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Module Number 2 Assignment 2.1 Version 1.1



Group Members

01. M.H.Dinesh Kumara
02. P.G. Bandula Karunarathna
03. W.N.P. Weerakkody
04. Y.H.N.N. Banduprema


Introduction

This biographical sketch about a great novelist in Sri-Lanka related to the Sinhala literature in grade 10 students. This is a task to students to refer a great person who did yeomen service to the country. Many students prefer to find out information on novelists, dramatists, poets, etc… as they are allocated to study on them.

Writing biographical sketches students can be able to absorb many benefits. At first students absorb the important event on their lives, the values and qualities of their biographies and take some political social cultural and economical backgrounds of the contemporary society. Then they get some ideas how the past was and how the present is and the differences both eras. Secondly it is affected that their qualities of lives to students. They try to behave like that. Then it may be a source of building a good society.

On the other hand, this task based on finding information from Internet, libraries, resource persons etc… So the students automatically involved to find that information by them. That is very important because they must have engaged in Internet to search information on the topic and also they have to meet resource persons and gather information, refer libraries and find information. Then their technological skills, communicative skills are to be improved.

And finally, they have to set up their results as a typed text .Then their typing speed and team work manners are to be improved. And also they have chances to present their task as a text. Especially they have to find information by using both Sinhala and English language. Then students’ knowledge of both languages is improved. The ability to translating passages, building vocabulary is other benefits of task.





Targeted group

Class: Grade 10/11
Number of students: 20
Number of Groups: 04
Number of students in a Group: 05


Basic requirements

01 Hardware and Software requirements
· 5 Computers
· Accessibility Word 2003 or 2007 Version
· Web browser (Internet explorer, mozilla firefox,
Netscape navigator etc….)
· Search Engine ( Yahoo ,Google , Yahoo ligon[KS1] , )
· printer

02 Other requirements
· Martin Wickramasinge’s novels, Dramas, Poems etc….
· Resource person
· Compact Disks and Visual Compact Disks related to
Wickramasinge’s character


Pedagogical aspects
Grouping students is very important manner of learning teaching process because as the topic of the assessment is wide, it is many easy to student to gather information from various ways. And also tide relationships among students may increase.
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Students may have absorb the characteristics values of Martin Wickramasingha by referring his biographic and try to take his values of character when some problems or troubles arise

When gathering information, students can absorb the polite patterns to communicate with many persons in many posts. Then students can absorb some manners of communicating with peoples, respecting peoples etc…

Students can improve their vocabulary in English and Sinhalees languages and work and gather information by some language.

Students get some abilities of presenting creative text and increase the typing speed etc… by typing and making the text.
In writing process student should follow the five phases or stages which useful to every written task. (planning ,information gathering , structuring and organizing information ,the first attempt of writing , revision)


Aspect of ICT skill


Of students

The targeted group who we choose to implement this must have some sort of knowledge with computer literacy. And they must have ability to access to internet and its features and familiar to do some works with Ms Word. And also it is required to have some knowledge and to understand some general commands on Ms Word such as ability to print documents etc…

Of teacher

Teacher must have thorough knowledge on computer environment and the operating systems, web browsing and the ability to prevent students from distracting the webs. And also the knowledge on Ms Word is essential, because the most of the lesson activities based on Ms Word. When conducting the lesson, some matters may arise from the students and then the teacher must have the ability to find out them and correct them.


Lesson plan

Steps 1 Teacher makes five groups including four members in one group. When grouping the students, teacher follow a certain rule to choose them. Teacher asks the student who have competence in English, who have the knowledge of computer and internet, who have the knowledge of sinhala typing and choose five from each and divide them balancing the groups.

planning
Step 2
2.1
Teacher acknowledges the students on the goals and the topic and explains the tasks that every member has to engage. Under this, student has to write on a biographical sketch of Martin Wicramasinghe to present as text to enclose the school magazine or a wall paper. It must be included the birth ,childhood, school education, profession, involvement to writing, his works, awards, the later life on him and Martin Wicramasinghe’s museum



2.2
In the stage of planning student should be considered who audience, what type of font is. Size, colour, images has to use, how should be the layout, from where can gather the information, who are the resource persons,
Information gathering
(10 minutes)
Step 03
03.1
To collect this information students are given two weeks. To find information student can be referred their own ways (see annex 01)
03.2
Students can add charts, images, extracts as they prefer.
In the stage of gathering information, students can absorb the polite patterns to communicate with many persons in many posts. Then students can absorb some manners of communicating with peoples, respecting peoples etc…so student can take the information from libraries, web sites, resource persons, by field trips, and any other sources.
(Two weeks)
Structuring and organizing information

Step 04
After two weeks teacher asks the student to gather in group wise and conduct a discussion among the group members. Then each member has to pay their findings to a discussion. Finally students have to make a discussion on structuring and organizing information on their gathered information in group wise.

(80 minutes)
First draft
Step 05
05.1 Then using Ms Word, get the type those gathered information in sinhala medium in a given computer. (See annex 02)
05.2
Then report should be added to local net and given folder. (see annex 05 )
(One weeks)





Revision
Step 06

Then the students made a revision on their composition making ensure about the drafted text. Then student have to consider the correct usage of language (style, tone, grammar, spelling, choice of words etc….) and appropriate format.
(30 minutes)
feedback
· Each group must be shared the ideas on their composition as a written feedback
· It should be follow a certain manner to give the feedback begins with the positive elements of the text, then the response process. (constructive feedback)
· In constructive feedback firstly consider the strong points and later consider the weaker points. Then give the suggestions to overcome the short comings.
· Pay the admirations and appreciations when they have received


step 07

07.1 Presenting the text to evaluate the teacher and get the feedback from the teacher by handling a discussion by the teacher with each group presenting the facts that arise when evaluating the compositions. (See annex 06)
(80 minutes)

Considering the feedbacks which have given each group and the students have to make the final completed draft to send the teacher’s folder.( see annex 07 )



Feedback It is necessary to add the feedback when you complete the task. Then it should be included follows.


Get the feedbacks from each group sharing the ideas with other groups (see annex 03)

Referring those feedbacks prepare the copy of the text (see annex 04)


Teacher’s feedback

· Student should be completed the task using five phases (planning, information gathering, structuring and organizing information, first draft and revision )
· Using appropriate format
· Consideration on age group which refer this composition
· Professional aspect of the final layout.




Criteria for evaluation


(Give the suitable mark in relevant cage by putting “P”)


Index no:
Criteria of evaluation
excellent
Very good
Good
Try again
01
Follow the five phases (five stages of writing )




02
Using ICT tools




03
Content of the text




04
Accuracy of information




05
Final layout of the text





Then students have to divide relevant information in certain order using the details of his character specially his birth,
Childhood, profession, his literary works, awards, his general life, later life etc…

In the next step student has to make the first composition on Martin Wicramasingha, according to the decided manners taken where in the fist stage.


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