Instructions and Format

for the
Module 2 Assignment
( for Strict Compliance )
 Slide 2: Activities to be Undertaken: Part 1-A
• Make an assessment of your classroom in terms of :
room dimension, facilities available/can still be made available, equipment available/can
be readily made available, class size vis-à-vis classroom dimension , facilities, equipment
• With the result of your assessment as reference, decide on the kind of activity setting (flexible,
integrated or variable) that is suitable for the instructional strategies that you will employ.
• Design a floor plan of your thinking classroom showing the physical layout (i.e. desk placement,
seating arrangements/assignment, classroom space design, equipment, etc.), in accordance with
what can be made possible in your classroom based on your assessment AND most appropriate
/responsive to your chosen activity setting and HOTS strategies
• Prepare /submit a written text :
A. Introduction: A brief description of your school and its facilities, your original classroom ( class
size, dimension, resources available , etc) and, based on your assessment an information on the kind of
activity setting you have chosen ( flexible, integrated or variable) and the HOTS instructional strategies
you plan to use for the design), citing the reason why you have chosen such activity setting. Take a whole
view picture of your original classroom
B. Description of Your Thinking Classroom: Describe each of the elements in the layout of your
Thinking Classroom and explain why they are essential for your thinking classroom. Take an actual whole
view picture of your transformed classroon.
You can be as creative as you can, given the technological support available, so instead of a written
description of your Thinking Classroom you created out of your original classroom, make an animated
powerpoint presentation ( Powtoon, for example) which you can upload in You Tube, showing what you
have changed of your original classroom to come up with the floor plan needed for your chosen activity
setting., including the reasons/purposes for such changes
Note: 30% of the Overall Grade for Module 2 Assignment
Slide 3: Activities to be Undertaken , Part 1-B ( Visit to
Thinking Classroom by a panel)
a: Invite your school head, teaching supervisor, and some colleagues to visit your thinking
classroom. Provide a feedback form for them to make recommendations on how to
further improve the physical environment of your thinking classroom. Make clear to them
what they are to assess/evaluate. Discuss with them the activity setting you used and the
HOTS strategy/learning activities you planned to conduct using the activity setting you set
up in your Thinking Classroom, BEFORE the panel will evaluate your Thinking Classroom.
b. Consolidate feedbacks/recommendations given by the visiting panel for entry into
appropriate columns in your My Thinking Classroom Action Plan ( Observations,
Strengths, Areas for Improvement). You can include your own self-identified areas for
improvement in each aspect other than those suggested by the panel
c. Based on the given feedback, formulate your action points to show how you will make
and implement the necessary improvements. Reflect these in the appropriate column in
your My Thinking Classroom Action Plan
• In planning your action points, you should make each action point responsive or
congruent with each of the suggested areas for improvement or your self-identified
areas for improvement. Take into account considerations such as possibility of
budget allocation/donations, availability of classroom space, and so on.

Note: 30% of the Overall Grade for Module 2 Assignment

Slide 4: Part 3: Lesson Plan
1. Develop a semi-detailed Lesson Plan on a selected topic in the subject area /grade level you are
teaching, showing the use of the activity setting created for the Thinking classroom you put up, and
the strategies/activities integration of HOTS you planned to use for the development of the lesson’s
objectives in any or all of the stages of the teaching –learning process
( Activity, Analysis, Abstraction, Application, Assessment, Assignment/Agreement) or the 7
E’s if the lesson plan is for a science subject )
Lesson plan should contain evidences of the:
– Use of effective questioning and instructional approaches,
– Use of an approach or strategy ( strategies) integrating HOTS discussed in Module 2 through the
Learning tasks given your students, e.g. any of the Thinkers’ Keys, Six Thinking Hats, Socratic
Questioning , Collaborative Learning Groups, Think-Pair-Share, Graphic Organizers, etc,
– Use of a scoring rubric for any of the tasks but more in the Assessment.
2. Present your semi-detailed Lesson Plan to your School Head for review and feedback
3. Prepare for submission a REFLECTION (300-500 words) on the insights you have gained
from the professional consultation with your school head, and what improvements
you will make to integrate the chosen HOTS strategies more effectively in your lesson
plan.
4. Finalize semi-detailed lesson plan for submission, after the professional consultation with your
school head . The semi-detailed lesson plan should be preceded by a brief description/identification of
the HOTS strategies integrated in which stage of the teaching-learning process.
Note: 40% of the Overall Grade for Module 2 Assignment
 Slide 5
MY Thinking Classroom Feedback Form
Activity Setting: ______________________
HOTS Strategies to Use: __________________________________________________
ASPECTS OBSERVATIONS STRENGTHS AREAS FOR
IMPROVEMENT

1. Responsiveness to the chosen

activity setting (/Flexibility / integrated
/variable) and planned HOTS strategies
2. Accommodation of students’
learning styles
3. Provision of Learning environment
that is conducive for
• Active Learning
• Higher Order Thinking
4. Creativity in terms of
• Adjusting to limitations
• Generating Needed resources

Accomplished by: __________________________________

Head/Member of Visiting Panel
Slide 6
MY Thinking Classroom Action Plan
Activity Setting: ______________________
HOTS Strategies to Use: __________________________________________________

ASPECTS OBSERVAT STRENG AREAS FOR ACTION Indicators of

IONS THS IMPROVEMENT POINTS Success+

1. Responsiveness to the chosen

activity setting (/Flexibility /
integrated /variable) and planned
HOTS strategies
2. Accommodation of students’
learning styles

3. Provision of Learning
environment that is conducive for
• Active Learning
• Higher Order Thinking
4. Creativity in terms of
• Adjusting to limitations
• Generating Needed
resources
Slide 7: Format of the Module 2 Assignment Document
• Submit the three parts of your module assignment in only one document , including the required documentation to
your Flexible Learning Tutor for review, rating, and feedback.
Part 1 A: Introduction ( Brief description of your school and facilities available which can be useful to you) and description
of your class size, and your original classroom which should include its floor dimension, the resources available ( no. of
chairs, tables, advanced technology equipment , if any, etc)
Documentation to be copy-pasted on the assignment document:
a) Whole view photo of your original classroom
Part I B: Written description of your Thinking Classroom created using available resources / resources you were able to
readily make available or , instead of a written description of your Thinking Classroom, an animated powerpoint
presentation ( Powtoon ) describing the Thinking Ckassroom you created, uploaded in You Tube and the URL indicated in
your assignment document for Part 1 -B
Documentation to be copy-pasted on the assignment document:
Whole view Picture of the Thinking Classroom created, reflecting
the activity setting you have chosen
Part II: Thinking Classroom Action Plan ( Use the template provided in Slide 6 herein. Do NOT SCAN or Photocopy. Encode
your action plan directly on your assignment document)
Documentation to be copy-pasted on the assignment document:
a. Photo of the visit to your thinking classroom by your school head/other invitees
b. One scanned copy of the accomplished feedback form of one of your panel members Part III:
1. Semi-detailed Lesson plan ( with brief description of HOTS strategies used ) DO NOT SCAN or photo-copy. .Encode
directly on the assignment document)
2. Written Reflection of 300 -500 words on the professional consultation and on the improvements made on the
lesson plan after such consultation.
Documentation to be copy-pasted : Photo taken during the professional consultation