Initial Week of Being an Associate Teacher. Homework task 1.

During my initial week at my first placement i had the fortune of observing a very insightful English lesson with a year seven set three class. This class was very 'middle of the road' in ability, and their average level was 4/5. Their task was to read a set text and 1) develop dramatic techniques to explore a text whilst in role, 2) to answer questions whilst drawing on relevant evidence from the text and 3) to distinguish between the view of the writer and those expressed by characters in the text. I thought that this lesson was particularly useful when trying to attain and improve levels in the key stage three curriculum for reading. The second learning objective is key in progressing upwards of level five, and this was the main focus of the lesson. The children had to read a chapter of the book, then answer questions written by others as if they were particular characters. This reinforced their knowledge of the book and it helped to give the teacher an understanding of where they were with their reading levels. This was mainly shown through the level five sub-section as many of the children were able to 'select sentences, phrases and relevant information to support their views'. By doing so they were able to understand certain ideas and tropes within the text, therefore working to increase the level that they are reading at.