Review of writing
Elementary level
Description
Materials
Main Aims
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To provide process writing practice of an essay
Subsidiary Aims
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To provide gist reading practice using a text about learning a new skill
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To provide fluency speaking practice in a conversation about learning a new skill
Procedure (47-60 minutes)
Show them picture or illustrate that you are texting. Text on your phone. Ask them what am I doing now? ICQ: Am I writing? (yes) I like to text my mother on Facebook.
Individually let them read the paragraph for 3 minutes and underline the main topic sentence. PW: check answers WC: Feedback PW: Ask them what is the the paragraph mainly about? (answer B: Why the writer wants to learn how to swim.) PW: check answers WC: Feedback PW: students put the correct topic sentence with the correct body Answers l-r; Soccer, People, David, Ice Hockey
A topic sentence gives information about the paragraph. Does the topic sentence give information about the whole essay? (no, paragraph) You can write topic sentences in many ways. PW: let students read about body sentences and select the correct topic sentence
Let students identify good and bad topic sentences p11 PW check WC feedback Rewrite topic sentence p11 PW check WC feedback
Let students speak about when they usually write and to whom they write to