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Robin A. Welsh
English III Enriched Lesson Plan
TEKS Lesson Plan
Texarkana Independent School District
Teacher: Robin Welsh
Grade: Grade 11
T.I.S.D
Subject/Course: English III Enriched
Time Frame: 45 minutes
Lesson Plan Number: 149
Topic/Process: Editing and Revising – New Year’s Resolutions Essay
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS):
(1) Writing/purposes. The student writes in a variety of forms, including business, personal, literary, and
persuasive texts, for various audiences and purposes. The student is expected to:
(A) write in various forms with particular emphasis on business forms such as a report, memo,
narrative or procedure, summary/abstract, and resumé;
(B) write in a voice and style appropriate to audience and purpose; and
(C) organize ideas in writing to ensure coherence, logical progression, and support for ideas.
(2) Writing/writing processes. The student uses recursive writing processes when appropriate. The student
is expected to:
(A) use prewriting strategies to generate ideas, develop voice, and plan;
(B) develop drafts both alone and collaboratively by organizing and reorganizing content and by
refining style to suit occasion, audience, and purpose;
(C) proofread writing for appropriateness of organization, content, style, and conventions;
(D) frequently refine selected pieces to publish for general and specific audiences.
(3) Writing/grammar/usage/conventions/spelling. The student relies increasingly on the conventions and
mechanics of written English, including the rules of usage and grammar, to write clearly and effectively. The
student is expected to:
(A) produce legible work that shows accurate spelling and correct use of the conventions of
punctuation and capitalization such as italics and ellipses;
(B) demonstrate control over grammatical elements such as subject-verb agreement, pronounantecedent agreement, verb forms, and parallelism;
(C) compose increasingly more involved sentences that contain gerunds, participles, and infinitives
in their various functions;
(D) produce error-free writing in the final draft.
(4) Writing/inquiry/research. The student uses writing as a tool for learning. The student is expected to:
(A) use writing to formulate questions, refine topics, and clarify ideas;
(B) use writing to discover, organize, and support what is known and what needs to be learned
about a topic.
(5) Writing/evaluation. The student evaluates his/her own writing and the writings of others. The student is
expected to:
(A) evaluate writing for both mechanics and content; and
(B) respond productively to peer review of his/her own work.
TAKS: 1-8b, 4-1c, 5-5a, 5-2c, 5-3a,b
Concepts:
Enduring Understandings/Generalizations/Principles
The student will understand that:
Revision
Revision encourages the writer to make changes that clarify his written product.
Sequence of Activities (Instructional Strategies):
1. Journal focus: Write about the three resolutions you made in the prewriting for the New Year’s Resolutions essay.
2. Activity: Pair students to work on a peer editing exercise (see attached worksheet). Discuss the directions for the
exercise. Have them read their partner’s essay and then begin the editing exercise. After they complete this activity,
each person should end up with his/her paper.
3. Class discussion: Students should peer conference with partners about the results of the editing exercise. Answer
any questions they may have.
4. Creative Activity: Students revise their papers according to the results of the peer editing exercise and write a final
copy which is turned in.
Assessment of Activities:
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Journal response
Class discussion
Creative Activity
Peer editing exercise
Prerequisite Skills:
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Sentence structure
Dictionary skills
Comma skills
Key Vocabulary:
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resolution
prewriting
first draft
Materials/Resources Needed:
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Copies of peer editing exercise
Dictionaries
Thesauruses
Modifications:
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Allow modified students extended time to complete the essay.
Partner them with a strong writer for the peer editing exercise.
Differentiated Instruction:
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Students prepare a more detailed editing list to use when
Teacher Notes:
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This is quite enjoyable and many students finally “get’ the whole idea of editing when they are given specific
details to examine.
The New Year’s Resolution (Lesson Plan) comes from Family Education Network, Inc. and is located on the
internet.
Project developed and delivered through a Collaborative Research Grant between
Texarkana Independent School District and TAMU-T Regents’ Initiative.