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LessonPlanwithTechnology
Messagefromthepast
Class(name,typeofstudent):ElenaIiguezdeHeredia,MaraAlejandraTrincheroAcosta,Mara
JosCaravaca
Typeofstudent:PreIntermediatelevelandabove6thor7thformersorsecondaryschoolstudents
Duration:60minutes
Materials
Technologycomponentdownloadedfrom/accessedinclassat:
Edmodoaccount,emailaccountorwordprocessor
digitalportraitphotosofstudents
AgingBoothApp(availableonAppleStoreandGooglePlay)
SpiderScribetodoabrainstormingactivity
Othermaterials:
ahandoutwithshortmatchingactivitiestoreviewthepartsofanemailandthesimplefuture
studentssmartphonesoranIpadortabletwithAndroid(withacamera)
Introduction
Reviewofpreviouslessons:
Studentsshouldhavelearnthowtowriteaninformalemailandtheuseofthefuturetomake
predictions,sothesetopicsshouldbebrieflyreviewedatthebeginningoftheclass.
Objectivesofthislesson(tellstudentsaboutthem):
Thestudentswillbepractisingpredictionsbywritinganemailfromtheirolderselves.Theywill
resorttotheirimaginationandcreativitytomakebothrealisticandfunnypredictionsabout
themselvesandillustratetheirworkwithanagedphoto.
Procedure
Presentation(teacherorstudent),includingkeyvocabulary
1.Studentswilldosomematchingactivitiestoreviewbothinformalemailwritingandexpressing
predictions.
2.Studentswillanswersomeoralquestionsaboutwhattheyimaginetheirliveswillbelikein30
yearstime.
3.Studentswilldrawamindmaptobrainstormtheirideasabouttheirownlives30yearsfromnow.
4.StudentsusetheirmobilestotaketheirportraitsandagethemusingAgingBooth.Incasesmart
phoneswerenotavailable,theteachercanuseanIpadorAndroidtablettotakethepicturesandsge
them.Usingaprojectormaybeagoodideatosharetheagingprocesswiththeclass.
5.Studentswillwriteanemailtothemselvesasiftheywere30yearsolderstartinglikethis:
Dearolder.,
Hi!Whenyougetthisemailin2044,youwillbe...yearsold.WillyoulooklikethepictureIm
attaching?Iimagineyounowwill...
DeborahHealey
AmericanEnglishInstitute/DepartmentofLinguistics,UniversityofOregon
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6.StudentswillattachtheiragedphotosandposttheirmessagesonEdmodoorsendthembymail
totheteacher,whocouldpostthemafterwards.IfInternetaccesswerenotavailable,studentswill
useawordprocessor.
Activity(students):
Studentswillspeakabouttheirexpectationsandpredictions
Studentswillcommunicatebywritingafictionalemail
Learningstylesaddressed:
visual
kinaesthetic
Technologyalternative(incasethingsdon'tworkasplanned):
Wordprocessor,penandpaper
Reviewbeforetheendoftheclasssession:
Teacherwillelicitfromthestudents:
whattheyhavedonethisclass
whattheyhavelearnedhowtodoorimprovedon
Homework:
Readasmanyoftheirclassmatesworkandlookatasmanyoftheiragedphotosaspossibletobeable
tocommentonthematthebeginningofthefollowingclass.Itcouldbeaveryengagingwarmup
activity.
AgingBootheffecttoageportraitpictures
DeborahHealey
AmericanEnglishInstitute/DepartmentofLinguistics,UniversityofOregon