'Television' Poem by R. Dahl and Today's Influencers

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• mavo, havo
• Leerjaar 3

Good day everyone!

How are you doing?

Programma van vandaag:

• Before reading:    Hebben over jouw favoriete influencers en hun online promotie manieren bespreken 
• During reading:   Het gedicht 'Television' van R. Dahl lezen en het boodschap achterhalen aan de hand van mini vragen
• After reading:  d   Het boodschap van het gedicht in groepjes toepassen op een veiligheidsposter

Before reading: 

During reading: 

After reading: 

Main goal: With the help of activities, you will be able to gain a deeper understanding between the message of the poem and the promotions of your favourite influencers 

Question of the week: which influencer or Youtuber has appeared a lot on your screen lately?

Rank the mentioned influencers from best to worst!

BEST

WORST

Name

Name

Name

Name

Name

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.Tekst

Add a picture of a products that these tv personalities / influencers would most likely try to promote.
How would they persuade people?

Would you trust their opinions to buy their prmoted product?

Yes!

No!

What do you call people who follow everything blindly?

During reading: look at the pictures and read the first section of the poem.

Type down the words that match with the pictures

During reading: look at the pictures and read the first section of the poem.
Type down the words that match with the pictures

During reading:

Onderstreep de zinnen die jij leest als geklaag/gezeur van de dichter

Take a look at the lines in CAPS LOCK: To who and why is the poet shouting?

Choose a sentence and paste 2 pictures that show what the writes feels and means. 

What will the poet's advice be in the last section of the poem?

After reading: How is the poem connected to the world of social media?

After reading: Now that you read the poem can you explain why the writer is afraid or angry? Do you agree/disagree and why? Make sure to compare this with the world of influencers.

After reading: Which influencer crossed your mind while reading the poem?

After reading: design a safety poster in groups of 4! (15-20 min)

You will be handed a poster and a product to write the do's and don'ts when looking for the opinions of influencers online before buying

Requirements: 

- A title

- The name of the product (so that specific tips can be given)

- The target group (who do they want to approach)

- Distribution of do's and don'ts (minimaal 4):

(e.g: reliable websites and influencers versus unreliable ones)

-Optional: examples of a scam advertisement

The lay-out of the poster

Titel+product

Your names:

For who?

DO'S: 

DON'TS: 

Examples: 

Examples: 

Let's present the posters!

When your group gets called you stand up and present your do's and don'ts of the product 

The class listens and waits untill the end to ask questions about the posters

Which tip of the groups stayed with you?

Thank you for your effort and interaction!

Good luck for today!