Social Media - Writing

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 4

Reading

10 minutes - reading

Value each other's time by reading in silence, pleace.

If you forgot your reading book, study and write down  vocabulary Chapter 5 (p. 96)

Today's goals

• You are aware of (bewust zijn van) what you post on social media and what dangers it might bring.
  
• You can talk about social media apps: what apps you use and why.
  
• You can talk/write about your use of social media
• You have learned new words related to social media.
  

The Social Dilemma

What is Silicon Valley?

1. A place where everyone gets silicone injections.
2. A region where many technology companies are located.
3. A company that conducts technical research into silicones.
4. A place you move to when you're addicted to gaming.

Which social platforms do you use in your own daily life?

How often do you use Social Media?

never

not a lot

average

often

very often

from a scale from 1 to 10, how addicted do you think you are?

010

Writing - Social Media

Writing - part 1

You're going to write about social media (in a Word document). Answer the following questions.

• Do you use social media often? How often?
• Which apps do you use and explain what you like or dislike about them.
• Look at the screentime on your phone.
• Do you consider yourseld 'addicted' to social media?
• Name an 'influencer' you follow on YouTube, TikTok or Instagram and tell something about him/her
• Have you ever Googled yourself? --> What did you find?

Writing - part 2

In het tweede gedeelte van jouw tekst ga je jouw mening geven over onderstaande stellingen. Je zet jouw mening kracht bij door twee Engelse artikelen op te zoeken op het Internet. Deze verwerk je in jouw tekst en onderaan jouw tekst noteer je de twee 'sources' (bronnen met links) welke je hebt gebruikt.

• Social media isn't as safe as you think.. Why? You need to give pros and cons about social media
  
• Everything you post will stay on the internet forever. Do you agree / disagree?
  

Writing 

• Hand in your Word document (Title of your document - Social Media, your name, 2VE1)

• Teams - Social Media - writing assignment

00:12

Why does Google's answer differ from person to person?

01:05

Social media makes children feel more depressed. Is this true or is this false? What do you think?

01:25

What are the disadvantages of social media according to you?

02:22

What could be the main purpose of the people who made this documentary?