Pre 2 English Grammar & Academic Writing

Weekly lesson plan

Instructor: Carrie Li

Time Chapters Essential learning questions Homework

Week 1 Period 1 Syllabus Syllabus briefing and teaching objectives: Preview FOG Unit 1: P6-9
Textbooks distribution, learning outcomes, expectations, class policies,
essential learning supplies.
English grammar diagnostic test about present/past/future time. (10-15mins)
Period 2 FOG Unit 1 1. Present tense revisit. FOG WB Unit 1: Ex. 5, 6
-Simple present & present progressive - focused practice.
-present perfect & present perfect progressive - focused practice. Optional: Ex. 7
2. Action verbs & non-action verbs - focused practice.
Period 3 FOG Unit 2&3 1. Past tense revisit: FOG WB Unit2: Ex. 4, 6
Used to & would; past perfect, past perfect progressive, future in the past U3: Ex. 3, 4, 5
2. Future tense revisit:
Be going to & will; action in progress in the future; future scheduled events;
future plans; action before a time in the future
Period 4 Summary Review U1-3 and go through the diagnostic test paper. Write two paragraphs about
your initial holiday plan and
what did you actually do.
Week 2 Period 1 5 simple sentences (1)
S+V, S+V+O, S Linking V + SC
5 simple 5 simple sentences
Period 2 5 simple sentences (2)
sentences worksheet
S+V+IO+DO, S+V+DO+OC
Expanding simple sentences
With adj. & Adv.; n. & special form of V.; prepositional phrases.
Period 3 FOG Unit 6 Passive voice (1) FOG CB Unit 6 review test
Conduct a diagnostic test and quickly review the main idea of passive voice.
Go through the uses of the passive causative by focused exercises and fun
games.
 Period 4 FOG Unit 7 Passive voice (2) FOG WB Unit 6 Ex. 4, 6
Review the expression of stative passive, it + be + p.p + that structure, S + be + Unit 7 Ex. 4
p.p. + to phrase. Focused practice: CB Ex. 3
Noughts and Crosses Game for reviewing the grammar points of the first two
weeks.
Week 3 Period 1 FOG Unit 6-7 HW feedbacks on tenses. Tenses of active & passive
Review Passive Voice review. voice worksheet, have
Focused practice on the tenses of passive voices. students prepare for the
quiz
Period 2 Review and HW feedback on the passive voice. Preview The Hazards of
Quiz Quiz of Unit1-3, 6-7 Moviegoing paragraph.
Period 3 Modal essay Review: paragraph writing. Preview The Hazards of
analysis Model paragraph: The Hazards of Moviegoing. Moviegoing essay.
Analyse The structure and the main idea of the paragraph.
Period 4 Review the structure of paragraph writing. Complete activities 3&4 on
Introduce the classic 5 paragraph structure of essay writing. the handouts
Analyse the structure of intro and conclusion paragraph.
Finish the Noughts and Crosses Game.
Week 4 Period 1 Modal essay Quiz feedback and go through the test paper. (15mins) (Quiz resit for several
analysis -Essay structure review: thesis statement & topic sentence (5mins) students)
-Analyse the body paragraph of the sample essay: emphasize on the essential
points to make good body paragraphs. (10mins) 1.Thesis statement
-4 Prewriting skills: brainstorming/questioning/clustering/scratch outline worksheet （8-9，10-13）
(10mins)
Period 2 Introductory -Typical structure of introduction and sample introduction (10mins) 2. Write some thoughts
paragraph -Thesis statement & subtopic about everyday annoyances
-What makes a good thesis statement? (With classwork) (15mins) in your life (use one of the
- Four common mistakes when writing thesis. (With classwork) prewriting techniques)

Period 3 HW feedback -Four common mistakes when writing thesis. (With classwork) Self-reflection about the
-self-correction on thesis statement worksheet HW paper
Period 4 Introductory -Limiting a topic and write a thesis classwork (group discussion), point out 1-2 1. Limit a topic and write a
paragraph students to share their ideas (10mins) thesis worksheet
 workshop -Group discussion about the HW you wrote, exchange ideas within your 2. Prepare for the monthly
group. (10mins) test with the given study
-Organize your ideas and narrow down the topic about everyday annoyances. guide
(5mins)
-Write an introductory paragraph (10mins)
Week 5 National day holiday
Week 6 Period 1 Fragment - Sentence knowledge revisit Fragment worksheet
- Fragment with classwork
What is a fragment?
4 types of fragment.
Ways to correct a fragment.
- Run-Ons with classwork
Period 2 HW feedback Introduction feedback (or peer review) Rewrite the introduction
Thesis & intro classwork (FOW) FOW: page 10, section B
Period 3 Intro & thesis Go through the HW; Thesis worksheet
(online) enhancement Intro & thesis revisit and enhancement;
Period 4 Intro & thesis Intro & thesis analysis Intro writing practice
(online) enhancement Sentence types overview
Period 5 Sentence Sentence types: Sentence type worksheet
(online) structure - Dependent clause, independent clause;
- Compound sentence;
- Complex sentence；
- Compound-complex sentence.

Period 6 Sentence Sentence types with class practice Sentence type worksheet
(online) structure
Week 7 Period 1 Review Grammar review: tense, passive voice, simple sentences, fragments Grammar worksheet
Period 2 Review HW feedback: sentence types worksheet & thesis & intro HW corrections
Writing review: thesis and intro writing
Period 3 Monthly test Grammar monthly test Prepare for the test
Period 4 Monthly test Writing monthly test Preview FOG Unit 20
Week 8 Period 1 Monthly test Monthly test analysis test paper corrections
feedback Go through the grammar test paper write down self-reflection
 Period 2 Monthly test Go through the writing test paper test paper corrections
feedback write down self-reflection
Period 3 HW feedback Sentence type HW feedback & noun clause pretest Prepare for the quiz and
preview noun clause
Period 4 Quiz Sentence type quiz & Noun clause overview Preview noun clause
Noun clause: Workbook: Ex. 1
- Subject, object, complement
Week 9 Period 1 FOG Unit 20 Dependent & Independent clause revisit Coursebook: Ex. 1
HW feedback
Noun clause
- Subject, object, complement
Period 2 FOG Unit 20 Noun clause Workbook: Ex. 2&3
- That/the fact that
- Embedded questions
- Wh- question words + noun clause
Period 3 FOG Unit 20 HW feedback Workbook: Ex. 4
Noun clause
- If/whether (or not) + noun clause
- -ever words + noun clause
Period 4 FOG Unit 20 HW feedback Model essay preview: Look
Sentence type quiz feedback on the Bright Side
Noun clause quiz
Week 10 Period 1 Writing Intro paragraph recap Exemplification practice: A
Patterns of development: Exemplification selfish person
- Words & expressions that introduce examples in body paragraph
writing
- Model essay analysis: Look on the Bright Side
Period 2 Writing Group work: Body paragraph writing
- Group discussion: self-disciplined cousin assignment: one quality of a
- Finish one paragraph in class person you know well
Period 3 Review HW feedback: A selfish person HW self-correction
Mid-term exam review (writing): Mid-term exam review
- TOEFL independent writing: exemplification sample essay analysis guide
 Period 4 Review HW feedback: one quality of a person you know well Thesis practice
Mid-term exam review (writing): Mid-term exam review
- Thesis statement/ supporting idea guide
Week 11 Period 1 Review Noun clause quiz feedback Prepare for the exam
(11.14-18) Mid-term exam review (Grammar)
Mid-term exams
Week 12 Period 1 Mid-term Go through grammar & writing exam paper Test papers corrections,
(11.21-25) exam Write down self-reflection
feedback
Period 2 FOG Unit 21 Direct & indirect speech: Coursebook Ex. 1, 2, 3
Reporting verbs;
Reporting Yes/no question, wh- questions;
Changing verbs;
Reporting modals
Period 3 FOG Unit 21 Direct & indirect speech Coursebook Ex. 5,6
(online) CB HW feedback
Period 4 FOG Unit 21 CB HW feedback Workbook: Ex. 1, 2, 4, 6
(online) Exam focus: Exam focus:
integrated - Integrated writing overview
writing - Reporting verbs, Reporting a statement, yes/no questions, w-h
questions
Week 13 Period 1 Exam focus: HW feedback Worksheet: Integrated
(11.28-12.2) (online) integrated Sample integrated writing task analysis writing
writing - Task format
- Planning and outlining
Period 2 Exam focus: Exam focus: Worksheet:
(online) integrated - Task format 1. Integrated writing: task
writing - Outlining response
- Reported speech in integrated writing 2. reporting verbs
- Paraphrasing worksheet
- Synthesizing & organizing
Period 3 Exam focus: HW feedback Worksheet: reported
(online) integrated Structure with reporting verbs speech in integrated writing
 writing - Reporting verbs followed by a that clause
- Reporting verbs followed by a noun
Period 4 Exam focus: Reported speech in integrated writing, focus on the practice of summarizing Worksheet: reported
(online) integrated the connections between reading passage and the lecture. speech in integrated writing
writing
Week 14 Period 1 Exam focus: HW feedback: Integrated writing
(12.5-9) Integrated - Learning styles task response worksheet
writing - Reported speech worksheet practice D
Period 2 Exam focus: Quiz on reported speech Official 11 self-examination
Integrated Classwork: official 11
writing
Period 3 FOG Unit 14 Adjective clause Preview CB Grammar notes
(online) - What is adjective clause? 1-8
- Relative pronoun and relative adverb
Period 4 FOG Unit 14 Adjective clause FOG Unit 14 Ex. 1a, 1b, 6
- What is adjective clause?
- Relative pronoun and relative adverb
- As subject, object and adverb

Week 15 Period 1 FOG Unit 14 Identifying and nonidentifying adjective clause HW Self-corrections
(12.12-16) (online) CB HW feedback
Period 2 FOG Unit 14 Identifying and nonidentifying adjective clause FOG Unit 14 Ex.3
(online) How to combine two sentences into one single sentence
Period 3 FOG Unit 15 Adjective clause: FOG Unit 15 Ex. 2, 3
(online) - Adjective clauses with prepositions.
- Adjective clauses with quantifiers;
Period 4 FOG Unit 15 Adjective clause: FOG Unit 15 Ex. 1a, 1b, 4, 5,
(online) - Adjective clauses with Noun + of which; 6, 7.
- Changing adjective clauses with adjective phrases
- Changing adjective clauses without a BE verb
Week 16 Period 1 Review Adjective clause HW feedback
(12.19-23) (online)
Period 2 Review Exemplification writing
 (online)
Period 3 Review Noun clause & Reported speech & integrated writing
(online)
Period 4 Exam writing
(online)
Week 17 Period 1 Review 5 simple sentences & sentence types & fragment
(12.26-30) (online)
Period 2 Exam Grammar
(online)
Period 3 /
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Period 4 /
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