Gifted Education School Network Experience Sharing Compendium - English Language Education

Developing Students’ Creativity through Riddle Writing in the English Classroom

- CCC Heep Woh Primary School

• This lesson example demonstrates how the teacher makes use of riddle poem to teach the creative use of simile, metaphor (for gifted/ more able students) and concrete imagery.
• Students are introduced to a series of activities in order to explore riddle poems: reading sample riddle poems and guessing the answers; analysing the riddle poems to find the techniques used, defining what makes a good riddle poem and creating their own riddle poems.

• Peer Assessment Checklist
• Brainstorming Worksheet
• Self-reviewing Checklist

Enhancing Students’ Creativity and Higher-order Thinking Skills through Scaffolding and Self-directed Learning

- Tai Po Methodist School

• This lesson example emphasises the use of cooperative learning to facilitate interaction in the group to acquire and practise the target content and language features in order to complete the task (creating a healthy eating poster).
• Through group discussion, presentation and peer evaluation, students are guided by scaffolding activities to think critically and make informed decisions, and improve their work through peer evaluation.

• Pre-lesson Worksheet
• Tiered Worksheet (1)
• Tiered Worksheet (2)
• Tiered Peer Evaluation Forms

Effective Use of Differentiated Instructional Strategies to Nurture Creativity and Empathy

- Lam Tin Methodist Primary School

• This lesson example demonstrates the use of various differentiated instructional strategies, including flexible grouping, tiered questioning and tiered learning tasks, etc., to cater for learner diversity in the regular classroom.
• An authentic learning experience is created to help students learn more about animal conservation, develop an awareness of animal needs and nurture their love for wildlife.
• In group activities, gifted/ more able students are assigned to coordinate and lead their group members to collect and analyse information, brainstorm possible actions to conserve the endangered animals and create a promotional poster to urge the public to take action. Students with various abilities are given opportunities to demonstrate their potential and develop a creative approach to problem solving.

• Pre-lesson Worksheet
• Tiered Worksheet
• PowerPoints Slides

Incorporating Life-wide Elements in the English Curriculum: Understanding, Exploration and Appreciation

- NLSI Lui Kwok Pat Fong College

• This lesson example showcases how teacher incorporates life-wide elements in the curriculum to help students understand, explore and appreciate the city they live in.
• Students are guided to learn in real contexts and authentic setting by conducting field trips to various sightseeing spots and making vlogs to introduce the places to the audience.
• Through the use of flexible grouping and tiered learning tasks, students make linkage between classroom learning and daily lives and successfully apply target grammar items in the extended writing task.

• Project Guidelines and Pre-trip Worksheet
• Discussion Worksheet (1)
• Discussion Worksheet (2)
• Writing Worksheet

Fostering Information Literacy in the English Classroom

- Kau Yan College

• This lesson example demonstrates the use of AI (i.e. ChatGPT) to foster information literacy in the English Classroom.
• With the use of tiered reading materials, tiered questioning and flexible grouping, students are engaged with the reading text, collaborate effectively in expert groups and apply critical thinking skills to make informed decisions (i.e. evaluating the pros and cons of using ChatGPT in schools from different stakeholder perspectives).

• Vocabulary Worksheet
• Tiered Reading Materials
• Discussion Worksheet

Enhancing Students' Persuasive Writing and Critical Thinking Skills through the Use of Diversified Evidence

- Wah Yan College (Kowloon)

• This lesson example shows the use of scaffolding to help students analyse and evaluate an issue from different perspectives, and make use of diversified evidence to develop persuasive writing skills.
• Gifted/ more able students are tasked to challenge others for clarification, explanation or even rebuttal to enhance their active listening and higher order thinking skills.

• Worksheet (Evidence Creation in Writing)
• Brainstorming Worksheet
• Peer Evaluation Form

Stretching Students’ Potential through the Adoption of Literature Circle in the English Classroom

- TWGHs Ko Ho Ning Memorial Primary School

• This lesson example demonstrates how young students (Primary 2) learn to engage with texts by setting tiered questions on their own, and take control of their literacy in positive and rewarding ways.
• Students’ creativity and higher-order thinking skills are also nurtured and stretched through the tiered creative writing tasks.

Sparking Curiosity, Helping Students Ask Better Questions and Showing Creativity

- Munsang College Primary School

• This lesson example demonstrates how two particular skills of reciprocal teaching – questioning and predicting can be incorporated in reading lessons.
• With the use of tiered worksheets, students are engaged with the reading text, monitor and build comprehension through questioning and make use of their prediction skills to solve the problem presented in the reading text.

Nurturing Students’ Higher-order Thinking Skills in the English Classroom

- NLSI Lui Kwok Pat Fong College

• To help students build strong and sound arguments in writing, it is important to show them the differences between facts and opinions and how facts can serve to support and strengthen an opinion.
• This lesson example showcases how teacher can help students differentiate evidence and personal observation/ opinions and how fact could be used to validate and strengthen students’ reasoning.