GC University, Lahore DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH

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GC University, Lahore 

DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH 

Teaching Schedule ENG-151 

Semester II 

Title 

English (Short Stories and Plays) 

Code 

ENG-151 

Credit Hours 3 hrs. 

Total Lectures: 48 

Lecture Duration: 1 Hour. 

Follow Up 

ENG-201 

Text Books • Short Stories and Plays for ENG 151 Published by GC, University. 

• Oxford Practice Grammar by John Eastwood 

• English for Undergraduates by Howe et.al. 

Assessment Criteria 

Semester Work 20% Four Assessments during semester 

Mid-Term Exam 25% 

Final 50% 

Class Participation 05% 

Total 100 

Week 

Lecture 

Topic 

Source 

Objectives/Recommendations for Learning Activities 

1 

2 

3 

1. • Mohsin Mohalla 

2. • Mohsin Mohalla 

3. 

4. 

• Review: Sentence fragments, run-ons, subject-verb and 

pronoun agreement, correct use of adjectives and adverbs. 

• Review: Correct use of prepositions, apostrophe, quotation 

marks, comma, and other punctuation marks. 

5. • The Black Cat 



8. 

• Review: Basic Paragraph Structure: structural parts; topic 

sentence, supporting detail, concluding sentence. 

Short Stories and 

Plays for ENG 151 

Handout(s) 

Handout(s) 

Short Stories and 

Plays for ENG 151 

Handout(s) 

• Interactive lecture 

• Discussions 

• Teachers should have relevant handouts used last 

semester. 

• Students should be asked to write on a topic of 

their choice keeping these rules in their mind. 

• Under teacher’s supervision they should undergo 

peer evaluation. 

• Teachers should have relevant handouts used last 

semester. 

• Students should be asked to write on a topic of 

their choice keeping these rules in their mind. 

• Under teacher’s supervision they should undergo 

peer evaluation. 



• After revision of the concepts students should 

produce paragraphs following the guidelines. 

• A kind of competition should be arranged in 

class to create an exciting atmosphere.

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4 

5 

6 

7 

8 

9. 

10. 

11. • Girl 

12. 

• Review: Types of Paragraphs: Narrative, Descriptive, 

Persuasive and Expository. Process of Writing: 

Brainstorming, Organizing, Writing, Editing and 

Proofreading. 

• Review: Introduction to Paragraph Development: providing 

examples, explaining a process, examining cause and effect 

Comparing and contrasting, defining a term, dividing and 

classifying. 

Handout(s) 

Handout(s) 

Short Stories and Plays 

for ENG 151 

• Pre-Mid. Assessment # 1 

• Total Marks 5 

• Students should be evaluated for their understanding of the course taught till 4 th 

week. 

13. • The Door Swings Open 

English for 

Undergraduates: Unit 4 



• A kind of competition should be arranged in 

class to create an exciting atmosphere. 



• A kind of writing competition should be 

arranged in class to create an exciting 

atmosphere. 

• Interactive lecture. 


• Students should be strictly assessed for their 

writing ability. 

• A list should be made of those students who 

still commit errors related to the things taught 

in the previous semester. 

• Appropriate measures should be adopted to 

help these students more. 

• Experience in this regard should be shared 

with the rest of the faculty. 

• MCQs from the text taught. 

• Half of the sections must be covered. 

14. • I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 




• Group discussions 

for ENG 151 


17. • The Door Swings Open 

English for 

• Remaining sections must be covered. 


18. • Unit 5 English for 

• Half of the sections must be covered. 

19. • Unit 5 

Undergraduates: Unit 5 • Remaining sections must be covered. 

20. • The Stranger 

Short Stories and Plays • Interactive lecture 

21. • The Stranger 

for ENG 151 

• Group discussions 

• Teachers must first engage students and should 

make them unlearn their stereotypical notions 

about an Essay. 

• Teachers should first explain the basic purpose 

of writing an essay i.e. to present ideas or 

22. 

• Writing the Essay: what is an essay? important points about 

thoughts in an organized way. 

Handout(s) 

the Essay, planning the essay. 

• They should be reminded that a paragraph is 

the basic structural unit of an essay. 

• Importance of brainstorming should be 

reemphasized. 

• Brainstorming sessions should be held on 

various topics within the class. 

• In this session students should be asked to write 

23. • Writing the Essay: essay writing assignments. Handout(s) 

an essay. 

• Teacher should guide the students and should 

make them write their essays paragraphs wise.

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9 

10 

11 

24. 

25. • Clay 

26. • Clay 

• Pre-Mid. Assessment # 2 



week. 

27. • Various styles of the essay 

28. • Essay Writing Practice 

29. • The Darling 



32. • Essay Writing Practice 

MIDTERM EXAM 


for ENG 151 

Handout(s) 

Sample Essays 


for ENG 151 











• Interactive Lecture 


• Teachers should try to show their students 

sample essays of various styles. 

• Students might be asked to bring to the class 

their Prose texts which they studied in the 

previous semesters. They might also be asked to 

imitate writing styles of various essays. 

• This session should be wholly devoted to essay 

writing practice. 

• Students should write their respective essays in 

class. 

• Paragraph wise development should be 

encouraged. 

• Peer assessment might also be used creatively to 

make the atmosphere lively. 

• Students should be asked to refer to different 

styles of paragraph development which they 

studied in the previous semester. 

• They should be able to identify their particular 

development method. 



• This session should be wholly devoted to essay 

writing practice. 

• Students should write their respective essays in 

class. 

• Paragraph wise development should be 

encouraged. 

• Peer assessment might also be used creatively to 

make the atmosphere lively. 

• Students should be asked to refer to different 

styles of paragraph development which they 

studied in the previous semester. 

• They should be able to identify their particular 

development method.

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12 

13 

14 

15 

33. • How to Study 

34. • A White Heron 


36. 

English for 



for ENG 151 

• Post-Mid. Assessment # 3 



week. 


38. • How to Study 

39. 

40. • Untouchable 

41. • Untouchable 

• Functional Writing: Letter, international standard formats, 

organization. 

English for 


Handout(s) 


for ENG 151 

42. • Letter Writing Practice Handout(s) 

43. • Letter Writing Practice Handout(s) 

44. • The Rose in the Cloister 

45. • The Rose in the Cloister 


for ENG 151 

• Half of the Sections must be taught. 

• Interactive lecture. 

• Discussions. 













• The rest of the sections should be taught. 

• Teacher must first explain different formats of 

letters used around the world. 

• Students should be taught that a letter is also 

composed of paragraphs. So here also they 

should think about organizing their ideas in 

paragraphs. 

• Sample letters should also be shown to the 

students. 



• This session should wholly be devoted to letter 

writing. 

• Utmost care should be taken that students do not 

write on common situations. 

• Teachers should think of interesting situations 

for this session. 

• This session should wholly be devoted to letter 

writing. 

• Utmost care should be taken that students do not 

write on common situations. 

• Teachers should think of interesting situations 

for this session. 


• Discussions

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16 

46. 

• Post-Mid. Assessment # 4 



week. 











47. • The Rose in the Cloister • 

• This session should be utilized to answer and 

clarify queries raised by students. 

48. • Course Review 

• The students should be shown how much they 

have learned and covered in a this semester. 

• Any queries related to final exam should be 

answered. 

FINAL TERM EXAM

GC University, Lahore DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH

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