UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE BAJA CALIFORNIA

FACULTAD DE IDIOMAS
LESSON PLANNING

Teacher Andrea Almanza

Public (Age, Level, Number, Ages: 20 to 26 years old
etc.) Level: B1 to C1
Number of Ss: 27 students
Topic:
Instagram
Goal:
By the end of the lesson the students will be able to design a caption utilizing the a photo given to them by me as
well as to evaluate the situation depending on the context to choose the correct set of expressions for the caption.

Speaking Listening Writing Reading

Objectives: How does the goal 1. Engage: By the end of this lesson the students will be able to identify themselves with the expressions
will be achieved? used in the video.
S.M.A.R.T Criteria 2. Study: By the end of this lesson the students will be able to discuss and create conclusions just from
looking at a picture.
3. Activate: By the end of the lesson the students will be able to design a short caption utilizing the pictures
given to them as well as to evaluate the situation depending on the context of the picture.
Vocabulary

Interaction

Procedure Development
T-Ss
ESA (how?) Material timing
S-S
Detailed description about the activities
Specific order of organized activities.
Procedure
T will greet the students. “Hi, guys! How are you? So, I wanted to share with you a little about myself. I Computer Teacher –
Engage
know that we are all very busy people, but I often find myself, even when I have the most work to do, Speakers 6 min student
scrolling through Instagram or Facebook, even though I have to admit that is Instagram the social media Internet interaction
that I scroll through the most. We have known each other for quite a while now, and I can say that we Projector
all like reading about other people. And I think we all have thought certain things while scrolling Power point
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through Instagram or FB, like ‘WOW, is that couple still together’ or ‘this person sure gets to see their
friends a lot, my friends and I only see each other once a year’”

Show Ss the video (extra resources) where the girl is talking about the different exclamations we make
while scrolling through Instagram. After the video finishes ask:

T: “Who here likes to read posts of other people? (Ask specific student) And not because you are
interested in their life, just because you like to gossip? I can admit that I often do that.” (Students will
be chosen by me) (Make Ss participate by asking directly)

T will ask Ss about the types of post they like to read, be it from Instagram or Facebook, and if they are
good creating conclusions for captions of pictures before reading them.

Before moving on into the next section T will make the teams (show them power point presentation
with teams already made) (6 teams: 2 of 5 and 4 of 4). The teams are as follows: (In case someone is
missing the teams will be remade by a random generator included in extra resources). The leader of
each team has already been selected.
- Team 1
o Ana Luisa
o Jazmin (lider)
o Kenia*
o Glenda
o Larissa
- Team 2
o Marian
o Luna (lider)
o Paola
o Lorena*
o Alejandra
- Team 3
o Lesley
o Daniel
o Carolina C (lider)
o Kimberly
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o Fernanda *
o Melissa
- Team 4
o Liz*
o Carolina A (lider)
o Priscila
o Issis
o Karla
- Team 5
o Oscar
o Leslie (lider)
o Héctor
o Carolina P*
o Manuel

Specific order of organized activities.

Procedure
T: “Okay guys, next I want you to answer this little survey. The first question is personal, but the rest
you can answer with the help of this text” (Give each student a survey and ask one Ss to read the Computer,
questions) (Project text that is going to be used) Tell them they have three minutes to answer. Projector,
Instagram
After Ss are finished, be sure to check the answer together before moving on to a new task. picture with
T: “Okay, next I will show you guys a picture from Instagram, it’s from a random artist, and you have to caption and
Teacher –
tell me what you think is happening in the picture, you have 2 min to talk in teams and reach a without
Study 7 min student
conclusion, you must give the reason as to why you reached that conclusion.” caption
interaction
Text about
Show them a picture and tell them to discuss among themselves what the caption could be. (Show snapchat
create caption Pic) and
Instagram
After a minute has passed tell them that they have 1 min left and that the leader has to share the Survey
conclusion that the team reached.

Tell them thank you and select one student to read the real caption. (Show real caption Pic)
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(The pictures are going to be included in the final power point presentation)
Specific order of organized activities.
Procedure
After reading the real caption together give the students 6 min to create another caption. Give each
student a worksheet and tell them that they have to create an Instagram post that goes with the
picture, tell them to also include: the location of where the picture was taken, the number of hearts the
picture has, the username of the person, the date of when the picture was uploaded, at least two
hashtags and one comment form another user. Specify that each caption should be at least 2 sentences
long.
Handout
The leader will pass to the front and show the rest of the group their Instagram post. Computer
Projector
Student –
Instructions: “After you finish writing your own Instagram post your leader is going to be passing to the Power point
Activate 17 min student
front to share your caption and your reason behind it. You have 7 minutes to complete your post. Any presentation
interaction
questions? Do you understand? (SS) what do you have to do?” with
requirement
(On the projector show the teams with leader in bold letters as well as another slide with the specific and teams
requirements)

Before team leaders pass to the front to share their teams work, tell them they have 1 min to check
their grammar.

Each leader passes to the front. Thank the leader and the team for their participation.

T: “Thank you so much for you participation and excellent attitude guys!”

Extra https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2OL4o8TIRw&t=7s
Resources https://mediakix.com/blog/instagram-vs-snapchat-best-social-media-infographic/

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