Writing Lesson Plan Template

Unit number/Topic: Unit 11/ Energy Level: Grade 11 Lesson Length: 45 minutes

Type of lesson: Writing Teaching Date: Teacher Trainee:

Main aim (s): By the end of the lesson students will be able to write…………)
Subsidiary aim(s): For students to use … (vocabulary, structures) and to read for understanding text structure
Personal aim(s):
Materials (including sources):
Assumptions:
Anticipated learners’ difficulties/problems with tasks: Suggested Solutions:

Language Analysis
Form Meaning Phonology

The chart shows/illustrates/describes Introducing the topic sentence of a

paragraph in which the writer
interprets information on a bar (pie)
chart
Stage/Time Stage aim Procedure Interaction Aids
Teacher’s & Learners’ activities
Lead-in Introduce the topic TW/C Board
(2-3 minutes) Pictures on
slides
Pre-writing To prepare learners for Ask learners to read a sample text and answer questions
tasks writing practice: focusing on the structure of the text
(22 minutes) Helping learners to understand
the structure of a sample
Task 1: paragraph
(analyzing text
structure)
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Task 2 Helping learners to understand Ask students to read the sample text again & highlight
(analyzing some typical words and typical structures
language use ) sentence structures used in the
sample paragraph
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Task 3 (*) Raising learners’ awareness of

(controlled the text structure
practice)

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Task 4 (*) Raising learners’ awareness

(controlled of language use
practice)

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 Writing For learners to practice
Practice writing a paragraph,
Task 5 describing/interpreting
15 minutes information on a given chart
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5 minutes

Notes:
(*) Task 3: Ask learners to order statements to make a coherent paragraph (similar to the sample paragraph) or ask learners to practice writing
topic sentences basing the information on other charts.
(**) Task 4: Ask learners to fill in missing words/verbs in a paragraph (similar to the sample paragraph)