IELTS ACADEMIC

Lesson plan N: 01

Teacher: Khaoula BOUCHARABINE

IELTS writing

Lesson Goal:

• Familiarize the learner with ielts’ writing test form and structure.
• To develop students’ ability to plan an answer for IELTS Writing Task 1 by reading the
instructions carefully, analysing the data, deciding on the number of paragraphs to write and
selecting relevant information to include.

activity Time Materials interaction

needed
10 min Board T-S
Welcome the student Pens
• Ask the student what are the information he has
about the writing tasks in ielts.
• Get answers from the student S-T
• Corrects the wrong information and add the rest of T-S
information. Focusing on more information about
IELTS task 01 (time limit, types of questions,
wordcount etc)

• Give handouts to the student and ask to take a few 5 mins Worksheet 01 T-S
minutes to read it and observe the graph
• Ask the student to Read and discuss the question
• Students explain what they have understood from 2mins T-S
the question.
• Introduce all possible types of graphs in ielts
1) Bar Chart. 10 mins Worksheet 02
2) Line Graph.
3) Table.
4) Pie Chart.
5) Process Diagram.
6) Map.
7) Multiple Graphs.

• Teacher explains the outline of a report 20 mins Board T-S

Paragraph 01: 50 words Pens
• First Sentence (Introduction Sentence): Introduce
the topic of the graph, table, etc. What is being
measured? What is the unit of measurement? Are
there times and dates that need to be mentioned?
(Do not interpret any of the data. Do not compare any of
the data. Instead, it can be useful to complete this
sentence)
• Second Sentence (Main Features): Write a
sentence or two that describes the main features
of the graph, chart, or table. Mention the highest
 points and the lowest points. If there are other
interesting features that you would like to explain
later, mention them here too.
(Do not explain why these points are interesting. Do not
explain why one point is high or one point is low. Don’t
interpret the data).
Provide students with some sample sentences that can be
useful as:

“The most interesting … was ______________.”

“The biggest …… over the given time period was

______________.”

Exercise:
• Teacher asks student to follow the instructions and
write the first paragraph for the task on worksheet
01 10 mins Worksheet 01 T-S
• Student reads his production S-T
• Teacher provides feedback and write the final
version of the paragraph on the computer 5 mins T-S
• Teacher explains the body paragraph outline in
details.
Paragraph 2: Body Paragraph A
Word Count: 50 Words

Pick one of the main features and explain this feature in 15 mins
detail. You can do this in 3 – 5 sentences.
Mention all the numbers and measurements that are
relevant to this feature. Board and pens
NB: This might feel like the student is simply copying down
the data that they see in the chart or table. This is exactly
the aim of Writing Task 1. it is not about forming an
opinion or an argument.

features can also be compared here. Pointing out opposites

or contrasting data points, as they are easiest to describe.

Paragraph 3: Body Paragraph B

Word Count: 50 Words

describe the main feature. Follow the same method as
above. When done, you do not have to write a conclusion.
Simply move on to Writing Task 2.

• Teacher receives questions and clarifies

ambiguities in the previous explanation
• Teacher asks the students to write paragraph 1 and
2 For the task on worksheet 01 5 mins

15mins
 • Student reads his whole report
• Teacher gives feedback and discuss the final
product
• Teacher Displays model answer and ask students to 3 mins Data show /
read it screen +
computer

Grammar 5 mins Board and pens t-s

Tenses :
• Teacher Introduces the tenses used in reports and
grammatical structures
No date – use the present tense
Dates in the past – use the past tense
Dates in the future – use the future tense 5 mins t-s
t-s
• Teacher Test the prior knowledge of the student Worksheet 03
about the previous tenses 5 mins
• Teacher Display examples of different tenses with Website
different uses in reports and displays an exercise /perfect s-t
• The student answers the questions English/
Comparatives:
Teacher writes a sentence on the board
The use of smartphones in 2010 is ………….. the use of 5 mins t-s
smart phones in 2023
Teacher asks students to fill in the gap s-t
Students guess the missing word. 10 mins Board and pen
Teacher introduces the lesson of comparatives and
superlatives and explain it.

• Teacher summarizes the whole lesson in brief

IELTS writing task 1 is essentially a summarising task. Your 2 mins
overview paragraph should contain two or three sentences Data show /
summarising the main features of the graph. screen
• Teacher displays a sample ielts task 01 on the
15mins
screen and asks the student to write a report .
3 mins
• Teacher ends the session
 Worksheet 01
You should spend about 20 minutes on this task.

The chart shows components of GDP in the UK from 1992 to 2000.

Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make
comparisons where relevant.

Write at least 150 words.

WORKSHEET 02
Worksheet 03
 Worksheet 04

You should spend about 20 minutes on this task.

The bar chart shows the scores of teams A, B and C over four different seasons.

Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons
where relevant.

Write at least 150 words.