Activity Based Learning

English Class I and II

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 What NCF 2005 says…1

• English does not stand alone. It

needs to find its place along with
other Indian languages –

an across –the – curriculum approach

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 What NCF 2005 says…2

• English can occur in tandem with

the first language for learning
activities

Reading is a transferable skill

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 What NCF 2005 says…3

• Language is best acquired through

different meaning-making contexts

All language is in a sense, language teaching

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 What NCF 2005 says…4

• a comprehensible input-rich curriculum

that lays the foundation for spontaneous
language growth

The classroom needs to be an inclusive space,

sensitive to individual learning styles.

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 What NCF 2005 says…5
• Language evaluation need not be tied
to “achievement” with respect to
particular syllabi

must be reoriented to the

measurement of language proficiency.

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 What was done…
• Analysis of Teacher Feedback over 30 Districts
• Fixing of a time frame/ladder for English
• Streamlining Evaluation for a Skill-based
curriculum
• Textbook analysis to
– Correlate and fix competencies in the cards
– Link the themes to the milestones in the
ladder
– Evolve the word list for the respective years
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Other criteria for word selection

a. English words that could already be part

of the vernacular – like bus, station,
market, cycle, shop, repair, phone,
school, chair, table, balloon, watch,
beach, etc., and
b. English words that are a part of the
child‟s day-to-day environment and
experience, like mother, father, sister,
brother, door, cow, cat, banana, house,
mango, etc.,
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Word selection on the basis of…

• Familiarity
• Themes
• Word patterns
• Functional use
• Sight words
• Action words

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Feedback given – and taken: A sample

• Motorcycle: All difficult words removed

• Tractor: Unfamiliar words not given
• Joiners not introduced in Class 1
• Train:
• Pictures given clearly;
• No. of Questions reduced
• Road Roller: More cards given for Reading Competency
• Evaluation Cards streamlined and reduced
• Auto: Patterns simplified and changed
• Whole Group activities shifted to Rainbow and Circle Time

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 The Time Frame

Rainbow Rainbow Period 1 Period 2 Circle Time Circle Time

I & II III & IV I & II III & IV
English English English

English English English

This means English has 2 periods a week – one in the

Morning, and one in the evening. So the subject will have
One Rainbow session, and one Circle Time session

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What the Side Ladder Contains
• Rhymes
• Formal Conversations and Grammar activities
• Language – related games
Stories
• Craft
• Puppetry
• Role Play
• Riddles
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 Logos – Minimal Changes
Pic LOGO Definition + Change
C G
Pencil Line drawings for children to copy and colour I, II 1,5
Pot; Crushing and Folding paper; Stencil patterns are I 1
Custard given in the card for teachers to make
Apple
Kit Box No change I 1

Logo Rail No change I 1

Lorry Same definition - Handwriting I, II 3

{Direction for writing]
Bus Same definition - Small letters for Class 1 I, II 5
Capital letters for Class 2
Helicopter Bingo Game I, II 4

Train No change in principle - streamlined I, II 2

Ship No change in principle - streamlined I, II 6

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 LOGOS - Redefined
Pic LOGO New Definition
C G
Motorcycle Picture – Sight Word – Contextual I, II 2
Conversation Card [Vocabulary – Bilingual]
Car Choosing correct word, phrase and sentence I,II 4

Auto Widened and simplified -Arranging sight I,II 4

words and word families for spelling practice
using individual letters
Van Grammar Introduction II 2

Tractor Patterns of Writing and Spelling Practice I,II 5

Bullock Placing Letters in different positions in a I, II 4

Cart word for Spelling Practice
Aeroplane Teacher dependant Evaluation I, II 3

Helicopter Jumbled letters and Words I, II 5

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 LOGOS - Redefined
Pic LOGO New Definition
C G
Skateboard Grammar Practice based on Van card – II 5
Brought down to Class II
Jeep Dictation words and sentences – I,II 5
Brought down to classes I and II
Parachute Prose and Grammar: Individual Evaluation / I,II 6
Milestone - Brought down to classes I and II
Road *Words beginning and ending with the same I, II 2
Roller letter[s]
*Reading simple phrases and sentences
Brought down to Classes I
Letter Small letter and Large letter train:Identifying I,II 1
Train small [Class 1] and large letters [Class 2] and
matching them
Bicycle Listening Comprehension + II 2
Questions: Redefined

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 LOGOS – Incorporated, Created

Pic LOGO New Definition

C G
Boat (True/False) I, II 2,6
Parisal (Circle correct answers) I, II 2,6

Rocket (Filling in the Missing Words) I, II 2,6

Catamaran (Matching test) I, II 2,6

Spaceship Creative Interaction Activity -Facilitated I, II 2

S.Reader Materials – Audio Video, Story cards, I 5

Spiral Sound and Sentence Books
Workbook Reinforcement Activities, All Parachute and I,II
Ship Cards

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 Group 1

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 Group 2

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 Group 3

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 Group 4

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 Group 5

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 Group 6

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 Time allocation and MLL

Time/
Subject Class Planned Sessions / No. of Average Weeks/
weeks Hours per milestones Steps per Mile
week Milestone stone

English
1 28 4 12 13 2

English
2 28 4 12 17 2

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 Basket of Skills:Evaluation:English
S.No. Formative Summative Normative
[Logo based – End & [End Milestone – After 4/5
along Milestone After each unit of Milestones –
Learning Content based,
„I can‟ activities Graded,
Objective]
Singing, Rhythm, Analyse, Listen and do, Put together, group
1 Interaction apply, estimate together
Drawing, Colouring, Narrate, describe, speak Identify, differentiate
2 about
Kinaesthetic Activity
Free Association, Put together, group Build a sequence,
3 Imagination, Story together, Identify, complete, classify
Completion differentiate
Act like; Act out, Action Observe: Teacher based Observation:
4 Songs, Craft, Puppetry evaluation for Listening & Individual Activity
Speaking skills based on content

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 Logos - Number
LOGOs I II LOGOs I II
1 Pot 1 - 10 Train 14 12
2 C.Apple 1 - 11 Letter [s] Train 29 -
3 Pencil 14 12 12 Letter [b] Train - 29
4 Kit 1 - 13 Logo Train 20 -
5 Motorcycle 84 85 14 Road Roller 49 26

6 Lorry 26 26 15 Van - 4

7 Tractor 22 16 16 Scooter 4 4

8 Spaceship 24 22 17 Helicopter 8 8

9 Bullock Cart 18 10 18 Car 6 6

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 Logos - Number
S LOGOs I II S LOGOs I II
19 Skateboard - 10 28 Bicycle - 12
20 Aeroplane 9 9 29 Bus 5 4
21 Parachute 9 9 30 Ship 3 3
22 Supp. Reading 6 6 31 Ladder 1 1
Sheets
23 Spiral Book 1 1 32 Group Chart - 6

24 Text Book - - 33 Logo Chart 1 -

25 Workbook - - 34 Puppet Pictures 3 -

26 Auto 15 24 35 Alphabet [LC] 1 =

27 Jeep 4 10 36 Alphabet [UC] 1 -

SL Rainbow Time 20 20 SL Circle Time 15 15

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 Input-rich Communicational
Environment
• Textbooks used to supplement Ladder work
• Supplementary Readers
• Parallel books and materials in more than
one language [Poongothu, NBT books]
• Workbooks with lateral reinforcement inputs
• Media support – Audio/Video
• Simply English
• Hello English

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