Fung Kai No.2 Primary School

Gifted Program Sharing:Writing A Play

FUNG KAI NO.2 PRIMARY SCHOOL

Aims:

- To give students the opportunities to use English more creatively.

- To be more confident in expressing in English

- To be more confident in sharing ideas in groups/ class

FUNG KAI NO.2 PRIMARY SCHOOL

Selection Process :

- Academic Result in English

- Observation by English teachers

- Pre-test

FUNG KAI NO.2 PRIMARY SCHOOL

Target groups :

Year 1

2004-2005

Year 2

2005-200624 18

P.4-6 P.4-6

12 12

11:00-12:00 11:00-12:00 (before Sch)

Levels:

Lessons:

Time:

Composition of groups:

FUNG KAI NO.2 PRIMARY SCHOOL

Process :- Read well-known fables to students & discuss their features.

- Read a fable & role-play in groups.

- Create a play script from a fable they read.

- Write their own plays in groups.

- Act the fables.

FUNG KAI NO.2 PRIMARY SCHOOL

Mode of teaching :

- Warm-up activities

- Book sharing

- New skills: e.g. Role-play, Adapting stories……

- Students work in groups/individually

C RO EN FF LE ER / CE TN IC O I NNG

FUNG KAI NO.2 PRIMARY SCHOOL

Evaluation

- Portfolio

- Conferencing - Post-test

- Questionnaire / Evaluation sheet

- Daily Performance & teachers’ observation

FUNG KAI NO.2 PRIMARY SCHOOL

Reflection on :Learning

- More confident in using English in and out of the classroom.

- Classroom writing improved (e.g using similes and extensive vocabulary)

FUNG KAI NO.2 PRIMARY SCHOOL

Reflection on :Learning

- Initiate conversation with teachers in English

- Willing to teach the others what they had learnt

FUNG KAI NO.2 PRIMARY SCHOOL

Reflection on :

Teaching

- More willing to teach without textbook

- Apply the strategies in daily teaching (e.g using Portfolio to assess their learning)

FUNG KAI NO.2 PRIMARY SCHOOL

• A change in teachers’ belief in curriculum design :

“In our programme/ lesson co-planning, we start off with considering the students’ needs and viewpoints rather than just deciding what students have to learn from the teachers’ past experience

and perspectives on learning.”

Reflection on : Teaching

FUNG KAI NO.2 PRIMARY SCHOOL

Performance of Plays :

- Charmy Kitty and Marie

- The Lion and the Cow