New lesson plan: Academic Writing

Nahla

Academic Writing - ENG12 level

Academic Writing
ENG12 level

Description

In this lesson student will be able to interpret academic description of data to accurately reconstruct a bar chart and justify their design choices using trend vocabulary.

Materials

Smartscreen

Handouts

Markers

Whiteboard

Smartscreen

Handouts

Markers

Whiteboard

Main Aims

By the end of the lesson, students will be able to accurately interpret and reconstruct data from a written academic description of a graph by producing a correctly labeled bar chart that reflects the specific trends, comparisons, and figures mentioned in the text.

Subsidiary Aims

To work in groups to negotiate meaning and peer-correct their understanding of the data.
To practice "Reading for detail" by decoding complex sentences in the model writing task to identify the precise values and categories required for their drawing.
To recall and apply some of the key academic terms used to analyze and describe graphs and charts trends

Procedure (68-85 minutes)

Warmer/Lead-in : The Vocabulary Sprint (12-15 minutes) • Revise "trend" terms and vocabulary

in order to highly engage the students to recall quickly some of the language need for the lesson. The Ss will be divided into 4 groups to play Kahoot.

Exposure : Oral Analysis (12-15 minutes) • To provide a model of the task and highlight useful words and phrases

- Display a bar chat on the screen - Ask ss to identify the X and Y axes and the overall units - Analyze using "Think-Pair-Share" to have the students describe the highest/lowest points - and one significant comparison.

Reverse Engineering (The Visualizer) (15-20 minutes) • To provide an opportunity to practice target productive skills

- Divide the students into 4 groups, give each group a written description of a bar chart they haven't seen yet. - Groups must read the descriptions carefully and draw the corresponding bar chart on a sheet of paper. - They must include correct labels, scales, and legend based solely on the text.

Peer Review and Feedback (Gallery Walk) (17-20 minutes) • To develop critical thinking skills and identify discrepancies between different groups' interpretations of the same text.

- Groups rotate to look at each other's drawings and leave a comment. - Reveal the "Original Chart" on the screen. - Discuss with the students: - Which part of the text was the hardest to draw?

Exit Ticket (12-15 minutes) • To allow students to report on how they did the task and how it went

- Groups Compare their bar charts to the original one mentioning the differences and similarities between them. - Discuss the challenges and what they learned from the lesson.