ESSAY WRITING
(Lesson Plan)
University : STKIP PGRI Jombang
Department : English Language Teaching Department
Course / Code : Essay Writing / IGB412
Meeting / Time : 1st – 6th / 2 x 50 minutes per meeting
A. Description:
This course provides the students with the background knowledge of essay writing and the
ability to write complete essays. By the end of the course the students are expected to be
familiar with various types of essay writing, particularly expository essays, to write well-
organized essays in eligible English, and to analyze and evaluate essays.
B. Standard of Competence:
Students have the knowledge of essay writing and are able to write complete and well-
organized essays, particularly expository essays, in eligible English and to analyze and
evaluate essays.
C. Basic Competence
Students have the knowledge of essay writing and are able to write complete and well-
organized essays, particularly expository essays, using different methods of development:
examples, details, chronological order, comparison and contrast, cause and effect relations, as
well as division and classification.
D. Indicators
At the end of the meeting, the students are expected to be able to:
Create an outline of comparison/contrast essay
Write a good topic sentence/thesis statement of comparison/contrast essay
Develop sufficient and effective supporting details of comparison/contrast essay
Write an effective concluding sentence of comparison/contrast essay
Write a complete and well-organized comparison of comparison/contrast essay
Evaluate a comparison/contrast essay
E. Materials
Steps in brainstorming ideas
Steps in narrowing the ideas into a topic
Steps in developing a topic
Elements of expository essay
Steps in developing an outline
Steps in writing a draft
o Steps in developing an introductory paragraph
o Steps in developing body paragraphs
o Steps in developing conclusion
Self evaluation guide
Peer-feedback guide
How to revise an expository essay
How to edit an expository essay
F. Instructional Method
- Process Approach of writing
G. Teaching Media
- Power Point slides show
H. Teaching and Learning Activities
Phase Teacher’s Activities Students’ Activities
Brainstorming Teacher gives some questions related to the Students answer teacher’s
lesson orally in form of classroom discussion questions
Teacher presents some steps/ways in pre- Students pay attention to
writing, i.e. gathering ideas. teacher’s presentation
Teacher trains the students to use mind Students brainstorm their
mapping to brainstorm their ideas. ideas by using mind
Teacher asks the students to brainstorm their mapping
idea about a picture by using mind mapping. Students narrow their ideas
Teacher leads the students to narrow the into a topic
ideas into a topic. Students choose a topic and
Teacher gives some topics and asks the brainstorm their ideas based
students to choose a topic and brainstorm on the topic they have
their ideas about the topic. chosen
Teacher asks the student to narrow their Student narrow down their
ideas in previous activity into a topic. ideas into a topic
Pre-Writing Teacher explains the elements and Students listen to the
organization of an expository text, teacher’s explanation about
particularly comparison/contrast essay. organization of an
Teacher presents some steps in developing expository text, particularly
an outline for expository essay. comparison/contrast essay.
In a classroom discussion, teacher asks the Students pay attention to
students to develop an outline from a given teacher’s presentation about
topic together. steps in developing an
Teacher asks the students to individually outline for expository
develop an essay outline from the topic they essay.
chose in the previous meeting. Students develop an essay
Teacher asks the students to exchange their outline from the topic they
outline with their friend and gives feedback chose in the previous
to their peer’s outline meeting individually.
Teacher asks the students to revise their Students to exchange their
outline based on their peer’s feedback outline with their friend and
give feedback to their
peer’s outline
Students revise their outline
based on their peer’s
feedback
Drafting Teacher explains the steps to develop an Students’ listen to the
introductory paragraph. teacher’s explanation about
Teacher asks the students to decide whether the steps to develop an
some thesis statements are effective or not introductory paragraph.
and revise them. Students decide whether
Teacher asks the students to make thesis some thesis statements are
statements based on some given topics. effective or not and revise
Teacher asks the students to develop an them.
introductory paragraph. Students make thesis
Teacher explains how to develop body statements based on some
paragraph (topic sentence and its supporting given topics.
details) Students develop an
Teacher asks the students to write some introductory paragraph.
topic sentences from a set of information. Students listen to teacher’s
Teacher asks the students to write supporting explanation about how to
details based on a given topic sentence. develop body paragraphs
Teacher asks the students to make the body (topic sentence and its
paragraphs of the introductory paragraph supporting details)
they have made in the previous activity. Students write some topic
Teacher explains how to develop a sentences from a set of
concluding paragraph. information.
Teacher asks the students to make a Students write supporting
concluding paragraph to continue their details based on a given
introductory and body paragraphs in the topic sentence.
previous activity. Students make the body
Teacher explains about transitional paragraphs of the
words/phrases used in comparison/contrast introductory paragraph they
essay have made in the previous
Teacher asks the students to make some activity.
sentences using transitional words/phrases Students listen to teacher’s
explanation about how to
Teacher asks the students to make a draft of develop a concluding
a complete comparison/contrast essay. paragraph.
Students make a concluding
paragraph to continue their
introductory and body
paragraphs in the previous
activity.
Students listen to teacher’s
explanation about
transitional words/phrases
used in comparison/contrast
essay
Students to make some
sentences using transitional
words/phrases
Students make a draft of a
complete
comparison/contrast essay.
Revising Teacher asks the students to revise their own Students revise their own
writing with a given guideline writing with a given
Teacher asks the students to exchange their guideline
work with peer and have peer-revising. Students exchange their
Teacher gives feedback for students’ work. work with peer and have
peer-revising.
Students’ pay attention to
teacher’s feedback
Editing Teacher asks the students to edit their work. Students edit their work
until it becomes a good
comparison/contrast essay
I. Assessment
Process assessment to check students’ participation and progress during the lesson.
Final product of group and individual writing tasks (See Apendix for Scoring Rubric)
