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Lesson Plan
Grade: Date: 17/01/2026
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.
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)
 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.
Lesson Structure:
  1. Do‑now (5'): Students write one reason why selecting the right information is important for exam tasks.
  2. Mini‑lesson (10'): Teacher presents the 7‑step information‑selection process, modelling each step with the renewable‑energy excerpt.
  3. Guided practice (15'): In pairs, students highlight keywords, underline facts, and circle opinions on the handout; they record findings on the worksheet.
  4. Paraphrasing activity (10'): Each pair rewrites the identified facts in their own words; peers check for accuracy and plagiarism.
  5. Summary writing (10'): Individually, students compose a 50‑word summary using only their paraphrased facts; timer is set.
  6. Whole‑class review (5'): Volunteers read their summaries; teacher highlights successful strategies and common errors against the marking checklist.
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.