| Background The teachers of this school find their students have three problems in writing, namely, analysing the question requirements, organising ideas for writing information texts and elaborating ideas.
To help students tackle these problems, teachers used the following methods:
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Analyse the question using RAFT
R: role of the writer A: audience F: format T: topic
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Use hamburger concept to help students understand the structure of writing
Use Hamburger concept to help students understand a good piece of information text should contain 3 major parts. It is like a hamburger: with top bread (introduction), beef (supporting details in the middle) and another piece of bread at the end (conclusion).
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Use traffic light concept
Teach students how to elaborate ideas by using a proper paragraph structure: a topic sentence, supporting details (examples) and a concluding sentence.
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Objectives
- To review RAFT to help students analyse the topic requirements
- To review the hamburger concept to help students understand the organization of a speech
- To teach students how to write a paragraph with a topic sentence, supporting details (examples) and a closing sentence
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Implementation
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9:10 – 9:15 |
Recap of the last lesson
- Review RAFT to analyze the writing topic—“Save our environment: produce less waste”.
- Review the structure of a speech using the hamburger concept.
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9:15 – 9:25 |
- Use “Traffic Light Concept” to teach students how to write a proper paragraph with a topic sentence, supporting details and a concluding sentence.
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9:25 – 9:40 |
- Group activity—
--Identify the topic sentence and write examples for supporting details
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9:40 – 9:45 |
Consolidation
- T restates the traffic light concept
- T distributes homework to Ss
- Homework: individual worksheet
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Acknowledgements
Ms Teresa Lee of
SKH Holy Spirit Primary School
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