Journeys III Expedition 2 R U Online Expedition

Journeys III – Expedition 2 “R U Online? ”

Expedition 2 – Lesson 2 Introduce the Lesson “Friends or Foes? ” • Remember you read about virtual communities in Lesson 1. In this lesson, we’ll revisit “Friends or Foes? ” and identify main ideas and important details.

Expedition 2 – Lesson 2 Practice Vocabulary “Friends or Foes? ” • Remember the vocabulary words from Lesson 1. – This passage mentions the founders of an online networking site. What else could have founders? • (a school; a club) – Michelle can correspond with people online. Can people correspond another way? • (letters) – In this passage, Michelle learns there is risk in online networking. What is one risk she discovers? • (identity theft) – Michelle’s social network is expanding. What is happening to her social network to make it expand? • (adding more friends) – In this passage, Michelle says an online community can enrich your life. What is one way online communities enrich Michelle’s life? • (make it easier to communicate with new friends)

Expedition 2 – Lesson 2 Practice Vocabulary “Friends or Foes? ” • Remember you used context clues to find the meaning of the word virtual. • Turn to Anthology page 18. What do you think the word aspects means? – (features) • What clues in the text help you? – (The word features comes right after aspects. ) – Turn to Anthology page 16. What do you think the word networking means? • pertaining to a supportive system of sharing information among individuals – Turn to Anthology page 16. What do you think the word social means? • characterized by friendly companionship or relations – Turn to Anthology page 18. What do you think the word scam means? • fraudulent scheme, especially for making a quick profit – Turn to Anthology page 18. What do you think the word alert means? • make aware

Expedition 2 – Lesson 2 Apply the Target Skill: Main Idea and Details “Friends or Foes? ” • Remember you practiced identifying the main idea and important details as you read in Lesson 1. • Identify the main idea and important details for each paragraph in the rest of the passage on Student Book page 34. • Let’s complete the diagram for paragraph 2 together. • Turn to Anthology page 16. The main idea is stated in each paragraph. Which sentence in the second paragraph states the main idea? (Social networking sites make it easy to catch up and hang out online. )4. Find a detail that supports this main idea. (These sites connect people all over the world. ) What are two other supporting details? (Michelle met new people on the site. She made friends from all over thecountry. )

Expedition 2 – Lesson 2 Apply the Target Skill: Main Idea and Details “Friends or Foes? ” • Turn to Anthology page 16. The main idea is stated in each paragraph. • Which sentence in the second paragraph states the main idea? – (Social networking sites make it easy to catch up and hang out online. ) • Find a detail that supports this main idea. – (These sites connect people all over the world. ) • What are two other supporting details? – (Michelle met new people on the site. She made friends from all over the country. )

Expedition 2 – Lesson 2 Apply the Target Skill: “Friends or Foes? ” Main Idea and Details Paragraph 2: The founders of one online…. Main Idea: Social networking sites make it easy to catch up and hang out online. Detail These sites connect people all over the world. Detail Michelle met new people on the site. Detail She made friends from all over the country.

Expedition 2 – Lesson 2 Apply the Target Skill: “Friends or Foes? ” Main Idea and Details Paragraph 3: However, Michelle found there. . Main Idea: There is a downside to online social networking. Detail A guest speaker talked about the dangers of online networking. Detail A young woman wanted Michelle’s credit card number Detail Michelle discovered anew friend was lying about his identity.

Expedition 2 – Lesson 2 Write in Response to Reading “Friends or Foes? ” • Turn to Student Book page 35. • What risks in online networking does Michelle discover? – (Internet scams; people lying about their identities) • Write advice to Michelle about how to avoid risks of online networking. – Complete the activity independently. – When you finish, share your advice with your partner. • Turn to Student Book pages 30 and 31. – Complete the following: • Write answers or notes below one or more of the probing questions in Part A. Write a question of your own. • Think about the most important idea from “Friends or Foes? ” and write it in the appropriate note in Part B.