Observation 3 August 4, 2013 (60mins, online) Writing, intermediate/ advanced, 15 students Object of the lesson Students will analyze

and discuss the organization of a paragraph in English.

Time 10mins Review 9mins 5mins

Activity
What is writing? Explanation Activity 1 (pair)

Notes
Teacher explained the organization of paragraph with the metaphor of hamburger Students made a paragraph with sentences Students made a paragraph with sentences Students read a paragraph and discussed The student read sentences and asked their roles to the class Teacher wrote one paragraph with whole class Teacher provided a topic sentence Students expressed the idea of supporting details

10mins Activity 2 (group) 10mins Activity 3 (group 2~3) 5mins 8mins

Activity 4 (whole class) Writing example

3mis

Review

Teacher asked again why is writing important?

Other notes -Teacher spoke for 35minutes in the class except the time of activities -Teacher spoke slowly and waited for students answers patiently -Teacher gave extra work to group which finished earlier -Teacher used example paragraphs which other ESL students wrote -Teacher used beautiful, good, good question, good job, and well done when she praised students -A few students always answered to the questions -Teacher asked students who were likely to speak -It was writing class, but students did not write anything

Topic sentence Supporting details Concluding sentence

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