Lesson plan / EXPOSITORY WRITING

Lesson Information

Course Credit 4.0
Course ECTS Credit 5.0
Teaching Language of Instruction İngilizce
Level of Course Bachelor's Degree, TYYÇ: Level 6, EQF-LLL: Level 6, QF-EHEA: First Cycle
Type of Course Compulsory
Mode of Delivery Face-to-face
Does the course require compulsory or optional work experience? Z
Course Coordinator
Instructor (s)
Course Assistant

Purpose and Content

The aim of the course To analyze and synthesize complex syntactic structures so as to evaluate the more problematic and complex forms of English grammar.
Course Content This course covers using language structure in functional communicative situations using grammatical structures in authentic context (discourse), producing language in four language skills (speaking, listening, reading and writing) appropriately and effectively.

Weekly Course Subjects

1Introduction to the course Paraphrasing through different sentences and example sentences from the newspapers Simple paragraph writing and its characteristics, use of conjunctions
2Reading a short story and discussion Summarizing the main points in the story Pair work and correction
3Reading a short story and discussion, summarizing the main points in the story Changing the characters and events and re-writing the plot Pair work and correction
4Introducing the features of “Descriptive Essay” / Writing a sample essay in class according to the short story's main theme Reading the descriptive essays in class and evaluating them with the students
5Watching a short movie with English subtitles Discussion about the short movie Summarizing the main points of the short movie
6Writing a sample essay in class according to the movie's main theme Reading the descriptive essays in class and evaluating them with the students
7Quiz
8Overall review before the exam and sharing the assessment rubric for the essays' evaluation
9Midterm Exam
10Reading a short story and discussion, summarizing the main points in the story Changing the characters and events and re-writing the plot Pair work and correction
11Writing a critical essay according to the short story read on 10th week
12Reading a short story and discussion, summarizing the main points in the story Changing the characters and events and re-writing the plot Pair work and correction
13Writing a critical essay according to the short story read on 12th week
14Overall review of the short stories and their analysis before the final exam

Resources

Newspaper article
Short Stories (to be announced before each class)