TASK 3: WEB BASED LESSON PLAN

Salam and greetings to all. This is my third task for CALL subject and for this task, I need to come out with a Web Based Lesson Plan. Below is my LP.

WEB BASED LESSON PLAN


Topic : BE GRATEFUL AND NEVER GIVE UP HOPE - LIVE LIFE WITH A BIG SPIRIT.

Level : Form 2 (Intermediate)

Time  : 70 minutes

Aims  : 

• At the end of the lesson, students should be able to  express their gratitude to whatever they have, find information in a specific website, and write a short passage that describes a well-known person with disabilities who succeed in life because of his or her never-surrender courage and spirit.

Technical requirements:

• One computer / pair
• Internet connection
• LCD projector
• Web browser
• Speaker
• Email accounts
• Class's blog
• School's Yearly Book

Websites :

• http://www.lifewithoutlimbs.org/about-nick
• http://2gamma2012.blogspot.com/ 
• http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0002379/
• http://www.aceshowbiz.com/celebrity/tom_cruise/
• http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0002518/
• http://www.aceshowbiz.com/celebrity/jim_carrey/biography_5.html
• http://www.celebrities-with-diseases.com/celebrities/jim-carreys-life-with-adhd-1886.html

Preparation:

1. Prepare some pictures and make it as a desktop wallpaper. 
2. Download a video of Nick Vujicic from Youtube.
3. Try to play the video and check the quality of sound system
4. Locate site which provides info on Nick Vujicic.  ( http://www.lifewithoutlimbs.org/about-nick/)
5. Prepare worksheet based on the info about Nick Vujicic
6. Check site before lesson starts
7. Make sure at least one member in every pair has email account.

Procedures:

• Set induction (5-10 minutes)

1. Teacher informs students to look at the pictures on their computer desktop and asks them to describe the pictures. (Appendix 1)
2. Teacher asks students to compare with what they have with what the people in those pictures have.
3. Teacher relates the discussion to today's lesson which is 'Be grateful and never give up hopes'.

• Task 1(20 minutes)

1. Teacher asks students some questions regarding what they hope their physical looks like.
2. Teacher shows a video of Nick Vujicic to her students.
3. Teacher sends students to the chosen website which provides info on Nick Vujicic. (http://www.lifewithoutlimbs.org/about-nick/)
4. Teacher asks students to read about Nick Vujicic in the website.
5. Teacher distributes a worksheet on 'True and False' statements about Nick Vujicic and asks them to complete within 3 minutes. (Appendix 2)
6. Teacher discusses the answer with the class.

• Task 2 (15 minutes)

1. Teacher asks students to list down Wh-Questions (Who, what, why, when, where, how) and describes the function of each Wh-question.
2. Teacher asks students to go to class's blog http://2gamma2012.blogspot.com/.
3.  Teacher sends students to a site to answer Wh-questions on nick Vujicic.
4. Teacher expects students to read the instruction before they answer the questions.
5. Teacher asks students to check their answer by clicking on the word 'CHECK' under the Wh-questions in that particular website. 

• Post stage/Task 3 (20 minutes)

1. Teacher asks students to choose a well-known person with disability from the class's blog and uses that person as their role model who motivates and inspires them to be grateful and to keep fighting to achieve their dream.
2. Teacher gives time for students to identify their role model and asks them to write a short passage of 80 to 120 words using Wh-questions as their guideline.
3. Teacher asks students to describe the person that inspires them and what they hope to  be and to achieve in future based on the task description on the class's blog. 
4. Teacher reminds students to use adjectives in describing the role model, and future tense in writing their hope for future, besides other parts of speech in their writing. 
5. Teacher asks students to email their short passage to her.
6. Teacher informs students that three best passages will be posted in the class's blog and the first best passage will also be displayed in the School's Yearly Book.

• Conclusion (5 minutes)
• Teacher recaps the lesson of the day.
• Teacher asks 2/3 students about the moral values that they have gained during the class.

• Follow-up activity/ies
• Teacher asks students to complete their task at home and they are expected to email their short passage within 2 days.
• All passages will be discussed next week to show to the class the strengths and weaknesses of each passage in order to let them know the marking system.

Appendix;

• Desktop wallpaper