Ryan Bronaugh ENG580

Lesson Plan for Writing To Inform This lesson plan requires the class meet in the library. First: I will email the class an assignment sheet requiring them to explore their interest and choose a topic they already know something about, and which can be tied to their academics in some way (it doesnt have to be a class they are taking this semester, necessarily). Have a topic? Great, go to the next step. Second: I ask the class to answer some, or all of the following questions (which come directly from our text book, page 181). 1. Why is this an important subject? 2. How does _________ work? What steps are involved? 3. What is the origin of _________? What recent events are related to it? What are the implications of those events? 4. What is limiting the use of __________? What has kept _________succeeding (if it hasnt)? If it is not accepted, what must happen in order that it is accepted? 5. Who benefits from ___________? How do they benefit? Why do they benefit? 6. What are the advantages of ____________? What are the disadvantages?

Third: Class will meet in the library and be broken down into groups of two. Each person of the group will explain their topic, and give a run down of the answers to the questions above. This will take 20 minutes, in allhopefully. Fourth: The tricky part. Each member of the group will take the other members topic and search out useful information using the librarys resources. They will generate a list of books, articles, etc. that would be beneficial to their partners topic if s/he were writing an informative paper on it. The two will exchange information and discuss why they chose what they did.