Teacher: Abderrazzak HASSAR Class level : First Year Baccalaureate

Textbook : Ticket to English Class size :

Unit 1: Lesson type : Writing
Title : Writing a postcard School : El Ijtihad
Class period : 1 hour Date :

 General Objective(s): Students will be able to write a postcard.

 Students Performance Objectives (SPO): By the end of the lesson, students will be
able to:
 Recognize the layout of a postcard; and
 Write a postcard to a pen friend about themselves answering his questions.
 Material(s): Student’s textbook and the BB.

Time Procedures Techniques

3 Warm-up
minutes -T greets SS.
-T: Good. Welcome to my class. Greeting
-T asks one of the SS to write the date on the BB.
20 Pre-writing stage
minutes Brainstorming: Setting the
-T raises SS motivation and awareness about the topic. scene
-T: Do you have friends from abroad?
-SS: Yes.
-T: do you write to each other? Which means do you use?
-SS: Yes. Letter, Facebook, e-mail, postcard….etc Semantic map
-T: Okay, good. A postcard.
-T: How can we write it? What do we need?
-SS provide their answers.
picture small card

Asking for information The postcard sender name

elements

Reason for writing address

Brainstorming
closing
- T brainstorms answers related to closing expressions to end a
postcard.
- T asks SS to open their textbooks, page 17 and have a look at (postcard
their pen friend questionnaire and part of a postcard. format)
-T writes, with the help of SS, the format of a postcard on the
BB. +
Your address
Outlining
Dear……..,
I’m writing this postcard to………………..
Give information about your school………
Ask information you want to know
 about your friend………………………..
What about your………………?
20
minutes See you soon,
Love, your name…

While writing stage Drafting

Drafting:
-T asks SS to write a postcard about their school (respond to the
questionnaire on page 17) to a pen friend.
-T monitors the class by going around the rows and checking
SS’ work and progress. Revising
Revising:
-T asks SS to exchange their postcards and revise.
Editing: Editing
-T asks SS to edit their first drafts if there are any mistakes and
write the last draft.
17 Post-writing stage
minutes Publishing Publishing
-T has SS read out their final draft in front of each other. (oral
-T writes a postcard on the BB with the help of Ss. (Whole-class presentation)
production).
-T asks SS to copy on their copybook.

Strengths Weaknesses

Feedback/
remarks

Prepared by: Abderrazzak HASSAR