9A Unit1 How to revise a piece of writing
Teaching aims
1 To enable students to revise a piece of writing
2 To introduce four steps to revise a piece of writing
3 To get students to comprehend the basic requirements for good essays
Teaching Methodology
Theory of taskbased teaching & Learning
Teaching Procedures
Step 1 Introduce the structure and clarity of a wellorganized essay
Activity Ask students to analyze the structure of an essay `
Step 2 Introduce the ways to analyze the content of an essay
Activity 1 Ask students to analyze an essay by discussing questions in groups and by constructing a backwards outline
l Does the essay have a unified point of view Are all the points developed logically
l Are the topic sentences and supporting details arranged properly
l Is the essay coherent with good transitions
Activity 2 Ask students to discuss and find out the problems in the content of a paragraph (topic sentence and supporting details)
Activity 3 ask students to revise the paragraph (first draft second draft and third draft)
Activity 4 ask students to find the transitions used in an essay and improve a paragraph by adding transitions
Step 3 Introduce the ways to editing spelling grammar and punctuation mistakes
Activity 1 ask students to revise a paragraph by using the abbreviations to mark all the mistakes
Activity 2 ask students to revise the common mistakes in sentences
l Incomplete sentence or sentence fragment
l Runon sentences
l Incorrect verb forms
l Parallel verb form
l Subjectverb agreement
l Incorrect tense
l Common punctuation mistakes
Step 4 Remind students of the importance of reading their writing aloud
Step 5 Sum up the selfcheck list that can be used in revising a piece of writing
Activity ask one or two students to sum up what they have learnt in this lesson
Step 6 Project
Use the selfcheck list to analyze your classmate’s essay and revise it if necessary
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