GIULIA BOZZA

THE RISK AND

BENEFITS OF
SOCIAL MEDIA
concorso ordinario 2022
classe di concorso AB25
context
20 students
class 16 out of 20 have attended the same Primary School
age 11-12
2 students with SpLD (moderate dyslexia)
→
1 student with sensorial disability (low vision) learning
support teacher (18 hrs per week)

period March - April

aims essential vocabulary about SM
knowledge which are the most used SM and how do they
work
advantages and disadvantages of SM

being able to understand the overall meaning of

a written text about SM
abilities produce a brief text on SM
answer orally to questions about the topics
carried out in class
understand a short video on pros and cons of SM

CEFR level: toward A2 (according to National Guidelines 2012 for lower secondary school)
prerequisites
What are SM (which one(s) do they use?)
knowledge Basic vocabulary and knowledge (also in L1) on
Internet and digital devices/ computers

understand the meaning a brief text (A2 level)

being able to answer orally questions about their
abilities everyday relationship with Internet and SM
being able to use imperatives
being able to use correctly the Present Tenses to
produce a written/oral text
CEFR level: toward A2 (according to National Guidelines 2012 for lower secondary school)
dispensative measures and
compensative tools
Pair work: students with the dyslexia and student with low
activities vision benefit from positive interdependence (they can
avoid reading and may listen and speak instead)

The video is spoken, so that the student with low vision

can understand it well also without images
materials materials are adapted and personalised for students
with dyslexia and student with low vision
Student with low vision is allowed to use their own
devices
LESSON UNIT

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 overview - Lesson

1 (55 minutes)

activity description tools timing

whole-class activity.
Brainstorming Input: Social Media Digital Whiteboard 5 minutes

25 minutes (10 minutes

group work (different level) Materials provided reading - 15 minutes
Reading
brief text on Social Media by the teacher activity)

Whole-class activity
Speaking Digital Whiteboard 8 minutes
check answers

whole-class activity Digital Whiteboard, 17 minutes (6 minutes

Watch a video
questions: pair work activity YouTube, Quizlet (they use video, 11 minutes
Quiz
(peer assessment) their own devices) questions)
 overview - Lesson

2 (55 minutes)

activity description tools timing

whole-class activity. Questions

Revising the vocabulary
on previous lesson's content / 5 minutes
(speaking)
and vocabulary

Cooperative learning Flipgrid (students use

Create a video create and upload a video their own devices) 30 minutes
about: dos and don'ts on SM Quizlet (for fast finishers)

Flipgrid (watch videos

Show the video Sommative assessment 20 minutes
uploaded by students)
 Brainstorming
specific aim: share ideas on SM
Teacher asks the whole class:
1 nosseL

What words come in your mind if I say:

Social Media, Social Networks and Internet?

(During the activity, the Teacher writes on the Whiteboard)

→
T S
interactions →
S T
 Reading
understand a short text on SM
1 nosseL

Class is divided into couples. They read a text about Social Media
(authentic material?) and answer the questions.

→
T S
interactions
→
S T
 Check the answers
check if everybody has answered the reading
comprehension answers correctly
1 nosseL

The teacher will ask randomly some students to share their answers
interactions →
S S
 Video
Social Media: pros and cons
watch and understand a brief video on
1 nosseL

advantages and disadvantages of Social Media

YouTube link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNuosP8ty1E

The video will be watched twice.

Afterwards, the students will answer some questions about it via

QuizLet (pair work)
 Revising
revise vocabulary of the previous lesson
2 nosseL

Teacher asks randomly questions about the topic of the previous

lesson

General questions and personal questions (ex. How many hours a

day you use SM?)
 Video
create and upload a group video about how
to use correctly SM
2 nosseL

Cooperative learning: group of 4, mixed levels and motivation:

write the script: dos and don't on Internet and SM
plan how to make the video (who speaks when)
→
record the video and upload on Flipgrid with collaboration of
learning support teacher

fast finishers Group activity on QuizLet

 Assessment
share videos with the class
2 nosseL

Every group shows the entire class the video they have produced
and upload on FlipGrid

fast finishers

4 3 2 1

SS autonomously and SS autonomously SS share ideas and SS share ideas and

contribution to
actively share ideas, share ideas, skills and knowledge, knowledge only if
knowledge
skills and knowledge knowledge sometimes if solicited they are asked to
tnemssessa fo dirG

SS work without being SS contributes to the SS contributes to the

SS need continue
solicited; they propose work with little need of work with frequent
solicitation. Most of
cooperation changes; everybody solicitation; almost solicitation; only some
them don't contribute
has their own active everybody has an of them have an active
to the others' work
role active role role

SS are aware of the

SS are aware of the
objectives of the
objectives of the SS work toward the SS work toward the
fulfilment of the group work and
group work and work objectives with objectives only if they
objectives actively and
toward them with little frequent solicitation are asked to
constantly work
solicitation
toward them

all are corteous and most are corteous and some are corteous no one is corteous
showing respect valid each other most opinions are and some opinions and no opinion is
opinions validated are validated validated
DISTANCE LEARNING

Considering the National Guidelines about Distance Education,

in the following slides there will be instructions to apply

effectively this Lesson Unit also in situation of Distance Learning.

 Distance Learning

activity description tools Timing

Brainstorming whole-class activity Google Meet; share screen 5 minutes

Whole-class activity
Google Meet; share screen
Vocabulary teacher share new vocabulary 20 minutes
PP presentation
needed to understand the text

Teacher explain SS komework

Explanation of HW Google Meet, share screen 8 minutes
activity (reading)

reading the text

Homework answer questions and upload SS own devices /
on google classroom
 Distance Learning

activity description tools Timing

whole-class activity
revising Google Meet; share screen 15 minutes
checking answers

Watching a video Whole-class activity Google Meet; share screen 6 minutes

individual activity: answer

answer questions questions Google Meet, share screen 14 minutes
whole-class activity: check answers

assessment to check SS
Assessment knowledge and abilities SS own devices /
Quizlet/Google Forms
GIULIA BOZZA

THANKS FOR YOUR

ATTENTION
concorso ordinario 2022

classe di concorso AB25