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SCHEME OF WORK: TEXTBOOK BASED LESSON (UNIT 7)
MAIN SKILL(S) FOCUS: Writing
THEME: Health and Environment
LESSON 92 (Writing 14)
WEEK: __ TOPIC: Mother Nature CROSS CURRICULAR ELEMENT(S): Environmental LANGUAGE/GRAMMAR FOCUS: language expressing
Sustainability opinions and giving justification, describing settings

CONTENT LEARNING MATERIALS / DIFFERENTIATION
STANDARD STANDARD LEARNING OUTLINE REFERENCES STRATEGIES
Pre-lesson Full Blast Plus 4 Fast finishers can
Main Skill Main Skill Activate prior knowledge in this lesson by asking pupils to work with a talk Student’s Book, complete their final drafts
partner to discuss the questions in Activity A. When ready collect pupils’ pp108-109 in class.
Writing 4.1 Writing 4.1.3 responses. Teacher’s Book,
Communicate Explain the main pp108-109 Support less proficient
intelligibly through points of an idea or Lesson delivery pupils write their first
print and digital argument This lesson focuses on Activities D and E (B and C would have been drafts by helping them
media on familiar given as homework at the end of lesson 91). See the Teacher’s Book for formulate ideas for the
topics detailed guidance. Allow pupils some time to discuss their answers to opening, middle and
Activities B and C with a talk partner(s). Place those who have not completed closing paragraph.
Complementary Complementary their homework with those who have so they can catch up with everyone Monitor first drafts
Skill Skill else. Tell pupils that they need to be able to justify their opinions / answers carefully to make sure an
with evidence from the texts. Go through Activity B and C to check answers. appropriate formal style is
Speaking 2.1 Speaking 2.1.4 used.
Communicate Explain and justify Go to Activity D. Allow pupils to work in pairs or small groups. Give pupils
information, ideas, own point of view time to fully discuss and justify their ideas with their talk partner(s) before For additional
opinions and collecting responses for a short class discussion. Go through the Plan and differentiation strategies,
feelings intelligibly TIP box and check for comprehension. Ask pupils to think about the main please refer to the
on familiar topics points of their formal letters and how they are going to express their opinions. provided list of
Ensure that pupils complete at least a rough draft of their letters during the differentiation strategies
lesson. Go around and give support where needed. Pupils can revise their and select appropriate
letters at home. Give personalised feedback on pupils’ letters before the next strategy /strategies based
writing lesson if possible. on the needs of the pupils.

Activity E focuses on the main skill Activity D focuses on the complementary
skill.

Post-lesson
Choose a post-lesson activity that summarises the topics and / or the
learning achieved in this unit.

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