DIFFERENTIATION

Working with mixed ability groups has always been one of my challenges in teaching and it cannot be denied that differentiation is one of the most important features of a productive lesson in the given environment

Some of the ways I have catered to the different levels are:

·         By providing students with worksheets of different difficulty levels but of the same content.

·         By assigning different tasks to the appropriate group or individual

·         By providing the less able student with clues and fixed phrases to make use of while attempting a written task

·         By providing more able students with extended activities that encourages critical thinking

·         Scaffolding writing tasks

·         Setting different word limits for the same task

·         Mind mapping/writing bullet points

·         Providing students with vocabulary lists

·         Role play

·         Display work

·         Group / Pair work

·         Individual support

How would you like to differentiate in the near future?

I believe I use various methods of differentiation in my lessons however I need to work on acknowledging them in my lesson plans which in turn would enable me to plan more effectively.