The lesson note outlines a English language class that discusses expository essays, their purpose and main types, and provides instructions on how to cook egusi soup in multiple steps. The teacher explains the key elements of an expository essay to effectively explain a topic to readers, lists the six main types, and guides the students through cooking egusi soup by discussing ingredients and directions. For homework, students are assigned to write an expository essay explaining how to make brooms.
The lesson note outlines a English language class that discusses expository essays, their purpose and main types, and provides instructions on how to cook egusi soup in multiple steps. The teacher explains the key elements of an expository essay to effectively explain a topic to readers, lists the six main types, and guides the students through cooking egusi soup by discussing ingredients and directions. For homework, students are assigned to write an expository essay explaining how to make brooms.
The lesson note outlines a English language class that discusses expository essays, their purpose and main types, and provides instructions on how to cook egusi soup in multiple steps. The teacher explains the key elements of an expository essay to effectively explain a topic to readers, lists the six main types, and guides the students through cooking egusi soup by discussing ingredients and directions. For homework, students are assigned to write an expository essay explaining how to make brooms.
The lesson note outlines a English language class that discusses expository essays, their purpose and main types, and provides instructions on how to cook egusi soup in multiple steps. The teacher explains the key elements of an expository essay to effectively explain a topic to readers, lists the six main types, and guides the students through cooking egusi soup by discussing ingredients and directions. For homework, students are assigned to write an expository essay explaining how to make brooms.
Instructional Resources: Palm front and a razor blade.
Objectives: At the end of the lesson, the students should be
able to:
Explain expository essay.
1. Mention the main types of expository essay. 2. Discuss how to cook egusi soup. 3. Write introduction on how I spent my holiday. 4.
STEP 1: Identification of prior idea.
MODE: The entire class
TEACHER’S ACTIVITY: The teacher introduces the lesson by explaining
that in order to succeed in a clear or detailed explanation as it is needed in expository essay, the writer should see himself as a competent teacher who has a clear idea of what he has to others so that they will know it as he does. It explained a process, an entity, etc which took place in the past, in the present or which will happen in the future. It is also known as explanatory essay. As the name implied, the writer tries to impose, explain, inform, instruct and direct the reader on a given course of action. It entails having prior and full understanding of the topic of the essay. For this reason, it is important for the writer to put himself in the position of a competent teacher. The learner in the position of an ignorant learner. Bearing this in mind, he now expose every aspect of the topic with a view to making the learner achieve mastery of every detail involved. The function is to explain.
STEP 2: Exploration
MODE: The entire class
STUDENT’S ACTIVITY: The teacher asks the students to mention the
main types of expository essay.
TEACHER’S ACTIVITY: The teacher tells the students that there are six major types of expository essay.
(a) Process explanation: It uses step by step
organization to explain how something happen, works or is done. (b) Causes and effect: It identifies the cause and effect of something and examines the relationship between cause and effects. (c) Comparison and contrast: It examines similarities and differences to find relationship and draw conclusions. (d) Definition: It explains a term or concept by listening and examining its qualities or characteristics (e) Classification: It organizes subjects into categories. (f) Problem/solution: It examines aspect of a complex problem and explores or proposes possible solution.
STEP 3: Discussion
MODE: The entire class
STUDENT’S ACTIVITY: The teacher asks the students to explain how to
cook egusi soup friend method.
TEACHER’S ACTIVITY: The teacher discusses how to cook egusi soup
with the students. How to cook egusi soup with vegetable. This Igbo style melon seeds soup is traditionally made variety of ingredients such as dried fish, assorted meats and condiments. There is a distinct taste in this dish due to higher proportion of melon seed and leafy vegetables sparingly used.
Ingrediants: 200g ground pumpkin (egusi) seed,
400g of beef, 50g of cooked and boned stock fish piece. 3 spoons of ground dried crayfish, small bunch of ugu or bitter leaves, 50ml of palm oil, 2 seasoning cubes, 1 small onions, 4 large tomatoes, 1 tea spoon of chili powder.
Directions: (1) Cut the beef into bite size pieces
seasoned with one chopped onion and one seasoning cube. Add half a cup of water and boiled for about 10 minutes or until tender
(2) Mix the ground egusi in a half cup of water.
Also blend the tomatoes, one onion and chilli. (3) Heat the palm oil in another pot and add the egusi mixture, stir well and allow the egusi to fry a little add the ground crayfish, second seasoning cube and stock fish and stir well (4) Add 2 cups of water and allow to cook for five minutes. Then add the boiled meat and stir, turn, heat down and simmer for a 2 minutes (5) wash and finely slice the ugu leaves. Add to the simmering soup and stir in. continue to simmer for 5 minutes to allow the vegetable to soften. Serve with eba, fuf, sermovita, pounded yam etc. STEP 4: The teacher asks the following questions:
1. What is expository essay?
2. Mention the main types of expository essay.
Mention the processes involve in the preparation
of egusi soup.
ASSIGNMENT: Write an expository essay on how to make
brooms.
REFERENCE BOOKS: 1. J. Eyis; New Concept English for Senior Secondary
