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| Tasks | Weeks 1 & 2
Paragraph means? | Week 3
Grammar and peer review process | Week 4
Essays and thesis statement | Weeks 5 and 6
Descriptive writing | Week 7 and 8
Comparison and contrast | Weeks 9 and 10
Cause and effect essay | Weeks 11 and 12
Agree/disagree
Essay |
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| Out-of-class activities | Watching a video recorded for the course teacher
Reading chapter 1 “topic sentences and planning strategies”
https://www.youTube.comwatch?v=FGU5Tkh-Rvg | Watching YouTube videos to revise different tenses/peer review process Reading hand-out on run-on sentences and punctuation
Grammar drills on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7P4fzbzwwAg | Watching YouTube videos to differentiate between paragraph and essay/topic sentences and thesis statement
Using WhatsApp to write thesis statement and topic sentences sharing with the teacher and peers | Watching online video for descriptive writing
Online exercise on simile and metaphor
https://www.grammarly.com/blog/what's-the-difference-betweenasimileandametaphor | Practice essay writing on comparison and contrast designed by the teacher.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=I9wygIVAxqg | Watching YouTube video on case and effect essay. https://www.youtube.com./watch?v=1t4E7pJbIpY
Read worksheet provided by teacher | Watching a video recorded for the course teacher. Practice
Essay writing at home. |
| In-class activities | In groups of two: students investigate the topic
Independently: work on topic sentence
In groups: check topic sentences by peer review
Independently: produce a paragraph | In groups of two: learners exchange the paragraphs with other group members discussing them to understand the run-on sentences and engage in peer review | Using data show projector and discussing each other’s thesis and topic sentences | In a group of two: choosing a topic and discussing the pros & cons at the end of the class, learners share the prompts using WhatsApp | In pairs, learners choose, compare, and contrast topic
Using a clustering technique
Finally write the essay | In pair: students engage in peer review | In pairs: students engage in peer review |
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