Lesson Plan IEP

Name: Asena Cakmakci Course: Writing

Level of Class: Academic A Date: 13/3/2017

Theme of Class / Skill Area Targeted: The type of essay the class is learning to
write these weeks is comparison and contrast essays. They’ve created outlines and
looked at the components of comparison and contrast essays.

Today we will learn how to:

1. Differentiate between comparison and contrast introductions
2. Understand what makes a good or a bad introduction

Background: This week and the past week we’ve learned about different type of body
paragraphs like point-by-point and body paragraphs. Learning one application of APA
style has also been a daily routine lately since they are learning to write more academic
papers.

Objectives:
● Terminal – Students should be able to write their own comparison and contrast
introductions for their essay topics
● Enabling – Students should be able to write introductions for comparison or
contrast essays.

Materials:Introductions to Academic Essays Packet 2, Projector, paper and pen/pencil

Class Procedure:
8:15--> APA Routine
● (20 min) Review/Warm-up
o Students have their partners or “best friend” for the day projected on the
board and they sit together”
o Ask the students to to remember the APA rules they learned in class.
o On the board there will be missing in text citations that are numbered. The
bottom of the projected image will have the references numbered to go in
the text.
o Students will practice citing references in text
o Another image is projected this time it is an article and its abstract.
o Students will practice citing the article in APA style not in text.
o Remind students this is for practice and perfection is not expected of them
yet
● (1 min) Objectives Overview
 o Students will be able to recognize and produce introduction paragraphs
● (40 min) PPP
o Revise the components of an introduction paragraph like Hook,
Background and Thesis.

o Have students read an example of two comparison introduction

paragraphs. They will discuss why it is a good or a bad example.
▪ Have students read your paragraph and compare that to the
previous ones.
▪ Have the students write an introduction paragraph about a topic
they choose with their partner. Remind them the part of an
introduction paragraph.
▪ They will read their paragraphs to the pair of best friends next to
them.
o Have students read contrast introduction paragraphs. They will discuss
why they think their peer’s paragraph is a good example or not.

▪ Have them read your paragraph and have them discuss.

▪ Have them write their own paragraph introduction for a contrast
essay.
▪ Have them share with the pair of best friends next to them.
o Have students read comparison and contrast introduction paragraphs.
They will discuss why they think their peer’s paragraph is a good example
or not.
▪ Have them read your paragraph and have them tlak about their
thoughts on the paragraph like what they liked and what they could
do differently.
▪ Have them write their own paragraph introduction for a comparison
contrast essay.
▪ Have them share with the pair of best friends next to them.

● (4 min) Review
● Have students start to work on their own introductions for their essay.

Reflections: One thing I hadn’t thought too much about was the time spent
collaboration between best friends. Though I knew they would need that time to talk
about their introductions I wish I allotted more time on the lesson plan for this. The goal
for next time is to have a more realistic expectation of how much time is needed for
productive skills.