Social Media & YouWhat is Social Media, what do we use it for, the

benefits and dangers.Lesson Plan & Materials on GDrive

Here are some answers about Ivy. What are the questions?

Ivy Text

Reading:

1. Decide what information you need according to the topic.

2. Read quickly and find the relevant answer to your questions.

3. Decide what information to include in your report.

Today’s Menu: Write a report about social media, why is it used, the benefits and dangers and staying safe online

Writing:

1. Produce an information hashtag for your report.

2. Make concise notes for each point.

3. Plan your writing.

4. Write a paragraph using PEE.

5. Check your writing using a checklist you create.

Social Media Dangers

You are going to read a poster about how children can stay safe online. What do you think are the

‘5 golden rules?’

Presentation Features Language Features

Language features are parts of the text which attract our attention and help us understand the text. What language features were used in the poster?

Presentation features help us to find information quickly and easily. What presentation features were used in the poster?

Sub-titles

Images

Text boxes

Bold font

Underlining

Instructions

Statistics

Numbers/figures

Short sentences

Produce an online safety leaflet for teens.

What sort of information could you include?

Consider:

Uses of Social Media,

Benefits of having online presence,

Dangers such as ID theft, trolling and bullying,

Your ‘online brand.’

What do people think of you based on your online presence?

Social Media Staying safe

Research - which links work best?

Open this link and look at the search results. What do you think each web page is about? How do you know this?

Which links would be most useful for your research topic?

Adding Information

Choose a point from your hashtag.

Write down three main ideas for the point.

Now draft a paragraph by writing the point, then explain what you mean, then give an example.

Add your writing to this padlet.

In your own words, write a post to this thread. How do you think children can stay safe on the internet? You could include ideas such as:

● Asking your child to show the sites they use,

● Showing your child how to set profile settings to private,

● How to post photos and videos,

● Trolling and bullying behaviour.

(75 words)

Feedback

Look back at today’s menu.

Think about: how well can you do each reading and writing skill?

Which skills do you need to work on?

Write them the next slide.

References

One Tab

One tab - SM dangers

Five Minute Discussion

● What is happening in the picture?

● How do you think social media was used for this situation?

BBC Look East News

Ten Minute Free Writing

● What is social media?

● How do you use it in daily life?

● Type your answer into Classroom.