Scheme of work for Writing an A grade narrative essay Sekolah Menengah Haji Awang Didik Session/ Timing Session

1/ 1hour Learning outcomes Content Suggested activities -Group discussion Links to syllabus type Skill-based

Students are able to distinguish good qualities of a wellwritten narrative essay (e.g: organisation, excellent vocabulary, wide-range of vocabulary, idiomatic expressions).

-Introduction to the topic of the programme writing a good piece of a narrative essay

-Mind maps -Check students background knowledge about essay writing.

-Discussion about how one can produce a good piece of a narrative essay.

Session 2/ 1hour

-Students are able to understand the concept of subject verb agreement.

-Teacher gives input on SVA.

-Lecturing

Structural

-With the examples given on the board, students need to discuss the SVA in the sentences.

-Group discussion

Scheme of work for Writing an A grade narrative essay Sekolah Menengah Haji Awang Didik -Students are able to reorganise jumbled words to become sentences -Students are given a number of words that are written on cards. They have to create as many sentences as possible using those card and they need to be able to explain the SVA in their sentences. -Sentence construction using words organization. -Writing exercise.

-They need to write 10 sentences with the use of correct SVA. Session 3/ 2hours -Students are able to differentiate between simple, compound and complex sentences. -Teacher gives 3 examples of sentences (simple, compound, complex) so that students are clear. -Students are able to expand 5 simple sentences into -Teacher revises previous lesson on SVA. -Drillings -Lecturing Structural

Scheme of work for Writing an A grade narrative essay Sekolah Menengah Haji Awang Didik compound sentences -Teacher explains how a complex and 5 compound sentences into complex sentences. sentence is constructed (e.g clauses, subordinators, coordinators,)

Session 4/2hours

-Students are able to to identify high-level vocabulary in the given example sentences. (e.g: pandiculating, nervewrecking, clinical)

-Students are presented with two narrative essays of different levels.

-Group discussion

-Students analyse and extract the differences between the two essays.

-Guessing game.

-Drillings. -Teacher introduces 5-10 new vocabulary (depending on students level) from -Reading newspapers/mag azines.

-Students are able to differentiate the different word

different word classes.

Scheme of work for Writing an A grade narrative essay Sekolah Menengah Haji Awang Didik classes.

-Students are able to upgrade sentences that are given by the teacher by adding high-level of vocabulary

-Using new vocabulary that is introduced, students are able to write a short paragraph with minimal mistakes.

Scheme of work for Writing an A grade narrative essay Sekolah Menengah Haji Awang Didik

Session 5/2hours

-Students are able to understand what idiomatic expression is and its linguistic values.

-Teacher writes few sentences with the inclusion of idiomatic expressions for students to guess the meanings in context.

-Think-pair-share

Skill-based

-Reading storybooks

-Teacher distributes story books and -Students are able to recognise idiomatic expression in context. -Based on the idiomatic expressions that they find, teacher generates discussion. -Students are able to contextualize the meanings of the given idiomatic expressions. students are required to identity 2-3 idiomatic expressions in the books.

Scheme of work for Writing an A grade narrative essay Sekolah Menengah Haji Awang Didik -Students are able to share with the class 1 or 2 idiomatic expressions that they already know.

-Students are able to learn at least 4 new idiomatic expressions and are able to construct contextually correct sentences using them.

Scheme of work for Writing an A grade narrative essay Sekolah Menengah Haji Awang Didik Session 6/2hours -Students are able to recollect the key points of what they learn in previous sessions. -Students brainstorm ideas and come out -Students are able to create state the plots of a story. (e.g exposition, rising action,climax,) -Using their drafts as a guideline, the write a 350-500 word narrative essay ending with It was the day that I am going to remember for the rest of my life. -Students are able to produce a storyline for their essay with the inclusion of the linguistic features that they learn. -Essay writing with a draft of their narrative essay. -Individual brainstorming. -Teacher explains about the plots in a storyline. -Discussions. -Revision of past lessons. -Prompts questions. Skill based

Scheme of work for Writing an A grade narrative essay Sekolah Menengah Haji Awang Didik -Within an hour, students are able to produce a narrative essay of 350-500 words.