Literacy in the Facebook Era - Waray Dictionary and Language ...

Fullmer 15
Application: As homework, students visit Facebook (or if they have no account, use their cell
phone inbox). Students will identify 3 examples of each of the following elements: Nonstandard
spelling, nonstandard capitalization/punctuation, abbreviations, emoticons/smilies, Taglish.
Lesson Plan 2 (Higher Order Thinking Skills)
Objective: Students will exercise higher order thinking skills of creation, analysis, application,
evaluation, interpretation through the Facebook platform. Secondarily, they will learn more about
what their immediate community thinks about current issues.
Materials: Out of class access to a Facebook account. If not all students have accounts, the
“Application” exercise can be adapted as a group project.
Motivation: Teacher writes on board: “What is the greatest problem facing your generation today?”
Teacher then leads a brainstorming exercise where students provide answers and evidence to
support their response. For example, if a student says “laziness,” the teacher should ask the student
for an example and reasoning for why this is the greatest problem. If time permits, teacher asks
students to define terms like “generation” and “greatest problem.” The point: students begin to
exercise higher order thinking skills.
Presentation/Practice: Teacher introduces and explains components of higher order thinking,
citing examples of each contained in the “motivation” exercise above.
• Agreeing/Disagreeing (opinion)
• Comparing/Contrasting (evaluation)
• Giving Examples (application)
• Problem Solving (solution)
Exercise 1: Teacher gives a problem scenario to individual groups (example below). As a group,
students discuss and form a solution, giving at least 2 examples to support their position, and
comparing/contrasting to a similar situation.
A Barangay council has Php 100,000 to spend on community improvement.
Some members in the community think it should be spent on repairing the
road because 4 vehicle accidents have happened in the last 2 months. Others
feel it should be used to provide food and clothing to the indigent population
nearby. Others feel it should be spent on supplies for the barangay’s
elementary school. If you were on the barangay council, what would you
propose, and why?
Application: (A 2 week-long assignment)
1) Students choose and research a current issue in Filipino/World news.
2) Students post a 5-sentence statement and question on Facebook, with a link to a news article
about the issue.
3) Students monitor responses posted by Facebook friends and catalogue the use of
“agreeing/disagreeing,” “comparing/contrasting,” “giving examples” and “problem solving”
4) Finally, students present the result to the class, summarizing how their Facebook friends
responded, and concluding with their opinion on the issue.