Individual Learning plan

Student: Khaled OVERALL GOALS: To improve English writing competency in order to achieve a
Teacher: Kara Lewis IELTS score of 5.5 or above in one month.
Private Classes: 1.5h x 8
Goal Activities
Understand how to Read through how to create a lesson plan hand out sheet.
create and use a plan Read through Theme/Rheme relationship handout
for essay writing Read through lesson plan checklist.
tasks. Create an essay plans for the following three essay topics
following the lesson plan checklist:
- The performance of staff can have significant impact on
the success of a company. What can companies do to
increase staff productivity?
- The gap between education in richer countries and
education in poorer countries is a growing concern. What
solutions can you suggest to deal with this situation?
- Some people think that sport teaches children how to
compete, while others believe that children learn team
work. Discuss both views and give your opinions.

Assessment: Create an essay plan and then follow it when

completing a 250 word essay on the topic: Public libraries will
soon no longer be housed in a building as all facilities and
books will be available online for all to access. Discuss the
advantages and disadvantages of public libraries only existing
online.

(Essay plan and essay to be completed at home and handed in

to the teacher via email before the next lesson).

* all essay questions have been taken from an IELTS preparation

website: http://ieltsliz.com/100-ielts-essay-questions/
Understand the Read through features of point of view essays hand out
features of point of sheet.
view essays and Quiz to check knowledge and understanding about the
adequately apply features of point of view essays.
these features when Activity: Select the essay topics that you think are likely to
writing essays. require you to express your point of view in your essay.

Assessment: Create an essay plan and write a point of view

essay of approximately 250 words on the topic: Some people
 think that the government is wasting money on the arts and
that this money could be better spent elsewhere. To what
extent do you agree with this view?

(Essay plan and essay to be completed at home and handed in

to the teacher via email before the next lesson).

Understand the Read through features of discussion essays hand out sheet.
features of discussion Quiz to check knowledge and understanding about the
essays and features of point of view essays.
adequately apply Activity: Select the essay topics that you think are likely to
these features when require you to provide a discussion in your essay.
writing essays.
Assessment: Create an essay plan and write a discussion
essay of approximately 250 words on the topic: Some people
think that the internet has brought people closer together
while others think that people and communities are
becoming more isolated. Discus both sides of the argument.

(Essay plan and essay to be completed at home and handed in

to the teacher via email before the next lesson).

Understand the Read through features of problem solving essays hand out
features of solving a sheet.
problem solving Quiz to check knowledge and understanding about the
essays and features of point of view essays.
Activity: Select the essay topics that you think are likely to
adequately apply
require you to solve a problem in your essay.
these features when
writing essays.
Assessment: Create an essay plan and write a problem solving
essay of approximately 250 words on the topic: In many
developing countries, there is a problem with declining
quality of air and water from both industry and construction.
What solutions can you suggest to deal with this problem?

(Essay plan and essay to be completed at home and handed in

to the teacher via email before the next lesson).

Understand the role Review what a verb is and its purpose in the English sentence.
of the verb to be Including hand out sheet.
and when to include Review of the verb to be. Meaning and conjugation.
this in English Activity: Identify and circle when the verb to be has been used
sentences.
Understanding when
to use the definite
article the in English Activity: Place the word categories in the correct column
sentences.
Understand when
and where to use
capital letters in
English sentences.
Recognising when to
use the third person
plural ending of
verbs.
in the following article.
Activity: create correct English sentences with the following
words by adding in the correct form of the verb to be
Activity: The verb to be has been removed from the
following paragraph. Please read the paragraph and rewrite it
by adding in the verb to be in the correct places.
Assessment: Ongoing. The correct usage of the verb to be
will be monitored and assessed in all writing assignments.
Read through when to use the definite article in English
handout sheet.
(definite article or no definite article)
Activity: Decide if the following sentences are correct.
Activity: Decide if the definite article is required or not in the
following examples (fill the gap).
Activity: Rewrite the following news article by adding in the
definite articles where they are needed.
Assessment: Ongoing. The correct usage of the definite
articles will be monitored and assessed in all writing
assignments.
Read through when to use capital letters explanation
handout sheet.
Activity: Identify and circle capitals letters from a news article.
Activity: Identify the words from the table that require capital
letters.
Activity: We use capital letters when short answer quiz.
Activity: Correct the following sentences so that capital letters
are being correctly used.
Assessment: Ongoing. The correct usage of capital letters will
be monitored and assessed in all writing assignments.
Read through Third-person singular verb ending handout
sheet.
Activity: fill in the blanks with the correct verb ending s es
ies
Activity: Fill in the following table with the correct 3rd person
singular version of these verbs.
Activity: Recognise which subjects from the following list
require the 3rd person singular verb ending. Write a sentence
for each of them using the verbs provided.
 Assessment: Ongoing. The correct usage of the 3rd person
singular verb endings will be monitored and assessed in all
writing assignments.

Reduction of spelling Create a list of commonly misspelt words and review correct
errors. spelling each week.
Use Mnemonic devices for repeatedly difficult to spell words.

Assessment: mini spelling quiz at the end of each week on

previously misspelt words (every two lessons).

Increase vocabulary Start a personal dictionary and every time you come across an
unfamiliar word write down the word and its meaning in
English.
Create a synonym mind map for familiar words

Assessment: Ongoing assessment of word choice in writing

assignments.

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