The Ministry of Higher and secondary education of the Republic of Uzbekistan The Uzbekistan state World Languages University

III. Chapter two
§ 2.1. Lesson plan + handouts
First lesson plan
Topic: Story writing (narratives)
Level: Pre-intermediate
Target skill: Writing
Time: 45 minutes
Number of students: 14
Materials: Activities, handouts
Objectives:

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  To improve students’ writing skills;
  
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  To give learners an opportunity to be able to distinguish the most common mistakes in writing;
  
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  To raise the awareness of students of effective writing skills;
  
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  To revise grammar structures used in story writing.
  

Lesson stages:

1. 
   Beginning of the lesson - Pre-stage
   
   1. 
      Warm up activity
      
2. 
   Main part of the lesson – While-stage
   
   1. 
      Activity one
      
   2. 
      Giving information on story writing (main points)
      
   3. 
      Activity two
      
   4. 
      Activity three
      
3. 
   The end of the lesson – Post-stage
   
   1. 
      Assessment/Feedback
      
   2. 
      Homework
      

The beginning of the lesson
Pre-stage (10 min)
Greeting (2 min)
Lead-in (4 min)

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  Ask the students the following questions:
  
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    Have you ever written a short story?
    
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    If yes, what about did you write?
    
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    Did you write it in a free way or by following the specific structure of short story writing?
    

Warm up activity (4 min): Correcting spelling mistakes
Procedure:
Distribute handouts with the words which have spelling mistakes to students. Ask students to find them and tell which kind of spelling mistake there are in each word. This activity can be fulfilled in pairs or individually.
List of words:
Castlle Guart
Smal Lovest
Dangeon Faynt
Rumblling Noice
Yestarday Louter