I have not had the opportunity to observe that many Literature lessons in St Andrew's, only the ones taught my CTs, Sec 2s who are reading Animal Farm, and Sec 5s who are at the moment revising The Chrysalids. For the Sec 5's revision, there is no standard teaching method; the teacher chooses what to teach and how to teach it depending on the learning gaps identified from the previous lesson. The various revision methods include lectures, essay practice, mind mapping and class discussion. For the Sec 2s, there is a scheme of work that dictates that one chapter and a corresponding theme or literary technique is to be covered every three weeks, but this is not followed. The students in my CT's classes have been treated to a line-by-line approach, but I am aware that teachers in other classes, especially those teaching the lower end classes that do not read their books, have given their students re-enactments, jigsaws and poster decorating activities to complete, to force them “read” the text.
" there is a scheme of work that dictates that one chapter and a corresponding theme or literary technique is to be covered every three weeks, but this is not followed." - then who decides what is being taught?
ReplyDeleteThe timeline for the SOW is not followed; my CT leaves it up to me to decide when to teach the next chapter of the book, and when to focus on unseen passages instead. As for the content of the lessons, as long as I include in my lesson what is stated in the SOW as the main focus of the chapter (eg. Chapter 2: foreshadowing, Chapter 3: leadership), anything goes. Beyond the stated main focus of each chapter, the SOW is not very specific, so I have just been adding in stuff, like teaching other literary devices in the chapter. This is only the case for the Sec 2 express SOW, however. From what I understand, at other levels, the SOW is much more detailed.
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