Outstanding Interview Lesson!!

Posted on May 23, 2007 by misskprimary

Had an inteview yesterday for position as Literacy Leader.  I got the job :-) and the interview panel were really impressed by my lesson.  So I thought I’d share it on here in case anyone else is stuck for ideas.

The task was to teach a 30 minute lesson to a Year 6 class which would lead to quality writing, focusing on whole class teaching but showing in plan what the independent task would be.  I used a short animation to focus on how to ’show’ how a character is feeling (instead of ‘telling’ – “She was happy.”)

The animation was downloaded from here:

http://whiteboard.bristol-cyps.org.uk/vis_lit3/Animated%20Films/Bert/

If you are interested, you can download my lesson plan and resources:

If you have any problems downloading the Smart Notebook file, leave your email address in a comment and I’ll send it to you.

The children enjoyed the lesson, and were really engaged from the very start of the lesson.  I tried out the lesson with my Year 5 class the previous day and they produced some great writing.

Filed under: Literacy, Planning, Professional Development, Video clips

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5 Responses to “Outstanding Interview Lesson!!”

  1.   David Parsons, on May 30th, 2007 at 8:37 pm Said:

    Hi, I would love to see your Smart Notebook file for this lesson – it sounds brilliant! Did you do a full write up for each section or did the kids just do it in note form like you have? Please send the file to the email address provided if that’s OK!

    Thank you in advance!

    Dave P

  2.   Helen Adcock, on June 5th, 2007 at 7:58 pm Said:

    Your lesson sounded fab! Loved the video, as did my class. The ensuing discussion was fascinating- the class decided that Bert was an onion! Carried on to discuss why the onion was so unpopular. This video could definitely be used for PHSE, linked to bullying and playground incidents etc. Could I please have your smart notebook because I’m a harrassed mother as well as teacher. Thanks!

  3.   Anita Westcott, on June 23rd, 2007 at 12:20 pm Said:

    The lesson sounds really good. Would love to use some of the ideas myself. Could i please have your smart notebook file to look through. Many thanks and congrats on getting the job.
    Anita

  4.   Bert animation | Miss K's Primary Blog, on February 16th, 2009 at 1:01 pm Said:

    [...] written before about how I used the short animation ‘Bert’.  There’s also an interesting post [...]

  5.   Hannah, on May 9th, 2009 at 7:38 pm Said:

    Love the lesson. Would really appreciate the smart file although I have activestudio?? Many thanks

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