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WRITING A BLOG
Learning Objectives
• The students learn how to write a blog.
• In the project stage, they write and design a blog post and
share it with other students.
Vocabulary
follow interesting platform post design personal details
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Weblogs, blogs or online journals first appeared in 1994.
There are now over 1.5 billion blogs on the internet; most
of them are in English. Most bloggers are between the
ages of 21 and 35. Two popular blogging platforms are
Wordpress and Blogger. An edublog is a blog which is
used for educational purposes. The Edublog Awards give
annual prizes to winners in categories including class,
student and teacher blogs.
WARMER
Write
What can we use a computer for?
on the board and
challenge the students in small groups to write a list, e.g.
to surf the internet, to write an email, to download films
or music, to find information, to present information
. If
appropriate, award points to the teams for their ideas and
write a list on the board. Make sure you include
write a
blog
on the list. Next, ask the students in their groups to
take turns to ask and answer:
What do you use a computer
for? What would you like to learn to do on a computer? Why?
LIFE SKILLS
Writing a blog
Draw students’ attention to the unit title
Writing a blog
and
ask ‘Why do people write blogs?’ ‘How can writing a blog
help you?’ and encourage a brief class discussion. Next, ask
the students to read the
Life skills
box and compare their
ideas.
