Blogs in teaching English
Title of the class: english practice
Age of students: high school students
Topic: Teenage problems
Objectives: training and practicing of the students' skills (grammar & lexic);By the end of the lesson, students should be able to organize the informantion and present views clearly and logically in writing an article.
1. Warm-up activity
asking students to suggest what type of problems teenagers typically
may have
2. The main part
- Ask students for advice on what the person should do (reviewing the
modal verb 'should')
- Have students get into small groups (four or five students).
- Distribute the handout with the various teen problems taken from
real life. Assign one (or two) situations to each group
Read your situation and then answer the following questions
What might the relationship be between the person and his / her
parents?
How must he / she feel?
What can't have happened?
Why might he / she have this problem?
What should he / she do? (Give at least 5 suggestions)
- Students should then use the sheet to report back to the class
actively using the modal verb 'should' to give advice.
3. Hometask
Ask students to write about a problem they have had (in their blogs)
Ask students to comment classmate's problems and give
recommendations in comments (at least 2 )
Watch the video about teenage problems and comment it.
Teenage Problems: Texts
For Friendship or Love?
I'm one of those guys who have "the quite normal" problem: I'm in love with a girl, but I don't know what to do. I have already had a crush on some girls, never with any success, but this is something different. My problem is actually that I'm too cowardly to tell her anything. I know that she likes me and we're very, very good friends. We've known each other for about three years, and our friendship has constantly become better. We often get into quarrels, but we always make up. Another problem is that we often talk about problems with each other, and so I know she is having problems with her boyfriend (who I think is no good for her). We meet almost every day. We always have very much fun together, but is it really so difficult to love someone who has been a good chum to you until now?
Male, 15
Please Help me and My Family
My family don't get along. It's like we all hate each other. It's my mom, me, my two brothers and a sister. I am the oldest. We all have certain problems: My mom wants to quit smoking so she is really stressed out. I am really selfish (I just can't help it). One of my brothers is too bossy. He thinks he is better than the rest of us and that he is the only one who helps my mom. My other brother is kind of abusive and depressed. He always starts fights and he's really spoiled (my mom doesn't yell at him for doing things wrong and when she does, he laughs at her); My sister (who's 7) makes messes and doesn't clean them up. I really want to help because I don't like being upset all of the time and having everyone hate everyone else. Even when we start to get along, someone will say something to upset someone else. Please help me and my family.
Female, 15
Hates School
I hate school. I cannot stand my school so I skip it almost every day. Luckily, I am a smart person and I'm in all of the advanced classes and don't have reputation as a rebel. Only the people who really know me know about my strange feelings. My parents don't care - they don't even mention it if I don't go to school. What I end up doing is sleeping all day and then staying up all night talking to my girlfriend. I get behind in my work and when I try to go back to school I get a bunch of crap from my teachers and friends. I just get so depressed when I think about it. I have given up on trying to go back and now am considering dropping out altogether, but I really don't want to do that because I realize it would ruin my life. I don't want to go back at all but I also don't want it to ruin my life. I am so confused and I have really tried to go back and just can't take it. What should I do? Please help.
Male, 16
Youth problem 2009
Teenage Problem AwarnessСвернуть
Title of the class: english practice
Age of students: high school students
Topic: Teenage problems
Objectives: training and practicing of the students' skills (grammar & lexic);By the end of the lesson, students should be able to organize the informantion and present views clearly and logically in writing an article.
1. Warm-up activity
asking students to suggest what type of problems teenagers typically
may have
2. The main part
- Ask students for advice on what the person should do (reviewing the
modal verb 'should')
- Have students get into small groups (four or five students).
- Distribute the handout with the various teen problems taken from
real life. Assign one (or two) situations to each group
Read your situation and then answer the following questions
What might the relationship be between the person and his / her
parents?
How must he / she feel?
What can't have happened?
Why might he / she have this problem?
What should he / she do? (Give at least 5 suggestions)
- Students should then use the sheet to report back to the class
actively using the modal verb 'should' to give advice.
3. Hometask
Ask students to write about a problem they have had (in their blogs)
Ask students to comment classmate's problems and give
recommendations in comments (at least 2 )
Watch the video about teenage problems and comment it.
Teenage Problems: Texts
For Friendship or Love?
I'm one of those guys who have "the quite normal" problem: I'm in love with a girl, but I don't know what to do. I have already had a crush on some girls, never with any success, but this is something different. My problem is actually that I'm too cowardly to tell her anything. I know that she likes me and we're very, very good friends. We've known each other for about three years, and our friendship has constantly become better. We often get into quarrels, but we always make up. Another problem is that we often talk about problems with each other, and so I know she is having problems with her boyfriend (who I think is no good for her). We meet almost every day. We always have very much fun together, but is it really so difficult to love someone who has been a good chum to you until now?
Male, 15
Please Help me and My Family
My family don't get along. It's like we all hate each other. It's my mom, me, my two brothers and a sister. I am the oldest. We all have certain problems: My mom wants to quit smoking so she is really stressed out. I am really selfish (I just can't help it). One of my brothers is too bossy. He thinks he is better than the rest of us and that he is the only one who helps my mom. My other brother is kind of abusive and depressed. He always starts fights and he's really spoiled (my mom doesn't yell at him for doing things wrong and when she does, he laughs at her); My sister (who's 7) makes messes and doesn't clean them up. I really want to help because I don't like being upset all of the time and having everyone hate everyone else. Even when we start to get along, someone will say something to upset someone else. Please help me and my family.
Female, 15
Hates School
I hate school. I cannot stand my school so I skip it almost every day. Luckily, I am a smart person and I'm in all of the advanced classes and don't have reputation as a rebel. Only the people who really know me know about my strange feelings. My parents don't care - they don't even mention it if I don't go to school. What I end up doing is sleeping all day and then staying up all night talking to my girlfriend. I get behind in my work and when I try to go back to school I get a bunch of crap from my teachers and friends. I just get so depressed when I think about it. I have given up on trying to go back and now am considering dropping out altogether, but I really don't want to do that because I realize it would ruin my life. I don't want to go back at all but I also don't want it to ruin my life. I am so confused and I have really tried to go back and just can't take it. What should I do? Please help.
Male, 16
Youth problem 2009
Teenage Problem AwarnessСвернуть
