LESSON TITLE: ______Writing: Argumentative Essay _______ Lesson #: __2____

TEACHER NAME: __Shih-Ping Huang (April)___ DATE:__3/18/2014____________

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Preparation/Planning
ESL Course: Grammar
Level

Beginning


Intermediate


Advanced


Multilevel

Topic/Theme: Writing

Objectives
Listening Students will listen and share ideas with peers while discussing the
reading topics and their essay. They will be able to verbalize their
thinking.
Speaking
Reading Students will read two mentor texts and read classmates essays and
identify the components of an argumentative essay and points need
editing.
Writing Students will discuss essay prompts and choose their own topic to write.
Bridging
What background knowledge
do the students already have?
Students have already composed essays in previous classes. They have
background knowledge on parts of an essay.
What will you do to activate
or link students prior
knowledge or experience to
upcoming content?
The class will begin with a discussion on the fairness of interviews.
They can share their opinions, and I will have them think about how to
persuade others to accept their ideas when writing an essay. Then, I
will have them read a model essay about an interview.
Engagement with New Material
What will you do to engage
students in the active learning
of the new material?
I will provide two mentor texts, a good one and a bad one. I will tell
them that the two essays are not perfect and ask what they will do to
improve them.
What will you do to ensure
that all students are engaged?
Check the students understanding by asking them to explain to me.
For example, I will ask students if they agree with the writers
arguments and discuss the topics of the reading articles. I will let them
share opinions and make suggestions so that they will not just listen to
what I say.
Application
What opportunities will you
provide students to practice
and apply their
knowledge/skill to meet the
objectives for this lesson? To
apply to other contexts?
After they read and discuss the mentor text on the content and the
structures, we will summarize the patterns and components of
argumentative essays. Later, I will provide essay prompts for students
to discuss and practice giving supporting ideas and opposing ideas.
They will eventually choose one topic or create their own topic to
write.
Assessment
How will you assess their
learning of the objectives?
Assessment will be done informally while students are discussing, and
editing and formally with a rubric. The essay they compose in this class
will also be an assessment for preparation for the next class.
Closing
How will you help students Students are going to reflect on what they learned via brief feedback
recap the learning and link it
back to the original purpose of
the lesson?
forms. They will review what they have done, state what they learned,
and what needs to be improved.
Technology
If applicable for your context
and your lesson, how will you
meaningfully integrate
technology into your lesson?

PowerPoint will be used to shown the course content.