Lesson Plan of Pr-writing Strategies
English Grade VIII
Students’ Learning Outcomes
· Use a variety of pr-writing strategies such as brainstorming, mind mapping, outlining, etc.
Information for Teacher
· Pr-writing:
A. What will be the setting?
B. What are going to be writing about?
C. Who will be the characters?
D. Who are you going to write to?
· Clustering/mind mapping: Clustering is also called mind mapping or idea mapping. It is a strategy that allows you to explore the relationships between ideas.
· Brainstorming: To produce an idea or way of solving a problem by holding a spontaneous group discussion is called brainstorming.
· Clustering/ mind map: is a diagram used to represent words, ideas, tasks, or other items linked to and arranged around a central key word or idea.
· Mind maps are used to create, envisage, structure and classify ideas and as an aid to studying and organizing information, solving problems, making decisions and writing.
Concept Map
Material / Resources
Chalk/marker, board, duster, chart
Worm up activity
· Select a topic and ask the students about this topic.
· Ask them to give their ideas about it and ask one student to come up and write those ideas on board.
· Here explain to them that this is a per-writing strategy called “brainstorming”.
Development
Activity 1
· Draw a mind map on the board and write all important information in it.
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· Explain them the mind map and the way it can be made.
· Now give them a topic and ask them to make a mind map of it.
Activity 2
· Divide the class in two groups.
· Give them a topic.
· Ask one group to write the main points about the topic through brainstorming.
· Ask the other group to jot down the main points about the topics and make the mind map of them.
· Both the group can cross check each other work.
Sum up / Conclusion
· Conclude the lesson by again explaining the concept of per-writing strategies to the class.
Assessment
· Ask the students to select any topic and use per-writing strategies for writing important points about it.
Follow up
· Ask the students to select a topic and make mind map of it.