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TP 7 Writing (Wellness Blogs)
Pre-Intermediate level

Description

In this lesson, students will read a blog to learn about this medium of writing. The blog is about health and wellness, so they will discuss what this means. The goal of the lesson is for students to write their own wellness blogs and share them with other students.

Materials

Main Aims

  • To provide product writing practice of a blog in the context of health and wellness

Subsidiary Aims

  • To provide review of connecting words (and, but, so, because, when) in the context of writing a blog
  • To practice reviewing and editing materials written by their peers

Procedure

Warmer/Lead-in (3-4 minutes) • To set lesson context and engage students

T shows Jamboard slide with questions: "What is wellness? What can you do to have a healthy lifestyle?". Ss answer in open class format and T writes some of their ideas on the Jamboard. T explains the term 'wellness' if Ss are unfamiliar with it.

Exposure (6-8 minutes) • To provide a model of production expected in coming tasks through reading/listening

T sends Ss a blog about healthy eating. Ss read to themselves for 4 minutes. T asks Ss the questions on Jamboard "What is it about? Could you follow this regimen?" as a gist task.

Attention to Structure (4-5 minutes) • To prepare students for production by analyzing the style of writing in the demo text

In an open class format, T asks Ss the questions on the Jamboard slide about the blog's structure, including: "How many headings does the blog have? What information is in each section? How long is each section? What else do you notice?". T nominates Ss if needed. T then reviews the medium of blogs by presenting an informational slide, which Ss are nominated to read.

Useful Language (2-4 minutes) • To highlight and clarify useful language for coming productive tasks

T shows Jamboard slide with connecting words 'and', 'but', 'so', 'because', and 'when'. In an open class format, T asks Ss to match the words to their usage definitions. T clarifies any words if needed.

Production Preparation (3-4 minutes) • To provide time for students to brainstorm for the production activity

T shows Jamboard slide with the writing prompt: "Imagine you are writing a blog to document your wellness journey. Write AT LEAST 3 sections, but more if you can. What did you enjoy on your wellness journey? What was hard for you? You have 10 minutes to write. If you finish early, try including pictures!". T lets Ss brainstorm alone for 3 minutes and answers questions if needed.

Productive Task (10-12 minutes) • To provide an opportunity to practice target productive skills

T presents prompt again and asks for questions, if any. Ss write blogs using the prompt "Imagine you are writing a blog to document your wellness journey. Write AT LEAST 3 sections, but more if you can. What did you enjoy on your wellness journey? What was hard for you? You have 10 minutes to write. If you finish early, try including pictures!". Ss write on a shared Google Doc. T monitors Ss writing and collects errors for DEC stage. T is available for Ss to answer questions if needed.

Publishing (9-11 minutes) • To allow students to reach each other's work and provide peer feedback.

Ss are split into breakout rooms and read their partner's/group members' blogs using the guidelines: "Did they write at least 3 sections? Is it about wellness? Do you like this blog? Would you like to follow it? Are there any errors?". Ss are told to share their screens for their partners to read.

Feedback and Error Correction (5-8 minutes) • To provide feedback on students' production and use of language

T asks for a volunteer to show their blog and the whole class goes through their blog to answer the questions "Did they write at least 3 sections? Is it about wellness? Do you like this blog? Would you like to follow it? Are there any errors?". T then does DEC using the shared Google Doc by pointing out sentences with good language or mistakes, which Ss are prompted to fix verbally.

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