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LESSON PLAN
NAME: Mdlina Chiper DATE: May 30th, 2012 FORM: 8th Grade LEVEL: Intermediate TEXTBOOK: Snapshot Intermediate UNIT: Caught in the Net LESSON: Internet addiction TIME: 50 min. LESSON AIMS: to give students practice in reading both for gist and for details; to develop students ability to use language in real life situations; to encourage students to freely express their opinions concerning the Internet addiction and its consequences; to make students aware of the potential dangers of spending too much time online and how they can be protected; to stir students imagination and curiosity.
OBJECTIVES: By the end of the lesson, students will be able to: exchange opinions on the topic, argue their point of view and support their position with examples; acquire some basic communicative control over the topic discussed as well as the confidence to become more proficient in the future; use the new vocabulary in new contexts; use their knowledge of the English language to read and comprehend an article. SKILLS: reading, listening, speaking, writing MATERIALS: textbook, worksheets, pictures. CLASSROOM INTERACTIONS: Whole class, Individual work, Group Work 1
STAGES: Activity 1: Warm-up (10 min) The teacher checks up homework and makes error corrections, if necessary. The teacher gets into the topic by asking the students to define the word addiction. The students are invited to give examples of various kind of addiction. The teacher writes on the board the word addiction and makes a spidergram, containing the students answers. Activity 2 : Pre-Reading (10 min) The teacher separates the class into two groups and asks the students to guess and then make a list of the signs / symptoms of the Internet addiction. Each group produces a list and then the teacher reads it aloud and compares the two sets of answers. The students are invited to read the title of the article from the textbook and guess what is it about. Ss are then asked if they believe that the Internet addiction really exists. Activity 3: While-Reading (10 min) The students read silently the text. After reading, the teacher helps out with the new vocabulary. The students answer the questions regarding the text in small groups and then the teacher goes through the answers with the whole class. Activity 4: Post-Reading (10 min) Students are given a worksheet, consisting of a test. They take the test and at the end they will find out how much they are addicted to the Internet. Discussions on the topic take place. Activity 5: Follow-up (15 min) In groups, the students make up a list of ways of breaking the Internet addiction. The answers are confronted with the whole class. The teacher and the students draw up the conclusions on the topic discussed. The teacher assigns homework.
HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT : Make a poster about the Internet and its advantages versus its disadvantages.
TEST- Are You Addicted to the Internet?

For each statement, select an answer that DEFINITELY applies to you:
1. You use the Internet the very first thing in the morning.
0= does not appIy 1= rarely 2= occasionally 3= frequently 4= often 5= always
2. You use the Internet the very last thing at night.

0= does not apply 1= rarely 2= occasionally 3= frequently 4= often 5= always
3. Your friends, and / or your family complain about the amount of time
you spend online.

4. You like your online friends more than your real life friends.
5. The amount of time you spend online negatively affects your schoolwork.
6. When your Internet is down or your computer is broken, it literally throws you into a panic.
7. You do most of your shopping online, including food and everyday items.
8. Email or IM are the best ways to get in touch with you.

9. Your back hurts and you have dry eyes because you spend too much time in front of the computer.
10. You turn down invites to go out at night because you rather stay home and be online.
After you've answered all the questions, add the numbers you selected for each response to obtain a final score. The higher your score, the greater your level of addiction and the problems your Internet usage causes. Here's a general scale to help measure your score: 10 - 19 points: You are an average on-line user. You may surf the Web a bit too long at times, but you have control over your usage. 20 -39 points: You are experiencing occasional or frequent problems because of the Internet. You should consider their full impact on your life. 40 - 50 points: Your Internet usage is causing significant problems in your life. You should evaluate the impact of the Internet on your life and address the problems directly caused by your Internet usage.

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LESSON PLAN

TEST- Are You Addicted to the Internet?

2. You use the Internet the very last thing at night.

you spend online.

8. Email or IM are the best ways to get in touch with you.

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