Effective Teaching Procedures

1. You are going to take part in an actual lesson I did with one of my English classes. This lesson was to prepare students for a piece of creative writing. Effective Teaching Procedures

2. Add an adjective or adverb to each of these verbs and nouns. student walk table worked England shout 3 minutes

3. How do I make creative writing interesting? What I’m Looking For, is for you to... Explore the effect of adjectives and adverbs Identify adjectives and adverbs Create a piece of descriptive writing

4. Identify the adjectives and adverbs “Harry Potter was a highly unusual boy in many ways. For one thing, he hated summerholidays morethan any other time of year. For another, he really wanted to do his homework but was forced to do it in secret, in the dead of night. And he also happened to be a wizard.” 5 minutes How do I make creative writing interesting?

5. Explore the effect of adjectives and adverbs Discuss with your partner how J.K. Rowling has used adjectives and adverbs. Consider the following questions: What extra information do they give the reader? How do they encourage the reader to keep reading? What impact do they have on the sentence and paragraph? 5 minutes How do I make creative writing interesting?

6. Create a piece of descriptive writing Choose one section from Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone. Re-write it substituting the adjectives and adverbs for others of your choice. There is only one rule: You cannot change the meaning of the paragraph. 10 minutes How do I make creative writing interesting?

7. Peer assessment 5 minutes How do I make creative writing interesting?

8. Reflect on teaching procedures Write a description of the lesson Which procedures were used? How do these support reading and writing? How could you use them? What have you learned about lesson structures? 15 minutes Effective Teaching Procedures

9. For tomorrow: Think about the procedures from today and be ready to design some for your scheme of work. Effective Teacher Assessment