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LESSON PLAN

TOPIC: Narrative Writing: Engage The Reader

GRADE: IX

DURATION: 45 minutes

COMPETENCY: 2 – Writing Skills (C2)

STANDARD: 1

All students will produce with developing fluency and accuracy,

academic, transactional and creative writing, which is focused,
purposeful and shows an insight into the writing process. (C2, S1)

Please note: Reading and writing are integrally related. Good readers are also better writers.
In the light of this, identifying and analyzing elements of written texts, focused earlier in
reading standards and benchmarks, are sometimes repeated in this section to show this
essential relationship for teaching and testing of writing.

BENCHMARK: II

Write a variety of expository, persuasive, analytical essays, and personal

narratives for different purposes and audiences.

GENERAL OBJECTIVES:

The students will be able:

o Write a personal narrative (autobiographical):

• Include choice of time period in one’s life.

• Include clear statement of personality traits at that time.
• Include significant details and an incident used to portray
personality.

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SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES:

The students will be able:

1) To learn and engage readers at the beginning of stories and

narratives.

2) To know the basic elements for writing narrative stories and

to use the elements in writing.

3) To understand context are the details (ex.- where, when, why)

that are included so that the reader understands what the
writer is trying to communicate.

MATERIAL AIDS:

Narrative Writing Made Easy Content Pages, Activity Handouts,

Whiteboard/Projector, Writing Utensils.

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Lesson Plan
METHOD
STEP CONTENT TEACHER ACTIVITY STUDENT SKILL IN TIME
ACTIVITY FOCUS

Topic: Introduction:

Narrative Writing: Tell a brief story about something

Engage the Reader that occurred in your past. Ask
students to think about the story
you told and if there are any
lessons they can learn from your
account.

Explain to students the purpose of

personal narratives is to engage
listeners in the conversation and
the story. Make clear to the
students that they will learn how to
write compelling and engaging
personal narratives.

Distribute Narrative Writing Made The students

Easy content pages. Read and must listen
review the information with the attentively
students. especially about
all the elements
Pre - Writing that make up Detailed 10 mins
Narrative Explanation
Writing. They
can also ask any
relevant
questions.

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METHOD
STEP CONTENT TEACHER ACTIVITY STUDENT SKILL IN TIME
ACTIVITY FOCUS

Development:

Guided Practice:

Assist students with answering the

questions on the second page of
the Narrative Writing Made Easy.
Use the additional resources to
enhance understanding.

Students can
answer verbally
first and then Exploration 05 mins
write them down
afterwards.

Distribute the Activity page. Assist

students in planning their personal
narratives. Some students will
need guidance about selecting a
topic, as this may be the first
personal narrative they have
written. Read and review
the instructions carefully.

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METHOD
STEP CONTENT TEACHER ACTIVITY STUDENT SKILL IN TIME
ACTIVITY FOCUS

Students can
While Writing clear their Writing 10 mins
concepts and Skills
listen attentively
to the teacher.

Feedback:

When students have completed the

final copy of their personal
narratives, post the exemplary
work where other students can see
it. Have some students read their
stories aloud to the class. Also, this
is the point where teacher can
correct the student’s work and
compliment them on good writing
skills as well.

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METHOD
STEP CONTENT TEACHER ACTIVITY STUDENT SKILL IN TIME
ACTIVITY FOCUS

Teacher input:

Distribute the Practice page.

Check and review the students’
responses. Emphasize to the
students that the more they
practice, the better they are going
to get at forming personal The teacher can
narrative essays. use the key to
help the student
with their
answers.

Rewriting 05 mins

Application:

Distribute the final essay activity.

Varied answers
by the students.

Prose Skills 10 mins

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STEP CONTENT TEACHER ACTIVITY STUDENT SKILL IN TIME
ACTIVITY FOCUS

Feedback:

Teacher can check the essays

written by the students.

Overall Assessment:

In closing, ask students:

How is writing a narrative

different from writing explanatory
or informational texts?
Students can
Post Writing What does it mean to engage the think of their Drawing 05 mins
reader? essays while Conclusions
Links to Speaking Skills answering the
What is context in a narrative, and questions.
how does the context relate
to the story?

How does a writer use feeling,

emotion, and sensory words to
engage readers?

Homework:

Ask the students to produce any

piece of narrative writing in the
next class.

Example Topics:

Your favorite vacation with your

family, A trip you will never
forget, A time you made friends in
an unusual circumstance, Your
first day at a new school, etc.

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CONTINGENCY PLAN

• If the time is less, then I will ask students to …

Skip the application activity or to give it as homework.

• If the time is left, then I will ask the students to …

Perform peer – assessment in the class with their essays.

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Attachments:

Content Pages / Worksheets:

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