The teacher will focus on improving learners' writing skills through connecting words in sentences and joining/rewriting sentences. Activities include writing about daily conversations, completing sentences by filling in missing words, generating reasons for situations using specific words, and relating phrases to contexts. The teacher anticipates some learners may struggle with developing sentences, choosing appropriate words, and relating phrases to contexts. Solutions involve providing individual feedback and examples from learners' daily lives.
The teacher will focus on improving learners' writing skills through connecting words in sentences and joining/rewriting sentences. Activities include writing about daily conversations, completing sentences by filling in missing words, generating reasons for situations using specific words, and relating phrases to contexts. The teacher anticipates some learners may struggle with developing sentences, choosing appropriate words, and relating phrases to contexts. Solutions involve providing individual feedback and examples from learners' daily lives.
The teacher will focus on improving learners' writing skills through connecting words in sentences and joining/rewriting sentences. Activities include writing about daily conversations, completing sentences by filling in missing words, generating reasons for situations using specific words, and relating phrases to contexts. The teacher anticipates some learners may struggle with developing sentences, choosing appropriate words, and relating phrases to contexts. Solutions involve providing individual feedback and examples from learners' daily lives.
The teacher will focus on improving learners' writing skills through connecting words in sentences and joining/rewriting sentences. Activities include writing about daily conversations, completing sentences by filling in missing words, generating reasons for situations using specific words, and relating phrases to contexts. The teacher anticipates some learners may struggle with developing sentences, choosing appropriate words, and relating phrases to contexts. Solutions involve providing individual feedback and examples from learners' daily lives.
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The key takeaways are improving writing skills such as linking words together in sentences, rewriting and joining sentences for a group of pre-intermediate English learners.
The aims of the lesson are for learners to have an improved sense of writing in terms of linking words together in a sentence, rewriting and joining sentences.
The activities included in the lesson are a lead-in activity where learners write sentences from conversations, an activity where they complete sentences and join sentences, and an activity where they generate reasons and rewrite sentences using the word 'feel'.
Teacher Name Date Level Length TP no
AAA 06/07/14 Pre-Intermediate 40 mins 3
Main Aims By the end of the lesson, learners will have an improved sense of writing in terms of linking the words together in a sentence, rewriting & oining sentences! Personal Aims "n this lesson, " will #e working on #eing more precise on setting $p tasks, giving clear instr$ctions & $sing simpler, relevant lang$age! %lass Profile Materials A group of 9-10 pre-intermediate, multi-lingual, young adults comprising of out! Asian " Ara# nationalities $!o $or% in &arious departments of a reno$ned !otel c!ain " some from a facility management company' (it! an o&erall pre- intermediate le&el, t!ere is some &ariation in t!e understanding le&el' ome s are t!e tal%ati&e ones, #eing more confident $!ile some lac% a #it of confidence' Almost all of t!em !a&e studied )nglis! at sc!ool " are !oping to impro&e t!eir *o# prospects #y de&eloping t!eir language s%ills more' + ,as%s and e-ercises adapted according to t!e daily life/routine of t!e learners + ,as%s starting from #eing &ery controlled to #eing semi- controlled + .ints on card papers pasted all around t!e room Previo$s Learning&'nowledge ( )Ass$mptions relevant to this lesson&Timeta#le *it+ ,hat do yo$ know or ass$me learners already know a#o$t what yo$ are teaching them today- + ,!at only some of t!e learners %no$ !o$ to $rite complete, structured sentences #y t!eir o$n + ,!at most of t!e learners prefer spea%ing more o&er $riting + ,!at t!e learners do seem to !a&e de&eloped a sense of relating $ritten $ords to pictures " situations Meas$ring Learning ( )Achievement of Lesson Aims+ .ow will yo$ know if learning has #een s$ccessf$l or if yo$r lesson aims have #een achieved- + uccessful completion of t!e $riting tas%s + uccessfully *oining " relating t!e $ords to t!e gi&en passage + /earners de&elop t!eir o$n sentences as t!e reasons in a gi&en e-ercise + 0onfidently $rite t!e missing $ords on t!e #oard %onsolidation of Learning ( )*ollow /p+ ,hat do yo$ anticipate wo$ld #e a logical follow $p to this lesson at a later stage- + 1et t!em more $riting practice $it! follo$ up e-ercises in t!e ne-t sessions2continued if t!e ,eac!ing Practitioner c!anges3 + )ncourage t!em to de&elop t!eir o$n sentences #y using t!e *oining $ords2#ecause, so, #ut or t!en3 + 0kills lessons 1NL2 3 "f there is any P45(T5A%. le6is, what is it and how will yo$ clarify- 4emem#er, this #o6 is for 0'"LL0 lessons i!e! reading, writing, listening, and speaking 1NL2! + 4es, t!ey $ill #e using some $ords t!at t!ey already !a&e used in t!e pre&ious lessons' + 5orms of specific $ords li%e 6feel7 LAN7/A75 ANAL20"0 *14M )for grammar, le6is of f$nctions lessons 3 N1T skills+ ,hat is the target lang$age called- )Also provide the act$al e6amples to #e $sed in the lesson!+ ,hat is the meaning of the target lang$age- )0tate what it means&when we $se it!+ .ow will meaning #e checked- Provide e6amples, e!g! %%8s, pict$res, g$ided discovery task, etc! 0how the key feat$res of pron$nciation, e!g! phonemes, word&sentence stress, contractions, etc! 0how the feat$res of form, e!g! grammatical str$ct$re, word class, spelling r$les, collocations, etc! Anticipated Pro#lems with the Target Lang$age )$se the analysis a#ove to help here+ 0$ggested 0ol$tions to the pro#lems identified Meaning Meaning 5orm 5orm Pron$nciation Pron$nciation P41%5D/45 PA75 ( fill in as many stages as you re8uire for your lesson 0TA75 NAM5 0TA75 A"M T"M5 "NT54A%T"1N Lead "n To generate interest in writing & the $nderstanding of developing sentences 9 ( : mins 00(T, 00(00 P41%5D/45; + 1reet ' After as%ing a#out t!eir $ee%end, I $ill as% t!em a#out small con&ersations a#out t!eir daily life + As% t!em to $rite do$n t!e sentences t!ey used in t!e con&ersations + As% t!em to as% t!e person sitting to t!eir rig!t9 6$!at did you do on t!e $ee%end7 and $rite t!e ans$er do$n + After t!e small initiating e-ercise, tell t!em t!at $e are going to practice $riting " correcting/de&eloping sentences
Anticipated Pro#lems; + /earners cannot t!in% of muc! to $rite a#out + /earners cannot de&elop sentences < Anticipated 0ol$tions; + 1i&e &er#al prompts' )'g' 6I $ent to t!e :all of t!e )mirates7, 6I $as!ed my clot!es and $atc!ed ,;7, 6I $ent to A#u <!a#i for Iftar $it! my friends7, 6I$atc!ed t!e foot#all matc! #et$een Argentina " =elgium7 0TA75 NAM5 0TA75 A"M T"M5 "NT54A%T"1N Pre(Development Task To enco$rage them to connect & complete sentences =>(=? mins 00(00, 00(T P41%5D/45; + 1i&e e-amples on t!e #oard on t!e concept of *oining sentences " filling t!e missing $ords + 1i&e instructions on !o$ to *oin sentences using 6t!en, so, #ut or #ecause7 and put in t!e missing $ords in t!e gi&en sentences + .and o&er t!e printed e-ercises telling t!em t!at t!ey !a&e > minutes to fill in t!e missing $ords and to *oin sentences' 5orm groups/pairs + After > minutes of gi&ing t!em out t!e tas%, read out t!e gi&en lines " as% t!em for t!e ans$ers' + 1i&e t!em out t!e correct ans$ers, so t!at t!ey %no$ if t!ey are rig!t 2feed#ac%3
Anticipated Pro#lems; + /earners can find it difficult to find t!e most suita#le missing $ords < Anticipated 0ol$tions; + 1i&e one-to-one suggestions to eac! group + 1i&e t!em e-amples from t!eir daily li&es " encourage t!em to come up $it! $ords used in t!eir daily life 0TA75 NAM5 0TA75 A"M T"M5 "NT54A%T"1N )0entence+ Development Task 5nco$rage them to generate reasons o$t of the given sit$ations & rewrite the sentences $sing specific words =@ min 00(00, 00(T P41%5D/45; + (rite a situation of t!eir interest on t!e #oard " elicit responses + As% t!em for an action t!ey did or a situation out of t!eir daily life and to come up $it! reasons for t!at action + ,elling t!em to complete t!e e-ercise ? #y re$riting t!e sentences using t!e rig!t form of t!e $ord 6feel7 + .and out t!e e-ercises + 1i&e t!em collecti&e feed#ac% to let t!em %no$ t!e correct ans$ers
Anticipated Pro#lems; + /earners can find it difficult to find t!e rig!t form of @feelA to #e used in re$riting t!e sentences + /earners are not used to de&ising reasons out of a ituation < Anticipated 0ol$tions; + Bn t!e #oard, demonstrate completing different sentences using different forms of t!e same $ord + 1i&e t!e learners e-amples of de&ising reasons for <ifferent situations 0TA75 NAM5 0TA75 A"M T"M5 "NT54A%T"1N Post Development Task )Practice+ 7ive them practice to ena#le them to relate phrases to the conte6t of a larger sit$ation =@ mins 00(T, 00(00 P41%5D/45; + <iscuss " gi&e t!e learners an idea a#out t!e topic/conte-t of t!e main te-t #ody + :i- up t!e groups to align a s!arper learner $it! a $ea% one + <istri#ute t!e e-ercise s!eets + 1i&e clear instructions' <emonstrate t!e first #lan% to #e completed #y sol&ing it on t!e #oard + <iscuss t!e ans$ers, gi&e feed#ac%, encourage t!e learners to ma%e sentences #y t!emsel&es
Anticipated Pro#lems; + All learners are not a#le to related t!e p!rases to t!e conte-t
< Anticipated 0ol$tions; + :i- up t!e groups #y ma%ing a learner $it! strong $riting " analytical s%ills $it! one t!at !as $ea% $riting s%ills 0TA75 NAM5 0TA75 A"M T"M5 "NT54A%T"1N P41%5D/45;