Week 5 · Unit 2 My Digital Footprint (B): a story chapter (reference only), persevere / empathy / frustrated / trustworthy, advice about online safety and a role-play, account / hack / scary / secure, a list of tips for staying safe online, Assessment Corner · 3 lessons
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Digital detectives: writing safety tips and a check-up
English Preparatory 2 Term 1, Unit 2: pp. 34–40
GoalWrite a short safety paragraph with passive and modal passive tips, then complete a check-up.
New words
risk · a chance that something bad may happensteal · to take something that is not yourssettings · choices in an app that you can changetip · a short piece of useful advicecheck · to look carefully to make sure something is rightsecure · safe
Explanation
A digital detective looks for clues about online risks and then gives advice. Our writing task is one short paragraph of tips with a title, four or five sentences and about 60 to 80 words (up to 100 if you can). Use the passive and modal passive for rules: A long password should be used for every account. Links from strangers should not be opened. Use words like first, second, third and finally. Start with a short title and end with a closing sentence. Plan before you write with a small table of dangers and tips: a message from a stranger (do not answer; tell an adult), a link in a chat (do not click), the same password everywhere (use different long passwords). Then write the tips in your own words. Read your tips aloud and check the verbs.
Danger
Tip (passive)
A message from a stranger
Messages from strangers should not be answered.
A link in a chat
Unknown links should not be opened.
The same password everywhere
A different long password should be used for each account.
Worked examples
Three Safe Habits Online. Going online is fun, but a few habits keep us safe. First, a long password should be used for every account, and it should never be shared with friends. Second, links from strangers should not be opened. It is important to show them to a trusted adult. Third, the settings of an app should be checked, so that private photos are seen only by family and friends. Then our data will stay secure.
Read a model tip paragraph. A grown-up reads it aloud.
Find three modal passives in the model: should be used, should never be shared, should not be opened.
Check-up. Read: “Every Sunday my brother updates his apps and checks his privacy settings. He believes that private photos should be shared only with family.” True or false: He never checks his settings. False.
Now you. Plan three tips about a shared class computer: one with is / are + past participle and two with should be + past participle.
Class activity
Tip poster. Make a small poster with a title and four tips (two with the passive, two with the modal passive). Present one tip to a grown-up in a calm voice and explain why it is important.
Practice
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Correct the mistake: Private photos should shared with permission.
Private photos should be shared with permission.
2
Correct the mistake: Our passwords is changed every term.
Our passwords are changed every term.
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Complete with the past participle of send: A message is ___ to every student each Monday.
sent.
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Fill the gaps with account, update, risk, settings: (1) Every ___ needs its own long password. (2) Please ___ the app: the new version fixes problems. (3) Sharing a password is a ___ . (4) In the privacy ___ you choose who sees your photos.
(1) account (2) update (3) risk (4) settings.
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Writing: write three safety tips about a shared class computer. Use the passive or the modal passive in each tip.
For example: The computer should be locked after use. Passwords are never shared. Strange links should not be opened.
