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The document outlines a lesson plan for planning a digital detox weekend, focusing on discussing its effects, deciding on activities and locations, and presenting group ideas. It includes activities such as brainstorming, group discussions, and a progress check to assess understanding. The session aims to encourage students to engage with the concept of digital detox and its implications on their lives.

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The document outlines a lesson plan for planning a digital detox weekend, focusing on discussing its effects, deciding on activities and locations, and presenting group ideas. It includes activities such as brainstorming, group discussions, and a progress check to assess understanding. The session aims to encourage students to engage with the concept of digital detox and its implications on their lives.

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What do you think

digital detox
mean?

Unit 8 | Session 3
Planning a digital detox
LEARNING OBJECTIVE: Plan and discuss a digital detox weekend
Unit 8 | Session 3
Planning a digital detox
LEARNING OBJECTIVE: Plan and discuss a digital detox weekend

Lesson overview
1 GET STARTED: How would a digital detox affect you?
2 DISCUSS: Location and activities
3 DECIDE: Design a digital-detox weekend
4 PRESENT: The program
5 AGREE: The best program
6 UNIT 8 PROGRESS CHECK
7 UNIT 9 PREVIEW: Yes, you can!
GET STARTED
How would a digital detox affect you? We are used to using our cell phones
We are accustomed to
Imagine you had to be without your phone for a long
period of time. Answer the questions below in groups.

1. How easy would a digital detox be for you?


2. What would you miss the most?
3. How could you distract yourself without mobile tech?
4. What would you do more and less of?
5. Who in the class would suffer the most?
DISCUSS
Location and activities
The beach / The countryside

You are going to arrange a digital-detox


weekend for your class. A TV company is
going to sponsor your weekend and make
a documentary. Think about the questions.

1. Where could you hold it? What facilities


would you need?
2. Which activities would you like to offer?
3. How could you help people when they
are missing their phones?
Imaginary - Present situations
USEFUL LANGUAGE
put my cell phone away
If I had to . . ., I think I’d miss
. . . chatting with my friends
I’d really miss .watching
.. Youtube if I stopped using my cell phone

If we held the detox [place], then people might . feel


. . relaxed
in Mancora
DECIDE
Design a digital-detox weekend
Create your plan in groups. Think about the details
below. Then choose a group representative who will
present your idea to the class.
The times: morning, afternoon, and evening activities?
The place: park, beach, forest, mountain retreat?
The activities: gym, yoga, meditation, sports, arts and crafts,
therapy sessions?
There are some big houses by
USEFUL LANGUAGE the beach. We’d need lots of
I think we should / could . . . bedrooms. A gym and a library
would be great. Our experience is
Why don’t we . . .? going to be filmed, so we should
What about . . .? have some conflicts for drama,
like some sports activities.
PRESENT
The program
Present your group’s idea for a digital detox weekend
to the class. Remember to include the exact place, the
details, and the benefits.

Then listen to the other groups’ ideas. What do you


like about their ideas? What would you change? Take
notes.

USEFUL LANGUAGE
We decided / thought that . . .
We chose to . . .
We want to / We’d like to . . .
AGREE
The best program

Which group has planned the best


weekend? Why do you think so?

Support your opinion. Then take a class


vote and decide on the best plan for a
digital-detox weekend.
PROGRESS CHECK
Unit 8
Now I can . . . Prove it!
q use terms to describe jobs and Describe the jobs or work situations of three people you know
work situations. using the terms from the lesson.
q use present unreal conditionals. Write three questions about what someone might or might not
do today.
q discuss work/life balance. Write six sentences about your work/life balance.

q express dissatisfaction with “I Complete the wish: I waste so much time playing video games:
wish”. “I wish I _________ so much time playing video games.”
q talk through options to reach a Present and discuss three possible ways to address a
decision. situation, and encourage or discourage each of them.
q practice debating a contemporary Think of some arguments in favor of and against limiting cell
topic. phone use, and decide which arguments are the strongest.
q plan and discuss a digital detox Describe the place, the project, and the benefits of the digital
weekend. detox weekend.
UNIT 9 PREVIEW
Yes, you can!
Unit 9 Objectives

• Talk about rules and regulations in your


everyday life.
• Discuss rules and regulations in the past.
• Make generalizations.
• Write a letter of complaint.
• Discuss improvements to your town.
UNIT 9 PREVIEW
Yes, you can!
Look at the signs and answer the questions with a partner.

1. What does the original sign mean? Describe how it was changed. Do you think this is
funny? Why? Why not?

2. What interesting graffiti or street art can you see in or around your neighborhood?
Unit 8 | Session 3
Planning a digital detox
LEARNING OBJECTIVE: Plan and discuss a digital detox weekend

Thank you!

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