Lesson

Topic

Grammar Points

Skills

Activities

One

Introduction to Creative Writing

- Knowing more about yourself   

   and your friends

- Concepts of writing

- Good creative writing skills

- Introduction to Character

   Sketch

- Writing

   – description

- Communicative skills

- Warmer: Students / teacher greeting

- Introduction to creative writing

- Discussion: What are good creative writing skills?

- Reading: A story about me

- Pre-writing task: Talking about yourselves

Two

Dialogue

- Quotations

- Vocabulary enhancement on

   vivid verbs and emotion

- Differences between common

   strip and formal dialogue

- Introduction to Dialogue (1)

- Short writing

- Communicative skills

- Critical thinking

- Introduction: components of dialogue

- Discussion: Fun comic strips

- Writing: Your own dialogue

- Discussion: Using quotations marks

- Word Bank: Dialogue Verbs

Three

Punctuation

- Commas

- Apostrophes

- Quotation Marks

- Dialogue Template

- Introduction to Dialogue (2)

- Creative writing

- Listening

- Speaking

- The use of commas

- The use of apostrophes

- Correct or not: Quotation marks

- Writing: learning about dialogue template

- Discussion: Dialogue practice

Four

Poems and Adjectives

- Format of a five-line poem

- Simile and metaphor

- Verb and Gerund

- Vocabulary enhancement on

   adjectives

- Grammar in five-line poem

- Poem writing

- Writing with the use of

   adjectives

- Communicative skills

- Learning about Five-Line Poems

- Writing: Write a poem with the help of template

- Learning more about adjective

- Let’s practice: find the adjectives

- Fill in the blanks: correct form of adjective

Five

Interviews

- Concept of Interview

- Question-asking skills

- Questionnaire designing

- Dropping Notes

- Introduction to interview

- Writing

   – questionnaire

   – report

- Speaking

- How to conduct an interview?

- Creating a story about Hairy Tales

- First draft: Interview about Hairy Tales

- Interview your friends

- Writing: Report on your findings

Six

Prefixes and Suffixes

- Prefixes, suffixes and

   root words

- Speed reading and writing

- Short writing

- Vocabulary enhancement

- New words: Using prefixes

- New words: Using suffixes

- Identifying root words

- Timed writing: Five minutes short writing

Seven

Persuasive Essay Writing

- Learning about the structure

   and techniques about

   persuasive essay writing

- Persuasive essay writing

- Critical thinking

- Structure: Persuasive Essay Building Blocks

- Persuasive essay techniques

- Reading: Sample Persuasive Essay

- Writing task: persuasive essay

Eight

How to…essay!

- Revision on tense

- Transitional words

- Comprehensive format on how

   to do something

- Writing about instructions

- Writing in point forms

- Exercise: Simple verb tense

- Sample reading: How to make a cup of coffee

- Ideas generator: How to / recipe

- Writing – your own Recipe

Nine

Film Review

- Vocabulary about films

- Paragraph formation

- Communicative skills

- Writing about films and

   personal feelings

- Critical thinking

- Frame: Film Review

- Reading: Sample film review – Titanic

- Discussion: your favourite film

- Writing: Your report / film review

Ten

Book Review

- Vocabulary about the

   components of a book review

- story line

- key focus

- Writing a book review

- Critical thinking

- Communicative skills

- Introduction: Fiction Book Review Components

- Reading: Sample book review – Harry Potter

- A General review frame – fiction book

- Writing your own book review