Lesson Plan finally uploaded

I didn't ever upload my lesson plan to my blog, so here it is:

How to be a super searcher!

Grade 9 Lesson Plan

Become a Super Searcher

Essential Question	Activity	Time
How has google grown over the past 10 years?	1.Introduction & Class Discussion - Google has grown in power over the last ten years, so much so that google has officially become a verb in the dictionary. Google it. 2. Discuss in groups of 2-3, what exactly you can do on google search. Eg search for word definitions.   3. Make a list on the board of class responses. Any surprising?	10 minutes
How can you save time when searching on the internet by using google?	1.     Open up google.com and search for the following items. A. The weather today in Paris, France. B. a picture of your principal, Mark Ulfers. C. How many dollars equals 100 euros. D. The definition of 'idiosyncrasy' e. what does 'suche ist genial' mean? What language is it?    How many of you clicked on a website to get the information? Did you know that you can modify your search to get the information right up there.	20 minutes
Is google efficient?	1.     Explore the various functions of google. a) Google scholar - show the class how to get to it. Find research article on 'students learning' and cite them b) Google translate: show how. Ask your partner to translate a phrase. The other partner must find out what language it is and what it means. However, is it accurate? Lets translate a well known French phrase 'le monde appartient à ceux qui se lèvent tôt. Look at the English translation!! c) Refining our research. If we want to find news articles on the political situation in France, how do we know what type of articles to search?  You can limit your search by adding : to filter results. To give an example, we only want french pages. The country code is . Fr. So we type Francois hollande:.fr and see what comes up. Try a different country. The same goes for images and videos.	20 minutes
Are you a good google-searcher?	End cumulative activity and assessment. You are going on holiday to England on a British airways flight Paris to London, number 319. a) Use google to find out what time your flight lands (or landed) and what terminal. b) Find out how many pounds 100 euros will get you presuming you won't be charged any fees! c) Find out the weather in London, England d) You are staying with a welsh person who speaks no English. Find out how to say ' I thought welsh people spoke better English? I had to translate using google!' e). look up a current news article from England using the country code (if you don't know it, search for it) end with questions f) Submit to rrankin@asparis.fr on a word document	20 minutes