Teacher: Hayda ELMOUKHAITER Class level : First Year Baccalaureate

Textbook : Ticket to English Class size : 38

Unit 3: Health & Welfare Lesson type : Writing
Title : Writing a letter to ask for advice School : AIT IDIR
Class period : 1 hour Date :

 General Objective(s): Students will be able to write a letter to ask for advice.
 Students Performance Objectives (SPO): By the end of the lesson, students will be able to:
 Recognize the layout of a letter; and
 Write a letter to ask for advice about a problem they can’t solve.
 Material(s): Student’s textbook and the BB.

Time Procedures Techniques

3 Warm-up
minutes -T greets SS. Greeting
-T: Good. Welcome to my class.
-T asks one of the SS to write the date on the BB.
20 minutes Pre-writing stage
Brainstorming: Setting the scene
-T raises SS motivation and awareness about the topic.
-T: Do you have any problems? => SS: Yes.
-T elicits and writes SS problems on the BB
 Headache/ toothache/backache/stomachache/ sore throat/ fever….etc Semantic map
 Can’t speak English Well/ Don’t get good marks in exams/ Can’t sleep at night.
 Don’t appetite for eating/ I’m getting fatter and fatter…etc
-T: How can we write a letter? What do we need?
-SS provide their answers.
Greeting (Hello) date Brainstorming

Asking for advice The letter sender name

components
Reason for writing address

Closing expression
- T brainstorms answers related to closing expressions to end a letter.
- T asks SS to open their textbooks, page 48 and have a look at the letter there.
-T writes, with the help of SS, the format of a letter on the BB.
Your address (letter format)
Dear…….., Date
Hello, +
I’m writing this letter to (state your problem)………………..
Ask for advice……………………………………………………… Outlining
See you soon,
your name…

While writing stage

20 minutes Drafting: Drafting
-T asks SS to write a letter about a problem they have and ask for advice.
-T monitors the class by going around the rows and checking SS’ work and progress.
Revising:
-T asks SS to exchange their s and revise. Revising
Editing:
-T asks SS to edit their first drafts if there are any mistakes and write the last draft. Editing
17 minutes Post-writing stage
Publishing Publishing (oral
-T has SS read out their final draft in front of each other. presentation)
-T writes a letter on the BB with the help of SS. (Whole-class production).
-T asks SS to copy on their copybook.