Alyssa Hedenstrom {Lesson Plan samples}

*Below is a sample lesson plan from my international student writing workshop. You can download lessons 1-10 below.

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lesson plan sample

Title: Introductions & "What is a Thesis-Part I"
Objective: Students will be able to define what a thesis is and start to identify strong and weak theses.

activity

Writing Prompt (10 min.)

materials

-Notebook
-Writing Utensil

details

10 min. writing prompt for assessment. "Why are you studying music?"

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Introductions of students and teacher (20 min.)

-Notebook 
-Writing Utensil

Have students pair up and introduce one another with these questions that they discussed together:
1.) Name
2.) Where are you from?
3.) How long have you been studying English?
4.) What are you studying at UNT?
5.) How long have you been in the U.S.?
6.) Why did you decide to take this class?

Once finished, {Teacher} ask students where they are in their writing: Dissertation, GWE {graduate writing exam}, Proposal, Research Class?

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Describe structure of class/guidelines (5 min.)

-Notebook/writing utensil optional

Structure of Class:
1.) Writing each week to improve
2.) Discussing grammar questions as they come up
Guidelines:
1.) Please let me know if you can't make it. 
2.) Keep cell phones silent and hidden.
3.) Open zone, there are no silly/stupid questions that exist.
4.) Bring notebook/writing utensil to class.
**Ask students if there's anything they would like to study in particular.

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What is a Thesis? (10 min.)

-Notebook/writing utensil, computer screen

1.) Ask students what they think first. ALWAYS TRY TO ASK THEM TO DEFINE THINGS IN CLASS FIRST.
2.) Define what a thesis is: A thesis is the main idea of the paper that will set the direction and purpose throughout.
3.) Expand upon this and allow for questions.

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NEXT CLASS: Dive deeper into what a thesis is and isn't and give examples of good and bad theses, etc.