Academic Vocabulary Lesson Plan
Level/Stream/Class
Lesson No. Unit/Topic Lesson Duration Lesson Objectives |
Sec 2 Express
10 Academic Writing 90 minutes (3 period block in timetable) (10 minute buffer time) By the end of the lesson, students should be able to 1) Define and explain at least 5 words from the Academic Word List (Sub-list 1) with the use examples 2) Use at least 6 words from the sub-list to improve their draft (expository writing) correctly. |
DurationIntroduction (10 mins)
Main Activity (60 mins) Lesson Closure(10 mins) |
Content/ ActivityRevise and recap with students what they have done in the previous lesson of expository writing:
Students will retrieve their essay drafts from their thumbdrives. Teacher decribes agenda for the day – to improve the vocabulary of the draft. Introduction of Academic Word List (AWL)
Students will download & access the AWL here: http://www.victoria.ac.nz/lals/resources/academicwordlist/ Group Activity – Identify, define & exemplify Sub-list 1 (10 min) Teacher draws focus to Sub-list 1 part 1 – 30 words. Students get into groups of 6. There will be about 6 groups. Each group will get 5 words to match to their respective definitions and then come up with an example for its use together. Teacher’s Overview of Sub-list 1 (20 min) Teacher visits the following website and uses it to go through the answers of the activity together as a class. Teacher gets groups to share their examples as the words are gone over. http://quizlet.com/11889725/learn Individual Revision (10 min) Students then go back to their respective places and independently attempt the quiz found on the following website Students are to take screenshots of their results of the quiz and send it to the teacher. Editing of Expository Draft (20 min) Introduction – 5 min Students review their introduction and underline parts of it that are unclear or missing links. They then look at the list of words from Sub-list 1 Part 1 and attempt to correct their essay using 1-2 words from it. Body – 10 min Students will then revise the body segment of their expository drafts by:
Conclusion – 5 min Students review their conclusion and underline parts of it that are unclear or missing links. They then look at the list of words from Sub-list 1 Part 1 and attempt to correct their essay using 1-2 words from it. AWL Highlighter – 5 min Students are tasked to check the frequency and occurrence of the words using the AWL highlighter: http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/~alzsh3/acvocab/awlhighlighter.html Students submit the edited draft to the teacher for assessment. Lesson Review – 5 min Teacher reiterates importance of using accurate academic vocabulary in essays especially those of genres like Expository essays to achieve coherence and cohesion. Explain that the links for AWL and AWL Highlighter will be helpful for their future essays. |
ObjectiveTrigger Prior Knowledge/ Activate Schema
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Resources
4. Words from: http://quizlet.com/11889725/awl-1a-flash-cards/ 5. Slips of words and definitions for matching 6. Handout for examples 7. Website: http://quizlet.com/11889725/learn 8. Website: http://www.englishvocabularyexercises.com/AWL/AWLSublist01-Ex1a.htm 9. (Back up) Printout of Question 10. Microsoft Word 11. List of 30 words AWL Highlighter: http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/~alzsh3/acvocab/awlhighlighter.html |
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