LESSON PLAN FOR MY SCHOOL

Student profile: Class consists of 20 monolingual Greek boys an girls of about e!ual numbers at t"e age of t"irteen# $"ey are a "ig"ly%moti&ate class
t"at is'lays a &ery 'ositi&e attitue to(ars Englis" an to(ars ne( (ays of ac!uiring kno(lege) es'ecially (it" *eb 2#0 tools#
Level: A+%A2
Main aim: to (rite an article about t"eir sc"ool in a (ki 'age ("ic" is going to be 'ublis"e in *iki'eia#
Objectives: to engage stuents in collaborati&e 'rocess (riting) to in&ol&e t"em in 'eer feeback 'rocess) to teac" t"em basic (eb skills#
Awareness, stuents (ill become more a(are of t"eir (riting in general an of t"e use of e%mail an (iki#
Attitude, stuents (ill e&elo' a 'ositi&e attitue to(ar collaborati&e 'rocess%(riting (it" t"e "el' of a (iki#
Sills, stuents (ill e&elo' a set of (riting skills an a set of (eb skills#
!eneral objective, to offer stuents t"e o''ortunity to use t"eir linguistic resources in a 'roucti&e (ay in orer to com'ose a certain ty'e of te-t)
namely an article) ("ic" "as as a goal to inform t"roug" t"e *iki'eia site#
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23 min
Collaborative
plannin1
.rainstorming
Generating ieas
Familiari/ing
$o assist stuents in e&elo'ing
strategies to "el' t"em get starte
(riting
$eac"er brainstorms stuents on
"o( t"ey use t"e internet an ("at
for) if t"ey "a&e e%mail accounts) if
t"ey kno( "o( to use t"em)
introuces t"e notion of a (iki)
s"o(s t"em t"e (iki "ome 'age)
iscusses (it" t"em t"e to'ic t"ey
are going to be ealing (it") its
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'ur'ose) ("o t"e auience of t"eir
article is going to be#
$"en using t"e 0*. t"e teac"er
gi&es e-am'les of (ork one an
instructions to "el' t"em 're'are
for t"e 'ro1ect#
'4ile0
'ritin1
Session 5
23 min
)artitioned
draftin1
$o enable stuents to (rite a
single 'aragra'" com'osition
$"e stuents form grou's of fi&e#
$"e teac"er gi&es t"em a s"eet (it"
!uestions concerning t"eir sc"ool#
Eac" grou' is assigne a s'ecific
'aragra'" of t"e to'ic an ifferent
!uestions in orer to generate ieas
for t"e first raft#
Stuents iscuss t"e to'ic) select
t"eir content an generate ieas#
$eac"er 'ro&ies necessary
guiance an su''ort in efining a
clear structure for (riting by letting
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stuents learn by oing#
'4ile0
'ritin1
Session 6
23 min
*riting on t"e (eb
2sing t"e (iki
$o familiari/e stuents (it" using
teac"er%'ro&ie tools an
guielines#
Eac" grou' (rites t"eir raft in t"e
(iki 'age t"ey "a&e create#
$eac"er acts as facilitator
encouraging stuents to o
im'ro&ement or correction on t"eir
o(n
Grou' (ork
'4ile0
'ritin1
Session 7
23 min
)eer0revisin1
)eer0editin1
E&aluating
Re&ie(ing
Eiting
$o teac" stuents "o( to
a''ro'riate re&ie( tec"ni!ues to
correct com'osing 'roblems
$"e grou's are aske to e-c"ange
'ages an look critically at t"e te-ts
t"eir 'eers "a&e 'rouce# $"ey
can use t"e !uestions3 s"eet as a
c"ecklist for e&aluating t"eir 'eers
to ecie) firstly) if t"ey t"e
!uestions (ere all ans(ere
t"oroug"ly) an seconly) to
correct) a or moify errors an
content by (ill#
Grou' (ork
)ost0
'ritin1
Session 5
Anal8sis
&ndividual
publis4in1
E&aluation
Rerafting
$o e&aluate te-t base on
'arameters of fulfillment of
(riter4s intentions an t"e
auience nee) com'atibility of
'rouce te-t kee'ing in min
(riters4 intentions an reaers4
Stuents take 'ossession of t"eir
o(n 'ages an rea t"e refine an
eite rafts by t"eir 'eers#
Stuents e-'ress t"eir t"oug"ts an
analy/e t"e feeback gi&en to t"em
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23 min
nees#
Em'"asis on content o&er
language accuracy
$o c"eck co"erence an logical
'rogressing of t"e te-t#
by t"eir 'eers#
$o encourage stuents to self%
e&aluate t"eir (ork t"roug"
analysis
Eac" grou' (rites its 'art of t"e
article in t"e 36y Sc"ool3 'age)
uner t"e 'icture of t"e sc"ool#
)ost0
'ritin1
Session 6
23 min
$o make stuents a(are of t"e
im'ortance an essence of
re&ie(ing
$eac"er 'ro&ies correcti&e
feeback gi&en t"e le&el of t"e
stuents an t"eir e-'erimenting
for t"e first time (it" t"e (iki
tec"nology#
$o encourage stuents to self%
e&aluate t"eir (ork t"roug"
analysis
Grou' (ork
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