TSL: Example lesson plan Year 9: Interviewing
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The National Strategies ⏐ Secondary Teaching speaking and listening: Example lesson plan Year 9: Interviewing
Example lesson plan Year 9: Interviewing Year: 9 Term: 1 SOW: Speaking and listening Lesson number(s): 2 Title: Interviewing and the grammar of talk
Objectives: Speaking and listening S&L 1 Reflect on pupils’ abilities as speakers S&L 3 Develop interview techniques
Assessment focus/objective Identify varieties and uses of spoken language, comment on their meaning and impact and draw on these in talking to others
Resources •
DVD excerpts – BT resources;
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Teaching assistant or another teacher;
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PowerPoint – The Grammar of Talk presentation (QCDA) – recap (whole class).
Lesson sequence Starter •
Recap presentation mnemonic from The Grammar of Talk (QCDA)
Introduction 1. Model a bad interview (with teacher/teaching assistant). 2. Class says what’s bad. Write this on the whiteboard. 3. Watch BT Interview (Ruby – the good version, having already watched the bad version during the previous lesson – as well as Elliot’s good and bad versions). Discuss good/bad techniques – add to the table on the whiteboard.
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The National Strategies ⏐ Secondary Teaching speaking and listening: Example lesson plan Year 9: Interviewing
Development 4. Five minutes’ preparation time filling in the worksheet (with prompts). 5. Panel of six interviewers given different roles (Head of English, Pastoral person, Assistant Head, governor, etc.). 6. Interview a teacher or visitor. 7. Panel discussion of suitability of candidate. 8. Feedback from the outer circle (peer assessment: AfL). Provide cards: focus on the grammar of speech.
Plenary Class discussion – What did we learn from speaking and listening activities today? •
Modelling?
•
Peer assessment?
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The National Strategies ⏐ Secondary Teaching speaking and listening: Example lesson plan Year 9: Interviewing
Example lesson plan Year 9: Interviewing Year: 9 Term: 1 SOW: Speaking and listening Lesson number(s): 2 Title: Interviewing and the grammar of talk
Objectives: Speaking and listening S&L 1 Reflect on pupils’ abilities as speakers S&L 3 Develop interview techniques
Assessment focus/objective Identify varieties and uses of spoken language, comment on their meaning and impact and draw on these in talking to others
Resources •
DVD excerpts – BT resources;
•
Teaching assistant or another teacher;
•
PowerPoint – The Grammar of Talk presentation (QCDA) – recap (whole class).
Lesson sequence Starter •
Recap presentation mnemonic from The Grammar of Talk (QCDA)
Introduction 1. Model a bad interview (with teacher/teaching assistant). 2. Class says what’s bad. Write this on the whiteboard. 3. Watch BT Interview (Ruby – the good version, having already watched the bad version during the previous lesson – as well as Elliot’s good and bad versions). Discuss good/bad techniques – add to the table on the whiteboard.
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The National Strategies ⏐ Secondary Teaching speaking and listening: Example lesson plan Year 9: Interviewing
Development 4. Five minutes’ preparation time filling in the worksheet (with prompts). 5. Panel of six interviewers given different roles (Head of English, Pastoral person, Assistant Head, governor, etc.). 6. Interview a teacher or visitor. 7. Panel discussion of suitability of candidate. 8. Feedback from the outer circle (peer assessment: AfL). Provide cards: focus on the grammar of speech.
Plenary Class discussion – What did we learn from speaking and listening activities today? •
Modelling?
•
Peer assessment?
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