Teacher: Abderrazzak HASSAR Class level : Common Core

Textbook : Outlook Class size : 38

Unit 4: Artistic Interests Lesson type : Writing
Title : Writing a film review School : El Ijtihad
Class period : 1 hour Date :
 General Objective(s): Students will be able to write a film review.
 Students Performance Objectives (SPO): By the end of the lesson, students will be able to:
 Recognize the layout of a film review; and
 Write a film review about their favorite movie.
 Material(s): Student’s textbook and the BB.

Time Procedures Techniques

3 Warm-up
minutes -T greets SS and welcomes them to his class. Greeting
-T asks one of the SS to write the date on the BB.
15 minutes Pre-writing stage
Brainstorming:
-T raises SS motivation and awareness about the topic. Setting the
-T: Do you write watch movies a lot? scene
-SS: Yes.
-T: What type of movies do you like most
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War Horror

Science
Comedy
Fiction

Types Semantic map

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Movies

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Epics/hi
Drama
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Thriller

- T asks SS to open their textbook, page 52.

-T writes, with the help of SS, the format of a film review on the BB.
Picture of the …………………………………………………………………………. Brainstorming
movie (ads) ………………………………………………..………………………………… (film review
……………..………………………………………………..………………… format)
……………………………..………………………………………………..…………….………………… +
……………………………..………………………………. Planning
- T asks SS to read the film review provided there.
- T draws a chart on the BB and asks SS to fill it in with information from the text.
Profile Theme & Genre The story Characters Directing
-Titanic -Historical - The two lead - Dicaprio & - Yes there are.
-James Romance. actors meet and Winslet. -Yes it is. Chart filling
Cameron - A love story that fall in love…. -Billy Zane -Yes, there are.
-Dicaprio & recites the romance -Yes it is. -Winslet’s
Winslet. between the lead mother.
-White Star actors. -Yes, sure they
Line do.
-194 minutes
20 minutes While writing stage Drafting
Drafting:
-T asks SS to write a film review about their favourite movie.
-T monitors the class by going around the rows and checking SS’ work and progress. Revising
Revising:
-T asks SS to exchange their drafts and revise. Editing
Editing:
-T asks SS to edit their first drafts if there are any mistakes.
22 minutes Post-writing stage: Publishing Publishing (oral
-T has SS read out their final draft in front of each other. presentation)
-T writes a short film review on the BB with the help of Ss. (Whole-class production).
-T asks SS to copy on their lessons book.