LESSON PLAN

Teacher: Nicoleta Anca Alexa

Date: 23 May 2018
School: Colegiul Naţional “Elena Ghiba Birta” Arad
Form: 10 A
Level: Upper-Intermediate
Lesson Type: Systematization and revision of knowledge
Subject: Revision: Report, Article, Review

Aims:
1. To revise the main elements of construction of a report, of a review and of an article
2. To help students get rid of their insecurities when it comes to writing in English

Objectives:
At the end of the lesson students will be able to:
1. Identify the main difficulties and fears they encounter when they face a writing
assignment
2. Use the rules they have learned in previous lessons to write articles, reviews and reports
3. Recognize the main parts an article, report and review and place the paragraphs in the
correct order.
4. Talk about the style, purpose and organization of an article, report, and review.
5. Write their own report, review or article

Skills: writing, reading, speaking

Teaching materials: pictures, handouts, whiteboard

Activity 1 – Lead-in 2’
- the teacher greets the students and checks if anyone is absent

Activity 2 – Warmer 3’

- the teacher writes the word WRITING on the board and asks the students about their
feelings towards this word (students are usually reluctant when it comes to writing in
English)
- the students share their opinions and discuss freely some of the fears they have when it
comes to writing in English
Activity 3 – Brainstorm 5’

- the teacher tells the students that there are certain rules they have to keep in mind when
writing in English and that by sticking to these rules anyone can produce a good piece of writing
- from the word WRITING the teacher draws a line and writes RULES
- the teacher brainstorms some of the general rules of writing known by the students and
writes down the main issues to keep in mind when preparing to write (eg. form, style,
organization, paragraphs, link words, formal, informal, adverbs, opinion, reader, writer, fixed
form, conclusion, main body, introduction, etc.)

Activity 4 – Systematization of knowledge (i) 5’

- the teacher tells the students they are going to revise three of the specific types of writing
they have learned throughout this school year: REPORT, ARTICLE, REVIEW
- the teacher writes the three words on the board as the columns of a table; on the left side
of the table the teacher writes: PURPOSE, STYLE, ORGANIZATION
- the PURPOSE and STYLE cells will be filled after eliciting them from the students, one
by one (as in the table)

Activity 5 – Systematization of knowledge (ii) – pair work 20’

- for the ORGANIZATION cell, the students will have to work in pairs
- the teacher gives each pair of students a handout containing mixed paragraphs of an
article, a film review and a report.
- the teacher writes INTRODUCTION on the left side of the table and asks the students to
find the paragraphs containing the introduction of each of the three types of writing. She also
asks what kind of information is contained by each paragraph and writes it down in the
corresponding cell of the chart
- the same procedure will be repeated for the MAIN BODY and CONCLUSION
- at the end of the activity, the teacher makes sure that all pairs have the three pieces of
writing sorted out and placed in the correct order of paragraphs

Activity 6 – Check Reading 5’

- three students are asked to quickly read the texts

Activity 7 – Evaluation and feedback 10’

- the teacher gives the students the handouts and asks them to solve the 3 exercises (if there
is not enough time left, the remaining exercises will be done as homework)
- the teacher checks the answers and gives feedback
WRITING REVISION – EXERCISES

1. Do you know how to write a magazine article? Circle True or False for
these sentences.

1. An article should always be written using formal language. True False

2. You should use paragraphs when writing an article. True False

3. Don’t express your opinion in an article. True False

4. Your article should have a catchy title. True False

5. You should ask the reader questions in your article. True False

2. Fill the gaps with the correct word from the box.

subheading information recommend aim

1. You might be asked to write a report when a person in authority needs __________________.

2. In the first line of the introduction, you should say what the _______________ of the report is.

3. A report should be divided into paragraphs, each with a clear _______________ on the left.

4. At the end of the report, you will probably be asked to _______________ what should be
done.
 3. Complete the gaps with a word from the box.

aspects plot paragraphs recommendations opinion structure

a. A film review should be well organized with a clear 1 _______________. One way of
doing this is to divide your review into four 2 _______________.

b. The first paragraph can be quite short and contain your brief overall 3 _______________ of
the film. You will explain this opinion in later paragraphs. Also give some basic facts like
the names of the actors and the year of release.

c. The second paragraph can be a summary of the 4 _______________, but make sure you
don’t give away the ending.

d. The third paragraph can be your opinion of various 5 __ _____________ of the film such
as the acting, the music, the special effects and the script. You can praise or criticize them.

e. The final paragraph should include your 6 _______________. Should people watch this
film? Give reasons why or why not. You can also suggest who the film would most appeal
to, for example teenagers, people who like action films or fans of spy films.