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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 5: Fake emails

Learning that not all emails are genuine and what to do if an email is fake.

Learning objective

To recognise when an email is not genuine.

Success criteria

I can recognise

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National curriculum

Computing

Pupils should be

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Cross-curricular links

RSE:

Online Relationships

Pupils

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Before the lesson

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Lesson plan

Recap and recall

Why can emails be misinterpreted? (Because you can’t see someone’s body language or hear their tone in an email.) How can you be kind on and offline? (By showing respect to others, listening and being honest.) What should you do if someone is being unkind online? (Report them to a trusted adult.)

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Differentiation

Pupils needing extra support:

Can use the Activity: Fake email examples and the Resource: Email example (support).

Pupils working at greater depth:

Should think carefully about different ways that fake emails can be introduced and include this information in their email to their teacher. For example, not addressing the recipient by their name or starting the email with ‘You have won!’.

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Assessing progress and understanding

Pupils with secure understanding indicated by: sending an email describing

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Vocabulary definitions

attachment

A function that lets a person add files to an email before sending.
download

A file that can be sent from one computer to another via an email or a website and be saved locally by the user.

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