English · 2nd preparatory · First Term

My Digital Footprint

About this lesson

This unit focuses on digital literacy and online safety. It teaches students about the concept of a digital footprint, the importance of protecting personal information, and strategies for staying safe online. The unit includes reading texts about online privacy and social media, a listening activity about online safety, speaking tasks such as discussions and role-plays, and a writing task where students produce tips for online safety. It also includes a story chapter about a young inventor who perseveres despite challenges, and a dialogue between two students about digital habits. By the end of the unit, students should be able to identify main ideas and details in texts about online safety, understand and use vocabulary related to digital footprints and privacy, form sentences using the present simple passive and modal passive, and write clear tips for staying safe online.

Main topics in this lesson

  • Digital footprint
  • Online safety and privacy
  • Protecting personal information
  • Social media awareness
  • Role-play and discussion on online habits
  • Story about perseverance and empathy

Key terms and vocabulary

  • digital footprint
  • privacy
  • secure
  • password
  • data
  • trace
  • setting
  • clue
  • collect
  • forever
  • online identity
  • private
  • trusted
  • experience
  • adult
  • account
  • hack
  • scary
  • share
  • updates

Questions and answers on My Digital Footprint - practice and revision

Multiple choice questions on this lesson in English for 2nd preparatory, First Term, with practice exercises for revision and exam preparation.

1

What is the main idea of the unit's reading text about online privacy?

  • 1 Everyone should share everything online.
  • 2 You must protect your personal information.
  • 3 Online privacy is not important.
  • 4 Only adults have digital footprints.
2

A website asks you to enter your email address to get updates. What should you do first?

  • 1 Give the email immediately.
  • 2 Ask a trusted adult if the site is safe.
  • 3 Use a fake email without asking.
  • 4 Share your password instead.
3

During a role-play, two students discuss their online habits. Which habit shows good digital citizenship?

  • 1 Sharing your password with a best friend.
  • 2 Posting mean comments about a classmate.
  • 3 Thinking before you share something online.
  • 4 Clicking on every link you see.
4

In the story, a young inventor fails many times but keeps trying. What does this teach about perseverance?

  • 1 Giving up is the best solution.
  • 2 Success comes from not giving up.
  • 3 Only adults can persevere.
  • 4 Failures mean you are not smart.
5

Why is it important to think about your 'online identity' before posting?

  • 1 Because what you post can stay forever and affect your reputation.
  • 2 Because you might lose your password.
  • 3 Because your computer might get a virus.
  • 4 Because your friends will see your updates.
6

Which sentence correctly uses the modal passive with 'should'?

  • 1 Personal information should be protected online.
  • 2 Personal information should protect online.
  • 3 Personal information should be protect online.
  • 4 Personal information should is protected online.

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