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Art and design Computing Design and technology French Geography History Music Physical education Spanish Religion and worldviews RSE & PSHE Science Wellbeing

Lesson 2: Sending an email

Learning about what email can be used for before writing and sending an email.

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Learning objective

To understand what emails are and how to send one.

Success criteria

I can log

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National curriculum

Computing

Pupils should be

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Cross-curricular links

English

Writing – composition

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Before the lesson

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Lesson plan

Recap and recall

Questions Can you remember any keyboard shortcuts? (CTRL-X = cut, CTRL- V= paste.) Can anyone remember the keyboard shortcut when copying and pasting some text? (CTRL-C and CTRL-V.) Who could be a trusted adult? (e.g. a parent, teacher etc.) How do you create a strong password? (A unique combination of letters, numbers or symbols.)

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Differentiation

Pupils needing extra support

Should have adult support when typing their email address to log in. Could have a printed copy of the recipient’s (the teacher’s) email address in front of them to copy.

Pupils working at greater depth

Should think of a variety of questions to ask the recipient and consider the tone of voice in their email.

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Assessing progress and understanding

Pupils with secure understanding indicated by: understanding how to log

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Vocabulary definitions

computer

Electronic machines that accept and process information to produce an output and then store the results.
domain

The online location or hosting website that the email address belongs to.

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