ACTION PLANMrs. Haleema UbaidDACW Phase VIIIBotany XI-YearTopic- Life- Cycle of Pinus- A Gymnosperm

Long-term Goal Adopt 21st century teaching to enhance students’

interest in the topic & the subject.

Short-term Goals

Change my questioning strategies with students to promote critical thinking

Focus on encouraging students instead of praising

Encourage collaboration among students

Help students understand that they can use each other as

Instructional Strategies & Tasks I will provide more

opportunities for the students to answer questions that require higher order thinking

I will provide students with time for group dicussion

I will ask questions that require students to explain how they came to an answer

I will allow students to gather in randomly assigned groups or pairs to discuss how to give the best & the most precise answer to the questions.

Solutions to Anticipated Challenges

I do not own a PC.

Parents may not understand my method.

Some students may not want to work in a group together.

I will ask my Principal to provide at least one computer in each department.

I will use my new MS Word skills to inform parents about my teaching strategies.

I will make random groups of students to work together.

Challenges Solutions

Timeline-Spermopsida

09 minOrigin & Evolution , Differences between Bryophytes & Tracheophytes & About Bryophytes

06 minClassification of Tracheophytes , Spermopsida , Gymnosperms & Angiosperms ,

15 minLife-Cycle of Pinus- A Gymnosperms, Sporophyte & its morphology, Types of Cones, Staminate Cones & Male Gametophyte.

Resources

Other teachers who teach the same grade & my subject.

Internet

Reference Books

Intel Teach Program Getting started course manual