Fake news

The main goals of this ESL lesson plan are to:

• – use advanced language structures to discuss fake news detection and master essential vocabulary related to disinformation;
• – practice sentence matching, vocabulary building, reading comprehension, and discussion skills through news analysis activities;
• – watch a video about how false news can spread and explore different fact-checking techniques for digital news.

In this B2 level lesson plan, students use advanced language structures to discuss fake news detection and master essential vocabulary related to disinformation. 

Warm-up 

Students analyze two scenarios and discuss how to spot fake news.

Video 

Students watch an informative video titled “How false news can spread.” After viewing, they complete a matching exercise connecting sentence beginnings with appropriate endings based on the video content.

Exercises 

In the first exercise students match parts of sentences to create full sentences. In the following exercise they use given phrases to rewrite the sentences. Lastly, they complete words in which first letters are given.

Reading 

Students read a text about fake news and answer questions about the text to test reading comprehension.

Discussion 

Students explore different fact-checking techniques for digital news.