Grade 3 English Lesson- Composition

LESSON FOCUS:
Practice composition writing, paragraph and sentence structure

YEAR/LENGTH:
Year 3
60 minutes

ACHIEVEMENT STANDARD:
Understand that paragraphs are a key organisational feature of written texts (ACELA1479)
Plan, draft and publish imaginative, informative and persuasive texts demonstrating increasing control over text structures
and language features and selecting print,and multimodal elements appropriate to the audience and purpose (ACELY1682)
Write using joined letters that are clearly formed and consistent in size (ACELY1684)
ASSESSMENT/EVIDENCE OF LEARNING:
-Children should be able to successfully write 3 paragraphs which are correctly structured and make sense when read. These
paragraphs should clearly explain the focus of the story (why they like the rain)
PART & TIMING
Introduction
(15 minutes)

LEARNING AND TEACHING ACTIVITIES

-Inroduce the activity by asking children why they like the rain (chosen as it is
monsoon season & often raining)
-Write the most relevent answers on the board, aim for 6-12
-Once this is complete children are to get workbooks out, explain that they will
be writing a composition
-The basic concepts they need to use are paragraphs and sentence structure.

RESOURCES/EQUIPMENT
Blackboard
Chalk
Workbooks
Pencils

Body
(40 minutes)

-Children should work independently on their compositions, minimum 3

paragraphs required, ensuring that there is 2 lines between each paragraph.
-The paragraphs should utilise the points discussed with the class and written
on the board.
-The main focus should be on ensuring that the paragraphs are well written,

Blackboard
Chalk
Workbooks
Pencils

structured and make sense

-Early finishers can draw a picture of why they like the rain

Conclusion
(5 minutes)

-Pack up warning 5 minutes before finish

-Books away ready for the bell
-Any children that have not finished the activiy will need to take it home to
finish for homework.
-All books will be marked

Lesson evaluation:
-Are the children able to work well independently?
-Have the children understood the aim of the task?
-Were the children able to contribute ideas to the class discussion?
-Did they develop an understanding of composition writing?