SHIELD INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL

Lesson Plan

Subject: Computing Week: 7

Class: 3 Teacher: Rabiatu Ismaila

TOPIC
Exploring Email (What is email?)

Resources
Ref. SOW TLM/ RESOURCE (S):
Week & Topic
Week 7 Cambridge ICT Starters Next Steps,
Exploring Email. (Victoria Ellis, Sarah
Exploring Email (What is email?)
Lawrey and Doug Dickinson)

Oxford International Primary computing

(3)

G-mail

UNIT (4284)

CAMBRIDGE ICT STARTERS

By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

Objective –
Knowledge &  explain what email is.
Understanding  identify and explain parts of an email address.
 identify the features of an email program.
 list and explain some advantages and disadvantages of email.
 explain that there are two types of email, ‘web hosted’ and
‘ISP hosted’.

 understand what email is.

Specific Targeted
Skills
email, message, information, address, attach, phishing, spam, inbox,
Key Vocabulary compose, address

Previous
knowledge Learners understand that email is a component part of the internet.

Lesson  The following activities will

Introduction / remind learners about the More Able
Direct Teaching components of an email
address and will develop their 1. What is an email?
learning from the Initial Steps 2. Mention five types of email
module ‘Starting Email’, so that providers you know.
they understand the relevance 3. Research and write the
of the content of those difference between an ISP
components. hosted and web hosted email.
 These activities will also
introduce learners to the
differences between web
hosted and ISP hosted email.
 Teacher displays a number of
email addresses on the board.
The addresses used cover
different Internet Service
Providers (ISPs), different
countries and different ways of
presenting account names.
Examples include:
- fbloggs@gmail.fr
- blogs.f@isp.com
 Learners create a table upon
which they will list the types
and meanings of components.
The table could have the
following headings:
Providers, Types and Countries
Example answers that are
provided here could include
the following:
- providers: Gmail,
Outlook.com, ISP
- types: co (company), org
(organization), ac (academic),
gov (government)
- countries: fr (France), uk
(United Kingdom)
 Teacher asks learners to
suggest why there is no
country code for the USA?
Teacher then explains that the
answer lies in the fact that
domain names were invented
in the US and that this means
that this country has not
needed to distinguish itself.
Activity –  Teacher asks learners to look at the
Teaching Skills ways people have been
Less Able
identified in the supplied email
addresses.  Research and write at least five
 Teacher introduce the term (5) advantages of email.
‘Account name’. Ask the
following question:
- Would it be possible for two
people to have the same email
address?
Teacher introduce and explain
the term “unique identifier”.
 Teacher explain that there are
two types of email, ‘web hosted’
and ‘ISP hosted’.
 Teacher asks learners to use
the internet to search and find
information about the differences
between web hosted and ISP
hosted email.
They should make notes about
what they find and then
feedback to the class in a class
discussion.
Plenary What have we learnt today?
Teacher asks learners to summarize the main points of the lesson.
Learners: we have learnt about the features of an email, parts of an email
address and some advantages and disadvantages of email.
Homework / Homework:
Project
Label the parts of the email address below.

johnsmith@gmail.com

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Reflection