LESSON PLAN: ENGLISH II, GRADE 10

Date: March 31,2016

Name: Nadia Abuzaid
Grade: 10th grade
Lesson: Steps of the Writing Process
Summary: Within this lesson, students are going to be prepared to learn how to write an essay.
They will learn the steps (prewriting, writing, revision, editing and publishing)to take to write a
well-developed essay.
Time-line of Lesson: One 45 minute class period.
State Standard(s): TEKS (Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills)
110.32. English Language Arts and Reading, English II The English Language Arts and
Reading Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) are organized into the following strands:
Reading, where students read and understand a wide variety of literary and informational texts;
Writing, where students compose a variety of written texts with a clear controlling idea, coherent
organization, and sufficient detail; Research, where students are expected to know how to locate
a range of relevant sources and evaluate, synthesize, and present ideas and information;
Listening and Speaking, where students listen and respond to the ideas of others while
contributing their own ideas in conversations and in groups; and Oral and Written Conventions,
where students learn how to use the oral and written conventions of the English language in
speaking and writing. The standards are cumulative--students will continue to address earlier
standards as needed while they attend to standards for their grade. In English II, students will
engage in activities that build on their prior knowledge and skills in order to strengthen their
reading, writing, and oral language skills. Students should read and write on a daily basis.
Instructional Activities and Procedures:
o Lecture (15 minutes)
o Group Activity (20 minutes)
o Worksheet (10 minutes)

Lesson Objectives:
o By the end of the lesson, students will be able to know the steps to the writing process.
When given a topic to write about, they will be able to break down and write out the
necessary information needed in the certain parts.

Student Objectives
o The student will recognize the steps to the writing process.
o The student will utilize the information given

Materials Needed:
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Computer
PowerPoint
Pen/ Pencils
Notebooks
Worksheet Given

Introduction
When the class starts, students will be presented with a lecture. The writing steps will be
introduced to them. The students should listen and be able to identify when asked question by the
teacher. After following the presentation, the students will be organized into groups for the
activity. This activity will help the students help each other become even more familiar with the
steps. Then they will be given a worksheet to fill out.

Closure:
Before the class ends, the students need to fill out a worksheet about the topic they will write for
their essay. This will give them a visual of how to start the writing process and what is needed.

Modifications and Accommodations:

o Email notes and the class lecture for further note-taking.
o Use as many examples, pictures, and visuals to help students in another way.
o Have class discussions to get feedback about what is understood and what needs further
explaining.
o Ask the students questions to show if they learned or not.

Evaluations: With the worksheet given to the students, this will show how much they learned
during the lecture. Being that they are able to fill out the worksheet to the best of their ability will
give the indication that they understood the subject and became familiar with the subject of the
writing process.

Name:__________________
Date:___________________
Worksheet
Directions: Answer the questions to the best of your knowledge.
1. What are the 5 steps to the writing process? List and give a description of each.

2. With the space given, or on the back of the paper, for the topic you chose, fill out the
steps of the writing process accordingly in order to organize your essay.