Questions Specific to John Taylor Flashcards
If you had more time, how would you introduce yourself?
Spend a bit longer elaborating on who I am
Do an “ice-breaker” activity - e.g. 2 truths and 1 lie!
Do you think that your learning objective was met? Why?
It was met
Breakout activities - e.g. summary questions - allowed pupils to meet tougher objectives
If you had more time to explore the context behind The Gruffalo, how would you do it?
Make my reading lesson an ICT lesson - get the pupils to make a poster about Donaldson and The Gruffalo
Make a quiz out of some multiple-choice questions, to keep the pupils engaged
If you could include one more breakout activity, what would you get the pupils to do?
I would get the pupils to write one or two sentences, to describe the forest and its atmosphere
Do you think any of your breakout activities could have been improved?
When discussing vocab for “terrible”, I think I should have made it more interactive and got the pupils to show me another word for terrible on their whiteboards
How could you make the lesson cross-curricular?
Writing - get the pupils to do a diary entry for one of the characters
Geography - teach the pupils about the importance of forests to biodiversity and the environment
If you had more time, what else would you have like to have done in the lesson?
Get the pupils to write a newspaper article about the rumours surrounding The Gruffalo
How did your lesson link to the KS1 English National Curriculum?
Reading contained words with common suffixes (e.g. -ible in terrible)
Most words read be pupils were done so accurately, and when frequently encountered
Meanings of words were explored via breakout activities (e.g. synonyms for terrible)
What are the 5 features of ‘effective teaching’?
Providing overviews of objectives
Outlining content to be covered
Signalling transitions between different lesson parts
Calling attention to main ideas
Reviewing main ideas
Expand on the quote by MUH-LAA-LUH YOO-SUHF-ZAI (Malala Yousafzai): “One child, one teacher, one book and one pen can change the world”. DO NOT just say it is “more than to do with classrooms”.
The relationships forged between a teacher and a child are just as consequential as those forged between parents and children - children can be inspired and emulate their teachers, and vice versa
Textbooks are not only what change the world, any book can inspire a pupil and change their perspective on the world. Jordan Peterson has likened books to the building blocks of our identity
Pens aren’t just an instrument to get through school with, writing is what really constructs every part of the world. It was the enslaved Frederick Douglass who originally concluded that reading and writing were synonymous with, and unlocked, true freedom and prosperity
Give 3 ways that your mini-lesson links in with ideas on ‘effective teaching’?
Clarity of presentation - structure, PowerPoint design;
Effective questioning;
Focus on a particular skill (in line with best practice) - reading
