1. Skype Lesson plan
Topic: The Internet Has Changed our Life….(part1)
Teacher: Olga Morozan
Date: 01.03.2012
N Stages Procedures Materials
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1 Evocation Inferring the topic under the discussion: A thread ball,
1)“Thread ball” activity
a) Tell students that it is morning, the beginning of a working day…
hard working day.. and the day to be successful should start with
a compliment or a good wish. Show them the thread ball, make
a compliment to someone from the class, and pass the ball to
this st, keeping the thread between fingers.
b) Then ask the complimented st to pass the tread ball to someone
from the class, sitting in the opposite part from them, and tell
something pleasant to him/her. When sending the ball, the fist
st has to keep the thread between fingers. The same action
should be made by the st who received a compliment, but now
addressing the ball to another st while wishing something, and
keeping the thread between fingers.
c) The procedure should be repeated with almost 7 students,
having obtained a thread net.
2) Ask sts to answer the following questions:
“What does this activity/exercise refer to? What have we done? What
might the thread mean/refer to? “, coming up to the idea of Internet
and ways to interact online (sending messages)
3) Then , ask sts holding the thread one by one to tell words associating
with the Internet and online activity while wrapping the ball back (from
the last st to the fist… the teacher). One st is writing all the words on the
blb on a mind map of the Internet.
4) Having the words written on the blb, ask sts working in groups (4 Oxford
groups) to make a definition of Internet . They have to write their Dictionary online

2. defintions on paper which will be placed on blb. http://oxforddictio
naries.com/definiti
5) While the are working, the st working at the blb will have to consult on/Internet?
the official definition given by Oxford Dictionary at q=internet
http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/Internet?q=internet .
6) The groups present their definitions and then compare with the 4 pieces of blank
original one, and will consider whose definition was the most paper.
appropriately written.
2 Realization a) Ask sts to pick up one card from the pail the teacher offers and Cards with words
of meaning arrange themselves into 4 groups by the word written on their written on them
cards. This way, there will be formed groups of: communication, (communication,
information, entertaining, services. information,
entertaining,
b) Each group has to call out the name of their group as to infer services)
the possible connection between them and Internet. (these all
represent the reasons people use Internet)
Felt-tip pens and 4
c) Working in groups, sts will have to advertise one site which
pieces of paper
offers the service provided by name of their group (write the
name of the site on the paper) in form of 1-min speech, 3 big cards with
following the structure WHAT< WHAY< EXAMPLE<CONCLUSION. “WHAT”,
“WHY”,
d) “Communication” group presents their advertising. EXAMPLE”, and
CONCLUSION”
e) Watch a movie clip called “Internet Love Song” on
written on them.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WX8Ys25ltg0&feature=related
and state: Movie clip on
http://www.youtu
- what kind of communication is there presented in the song, and
be.com/watch?
- if this communication is effective and why do they think so. v=WX8Ys25ltg0&fe
ature=related
This way the teacher leads discussion on the ways adolescents
communicate/interact online, the language used and the degree this
communication might be efficient.
f) Net Language:
-Watch the movie on Acronyms
-Movie clip on
http://www.youtube.com/watch?
http://www.youtu
v=lMsbZUL6xPE&feature=related (the sequence from min 0:00
be.com/watch?
-2:42 min) and ask sts to enumerate the most frequently
v=lMsbZUL6xPE&f
acronyms used by sts, plus adding some more from their native
eature=related

3. language. -A message
written in L33t
-Ask sts to decode a message from the blb (2B||!2B (to be or not language on the
to be)
blb (2B||!2B )
-Give sts the handouts of L33t language and ask them to write a
-Handouts with
wish for another group while working in groups. The messages
L33t
should be written on a stripe and then given to another group
who should decode the text. -4 blank paper
stripes
g) “Information “group presents their advertising message of the
informative site. After the group presents their speech, ask sts to
state how the internet might be useful for their school education
-4 paragraphs on
and work.
online games
h) “Entertainment” group presents their advertisement of the site. benefits
i) Each group has to find a paragraph hidden under the desk and
briefly presents the benefits of online game play.
Movie clip on
j) “Services” groups presents their advertisement. http://www.youtu
be.com/watch?
k)Watch the movie http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FhZU48VTn9c v=FhZU48VTn9c
“Online Safety-shopping online: security tips” and state some tips to
protect online while shopping.
3 Reflection Human Statue:
Ask each group to make a human statues representing the Internet and
present them. The other groups will have to interpret it, explaining what
they understood from this statue.
4 Extention Evaluation: www.wordle.com
Each sts has to finish up the sentence: “After this lesson I realized
that …”
Home task: Make a Word Cloud on http://www.wordle.net/create
(using tutorial from youtube.com) in order to complete the phrase:
“The Internet for me means…”