Name: Alptuğ Bilben

İlmiye Edepli
Murat Alp Korkut

Technology-Enhanced Lesson Plan

STUDENTS’ GRADE : 9th grade in public high school

PROFICIENCY LEVEL : B1
CLASS SIZE : 26
TOPIC : Emotions & Feelings
LANGUAGE SKILLS : Writing & Reading
PLACE : Computer Lab

ASSUMED KNOWLEDGE
Students
✔ know how to use Mentimeter.
✔ know how to express their emotions and feelings.
✔ know how to use Wordpress to create a blog.
TIME ALLOTTED
1 class hour. (50 min.)

The students will be able to:

✔ select the closest emoji to their current mood in Mentimeter.
Objectives ✔ express their current emotions by using Padlet.

✔ write a short text about the activity in Wordpress.

✔ write their thoughts and opinions about their friends’ works.

Activities

Activity Activity Description

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 Ss go to computer laboratory for upcoming class. T tells ss today they are
Introduction going to talk about their current moods. T tells them to go to mentimeter
(15 minutes) and write the code so they can sign in the program. T tells ss that they need
to pick the closest emoji to their current mood.
T shows students Mentimeter presentation that was prepared before. This
presentation will be included two diverse questions. First one is about “How
Warm-Up do you feel today? and the second one is about “What comes your mind
when I say Padlet?” After then, T explains Padlet by using its website. T
(15 minutes) informs students that they will be working in pairs by using two computers.

T pairs the students randomly. T directs the students to Padlet. Ss sign up

Padlet. Ss confirm their emails. Ss login in Padlet. T asks students to create
Main Activity a Backchannel on Padlet. One of the pair shares the Padlet link to other via
email. T informs ss that they will be talking about their current mood. Ss
(20 minutes) describe their current mood by using Padlet Backchannel and explain the
reasons.

Sts upload either the screenshot or the chat log of Padlet to their blog and
write a short text about the activity. Sts comment on their friends’ writing.
Assessment Each of the students has to comment at least 2 different text. After these, T
observes students’ writing development skills on Wordpress. T assesses
students’ works and makes critical comments for each student on
Wordpress.
Anticipated Having lack of knowledge about web tools may cause to some difficulties
Problems and for students but students will be supported by teacher spontaneously.
Solutions
Before the lesson starts, T controls all technological devices which will be
Back-up Plans used by students and T prepares Mentimeter code, Mentimeter and Padlet
for technology presentations.

✔ Computer
✔ Internet Connection
Materials/teaching ✔ Mentimeter
aids needed ✔ Padlet
✔ Wordpress

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 ✔ Projector
References Blake, R. (2016). Technology and the four skills. Language Learning &
Technology, 20(2), 129-142. Retrieved from
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/304045490_Technology_and_the_
four_skills
Pallut, T. (2007) Blogging in the language classroom. Integrating ICT into
the MFL classroom, Retrieved from
https://joedale.typepad.com/integrating_ict_into_the_/2007/11/blogging-in-
the.html

Lesson Plan Rationale

This lesson plan is prepared for a class composed by nearly 26 students in the 9 th grade for

developing their ability to express themselves according to their psychological condition with the

help of a variety of technological learning tools. Also, this lesson plan is suitable for students

who have reached the level B1 in terms of proficiency. Thus, all the activities and expectations

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are designed accordingly.

For this lesson, which is estimated to continue for one class hour, a set of activities are

prepared for helping students express their current feelings and emotions. After making an

introduction at the beginning of the session, the responsible teacher is expected to move on with

the activities which starts with the warm-up activity. This warm-up activity is expected to last 15

minutes. The main purpose of including a warm-up activity in the lesson plan is to prepare

students to the incoming activities and draw their attention the topic by asking various questions

like “How do you feel today?” By this way, it is possible to reveal the topic by making a smooth

transition. Also, introducing the main activity and explaining how the process will proceed is

crucial. The main purpose is to gain knowledge about the students’ emotions with asking some

questions using Mentimeter. Then, the students will be informed about their groupings which

will be initiated in the main activity.

Next, the main activity starts. Students sign up to Padlet. With using Padlet, the teacher is

now able to read each of the students’ writings related to their moods and psychological

conditions in that time of the lesson. L2 performance is heavily dependent with the vocabulary

size and it needs time to be developed (Blake, 2016). Luckily, this is a great chance for students

to develop their vocabulary skills by working with pairs. Training writing, whether it is personal

or collaborative, online or offline, is a staged process which requires constant designing, analysis

and feedback (Blake, 2016). Their ability to describe their conditions with using their writing

skills (which is doubled when they are paired) is the most important part to be developed in this

activity.

This lesson plan considers consistency as one of its core elements. Thus, for helping

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students stay attached to what they have learned, an assessment supported by its rubric is added

to the lesson plan. This task expects students to create their own blogs using WordPress. With

creating a blog, students will be able to not only discover and deal with a technological tool by

themselves, they will also be able to post and review their previous assignments which can

consist writings, voice recordings etc. For this lesson plan, students are expected to post their

work done in Padlet. After that, students have to comment on at least 2 of the posts which are

owned by their classmates. By this way, blogs can be used as a tool for critical thinking and

interpretation about other people’s opinions and gaining new perspectives in terms of the various

ways of using technological learning devices. Being able to see and think on other people’s

writings will help students to understand the concept discussed in the classroom in a deeper

level. Also, computers and tools like WordPress can help students to motivate themselves by

finding out how they learn more efficiently and this makes the learning process more enjoyable

(Pallut, n.d.).