In the first module we have been asked to analyze our enviromnet through a SWOT chart ans also start planning the lesson we want to develop.
Here I share my SWOT:
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· My students have personalized curricula so we do not have to stick to the official curricula. · I teach more than one subject (Maths, Science and English) so it is easier to introduce CLIL as I do not need to coordinate with other teachers. · I spend many hours with my students (10 each week) so we have a lot of time to work together.
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· My students’ communicative competence in English is very poor. · My students have learning difficulties so all the learning processes with them take long time. · My students may feel that we are working in a different way tan their schoolmates, and refuse to do different things.
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| OPPORTUNITIES | THREATS |
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· We have a blog which can be a great tool to publish what we learn. · In the school we also have a kitchen where we can learn at the same time that we cook. · Soon we will receive new computers, which can help in the students learning process.
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· Other teachers may not understand why we are teaching in English when students are not competent in their native tongue. · Some teachers may ask me to work too many contents with my students, and if we learn in English we will not have time. · It will not be possible to work at home as my students do not have the habit and their parents do not help with the school assignments. |
And I also share my Unit Plan:
SUBJECT: Maths and English
TITLE: We cook
YEAR: 2016
Step 1: The driving question.
Let’s write down your driving question and why you think this is important.
Which are the basic mathematical skills needed in the kitchen? Which other competences are needed?
Students will have recipes and they will have to understand them, transform the quantities into the number of people we are, decide which ingredient will bring each one.
Step 2: The preview of the whole unit
Preview the whole unit. Take a look at the title, headings, and captions to obtain 15-20 basic vocabulary that must be internalized by my pupils at the end of the unit.
Vocabulary about ingredients: water, oil, flour, ham, tuna, cheese, grammes
Vocabulary about tools: spoon, bowl, cloth, rolling pin, recipient
Vocabulary about procedure: mix, pour, roll up
Grammar: Have got
Step 3: The easiest and hardest section of your unit.
The easiest part for my students will be the practical part in the kitchen. The hardest part will be to learn the vocabulary to solve the problem of transforming the quantity or to understand the steps included in the recipe.
Step 4: Law aspects.
The LOMCE defines 7 competences: (let’s define some aspects of each competences)
• Linguistic competence.
• Mathematical competence and basic competences in science and technology.
• Digital competence.
• Learning to learn.
• Social and civic competences.
• Initiative and entrepreneurship.
• Cultural awareness and expression.
I will include these LOMCE standards in my unit plan: (try to find it into your Autonomous Community curriculum)
Mathematical competence: Problem solving, Proportionality (transform the quantities of the recipe), Measure (measuring the grams of each ingredient)
Linguistic competence: Acquire the English vocabulary before mentioned (orally and written), know the text typology of the recipe.
Initiative and entrepreneurship: Students will have to take the initiative when we are in the kitchen.
Step 5: Content
• Which interdisciplinary subjects could be connected to in this unit? Why and how?
Maths (measure and proportionality), Languages (recipe typology), English (Vocabulary and grammar before mentioned)
Steps 6: Soft Skills.
• I will include these soft skills in my unit plan:
o Sharing their belongings
o Team work
o Be responsible of something I have to bring from home (my students do nothing at home)
o Planning and organizing
My thoughts on this lesson:
This lesson made me think about the importance of planning before acting. If you take some time to preview the content, analize wich are the difficulties that can appear and wich opportunities can benefit you, it will be more likely that you take more benefit from the context and your students characteristics.
It is also important to know exactly which are your goals for your students, why is it important thi reach those goals and then the lesson is more easily planed. I like to have a plan on the contents I will work but learning is a flexible process and somenteimes we can learn other things that were not in the inicial plan. When this happen it is wonderful!
One thing I miss from the six seteps plan is the assesment of the students competences after doing the unit. It is important that students and the teacher can review together at the end of the unit what they have learned.