Salimatu

The length of lessons varies depending on the types of work being studied: - Poetry (annotating and analysing a poem)- 40 minutes - Planning an academic essay- 30-40 minutes - Comparative literature and analysis (comparing two literary works and writing an analysis based on a guiding question)- 1 hour - Single analysis of an unseen work (Usually in IB Paper 1 English language and literature)- 1hr My technique uses elements of active learning strategies specifically prompting and problem-based learning. So, lessons would often begin with a discussion whereby I introduce the topic and ask students what they know so far, and how they would approach particular exam or coursework-style questions then I would go through the work with the specification of any required exam boards whilst entertaining student inputs. Finally, the students will have a "practice session" to apply the skills (analysing, annotating etc) on their own then together we will review their attempts. This is for constructing an analysis of any written work. In understanding the CONTENT for example of a poem, I will use song lyrics students are familiar with as a comparison with the poem so they have better retention of the key aspects of the topic. This is something the IB even requires and for non-IB students, it would also be beneficial. For example, it would help the students better retain the information of exploring social issues in literature if they discovered it in songs they listen to.