TED-Talk: Introduction

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• mavo
• Leerjaar 2

Ted Talk - Lesson 1

Lesson Goal

By the end of the lesson...

1. I can explain what a Ted-Talk is.

2. I know who I am working with.

3. My group has chosen a Ted-Talk topic.

SUBMIT - Who you are working with and your topic.

Lesson Plan

1. Assessment explanation

2. What is a Ted-Talk

3. Choose your group + topic

4. Decide who is doing what

TED-TALK: Assessemt

Workbook completed:

• Monitor your progress
• Hand in Checklist
• My TED-talk outline!
• My TED-talk script
• Reflection

Submit - Google Classroom - 05 / 03 / 2024

Student Work book: The assignment
(page 2)

Read page 2: The assignment

In pairs answer the questions:

• What do I have to do?
• How long does the Ted-Talk have to be?
• What topic can I choose?
• What do I have to hand in?
• When do I have to hand it in?

Student Work book: Monitor your progress  (page 3)

Read page 2: Monitor your progress

In pairs answer the questions:

• Why make a plan?
• Is it fair that one person does all the work?
• How do you decide who does what?

Student Work book: What is a Ted-Talk  (page 4)

Read page 4: What is a TED-talk? 

In pairs answer the questions:

• Have you ever seen a Ted-Talk?
• What is a good Ted-Talk topic?

Task: 

• Watch the Ted-Talk clip

www.ted.com

What is a Ted-Talk?

Ted-Talk: Choose your group + topic

1. Choose who you are going to work with.

2. Choose your topic.

3. Make a plan! (page 3)

- who will do what?

- what will you do when?

Student Work book: Create your TED-talk presentation! 

1. Choose a topic - page 5

Groups?

TED-talk: What is your topic?

Climate Change

Use of vapes

Social media

School rules

Being a teenager in 2022/ 2023

Other...

Who is doing what?

Lesson Review

1. What is a Ted-Talk? 

2. What is the point of a Ted-Talk?

3. Who are you working with?

4. My group has chosen a Ted-Talk topic.

SUBMIT - your research outline + script via gmail.

Next Lesson

Research:

Find two recent news articles (last 8 weeks) about your topic.

Monitor your progress.

- Are you on track?

- Is everyone in your group on track? Why/not?