LESSON PLAN

SHALLYNTANG DITYA P., S.Pd

 LESSON PLAN

Subject : English
Level : Secondary
Language skill : Writing
Topic : Discursive
Time Allocation : 2 x 40 minutes

I. The Objective (s) / Outcome (s)

1.1 The students understand and learn how to approach a discursive writing topic essay,
etc.
II. Material (s)
Materials are enclosed

III. Skill Developed

LSRW ( Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing )

IV. Reference Book (s)

Grammar Galaxy 3

V. Reference Website (s)

https://studymoose.com/discursive-essay
https://www.slideshare.net/romavazg/discursive-essay-29320894

VI. Technology
PPT

VII. Other Teaching Aid (s)

Class Work Sheet

VIII. Teaching and Learning Activities

NO Teacher’s activities Students’ activities Time
I Set Induction
 1.1.Greeting Responding to the teacher’s 1’
Greeting to the students greeting
1.2.Apperception
Motivation
Showing a picture (1) Paying attention 1’
- Leading questions Answering the questions 2’
1.3.Stating objectives Paying attention
-Students are able to understand and learn 1’
how to approach a discursive writing
topic essay, etc.
-The grammar that you learn is because
you have to write proper, correct English.
There are many types of writing but here
we shall learn to write on discursive
topics.
II Main Activities
1.1. Explaining the material about discursive Paying attention 80’
writing by using PPT. (enclosed)
1.2. Showing an example of discursive writing Paying attention
1.3. The teacher asks the students the Answering the questions
following questions:
1.4. Ice breaking Following
1.5. Asking a few students to give one Answering the questions
characteristic each of a discursive essay.
1.6. Giving a topic to the students. Paying attention
1.7. Dividing the entire class into two equal Paying attention
halves. Each half is told to discuss and
frame points on one point of view
1.8. Delivering work sheet to the students. Taking the worksheet
1.9. Then asking the two sides to write their Writing their views
views.
III Closure
3.1. Asking the students’ difficulties Asking their difficulties 7’
3.2. Drawing the conclusion with the Mentioning the conclusion
students.
3.3. The teacher discusses the main points Paying Attention
that we should keep in mind when
writing a discursive essay
3.4. In our next class, we shall take up Paying Attention
another topic and you will have to
individually write on it in class.

Jember 15 March 2019

Teacher,

Shallyntang D., S.Pd

 TEACHING MATERIALS

Subject : English
Level : Secondary
Language skill : Writing
Topic : Discursive
Time Allocation : 2 x 40 minutes

1. Showing a picture

(Picture 1)
2. Leading questions
a. What do you think about the picture?
b. Is it equal?
c. Do you ever discuss a topic with you friends?
d. What do you do in that discussion?
e. Giving your arguments?
3. Discursive essay is a type of essay that discusses a problem, a controversy or recent issue.
4. Purpose of Discursive Essay
a. It presents a balanced and objective examination of a subject.
b. The topic maybe controversial, but the discursive essay attempts to presents a much
more balanced discussion of the issue.
5. Style of Discursive Essay
a. They are written in a more formal and impersonal style than other essays.
b. Each issue should be discussed in a separate paragraph.
c. Each paragraph should begin with a strong topic sentence.
6. Structure / plan of Discursive Essay
a. Introduction
b. 1st issue, situation or problem
c. 2nd issue, situation or problem
d. Conclusion

An introductory paragraph
(clearly state the topic to be discussed)
A main body
(points are clearly stated in separate paragraph 2-3)
A closing paragraph
Summarising the main point of the essay (restate opinions and
/ give a balance consideration of the topic)
(Table 1)

7. Language Features
a. Passive voice
e.g. It is argued that …
b. Impersonal construction
e.g. It is a common belief that …
c. A range of advanced vocabulary (verbs, adjectives, abstract noun, etc.)
e.g. heated debate concerning the controversial issue
d. Formal linking words/phrases
e.g. furthermore, however, etc.
e. Complex sentences with a variety of links, dependent clauses.
e.g. Furthermore, a tendency to self-concentration and egoism might rise when one
start measuring everything from a profit making perspeective
f. Inversion, especially in conditional
e.g. Never has this been more obvious…
8. Work Sheet

9.