2. Writing a Phonics Lesson Plan (90mins)
 

This section will have candidates planning a phonics lesson for young learners.  Candidates will be provided with a class profile, young learners’ prior knowledge and aims to create the lesson plan on a given template. Candidates must use legible handwriting for assessors to consider their answers. If candidate's handwriting is not legible, assessors will need to consider the answer as incorrect.   

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In this section, assessors will use the set of sub-skills shown below to evaluate the written lesson plans and give candidates an ability grade for each of the five sub-skills. The highest mark for each sub-skill is 10 and the lowest is 4. The five sub-skills are equally weighted and the score for this section is the aggregate total of the five. The highest total is 50 and the lowest is 20.

The passing mark is 70%. This means that candidates must be able to attain a minimum of 35 of the 50 marks awarded to their written Phonics lesson plan in order to pass this section.

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Sub-skills

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Communication Skills - Candidate’s ability to write a lesson plan in English.

Theories to Practice   - Candidate’s ability to apply the principles of systematic synthetic                                                  Phonics and early childhood education.

Strategies                   - Candidate’s ability to plan a synthetic Phonics lesson to meet the                                                needs of young learners. 

Resources                  - Candidate’s ability to choose appropriate resources to support the                                              teaching of young learners.

Assessments              - Candidate’s ability to include appropriate assessment techniques.