This lesson plan aims to teach ESL students to:
- Create a blog
- Post a message with some personal information
- Add pictures and videos to the message
- Edit their message
- Post a reply to a classmate’s postings
What is “A BLOG” and Why do we need it in the Englsih class?
- What do YOU think a Blog is?
- Who uses blogs?
- How expensive are they?
- What kind of blogs are there?
- Why do people use blogs?
- Would you like to have your own blog ?
You are going to start your own personal blog for the English class. This will be your tool where you will keep all your English work: compositions, videos, research work. All your classmates will have access to your blog and…
Before we get started we need to bear in mind some very important security aspects.
Advice for blogging
- Treat everyone you meet online as if he were a stranger, even after you’ve traded information. Lying online is easy.
- Leave out identifying information like your name, where you work and go to school.
- Use e-mail addresses that don’t use your name and can’t be traced to your other online activity.
- When possible, protect your information with passwords. Obscure identities in pictures.
- Post only stuff you wouldn’t mind seeing on a billboard.
- Team up with a buddy to check each other’s sites for problems. Teens under 13 should only blog with constant supervision.
To start your blog, the only thing you need is an email account. I recommend you to use a google account. If you don’t have one, create it, because you will need it for the English class.
Once you have your email account, click on blogger and start creating your account.
Watch this video to help you
FLIPPED CLASSROOM: For the next class you need to read the grammar notes, watch the videos and do the exercises for Unit 1
