Objective: the students should be able to identify active voice from passive voice in

the present and past in different context.

Context: Facebook

Lesson 1(80 minutes)

Warming up: the teacher will use a big jigsaw consisting of different kind of images
related to social networks such as: Facebook, Twitter, Youtube, and Whatsapp.
Presentation:
The teacher will show the students pictures or a power point presentation which will
show how to upload photos using Facebook; in this case, he will describe how to do
that using passive voice in his description. This one will consist of steps or
instructions.
Title:

Step 1: first, your email and password are used to log into Facebook.

Step 2: Click on your name in the top right corner of your screen; your personal
profile page is shown.

Step 3: Once you are at your profile, click on the "Add Photos" button in the top left
corner.

Step 4: The file navigation prompt is opened. You can select one or more photos to
upload. After, the photos are selected, press Open.

Step 5: once the photo is selected, you can add some commentaries about it.

Step 6: When this is finished, select Post. The photo appears on your profile.

After the teacher has tell them orally the previous description, he will repeat again
each step orally and students have to repeat after him, first chorally, then by groups
and finally individually. The aim is that his students will understand past passive.
ACTIVITY 1:
The teacher is going to deliver them a copy with the images previously shown. All of
them will be disorganized; the students will have to arrange them in the correct order
while listening to the teacher. The students will have to order the pictures using
numbers.
Rubric: Arrange the steps in the correct order. Use: 1,2,3,4

ACTIVITY 2:
The teacher will use jokes and pictures related to Facebook explaining that they will
have to work in pairs, so student A will receive an image and student B the written
text. The teacher will explain that student A will have to find his/her partner, the only
way to do that is that the images match with the text. As a result, they will have to
move in the room to find the matching text /picture. The pair who finishes first will
have to share the joke/text in a loud voice in front of the class.
Rubric: Find the picture which matches the text.
My sister has sent me some photos via Facebook. They are disorganized Can you
help me?!

Find the other half of these sentences

Behind every successful student,

a Facebook account is deactivated.
Facebook is loved,
walls are written and non-well-known guys talk
Facebook is considered a jail,
but the face of a book is hated.
Activity 3:
The teacher will deliver the students a copy where they will have to decide which
sentence is true or false. They will have to read these sentences in a loud voice first
chorally then in small groups.
Rubric: T and F. Correct the FALSE ones
1_ It is called Whatsapp!

..

2_ Only your email is used to log into Facebook. .

3_ Click on your name in the top right corner of your screen; your personal profile
page is shown.
4_ Once you are at your profile, click on the "Like" button in the top left corner.

5_ The file navigation prompt is opened. You can select one or more photos to
upload. After, the photos are selected, press Open. ..
6_ Once the photo is selected, you can add some commentaries about it.

7_ When this is finished, select Post. The photo appears on your profile.
Comprehensive Grammar Activity
The teacher will deliver the students a copy where some sentences in active voice
which will appear on the left of a chart. Then, the same sentences will appear but in
passive voice on the right side. The teacher will emphasize the verb, the subject, and
the object of each sentence in different colours. The intention is to read each of them
with students, so in that way the passive voice can be understandable to his students.

Active voice
1- You have to write your email and
password that you use to log into
Facebook.
2- Click on your name in the top right
corner of your screen. This shows
your personal profile page.
3- Once you are at your profile, click
on the "Add Photos" button in the
top left corner.
4- This opens file navigation prompt.
You can select one or more photos
to upload. After you select the
photos, press Open.
5- Once you select the photo, you
can add some commentaries
about it.
6- When you finish, select Post. The
photo appears on your profile.

Passive voice
1- First, your email and password are
used to log into Facebook.
2- Click on your name in the top right
corner of your screen; your
personal profile page is shown.
3- Once you are at your profile, click
on the "Add Photos" button in the
top left corner.
4- The file navigation prompt is
opened. You can select one or
more photos to upload. After, the
photos are selected, press Open.
5- Once the photo is selected, you
can add some commentaries
about it.
6- When this is finished, select
Post. The photo appears on your
profile.

Activity 4:
The teacher will deliver the students a copy with some exercises related with the
previous point. The students will have to rewrite the sentences from active voice to
passive ones.
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Rubric: rewrite the sentences in passive voice:

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Active voice
The teacher uploads photos on
Facebook.
The teacher selects two photos.
The teacher deletes some
commentaries of the Facebook.
The teacher deactivates the chat of
the Facebook
The teacher uploads videos too
The teacher conserves this link:
www.facebook.com .
The teacher posts good things
about his students.

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Passive voice
.

.
.
.
..
.

Answer keys:
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
F.

Two photos are selected by the teacher.

Some commentaries are deleted of the Facebook by the teacher.
The chat is deactivated by the teacher.
Videos are uploaded by the teacher.
This link is conserved by the teacher.
Good things about his students are posted by the teacher.

Production:
The teacher will ask the students to write at least 4 or 5 steps about How to create
an account on Facebook using passive voice. The teacher will help the students with
vocabulary related to it.
Rubric: Write the steps to create a Facebook account

1. ..
2. .
3. .
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4. ..
Lesson 2 (40 minutes)
Warming up:
Game activity:
The teacher will divide the class into 5 groups of 6 students. The teacher will ask them
to form a queue watching towards the board. Then, the teacher will deliver a sentence
to the first student of each group. The leader of each group will start the game. This
sentence will be illegible, the intention is that each student can write the correct
sentence and read it in a loud voice. Besides, as these sentences are written from
back to the front, the teacher will allow his students to use a mirror. Once this student
has finished of doing this, then it will be the turn of the following student, and so on.
The board will be divided into 5 sections.
Time: 2 minutes for each student.
Variations: this game can be used individually. The teacher will choose 2 or 3 students
to come to the front and rewrite the illegible sentence on board using the mirror.
For instance:
Group A- Student A will receive this illegible sentence:

koobecaF fo llaw rouy no detsop era soediv dna

segasseM
The student will have to write on board:
Messages and videos are posted on your wall on Facebook .
These are the sentences which will be used. (In this case the teacher will
select only 2 or 3 of them)
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

Links and messages are posted by your followers.

Updates about friends and advertisements are shown by the home page.
Emoticons are used to represent my feelings.
A friend is someone you are connected to on Facebook.
When a friend request is sent to somebody, it is called friending
Password: a series of letters, symbols and numbers are used to log into your
account.
7. Groups: when updates, photos or documents are shared with other people.

Presentation:
The teacher will explain his students that he has decided to share a photo on his
profile. Then, the teacher will ask them if they know how to do that. Afterwards, the
teacher will explain them that he shared the photo, but he needs to know if the steps
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are correct or not; as a result, he will describe the procedures asking them if they are
right.
Step 1:
First, the photo was published on Facebook.

Step 2:
I clicked on the option Share

Step 3:
A small window appeared asking me to share this photo.

Step 4:
A commentary about it was added.
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Step 5:
The photo was shared
Step 6
The photo was immediately published on my profile.
After the teacher has tell them orally the previous description, he will repeat again
each step orally and students have to repeat after him, first chorally, then by groups
and finally individually. The aim is that his students will understand past passive.

Practice:
Activity 1:
Bingo Game: the teacher will deliver two bingo cards for each student. The teacher
will explain the students that he is going to read a complete sentence and they will
have to find it in the bingo cards. The student who finds this sentence faster than the
rest, he/she will win a point. As a result, this student will say in a loud voice BINGO!,
then he/she will have to read the complete sentence in a loud voice. (The intention is
to deliver many different bingo cards and not only these ones.)

Key answers of the bingo:

The password and email were used to log into Facebook.
My friend was connected on Facebook.
An emoticon was shared by my followers.
the photo was published on Facebook.
A commentary about it was added.
The photo was shared
The photo was published on my profile.
Activity 2:
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The teacher will deliver to each student a piece of paper with the picture of a chat on
it. The teacher will explain that they will have to write their name on it and imagine
that he/she is chatting with his/her partner via Facebook. The aim will be that they will
have to complete the dialogue in passive voice and past; besides, the teacher will
help them giving them an extra small piece of paper containing some words. At the
end, they will have to read in a loud voice the dialogue pretending that they are
chatting.

List of words the teacher will deliver to his students:

My blog/ yesterday/
New article/posted
Photo/shared
Friend request/sent
Friends /connected
A happy emoticon/used
Activity 3: (este ejercicio no ira sera un as bajo la manga)
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MULTIPLE CHOICE EXERCISE:

The teacher will deliver his students a piece of paper where they will have to choose
the correct option and write it on the blank space. The teacher will check this activity
orally
Rubric: Choose the correct option, and then write them on the blank spaces.
1- Emoticons ..(were used) by many people around the world.
A. used
B. were used
C. was used
2- Many people (were connected) on Facebook yesterday to know who the
winner was!
A. connected
B. was connected
C. were connected
3- A friend request was sent by Matias, my friend.
A. sent
B. were sent
C. was sent
4- A series of letters, symbols or numbers (password) were used to log into to your
Facebook account.
A. were used
B. used
C. was used
5- Videos, photos, and documents were shared by Susan, my mother
A. were shared
B. was shared
C. shared
A. The password and email were used to log into Facebook.
B. My friend was connected on Facebook.
C. An emoticon was shared by my followers.
D. the photo was published on Facebook.
E. A commentary about it was added.
F. The photo was shared
G. The photo was immediately published on my profile.
Production:
The teacher will ask the students to describe the steps or instructions of how they
watched a video on Facebook. Then, the teacher will ask them to do this in 4 steps
including the option LIKE in their description. The teacher will help them adding a
written text of each sentence.
Rubric: Describe in 4 steps how your partner watched a video on Facebook. Use past
passive voice

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1- A video .on the profile of my partner. (publish)

2- The triangle figure
,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, to watch the video. (click)
3- Once the video .. (watch), my partner decided to click the option
like
4- Once the option like (select), my partner added a cometary.

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