One striking new word (‘algorithmocracy’: government by algorithm) anchors a sequence: lead-in about apps → pros and cons → research the ‘filter bubble’ → read and check → read and react → collocation gap-fill.
Sequence (teens and adults)
- Lead-in: which apps do you use, and how do they decide what you see?
- Introduce the word and its definition.
- Pros and cons of algorithmic decisions.
- Web research: “What is the filter bubble? How can you break it?” Explain it to a lower-level peer.
- Read and check predictions (“I was (partly) right about…”).
- Read and react (“I had no idea that…”, “What I would add is…”).
- Collocation and phrasal-verb gap-fill (pop up, filter out, amplify inequalities) + match the halves.
Limits
No retrieval step after the gap-fill; sources unvetted; no level or time guidance.
Apply in my context (Claude)
- A ready IELTS Part 3 / Writing Task 2 topic lesson (“technology and society”). Add a delayed retrieval of the collocations next week.
Connections
Teach lexically - collocations as minimum units of meaning · Output tasks after reading boost vocabulary retention