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Unit 2 Improving Yourself
Starting out & Understanding ideas
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CONTENTS
Starting out
Understanding ideas
Lead in
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Homework
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Lead in
Part 1
Watch the video and answer the questions.
What is the video about
What other tips are there to make full use of your time Share your ideas with the class.
The video is about time management tips for busy teenagers.
Starting out
Part 2
Questionnaire
Complete the questionnaire and find out how good your self-control is.
Mostly “b”
Hmm... whilst you seem to have grasped the basics of self-management, there is still room for improvement! Take a step back and think about how you could be more focused on your goals and gain more control of your emotions.
Mostly “c”
Far from being in control, it seems your emotional impulses and temptations are controlling you! Don’t just sit back and let things happen. Assess and find out what’s going wrong and draw up a plan of action. Try to stick with it!
Drawing a mind-map
How to solve the problem
Understanding ideas
Part 3
1. What conclusions can you draw from the facts
2. How much time do you spend on social media each day What negative efffects does this have on you
Read the facts and answer the questions.
We can infer from the facts that Chinese Internet users spend a lot of time on social media, negatively affecting different aspects of their lives, and that the average age of social media users in China has risen during recent years.
Now read the passage and check your prediction.
Look at the title of the passage and the pictures. Predict what the passage is about.
Social Media Detox
Read for genre
1. What is the main idea of the article
2. Where is the article most likely to be taken from
It’s about a campaign called “Social Media Detox” to raise money for new school sports equipment.
A website.
A
Introduction
B
Posts
C
Results
Read for structure
A special and useful experience
Title
Organizer
Aim
Form Time
Participant
Content
Social Media Detox
Brenton High School
Fundraising campaign for new sports equipment
Any form
Seven days
Over 100 students
No messaging friends, no posting photos, no blogging -nothing. They had been promised money by family and friends for each day spent without using social media.
It helps students learn how to best communicate using social media.
It raised money for school sports equipment.
It made students want to spend even more time on social media.
It made students realise how much time they had been spending on social media.
It encouraged students to find new ways to communicate and try new activities.
Choose the benefits of the social media detox and find evidence to support your choices.
Read for information
What do you want to know about the campaign
Social Media Detox
Read for information
What is the campaign about
How many students have taken part in it
How long did it last
Where was it launched
What does “social media detox” mean
How did they feel at first
How much fund did the campaign raise
Did all of them successfully detox the social media
Organise information from the passage and complete the summaries.
she had lost an arm
picking up her hobbies
really strange
the value of real contact that he had forgotten
she was missing out
had a proper conversation
giving in
healthier
threw in the towel
catch up on news
Interview
Now work in groups of 6 and act out the article.
Read for thinking
What is your understanding of “something” in “After reading the posts on this forum, it seems that something other than money has also been raised through the detox”
Read for thinking
Imagine you were going to take part in a social media detox campaign in your school, do you think you can succeed What would you do
Reflection
Quotes
The Internet has been a boon and a curse for teenagers.
---J.K. Rowling
No man is free who is not master of himself.
---Epictetus
Homework
Part 4
Write a letter
Write a letter to the headmaster to report on such a social detox campaign in your school including basic elements of the campaign, its significance, and some tips for students to spend their social media-free time.
Word limit: 120 words or so.