Children of the Poor

Learning task 2: Building on identified strengths

Dimension of effective literacy practice

Learning task

What to notice

Knowledge of the learner encompasses knowing about the pathway of progress for each child and about the patterns of progress for literacy learners in general at different points in their development. The effective gathering, analysing, and using of knowledge about the learner is informed by the teacher’s knowledge of literacy learning as well as by the teacher’s expectations.

Show the class the video presentation of Excerpt 1 and ask them to identify key points of difference between their first presentation and that in the video.

Teaching and learning purposes

To explain the choice of the two-act play, Children of the Poor by Mervyn Thompson in terms of its themes and to clarify the learning expectations for students so that they can

identify their own strengths and needs in relation to creating a presentation for the class
construct and deliver in a group a presentation that convinces or challenges an audience

What are the common strengths and learning needs among your students?

Instructional strategies are the tools of effective practice. They are the deliberate acts of teaching that focus learning in order to meet a particular purpose. The teacher’s use of instructional strategies is informed by their knowledge of the learner and of literacy learning.

develop and support detailed idea(s), that will show insight and/or originality
integrate a range of appropriate presentation techniques for a specific audience and purpose.

Teaching and learning

Key competency: Managing self

Share and discuss the criteria that students need to meet to achieve the relevant standard.

Engaging learners with texts means placing the use and creation of texts at the heart of literacy learning. Effective practice involves using and creating rich texts. These relate to children’s interests, draw on and affirm their social and cultural identities, use authentic language, and motivate and challenge them as learners.

Use the information gained from the analysis of the students’ initial presentation to explain to the students what you have noticed they can do and what you have noticed that they need to improve on to meet the criteria. This can be done with the whole class by identifying common strengths and needs across the class or in more depth with groups of students who have demonstrated similar strengths and needs.

In pairs, the students discuss what the expectations are and what their personal learning focus will be, justifying their decision with reasons and evidence.

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Children of the Poor

Learning task 2: Building on identified strengths

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