Micro-teaching 2

MICRO-TEACHING 2: ASSESSING STUDENTS ON THEIR ABILITY TO USE COOK ISLANDS MAORI TO BRING AN ENGLISH-MEDIUM TEXT TO LIFE IN THE CLASSROOM.

LEVEL; Year 5&6

SUBJECT; English

TOPIC; Story boarding

LEARNING OUTCOME; By the end of this lesson the students will be able to write a story in Maori using cut-out pictures from magazines.

INTRODUCTION TO LESSON;

1. Expose students to a variety of pictures

2. Pick three pictures

3. Order pictures to tell a story

4. Students to work in pairs and help each other list words to help write a story

5. Group students according to their writing ability levels

6. Indicate number of sentences to cater their abilities and at the same time, gradually build on what they can write

Example

1. Anna is eating an apple under the tree

2. Anna is eating a green apple under the apple tree….

The whole purpose of the exercise to build vocabulary, use specific nouns…

ASSESSMENT;

Students glue pictures with their story under each pictures. They share their story to everyone in class.