**Title:** Understanding and Writing Process Paragraphs in Academic Writing
**Attendance:**
– Number of students absent: 4 (Niamatullah, Jibak, Khadija, Jaskaldi, Aytolkun)
**Topics Covered:**
1. **Introduction to Process Paragraphs**
– Explanation and examples of everyday and peculiar processes
– The speed of writing paragraphs: Importance of being able to write quickly
– Paragraph organization: Topic sentence, supporting sentences, and concluding sentences
– Description of a process: Steps, potential problems, tools needed, background details
– Reading and guessing the topic of a paragraph: Example with the title “Royalty in Your Garden”
2. **Case Study: The Process of Growing Roses**
– Understanding the process of planting and maintaining roses
– Reading comprehension and discussion on a paragraph about roses
– Vocabulary building related to gardening
– The needs of roses to be healthy
– The fear some people have towards growing roses due to perceived difficulty
– The behavior of rose plants during winter and how to care for them during this season
3. **Mastering the Art of Writing Process Paragraphs**
– Understanding and crafting effective topic sentences
– Analyzing details included in a paragraph
– Identifying and understanding the use of tools in a process (example: growing roses)
– Recognizing warnings in a process (example: growing roses)
– Understanding the steps involved in a process (example: growing roses)
– Recognizing the result or conclusion of a process (example: growing roses)
– Understanding and identifying the concluding sentence of a paragraph
– Discussion on writing about a process the students are familiar with
4. **Exploring Various Processes**
– The process of learning and mastering a skill or process
– Discussion on various processes such as becoming a top PUBG player, learning to be a voice actor, becoming a famous ballerina, hiking, playing soccer, learning psychology, cooking Navy pasta, buying a house, and gardening
5. **Developing Writing Skills**
– Understanding and writing about processes (e.g., how to become a ballerina, how to buy a house, how to play soccer)
– Importance of background information in writing
– Detailing steps in a process
– Writing concluding sentences
– Drafting an outline
**Actionable Items:**
1. **Improving Writing Skills**
– Students need to work on coming up with processes they do regularly and find words to describe them
– Students to practice writing paragraphs faster
– Students to understand the organization of a paragraph and the role of each sentence type
– Students to practice guessing the topic of a paragraph from the title and first sentence
– Address Aytolkun’s sickness
2. **Addressing Vocabulary and Comprehension Challenges**
– Review and address any difficulties the students had with new vocabulary words
– Follow up on student responses to the discussion questions about growing roses
– Consider further lessons on related topics, such as other gardening processes or more in-depth plant care
3. **Enhancing Understanding of Process Paragraphs**
– Address the repeated phrase “I’m not thinking the same thing” to ensure it was not a technical error or misunderstanding
– Ensure the students understand the concept of a process description, as they will be tasked with explaining their own process
– Review the organization of the class to improve efficiency and avoid repetition
4. **Developing Process Writing Skills**
– Students need to choose a process they are familiar with and prepare to write about it, including the steps, tools needed, warnings, and results
– Students should write a topic sentence about their chosen process
– Encourage students to be more specific in their topic sentences, particularly when describing a process
– Provide more clarity and guidance on the process of writing about a process
– Follow up with students who were not ready to share their topic sentences
– Further discuss the topic of ‘Navy pasta’ to understand what it is, as the teacher was unfamiliar with it
– Address the confusion over the process related to soccer and clarify the expectations for this task
– Improve clarity in students’ understanding of steps in a process; some students struggled to provide clear, actionable steps
**Homework:**
– Complete exercise 2A and 2B on pages 92 and 93. This involves reading a paragraph and answering questions.