Preventing identity theft (passive voice)

Kinga | Apr 18, 2025Apr 18, 2025

LESSON OVERVIEW

The main objectives of this lesson are to:

• discuss online protection and share opinions about online safety;
• watch a video and talk about identity theft;
• practise passive forms with examples of cybercrime and cybersecurity.

In this lesson, students talk about identity theft and cybersecurity. They share their opinions and experiences, work with the passive voice in various forms (e.g. are made, is being registered, has been hacked) and watch a video about identity theft stories. Students also read texts on how AI and tech impact digital crime and discuss cybercrime prevention.

WARM-UP AND VIDEO

This lesson begins with a warm-up. Students read about login issues and discuss their reactions. Afterwards, they practise passive forms. Students explore active and passive voice by choosing the correct option in sentences with examples of identity theft. Following that, they discuss questions where they consider those examples and talk about identity theft. Next, students watch a video in which identity theft victims share their stories. They then finish a sentence (Their personal data was used to: pay for a meal in a restaurant, …) with ways their identities were used. After that, students choose a word, or think of their own, to complete reactions to the video (e.g. The stories in the video are shocking/scary/common/…). They also give details.

DISCUSSION AND PASSIVE VOICE PRACTICE

In this part of the lesson, students look at activities (e.g. avoiding public Wi-Fi, checking your bank statements regularly, saving your passwords on websites) and discuss identity theft protection. Following that, they practise passive forms and complete gaps in texts on how technology is used in cybercrime and cybersecurity. Students use the correct forms of the passive voice of provided verbs (e.g. had been created, was tested, is protected). Afterwards, they discuss sets of questions about what they read in the texts and share opinions related to cybercrime and cybersecurity tools. 

HOMEWORK/REVISION

This lesson plan also includes an additional task that you can use as homework or revision. In the task, students use prompts to create questions in the passive voice. The task is available in the teacher’s version of the worksheet. You can print it and hand it out to your students. It’s also included in the e-lesson plan.

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