Activity 1: Warm-up · 5 minutes
Lead-in: What Would You Do?
a) Aims
Ss activate prior knowledge about peer pressure in online groups and predict the topic of the reading.
b) Content
T shows the scenario: 'A group chat starts sharing an embarrassing photo of a classmate. Everyone is sending laughing emojis. You feel pressure to do the same.' T asks: 'Have you ever felt peer pressure online? What would you do?' Ss discuss in pairs. T writes the key words on the board: peer pressure (áp lực đồng trang lứa), bullying (bắt nạt), boundary (ranh giới cá nhân), consent (sự đồng thuận), evidence (bằng chứng), support (hỗ trợ).
c) Expected outcomes
Each pair lists at least two possible responses, for example: 'Ignore the chat', 'Tell a trusted teacher', 'Refuse to forward the photo'. Ss state the topic: Social issues, peer pressure and online bullying.
d) Organisation
Teacher's activities
Students' activities
Teacher
Step 1: Task delivering
T shows the scenario and asks: 'What would you do in this situation?'
Students
Ss read the scenario silently and think about their own reaction.
Teacher
Step 2: Task performance
T asks Ss to work in pairs for about two minutes and monitors quietly.
Students
Pairs discuss and note two possible responses. Expected answers: 'I would not send a laughing emoji.', 'I would tell a teacher privately.'
Teacher
Step 3: Report and discussion
T invites two or three pairs to share and writes key responses on the board. T asks: 'Why is it hard to refuse in a group chat?'
Students
Some pairs report. Expected answer: 'Because everyone is joining in and I do not want to be the next target.'
Teacher
Step 4: Conclusion and assessment
T links the responses to the reading and announces the topic: Social issues. T says: 'Today we will read a story about a student who resists harmful pressure.'
Students
Ss copy the topic and the key words into their notebooks.