Day and Date:

Time:9:00am
Student numbers: 24
# of Females:12
Monday 11th May, 2015
Lesson Length:50 Minutes
# of Males:12
Year Level: Level 7
Location: Classroom
Topic Focus: Literature
Lesson Focus: Internet Ugly
ACARA/VELS Curriculum Area: Literacy
Lesson Objectives:
Cognitive: Students will compare standard written English with online text, analysing and comparing the linguistic, stylistic and syntactically
similarities and differences.
Social: Students will be analysing writing mediums they use to socialise and engage with outside the classroom. The learning in this lesson with
influence and promote thinking about students online interactions.
Affective: Students will transfer learning into their online interactions, using the knowledge they have obtained about audience and purpose to
influence their linguistic choices.
Links to AusVELS:
Discuss aspects of texts, for example their aesthetic and social value, using relevant and appropriate metalanguage (ACELT1803)
Analyse and explain the ways text structures and language features shape meaning and vary according to audience and purpose (ACELY1721)
Compare the text structures and language features of multimodal texts, explaining how they combine to influence audiences (ACELY1724)
Analyse and explain the effect of technological innovations on texts, particularly media texts (ACELY1765)
Materials Needed:
Worksheets (attached)
References:
Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority (VCAA). (2012). Scope and Sequence. English. Retrieved 10th May, 2015
from http://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/Documents/auscurric/English_scope_and_sequence_AusVELS.pdf
The Age. (2015). Google working with Levis on Smart Clothes. Retrieved May 30, 2015
Lauren Goode. (2015). Are smart Clothes the Wearables of the future? Re/Code. Retrieved March, 16, 2015 from http://recode.net

Activity
Time
(Minutes)

Method of
Delivery

Curriculum Focus

Activity Content

Assessment

Teacher Considerations

10

Teacher
Directed
Active
Participatio
n

Revision of internet
colloquialisms.

Revision:
Internet Slang Bingo
Students are each given a bingo board (Fig
1.0).
Teacher reads out meanings of the listed
words to the class (Fig 1.1).
First student with Bingo wins.
Introduction:
As a class brainstorm text features, i.e.
what identifies audience and purpose.

10

Teacher
Directed

Students understand
the learning
intention.

20

Individual
Work

Students compare
and contrast two
different text types.

Content:
Students complete the Venn Diagram (Fig
1.2) comparing a newspaper article
(example in references) and an informal
online text on a similar topic.
Students then share their findings as a class.

10

Teacher
Directed

Students reflect on
learning.

Conclusion:
Ask for student feedback on what they
learnt through the activity.

Assesses student
prior knowledge of
internet slang.

Depending on the class some

of the terms may not be
appropriate (e.g. wtf). Make
this judgement based on
maturity of students.

Assess students
understanding of
what features
identify the purpose
and intended
audience of a text.
Assesses students
ability to identify
similarities and
differences in
different text types.

Prompting Questions:
-How would a text to your
mum about what happened at
school today be different to an
article in the school newspaper
on it?
Encourage analysis of the
following:
-Words used
-Paragraph structure
-First person?
-Grammar
-Formality
-Syntax
-Emotive language
Prompting Questions:
-What were they key
differences and similarities
you identified?
-How did you identify the
purpose and audience of each

Assesses what
students have learnt,
their ability to
identify different
text types and
language/structural

features.

Extension Activities: Proof Reading/Editing of Internet Ugly examples (On Website)

text?
-What did you like or not
enjoy about the activity?
-Can you think of any other
examples of these text types?

Fig 1.0 Example Bingo

Board

BRB

G2G

OMG

LOL

WBU

IDK

IDGF

BAE

ULM

TLTR

ROFL

DBA

403

RLY

Gr8

(_8^(I)

JGI

PIMPL

YGTI

S/T

ROFL

FAMBO

PHABLET

EMOJI

PLZ

Fig 1.1 Example Bingo

Board

Definitions:
BRB = Be right back

403= Deny access to

G2G = Got to go

RLY = Really

OMG = Oh My God

Gr8 = Great

LOL = Laugh out loud / Lots of love

(_8^(I) = Homer Simpson

WBU = What about you?

JGI = Just Google it

IDK = I dont know

PIMPL = Peeing in my pants laughing

IDGF = I dont give a f**k

YGTI = You get the Idea

BAE = Before anyone else

S/T = Self Titled

ULM = You love me

FAMBO = Family, close friend

TLTR = To long to read

PHABLET = Phone with a screen the size of a tablet

ROFL = Rolling on the floor laughing

EMOJI = Emoticon

DBA = Dont bother asking

PLZ = Please

Fig 1.3 Example Venn

diagram

Blog
Post

Newspaper
Article
Similari
ties