adopt 21st century Teaching Approaches in my class. Focus on encouragement rather than praise for students’ answers Work on pair and share or groups. Focus on creative cum collaborative feedback. Focus on questions about English poetry in general and the theme of the poem in particular. TIMELINE

8. Resources • Textbook • Other teachers of the same grade and subject • Internet downloaded material • Reference books • Computer (Ms-Office) • Intel Teach Program Getting Started Course manual.

9. Conclusion By implementing my newly acquired 21st century Teaching Approaches, students will strengthen their understanding of English poetry in general and the theme of the poem in particular, which will help them in the process of creative thinking and will help them to live a contended and happy life.