Lesson Plan

Katherine Dean
Year level(s): Year 11 Learning area/ACARA focus: English
Date/Time: erio! " Thurs!a# Lesson $ocus: %ocial &e!ia
'ac(groun! )nformation
&ature stu!ents* ver# on tas(+
,er# familiar -ith social me!ia
.ave alrea!# /een intro!uce! to their assignments
an! have some i!ea of -hat the# -ant/nee! to
research+
Teaching/Learning ur0ose(s) (-ritten in terms of
outcomes):
1n!erstan!ing the /ene2ts of social me!ia in
0re0aration for assignments+
re0aration:
Kno- the social me!ia sites m#self+
3rganise a 0lacemat for stu!ents to use+
.ave all m# information a/out the /ene2ts of social
me!ia /rainstorme! neatl# on a -or! !ocument
Learning E40eriences:
1+ .o- -ill ) engage the learners5
6e -ill /e engaging stu!ents as -e !iscuss social me!ia
an! constantl# as(ing 7uestions+ The# -ill nee! to use the
com0uters to research an! ans-er the 7uestions the#
have an! e4am0les of /ene2ts the# ma# -ish to use in
their feature articles+ 6e -ill give them an i!ea or thing to
loo( for an! the# nee! to research it an! e40lain to their
grou0 ho- this is a /ene2t of social me!ia+ The# -ill also
/e engage! -hen -or(ing in a thin( 0air share
environment* -riting !o-n -hat the# thin(* sharing it -ith
a grou0 an! then -ith the class+
8+ %tu!ent tas(s an! activities (-hat -ill the stu!ents !o
to achieve the lesson 0ur0ose(s)5
6rite !o-n i!eas of 0ossi/le /ene2ts of social me!ia
(not 9ust face/oo()
Discuss -ith their grou0 the i!eas the# have (then
share -ith the class)
Research 7uestions or e4am0les of the /ene2ts of
social me!ia+
Each of these tas(s -ill hel0 the stu!ents to achieve the
lesson 0ur0ose+
:+ Conclusion (ho- !o #ou summarise the learning an!
relate it to the lesson 0ur0ose(s)5
At the en! of the lesson -e -ill come /ac( together an!
throughout the lesson all stu!ents -ill have a K6L chart in
their /oo(s+ Although the ;6hat !o #ou (no-< section -ill
/e covere! -hen the# -or( on the 0lacemats* throughout
the lesson the# can 9ot !o-n ;-hat !o #ou -ant to 2n!
out5< an! at the en! of the lesson -e can !iscuss an!
-rite !o-n ;-hat !i! #ou learn< to conclu!e an!
summarise the learning+
Assessment an! evaluation: (.o- !o #ou (no- the
stu!ents have achieve! the learning 0ur0ose(s)+ Evaluate
#our o-n 0erformance)
6e -ill (no- the stu!ents have learnt -hat -e -ish for
them to learn /# the material the# 0ut onto the 0lacement
an! the material the# 0rovi!e to the class !iscussion+ 6e
-ill also (no- the lesson 0ur0oses have /een achieve! if
stu!ents choose to -rite their article a/out the /ene2ts of
social me!ia* an! the# refer to an e4am0le the#
researche! in this lesson+