Unit 02: Communication: The Press. 1st Year.

[Scientific Stream]
Sequence 04: Reading and writing.

Lesson Plan
- Guided Writing -

Personal goals:

Teacher competencies:

a- The teacher supplements and adapts the textbook to plan activities related to learners’ interests, prior
knowledge and experience.
b- The teacher uses and plans activities that allow learners to practice and develop real-life communication skills
writing and responding to certain situations.

Lesson focus:
 Aspects of language to be taught: Vocabulary related to the real life activities.
 Language skills: Focus on writing.
 Aspects of culture to be taught: The dangers of the Internet, how to enjoy life without the Internet.

Objective:
By the end of this lesson, learners will be able to write an article suggesting possible solutions to overcome Internet
addiction in children and teenagers.

Assessment: The Writing skill activity.

Timing: 120 minutes.

Required materials / resources:

The white board, markers, brush, etc....
Posters – ICTs.

SARS:
 Selection of the input.
 No adaptation was made.
 No rejection was made.
 No supplementation was made.
Writing:
SE 1 – Unit Two: Communication: The Press.
The suggested topic: Internet Addiction. PP: xx-xx. From: xxxxxxxxxx.
Time Stage Rationale Interaction Procedure
An opening statement to welcome the guests. (05mns)

Salamu Alaikum. Good morning, respected school, honourable chief guest Mr. Laissaoui Diffallah; the Inspector General of English, respected
principal, my colleagues, dear friends and lovely pupils. It’s my pleasure to be over here taking responsibility to share my views with you people in this
prestigious day. I feel proud to be given this opportunity to make a class demonstration with one of my groups. I hope it will succeed.

20mns Warming up. Brainstorming T – Sts – T  Good morning class, how is it going today? So you help me write the date. Today is:
(identify the key Tuesday, January 21th, 2014.
vocabulary)
 Questions 1:

a- How do children / young people of your age use to spend their free time in the past?
b- What activities did they use to do during the day?
c- Did they use to play computer games, for example? Why?
d- What about today’s children / youths? Do they keep the same tradition to spend
their free time?
e- What has made this change? Choose from the following: [Pollution - Music -Printing -
The car -The Internet].
 Ok, nice. Let’s watch these images and then get ready for my questions.
 (The pictures).

 Questions 2:

a- What do these pictures show?

 Children using computers.
 They must be using them for long hours.
 They are being addicted to the computer / the Internet.
 b- Is it a good or a bad thing to be connected for long hours? Why?
 It is a bad thing because it can cause many troubles.

c- Everybody knows that addiction is a mental illness which requires an addict to see a
specialist. What kind of specialist do I mean here?
 A psychologist.

d- What can he/she do for an addict to overcome Internet addiction?

 He can give advice.

e- What modal verbs can be used to express advice?

 The modal verbs are: [should / ought to / had better] + [the infinitive of the verb].

f- Suppose you were a psychologist. You have received a patient in your office that has a problem
of Internet addiction. What advice would you give him in order to overcome his problem / to get
rid of this bad habit?

05mns Introducing To set Sts. in front of T – Sts. – T - Step 1: [The topic]. T introduces the topic saying:
the topic the problem
Topic: Write a composition of about 120 words suggesting solutions to the
problem of Internet addiction in young people / children.

 When we write we generally need to follow a plan? What is it?

 The plan is: An introduction + Body + A conclusion.
30mns Drawing the To stimulate the T – Sts. – T - Step 2: [The introduction]. T co-operate with Sts. to sort out the topic sentence, and then
outline Sts.’s creativity. develop it with more supporting sentences through a set of questions.

a- What general idea / topic sentence can we draw from our discussion, now?
b- Let’s develop this idea by adding some sentences to support it.
 As a psychologist, how do you find the problem of Internet addiction?
 Who is mostly exposed to the danger of addiction?
 Why do children, in particular, need more care/ attention from parents?
 Whose role is indispensable to protect them?

- Step 2: [The body / development]. T asks Sts. to look at pictures, comment them through a
Q/A task, and then jot down the ideas.
- To help addicted children overcome Internet addiction, what should they do? Look at the
pictures to answer the questions that follow.

- Teacher’s questions with possible answers of the learners.

Pictures (1):
a- What are the children doing in these pictures?
 Children playing music, acting in the theatre, working in the garden, biking, playing in
the stadium, running, organizing a party, sewing …etc.
b- Are they doing these activities in groups or individually?
 In groups.
c- These groups are called clubs that children usually join to spend their free time. So, how
are the activities called?
 They are called hobbies.
d- Do they enjoy their hobbies?
 Of course they do.

 Children enjoy their hobbies by getting involved in different clubs.

Pictures (2):
a- What are the children doing in these pictures?
 They are revising lessons, doing homework, reading books in the library.
e- How do you feel when you know that you have done your homework early?
 It makes me feel relaxed / great.
f- Does your teacher prefer to see you searching information in a book or in the Internet?
 Open-ended question.

 Children complete their studies.

Pictures (3):
a- Where are the children? And what are they doing?
 They are in the kitchen preparing meals with / for their parents.
b- How do parents feel when they come back home and find the meal ready on the table?
 They probably feel happy.

 Children help with meals.

Pictures (4):
a- What are these family members doing?
 They are sitting together to have dinner.
b- Are these people watching TV or doing anything individually?
 No, they are not. They are talking, maybe discussing things or telling stories.
c- Do you think such plans give good results for children?
 Of course they do.

 Children plan family nights.

 Pictures (5):
a- What do the boy and the girl have in their hands?
 They have phones.
b- Which one is more convenient, using the phone or the Internet to contact a friend, for
example? Why?
 Phoning is more convenient, because it is cheaper and faster. Moreover, we generally
send messages to people in distant places, but a friend who lives in the neighborhood, it
is better to phone and meet him. [To do a homework exercise for example].

 Children call instead of sending instant messages.

Pictures (6):
a- What are the children doing together?
 They are walking together going somewhere; to the stadium, the cinema, on a trip
…etc.
g- Can they plan a walk to the coffee shop?
 No, it keeps them stuck to the Internet.

 Children hang out with friends.

25mns The first draft To provoke the Sts. – Sts.
of the Sts. writing skill and give
Sts the opportunity
to write

25mns The revision To check errors / T – Sts. – T I- The introduction:

(error revise and help Sts.
checking) and write a proper As a psychologist, I can say that Internet addiction is a serious problem that needs
the final composition much importance. Children are mostly exposed to the danger of addiction because they
version can easily be hurt. But the role of parents is very necessary to protect them.
writing
 II- The development (The body):
A lot should be done to help children overcome it. First, children ought to get a hobby
that doesn’t involve the Internet or any other high-tech device. For example, they can get
involved in clubs, like music, theatre, gardening, etc…. They can also go out biking or
running with friends. Second, they should complete their studies. For example; doing
homework and studying is a great thing to do right away when getting home. It makes the
children feel great knowing that they have done their homework early. Besides, teachers
prefer to see the pupil read books or research at the library rather than searching
information in the web. Third, they ought to help with meals. For example; parents will be
happier that their children are helping out with dinner or dishes instead of chatting online.
Fourth, they should plan family nights. For example; instead of watching TV or doing
individual things during dinner time, children had better eat dinner as a family on the table
and sit for a talk afterward. Fifth, they had better call people instead of sending instant
messages. For example; they should call a friend and ask him to go outside for at least 3
hours a day. This will distract them from the computer. They can also try doing their
homework together. Sixth, they ought to hang out with friends. For example; they can plan
a trip to the city stadium, or a picnic in the forest instead of going to coffee shops.

10mns Drawing the To stimulate the T – Sts. – T III- The conclusion:

outline Sts.’s creativity.
a) Now, what conclusion can you draw from all what we have said?
b) Is the Internet a useless invention?
c) Is it always negative for children?

Although the Internet harms children, it remains a useful invention that people still
find as the best way to join them together. However, parents should always control their
children and limit their use because it contains harmful things.

The author: Mr. ELKEBAILI Farid.