{"id":706,"date":"2026-10-20T20:34:59","date_gmt":"2026-10-20T20:34:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learnhip.com\/hub\/lesson-plans\/news-lesson-phone-bans-a2\/"},"modified":"2026-10-20T20:56:25","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T20:56:25","slug":"news-lesson-phone-bans-a2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/learnhip.com\/hub\/lesson-plans\/news-lesson-phone-bans-a2\/","title":{"rendered":"News Lesson: Phone Bans in Schools (A2)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Countries around the world are banning phones in schools, from France and the Netherlands to South Korea and Chile. But does it work? Students read about the trend and a big new study, then talk about their own phone habits. This A2 version uses short, simple sentences and everyday vocabulary about rules and school.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Level:<\/strong> A2 \u00b7 <strong>Time:<\/strong> 45 to 90 minutes. Pick the activities that suit your class. They work in almost any order.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Lesson Activities<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"\/reveal\/picquiz.php?w=b0491652\">Warmer: What&#8217;s in the Drawer?<\/a> &#8211; picture reveal (answer: a teacher&#8217;s desk drawer full of confiscated phones). Ask where it is, whose phones they are and why they are there.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"\/sentence\/match.php?w=8becabfd\">Phone Bans: Key Words (A2)<\/a> &#8211; pre-teach 10 words (ban, allowed, distraction, concentrate, bullying, attendance&#8230;).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"\/cloze\/exercise_hint.php?w=649f9a1c\">Phone Bans in Schools (A2) &#8211; with word bank<\/a> &#8211; reading with 10 gaps.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"\/categorise\/activity.php?w=f5d4b23d\">Phone Bans: For or Against?<\/a> &#8211; sort 12 arguments into for and against a ban, then pick the strongest one on each side. Great warm-up for the discussion.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"\/cards\/cardset.php?w=9a688e53\">Phone Bans: Discussion (A2)<\/a> &#8211; 10 questions, from phone habits to school rules.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"\/ranking\/exercise.php?w=d82c8d16\">Where Should Phones Be Banned?<\/a> &#8211; opinion ranking, from classrooms to the dinner table. Compare and justify.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Teacher Tips<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Short on time? Do the key words, the reading and five discussion cards.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Language focus: <em>allowed to \/ not allowed to<\/em> and <em>can \/ can&#8217;t<\/em> for rules. Ask: What were you allowed to do at school?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Follow-up: students write five rules for phones in their home, school or office.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Want a harder version? Try the <a href=\"\/hub\/lesson-plans\/news-lesson-phone-bans-b2\/\">B2 lesson<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Countries around the world are banning phones in schools, from France and the Netherlands to South Korea and Chile. But does it work? Students read about the trend and a big new study, then talk about their own phone habits. This A2 version uses short, simple sentences and everyday vocabulary about rules and school. Level: &#8230; <a title=\"News Lesson: Phone Bans in Schools (A2)\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/learnhip.com\/hub\/lesson-plans\/news-lesson-phone-bans-a2\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about News Lesson: Phone Bans in Schools (A2)\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":593,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-706","page","type-page","status-publish"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/learnhip.com\/hub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/706","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/learnhip.com\/hub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/learnhip.com\/hub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/learnhip.com\/hub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/learnhip.com\/hub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=706"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/learnhip.com\/hub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/706\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":713,"href":"https:\/\/learnhip.com\/hub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/706\/revisions\/713"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/learnhip.com\/hub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/593"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/learnhip.com\/hub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=706"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}