My goal:

During my teaching practice in semester 7 and 8, I would like to include art activities in my English classes. Art activities can be drawing or acting. Students will create posters at end of each unit as their unit project. In some lessons they will act out the characters of the story.  

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Competency area: 

• This goal meets two teaching competencies of HCT the first and the third competency. (Menichini, 2017).

• It is linked to CLO 1 (commitment to professionalism) sub-outcome 2 (teaching philosophy).  One of my beliefs in my teaching philosophy is that each child learn in a different way than his peers. Some students learn better when they draw what they are learning.

•  In addition, this goal related to CLO 3 (effective teaching strategies) sub-outcome 4 (using different effective resources). For this aim I will use different tools to accomplish it. For examples, different size of papers, stories or even masks for acting.

 

Rationale:

• I chose this goal because it is related to my philosophy which is to create an innovative and creative generation that expresses their learning in a creative way. Drawing will help students who cannot express their ideas in writing or papers. Drawing will make them less stress and able to explain what they think by drawing and coloring. Also, it improve their imagination especially younger kids.

• Including drawing in education is very important for students' progress. Including art may increase the students' performance, improve literacy skills and they notice that students who has art in their education are skilled in reading, writing and math. (10 silent studies, n.d.).

• Holding pen or cutting papers will develop the fine motor skills of younger students. Researchers found out that fine motor skills can develop the decoding abilities for children. (Suggate, Pufke & Stoeger, 2016).

• Acting a story will help students to develop their imagination and their critical thinking. When they will act the same event of the story they will imagine how the real response of the characters. For example, if the main character was angry the student will change his face expression to be angry and shout out. If students will come up with a different ending the critical part will be seen here because depend on the events they will make a new different one.

 

Implementation:

• First of all I will choose the lesson that they will make a play from it. Each 3 weeks we will have a play.

• Or the project topic that they will make a poster of it. It will be at the end of each lesson they will have a project.

• I will provide the materials they will need. (Papers colors, scissors, masks,…).

• I will explain the topic for them and give each one what his role.

• After they finish each group will present their work to the rest of the class.

 

Resources:

• Stories big or small.

• People (MST, MCT & peer).

• Students feedback (what they think of it).

• Learners book (for the project topic and learning objectives).

 

 

Evidences:

• Students' artifacts (posters).

• Students' feedback on goal 2. 

• Video of students acting or drawing.

 

 

 Evaluation:

• I achieved this goal in semester 8. I collected some evidences last semester and I completed collecting more this semester. I found out that students liked the idea of including drawing in their curriculum. They were very excited when I told them today we will draw and color even thought they were grade 7 they enjoy it. I noticed that some low students had the chance to express what they understand from the whole unit. Some of them were shy or afraid to participate in the class but when they draw they were explaining why they put this here and there. They were free to draw whatever they want related to the project topic but they didn't know that I was assessing their understanding of the lesson or the unit. So that they didn’t have any barriers or fear to do something wrong.(My philosophy). Last semester I included only drawing but this semester I included acting too. Last semester were short and the teacher want to finish the curriculum. This semester I came at the beginning of the year so I will have more chance to include drawing and acting. I applied one acting lesson for my grade 4 students this semester. They were very excited and enthusiastic to participate in the play. It helped them to understand the story or the lesson better because they act exactly like the character and express what the character feels (happy, angry, stress,…).