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This class will teach students about three different types of phrases: Absolute, Appositive, and Participle. Understanding how to incorporate these different types of phrases will empower students to bring maturity and variety to their writing. By the end of the class, students will write and revise an engaging practice paragraph using the new writing strategies they’ve learned. 

Lesson Overview:
1. Welcome & Expectations
2. Quickwrite: Brainstorming/First Draft Paragraph on an Informal, Fun Topic
3. Definitions & Examples of Absolute, Appositive, and Participle Phrases
4. Tips on Punctuation (Comma Placement); Editing Example Sentences
5. Avoiding Common Errors such as Dangling Modifiers (Structuring Phrases/Sentences for Clarity)
6. Practice Using the Three Types of Phrases
7. Revise your First Draft Paragraph to Effectively Include Phrases

Class Format:
The format of this class will include teacher lecture with Google slides (only as a screen-share), verbal question-and-answer between student and teacher, and verbal discussion between students. Teacher feedback will be provided throughout the lesson, and students will have the opportunity to share their writing.

Required Experience/Prior Knowledge: 
Students should have prior experience with recognizing and writing complete sentences (subject + predicate) and identifying basic parts of speech, such as nouns, adjectives, and verbs.  

EFL: English as a Foreign Language students, Levels Intermediate and Advanced, are encouraged to join this class! 
EFL Outcome: By the end of this one-time class, EFLs will be able to write a paragraph that includes three different types of phrases with correct punctuation and grammar.

My Teaching Style:
I use the instructional model of “I Do, We Do, You Do.” 
*I first teach terms, definitions, and grammar rules directly, all while showing exemplars and demonstrating how to apply the new knowledge (hence, “I Do” the teaching). 
*Next, in the “We Do” stage, I guide students in practicing the key skills by helping them edit practice sentences and then write their own with my guidance. I provide immediate, in-class feedback, such as clarifying errors and assisting with corrections. (In writing, no one is expected to be perfect, and in my class, we positively support each other while we learn!)
*Finally, it’s the “You Do” stage: Students show off what they’ve learned by trying out the writing techniques on their own. Of course, I’ll be there to help, but this part of the process is the key to retention and ownership of the learning. 

Mrs. Grysko’s Class Participation Expectations:
*During class, I'll ask learners to respond to various questions and quick check-ins. This helps me 1) assess each student’s progress and 2) offer immediate help if needed. Learners may choose to respond by speaking, typing in the chat, and/or using the “reactions” feature on Zoom. 
*Zoom's video feature is very helpful for me to monitor your child’s learning and understanding. I encourage all students to keep their Zoom video on during the duration of class. Learners may, however, choose to turn their video off after an initial video check-in if they prefer. Active participation verbally and/or in the chat is required so that I know the student is working and understanding the content.
*I have so much planned for your child’s learning! Any class activities we do not get to during the live class will be assigned for homework. In most circumstances, the homework is optional (but recommended), and, unless otherwise stated, the homework should take no more than 10-15 minutes. FOR ANY WRITING HOMEWORK: I will assign the homework via Outschool student message and/or parent message. Learners should reply to the message with their homework responses, and I will give feedback within 24 hours. I highly recommend that students complete any assigned homework to get the most out of the class!