2G Curriculum & Situation of integration ( writing process)

Planning writing lesson is very stressful for teachers and learners always believe that is it so
hard to achieve it .
Writing is tackled through a problem solving integrating situation which is motivating and
challenging for the learners to take part and do their best to perform at this task

So some questions are to be raised to deal with a situation of integration :

What is a situation of integration?

Why a situation of integration?
What are the constituents of the situation of integration?
What is the criteria of the situation of integration?
How to teach a situation of integration ?
What to do in the learning integration?
How to assess the situation of integration?

1) Pre stage : This can be an ice- breaker, warmer or lead in.

They are nearly the same; there is a slight difference but all serve one objective is to get the
learner ready and ease for the learning session.
a) Ice breaker : Icebreakers are discussion questions or activities used to help participants
relax and ease into a group meeting or learning situation. The icebreakers can be
used to generate interest in a topic and activate the students prior knowledge.
b) Lead in: Lead-ins (topic) will encourage the sharing of information and resource. Topic
Lead-ins will direct the student into the content that will be taught
c) Warmer: Warmers are usually fun activities that focus on fluency practice. Ideally, warmers
should only last a few minutes, while a warmer is usually has no direct relationship to the
REST of the lesson, a lead-in is a quick preview of the material that will be covered in class.
both lean in and warmer have their strengths. A fun, breezy warmer can add a bit of variety to
a lesson, and might appeal to students who like a change of pace. On the other hand, a lead-in
is a better choice for a more cohesive lesson. This is particularly important with beginning
level students, who need a lot of structure and repetition

- What is a situation of integration?

This phase is meant to the reinvestment of the resources in terms of the "knows" and the "
know how to do "
The activities suggested in the previous phases should be built up towards the final output and
help the pupils to be ready to produce a piece of writing in accordance with the situation of
communication

- Why a situation of integration?

An integrated situation allows learners to explore, gather, process, refine and present
information about topics they want to investigate
Conform to the official current approach CBA

- What are the characteristics of a situation of integration?

1) Problem solving situation :The learner is faced with a problem he has to solve
2)It must comply with the competence to evaluate
3)It requires the mobilization of various resources (complex situation
4) His solution results in a complex output
5) It must be significant and new in relation to the learner
6) Formulation instruction: (Avoid using questions rather opt for statement of key elements to
include in the production
7)Conversational tone: (use of the subject pronoun you to engage the context of
communication.

8)Task : a task to accomplish and not drills for restitution( Teacher needs to determine
whether it is individual , pair or group work

9) Fits the learners interests and environment (me, my world, the world)?
10) Learners repertoire :which must reflect what the learner can already do from the
beginning of the Middle School years , its a task where the learner learns how to think about
what to do
11) Conformity with the exit profile : What ever is the situation and the lay out , it must target
the exit profile of the learner

12 ) situation doable with the resources at hand : The situation must take into account what
the learnt before in order to achieve the required task with minimum resources

13) Includes values :

-The assertion of the learners national identity in its three dimensions:
- Nationalconscience
- Citizenship
- Openness to the world

14) Requires the mobilization of different types of knowledge: Teachers need to take into
account what their learners know including the cross curricular competencies and what they
learnt from other subjects, illustrations ..

15) Context of use : The situation must deal with real life context which will help learners
exercise easily and use such context once they are face to the outside classroom world.It must
not be just theory. Learners need to exploit such situation in their real daily life world.
16) Allows critical thinking: Learners need to consider the following questions why dealing
with the topic who when where- how why which will make the situation reasoning
analyzing problem solving evaluating and decision making
17) formulations /tasks adapted to the cognitive level of the learners : Teachers need to take
this important characteristic into account and all time ask such questions who are my
learners ? what can I do to help them?
18 ) Describe exactly what the learner should do : The aim must be clearly determined , it
must be observable , measurable behavior .

How to teach a situation of integration ?

Teaching situation of integration ( writing process) can be done as follows :

1) Learning integration : Teacher needs to determine whether it is individual , pair or group

work
The situation must refer to the above criteria and also the conventional writing process :