GoalGive reasons for having a website and say how websites were made before and now.
New words
website · a set of linked web pages kept on a server and opened in a browservisitor · a person who opens and reads a websiteprogramming language · a language used to write instructions for computerspublish · to make a website visible to other people on the internet
Explanation
Why would a student your age want a website? There are four good reasons. To express yourself, by showing your ideas and drawings. To connect with people who share your interest, such as gardening or robots. To show school projects. And to build skills for the future, such as planning, writing and design. Many students publish their own work, always with a grown-up and never with personal data. Making a site used to need programming languages such as HTML and CSS, which you started to learn this term, and others. Today, tools that use AI can draft a simple site from the commands you write. This does not mean that thinking is no longer needed: you still decide what the site is for.
Reason
Example
express yourself
show your drawings and ideas
connect with others
meet people who like the same hobby
show school projects
a page about the class garden
build skills
planning, writing and design
Worked examples
an idea for the class→a page plan→check with teacher and parents→only then publish
Laila loves drawing. Her teacher suggests that, with her parents’ permission and no personal details, her class could build a small page of drawings. The page lets classmates see each other’s work and talk about art. Publishing is a decision for the teacher and parents.
Karim says that now you can make a website without thinking. His teacher says: the tool can draft, but you still choose the aim, the pages and the facts. A site made without thinking is usually unclear.
Class activity
Write which of the four reasons matters most to you and why, in three sentences. Do not use your name, school or any personal detail. Then match each reason to an invented website idea.
Practice
1
Name the four reasons for having a website.
Express yourself, connect with others, show school projects, build skills.
2
Which languages did people use to make sites before AI tools?
Programming and web languages such as HTML and CSS.
