Date
Monday, October 5th,2020
Teacher
Ms. May Hatem
Unit name- Lesson title
Narrative Essay: First draft
Grade/ level/subject
Grade Eight – English
Time allotted
90 minutes
Class layout
Groups
Standards
Common Core: W 2, W 2a–e, W 3a–e, W 4, W 5, W 7, W 8,
W 9, W 9a, W 10
Identify the structure of a Narrative Essay
Apply the usage of transitional words to increase word
flow
Usage of academic vocabulary to enrich writing
Instructional objectives
Resources / Teacher Aids
Set Induction/ Activating prior
knowledge
Presentation
Application/practice/learning
activities
-Smart Board
-Sample writing
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pf7ywvfCJUo
Instructional Procedures
Time
Warm up:
5 mins
Students watch a video on the structure of a narrative essay to
answer the following question:
1.
What are 2 ways we can write a thesis statement inside
a narrative essay?
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Review lesson objectives with the students.
Recap the structure of a narrative essay to introduce
also how to form a thesis statement and include
relevant transitional words to help the flow of the
essay
Show how to fill out the graphic organizer.
Students are given the choice of 2 prompts:
1. A strange, yet fun travelling experience during
quarantine.
2. A time when they found out someone they knew
was diagnosed with Covid and how they reacted.
15 mins
Students start to individually write their first drafts
using a graphic organizer first that asks the question:
who?where?what?when? and how?
Students continue writing their first drafts.
20
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Check for understanding
Closure / Wrap up
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mins
30
mins
mins
20
mins
Homework
Assessment
Graphic organizer