Have You Ever Thought About Blogging?
ESL Lesson PlansHave You Ever Thought About Blogging?

Have You Ever Thought About Blogging?

This lesson plan engages ESL students in a 60-minute group session focused on using the Present Perfect tense to discuss experiences with blogging and social media. The lesson plan includes vocabulary exercises, reading comprehension, role-play interviews with fictional bloggers, and a writing activity to create a blog post. Ideal for B1 learners, it promotes speaking and writing skills through interactive and practical tasks.

Skills

  • Students are familiar with the tense structure and usage of Present Perfect.
  • Students can talk about their experiences and results using Present Perfect tense.
Online Interactive
Based on CEFR
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1

Answer the questions. Tell the group a little bit more about these experiences.

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Have you ever created a profile on any social media platform?
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Have you ever posted anything online?
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Have you ever written a blog post?
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Have you ever read any interesting blogs?
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Have you ever commented on someone else's blog posts?
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Have you ever used blogging as a way to express yourself?
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Have you ever been inspired by another blogger's work?
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Have you ever considered starting your own blog?
2

Read the texts. What are they about? Think of possible titles.

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Glossary

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Role-play: "Interview with bloggers"

5

Complete the communicative situations with the verbs from the list in the correct form. Add 'you' and 'ever' if necessary. Check your work by reading the dialogues aloud in pairs with your teacher.

6

Write a post (8-10 sentences) on one of the topics below. You can post it on Instagram or Facebook if you wish.

7

Reorder the words in the following sentences to find out more facts about different social media platforms.

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