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Short-term plan for English in Grade 11
| Unit | Unit 7 Reading for pleasure |
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| Teacher’s name | ____________________ |
| Date | _____________ |
| Class | Grade 11 Attendance: _____ Absent: _____ |
| Lesson topic | Works of famous writers |
| Learning objectives covered in this lesson (curriculum reference) |
11.3.2 - ask and answer difficult questions to obtain information within a wide variety of general and educational topics; 11.4.6 - determine the author's attitude or opinion in voluminous texts on a wide variety of familiar general and educational topics; |
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Lesson flow
| Lesson stage / Time | Teacher actions (complete prompts and instructions) | Student actions | Assessment (criteria • descriptors • points) | Resources |
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| Lesson opening (5 min) Engagement (Storytelling with a deliberate mistake) |
Teacher: "Good morning, class. To start our journey into the world of famous writers, let me tell you a quick story. I recently read that the great American novelist Ernest Hemingway, famous for his concise style, wrote his masterpiece 'Moby-Dick' while living in Paris in the 1920s. He was deeply inspired by the bullfights in Spain, which he described in his novel 'For Whom the Bell Tolls'. What a fascinating life! Does anything in my story strike you as unusual or perhaps incorrect?"
Teacher listens to responses, then guides: "Exactly! 'Moby-Dick' was written by Herman Melville, not Hemingway. This 'mistake' is our trigger. Today, we need to be sharp readers and critical thinkers. We will learn to ask probing questions and uncover an author's true perspective, just like a literary detective. Our focus writers will be George Orwell and Jane Austen." |
Students listen actively. Some may identify the mistake: "Hemingway didn't write Moby-Dick!" or "That was Melville!".
Students share their thoughts. They understand the lesson's focus on accuracy and deeper analysis. |
Descriptors:
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- Teacher's script.
- AI Tool: ChatGPT can be used to generate similar "fact vs. fiction" hooks about other authors to personalize the engagement for different classes. |
| Откроется после регистрации: Lesson middle (20-25 min) · Lesson end (5-10 min) · Reflection (5 min) | ||||