| Lesson Plan |
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Date: 03/03/2026 |
| Subject: English Language |
| Lesson Topic: Select and use information for specific purposes. |
Learning Objective/s:
- Identify and extract relevant factual details from a text for a given purpose.
- Distinguish fact from opinion and correctly attribute the source of the opinion.
- Paraphrase selected information accurately in students’ own words.
- Organise extracted points logically to produce a concise 50‑word summary.
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Materials Needed:
- Projector and screen
- Printed excerpt handout (renewable‑energy article)
- Highlighters (different colours)
- Worksheet with fact‑opinion extraction tasks
- Whiteboard and markers
- Timer or stopwatch
- Mind‑map template (for extension)
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Introduction:
Begin with a quick discussion about recent news on renewable energy to spark interest. Review students’ prior experience with skimming and scanning texts. Explain that today they will learn a systematic approach to select, evaluate, and paraphrase information, and they will be assessed on producing a 50‑word summary that meets the task criteria.
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Lesson Structure:
- Do‑now (5'): Students write one reason why selecting the right information is important for exam tasks.
- Mini‑lesson (10'): Teacher presents the 7‑step information‑selection process, modelling each step with the renewable‑energy excerpt.
- Guided practice (15'): In pairs, students highlight keywords, underline facts, and circle opinions on the handout; they record findings on the worksheet.
- Paraphrasing activity (10'): Each pair rewrites the identified facts in their own words; peers check for accuracy and plagiarism.
- Summary writing (10'): Individually, students compose a 50‑word summary using only their paraphrased facts; timer is set.
- Whole‑class review (5'): Volunteers read their summaries; teacher highlights successful strategies and common errors against the marking checklist.
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Conclusion:
Recap the key steps: read the prompt, skim, highlight, evaluate relevance, paraphrase, and organise. For the exit ticket, each student writes one personal tip for selecting information efficiently. Homework: choose a short article, create a mind‑map linking facts, opinions, and implied meanings, and bring it to the next lesson.
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