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Date:
Name: Shazia Erum and Syed Jaffar
Class x
Subject: English
Topic: Precis writing
Time: 35- 40 Minutes

Teachers Intention: To enhance students comprehention / skills of precis writing in English language.

Specific Objectives: By the end of the lesson students will be able to understand how to summarize a story
and will write at least 6-7 lines on precis writing within 10 minutes in their notebooks.

Material aids: worksheets, Flash cards

Method: Discussion method

Strategies: Pair work

Ste

Content

Method

Time

Teacher Activity

1.

Student Activity
5min

Warm up:
The teacher will paste a chart on the
board with the following sentences
and ask students to read the
sentences and change the vague
sentence in to prcis sentence.
Expected answers:

Examples:

1. I will go at 10:30 a.m.

Chart:

2. We are the best checker

players. We are the best at
checkers.
3. Karen is wearing very nice
boots.
4. Tom is generous.
5. The twins are identical.

Topic: Precis Writing

A moral short story of Golden

Windows
Little Molly lived in a small
beautiful town. Her tiny house is
constructed on the banks of a
beautiful river, near the mountain.
She was the only daughter for her
parent. Although they werent
very rich, they lived happily.
Her house was surrounded by
huge trees and beautiful plants. It
was a single bedded house, made
of woods. Molly did not like her
house very much. She felt that the
house was too small and not very
neat. Little molly was very fond
of the mountain. The steep and
sloppy mountain had a beautiful
but abandoned castle like home
with golden windows.

Students will read each

vague sentence and
then change in to prcis
sentences.

Vague Sentence: I think that

there should be law against
using too much water.
Precise Sentence: it should
be illegal to waste water.
1. I will start to go at exactly
10:30 in the morning.
2. We are better than everyone
else at checkers.
3. Karen is wearing boots of the
most extremely high quality in
the world.
4. Tom is a generous guy.
5. The two twins are like,
perfectly identical.

Introduction:
On the basis of pupils response the
teacher will introduce the topic by
writing it on the board.

The student will look at

the board

Development
Guided task:
The teacher will give students a
story and will ask them to read it
twice with understanding. The
teacher will ask the students to write
a short summary of the story in their
own words on the paper within 10
minutes.

10 min

Students will read the

short story and will
summarize it in their
own words within 10
minutes in pairs..

Feedback :

The teacher will ask student to share

their answers, The teacher will
appreciate the answers of students
and will rectify if there are any
mistakes.

Expected answer:

Teachers Input:

Clarity means

The teacher will brain storm the

qualities of a good precise writing,
by writing main points on the board.
The teacher will explain each
quality of prcis writing by
recording some points on the board.

getting your
message across so that the
receiver can understand what the
writer is trying to convey.
Correctness : mistakes

are never
intentional; even so there is no
excuse for them. At the time of
writing or composing a prcis the
writer must ensure that the facts
and figures are correct.
Objectivity means

the ability to
present or view facts uncolored
by feelings, opinions. While
making a prcis, the writer should
adopt an objective approach.
completeness. A prcis

writing
should be complete in all
respects. Completeness means
that the writer should include all
the important facts in a prcis
Conciseness means

to say all that

needs to be said and no more. The
writer should write what is
necessary and avoid writing
unnecessary details. possible
words.

Expected answer:

Qualities of Precise Writing OR

Summary:
Clari
ty
Quali
ties
Correct
of
ness
Prci
s
Com writi
Objecti
plete ng
vity
ness

Conci
senes
s

Students will share

their work one by one

10 min

Students will listen to

the teacher and
understand the
qualities of prcis
writing by writing main
points in their copies.

1: A Precis is a summary. PrecisWriting is a very useful exercise.

Most of us read carelessly.
Writing precis gives training in
careful reading

Application:
The teacher will ask students to
write 6-7 lines on preci writing in
their notebooks.

Students will write 6-7

lines on preci writing in
their notebooks.

7 min

2: A Precis is a shortening, in
your own words, of a text of
written work. You are to describe
as accurately and briefly
3: To write an effective prcis,
read the passage several times for
a full understanding. Note key
points.
Feedback:
The teacher will appreciate the
students response and will correct if
there is any short comings.

Students will share

their work one by one

Overall Assessment:
Expected answers:

Students will snswer

the following question
To assess pupils understanding level
orally.
the teacher will randomly ask the
following question: answers will be
written on the board

Precis writing is another name for

summarizing. Writing a prcis
means to shorten a given passage Q1: what is prcis wtiting and how
to about one third of the original. to write?
So, a lot of things have to be
omitted, but none of the important
points or things can be omitted. It
contains the gist or the main
theme of the passage expressed in
your own words.

5 min