The lesson plan aims to teach an advanced English class how to structure a cover letter in an email. Students will compare a well-written cover letter to a less qualified one and summarize the outline of a good cover letter. The teacher will have students read and discuss two sample cover letters for the same position to identify which is better written and why. Students will then work in pairs to summarize the information contained in each part of the better-written cover letter and draft an outline on the board. The next class will cover the language component of cover letters. For homework, students are asked to outline a cover letter for a position they find interesting and bring sample cover letters to the next class.
The lesson plan aims to teach an advanced English class how to structure a cover letter in an email. Students will compare a well-written cover letter to a less qualified one and summarize the outline of a good cover letter. The teacher will have students read and discuss two sample cover letters for the same position to identify which is better written and why. Students will then work in pairs to summarize the information contained in each part of the better-written cover letter and draft an outline on the board. The next class will cover the language component of cover letters. For homework, students are asked to outline a cover letter for a position they find interesting and bring sample cover letters to the next class.
The lesson plan aims to teach an advanced English class how to structure a cover letter in an email. Students will compare a well-written cover letter to a less qualified one and summarize the outline of a good cover letter. The teacher will have students read and discuss two sample cover letters for the same position to identify which is better written and why. Students will then work in pairs to summarize the information contained in each part of the better-written cover letter and draft an outline on the board. The next class will cover the language component of cover letters. For homework, students are asked to outline a cover letter for a position they find interesting and bring sample cover letters to the next class.
Level: Advanced 2 Date/Time: Wed 11/16/16 Goal: learn to structure a cover letter in e-mail Objectives (SWBAT): Students Will Be Able To 1. compare a well-written cover letter to a less qualified one 2. summarize the outline of a good cover letter Theme: Cover letters Materials: tests, txtbooks, handouts Aim/Skill/Microskill Activity/Procedure/Stage Activity 2: Cover 2.1 Pre-Stage: letter - outline - What we just read was a blog post. - Not everyone is a blog writer, but there is one genre in the internet that we write the most. What is it? - What do you use e-mails for? - Nowadays, e-mail is a great tool for us to look for career opportunities. Inevitably, we will need them to send out resumes, cvs as well as cover letters. - Since most of you mentioned in your needs assessment that you would like to learn how to write cover letter. Today we are going to do that. - My first questions, why do we need cover letters? 2.2. During Stage: - I have two cover letters for the same position. I want you to read these letters, compare them and discuss with your partner, which one is better-written and why? - Now read only the good one. I want you to summarize what information is there in each part of the e-mail. Not just paragraph, but all components in the e-mail. In other words, I want you to work with a partner and come up with the outline for this cover letter. Write on board with specifications, see the outline file. 2.3 Post-Stage: - These are things you need to know in terms of the contents and structures of cover letters. - We will talk about the language component next class. Tangible Outcome & T. feedback/peer feedback:
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Wrap-up
Lesson Evaluation Procedures: Give out sample cover
letters and ask ss to bring them on Monday. HW: outline of a cover letter - find a position that you are interested in on internet/newspaper