Summary of teaching (30/03 & 31/03)

Grade 9

30/03- (1) Continue Relative Pronoun and reading, vocabulary and meanings. Students learn how to answer exam type questions

(2). Letter writing activity (formal) –Discussion and practice.

Grade 8

30/03

Students do research about Nobel Prize winners and answer structured and compare/ contrast questions while doing research. Copy pasting is not allowed in this project.

31/03-(Grade 8)

1. Reading and group work activity from English in mind 4 (workbook) to check students’ knowledge on English and grammar
2. Group work ( creating a story script and summary from a given plot).

Objective: Students learn to write a story with dialogues for drama preparation.

31/03 –

Grade 9

Watch a movie ‘Something the Lord Made’.

Objective: Students learn how to answer critical thinking questions related to the movie.

Interdisciplinary unit with Science.

Lesson summary

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GKJ Field Trip (21/03/2009)

Topic: English field trip.

On the 21st. of March, 2009, secondary students from grade 7 till 9 were taken for a field study on the literary elements of Drama. The core objective of this study was to create a cultural awareness for non native as well as native students of English... Here students will view artwork, write descriptions, have class discussions, create posters, create paintings, create sketches, create collages, write journal entries, write stories, compile results, and display their work and in the end create a drama for school show.

Concepts/Objectives of the field study:

• Students will identify the elements of drama.
• Students will explore how characters express feelings.
• Students will compare and contrast two dramatic performances using some of the elements of drama.

Resources Used:
Found On: Drama Performances.
Gedung Kesenian Jakarta

Topic:

‘Bawang Merah & Bawang Putih’

Lesson Plan:

Comparing Literary Elements of Drama

Students watch two dramatic performances and compare character development, plot development, conflict, and resolution in the two pieces.

• Length: 90 minutes

Concepts/Objectives:

• Students will identify the elements of drama.
• Students will explore how characters express feelings.
• Students will compare and contrast two dramatic performances using some of the elements of drama.

*Key words and phrases:

Discovery, empathy, Sympathy, falling action, language, motivation, plot, rising action, suspense, theme, turning point, frustration, protagonist , antagonist , exposition, resolution, playwright, props.

Open Response Assessment

*Prompt: Teaching the elements of drama to a group of 7^th, 8th & 9th graders

Performance Assessment

(7/ 8/9)Performance Event: You need to look for the elements of drama.

Directions: Using appropriate vocabulary, write about the play in terms of the elements of drama: rising action, falling action, character, climax, turning point, theme, language, empathy, and discovery (400 words)

Performance Scoring Guide

4(80-100)	3(60-80)	2(40-60)	1 (20-40)	0
Student completes assignment, exhibiting extensive understanding of the elements of drama and extensive critical thinking skills. Student effectively uses many supporting details and examples.	Student completes assignment, exhibiting broad understanding of the elements of drama and broad critical thinking skills. Student effectively uses some supporting details and examples.	Student completes most aspects of assignment, exhibiting basic understanding of the elements of drama and some critical thinking skills. Student effectively uses a few supporting details and examples.	Student attempts to complete assignment, but exhibits minimal understanding of the elements of drama and little or no use of critical thinking skills. Student uses few or no supporting details and examples.	No answer or irrelevant answer.

Summary of today's class assignment (Grade-9)

In today's English class (23/03/09) we discussed about subject verb agreement:

This section largely focuses on the areas which are often troublesome to non-native speakers of English, especially Indonesian students. Initially we discussed about subject-verb agreement (please see my attachment) and pronouns.

Our next lesson in English will discuss about words like 'Ink, Milk, gold and wisdom (Uncountable Nouns) because they cannot be counted and also short phrases like ; a piece of/ a bottle, a piece of advice, a bar of soap, a bottle of milk, etc., for understanding about countable nouns.

It is also important that the students understand how to use determiners like a/an, some, much, etc with the right kind of countable & uncountable nouns.

My fervent hope is that our beloved students will be able to speak and write in English better.

Peter H Keswani.