Writing Lesson Plan

Date: March 24, 2003

Submitted by: Rebecca Clemente

Subject: Writing

Level: GED/Pre-GED

Brief Description: Editing others’ writing to get a sense of the writing styles and challenges others face in writing.

Duration: 1-1.5 hours

Materials Needed: Writings from GED Essay book or writings from others.

Lesson Objectives: To better understand the technical writing issues of grammar, organization, development, details, and word choice.

Lesson Procedure: 1) Give learners writing sample to read silently. Mark the writing with corrections for spelling, grammar, and word choices initially. Then go over it again looking for organization, development, and details of the content.

2) Discuss findings in groups or as a class. (It is always interesting to see the common findings and what few point out.)

3) Brainstorm many possible editions of words, complete sentences or thoughts to help learners become aware of different writing styles and language usage.

Assessment/Evaluation: Have learners edit their own writing once or twice before handing writing in. Then have them list how each edition was improved in the self-edit.

Curriculum Frameworks: English Language Arts

Strand: Writing

Standards: Learn and use strategies for organization.

Acquire and use more organizational strategies.

Recognize and use the rules for grammar and mechanics.

Begin to recognize errors independently.

Revise work with assistance.

Recognize more errors independently.

Revise work to include more details and information.

Use grammar rules with increasing correctness.

Recognize and use appropriate tone and style.

Evaluate own written work.