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.

· 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.