Week 8 · Review 1 (Units 1–3): a listening and a dialog about Gen Alpha (audio not used), words and a paragraph about staying safe online, active and passive footprints, past simple and past continuous, vocabulary, a question set on the story · 3 lessons
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Review: words and a paragraph about staying safe
English Preparatory 2 Term 1, Review 1: pp. 55–57
GoalReview Unit 1 and 2 words in short gap texts and write a paragraph about staying safe online.
New words
generation · all the people who were born within a few years of each otherbalance · a healthy mixsecure · safesetting · a choice in an app you can changeprivacy · keeping your personal information to yourselfcollect · to gather
Explanation
This lesson reviews words from Units 1 and 2 in new sentences. In a gap text, read the whole sentence first, think about the kind of word that fits (a noun, a verb, an adjective), then choose from the box and cross out the word you used. Check that the sentence makes sense. For the paragraph about staying safe online, plan three parts: a topic sentence (Staying safe online is important because …), two or three tips with passive or modal passive (Passwords should be kept secret; Strange links should not be opened) and a concluding sentence. Remember the vocabulary of the unit: privacy, secure, setting, password, data and trusted adult. Write about 60 to 80 words (up to 100 if you can) and read it aloud for mistakes.
Part
Example
Topic sentence
Staying safe online is important because our data is private.
Tip 1
A long password should be used and never shared.
Tip 2
Links from strangers should not be opened.
Closing
If we follow these tips, we will stay safe.
Worked examples
Gap text 1. Box: balance, privacy, secure, generation, setting. My grandmother’s ___ did not have phones, but mine does. I try to keep a ___ between screen time and sport. I use a strong password to keep my account ___ . In the app ___ I choose who can see my photos, and this protects my ___ .
Answers to gap text 1: generation, balance, secure, setting, privacy.
Gap text 2. Box: active, collected, passive, shared. A comment you write is part of your ___ footprint. Data that is ___ about the pages you visit is part of your ___ footprint. Photos that you post are ___ with your friends.
Answers to gap text 2: active, collected, passive, shared.
Class activity
Safety message. Write a short message (4 sentences) for a younger cousin about staying safe on a shared tablet. Use one passive and one modal passive. Read it to a grown-up and ask: Is it clear and kind?
Practice
1
Complete: Every account should be ___ with a long password. (kept secure / kept scary)
kept secure.
2
Choose the word for this meaning: a choice in an app that you can change. (setting / trend)
setting.
3
Change to passive: The school keeps the files safe.
The files are kept safe (by the school).
4
Complete: A password ___ be shared with strangers. (should not / should)
should not. (A password should not be shared with strangers.)
5
Writing: write a paragraph of 60 to 80 words on staying safe online: topic sentence, two tips, closing sentence.
A paragraph with a topic sentence, two tips with the passive or modal passive and a closing sentence.
