Mobile App Lesson Plan

1. Name: Raquel Martínez de Rituerto Date:10th April 2015
Mobile Learning & ICT Lesson Plan Template
Lesson Plan Title- Making the news!
Lesson Description (brief)- The students are going to create a news programme. They will work
collaboratively. Firstly, they will analyze the parts on a news programme, they will write their own
stories that will correspond to the different categories in the news (national, international, sport…)
and finally they will put a voice and make a video of their own stories. The final result will be a
complete TV news programme.
Age Group- 14-15 year olds (3ºESO)
Duration- 4 class periods.
Objectives-
- Learn how to work in a group and benefit others and from other’s ideas.
- Analyze a TV news programme.
- Develop their writing skills.
- Develop their oral skills (Pronunciation and intonation in English).
- Learn how to use new technologies in their learning process.
Classroom Set-up (Please include a description of your class setting)-
- It’s a 16-student class. Firstly, we will watch a video as a whole class and
analyze its components (greeting, type of news, useful vocabulary…). Then,
they will brainstorm.
- Secondly, students will work collaboratively in groups of 4 in the classroom.
They will decide what will the structure of their programme be and who will
write what.
- Next, they will work individually and write their own piece of news.
- In groups they read each other’s news and decide which ones they will
include in the programme.

2. Name: Raquel Martínez de Rituerto Date:10th April 2015
- Finally, in groups again, students will record their videos outside the
classroom.
Materials/Hand-Outs-
- WORKSHEET 1: Students will need a copy of “The News I” worksheet :
http://www.slideshare.net/BadaiaEnglish/7the-news?related=1
- WORKSHEET 2: Students will need a copy of “The News II” worksheet :
http://www.slideshare.net/BadaiaEnglish/7the-news-part-iidoc
- The following BBC NEWS video will be shown and analyzed:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVbfMWorK2o
- A storyboard template will be handed out:
http://www.slideshare.net/BadaiaEnglish/multi-media-story-board-template
- The assessment worksheet:
http://www.slideshare.net/BadaiaEnglish/digstorysampleasssessment
Apps/Web Tools/ Technology-
- To create the mind map students will need POPPLET.
- To share the news they wrote with the other peers, PADLET will be used.
- To create the video, students will need their mobile phones and the app
VIDTRIM and MAGISTO.
Pre-teach-
To film, edit, all the vocabulary related to the news we watch (deal, give up, to hold, survival,
ban, veil, full-face)

3. Name: Raquel Martínez de Rituerto Date:10th April 2015
Detailed Lesson
Before the Task- During the Task-After the Task-
1) Students brainstorm the different parts that make up a TV news programme (National,
International, Sport…)
2) Students brainstorm the type of opening that is used when starting the news.
3) Different opening styles are shown (min 2.08, 2.58 and 4.25) and students add them to
their list.
4) Students are shown three real news with their headlines and they have to write down
what the headlines are and the type of information they give. They compare their
answers in pairs. Then, the solutions are given as a whole class.
5) In groups of 4, they think of the structure of their News programme using POPPLET.
They decide who is going to write about what. The assessment worksheet is given so
that they pay attention to all the aspects.
6) The second handout is given. Individually they write the two pieces of news they agreed
in their group. Once the grammar, spelling, coherence and cohesion mistakes have
been corrected, students share their news in their Padlet wall. Each group will have one
wall and they will be able to read all the corrected works of their peers.
7) Four news out of the eight that have been written will be chosen for their programme.
8) Students will also make an interview as real testimony to support their news. In order to
do that, in their groups, they will think of questions that could be asked related to their
news.
9) Students will use the storyboard template to decide the way they will organize The
News.
10) The news will be recorded in a class period outside the classroom.
Presentation-
Students will present their work in front of the class.

4. Name: Raquel Martínez de Rituerto Date:10th April 2015
Assessment-
The teacher will hand out the same assessment sheet to the other students and they will
evaluate the project that is being presented.
The teacher will give feedback.
Additional Notes/Tips for Success-
Suggested time limit for the videos 2-3 minutes.