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Practice 5 YOUR FUTURE STARTS TODAY

Ludic and literary environment
YOUR FUTURE Practice 5 Social language practice: Compose constructive forecasts about others.
STARTS TODAY Warm-up stage In this practice, you will learn to compose a forecast
about your classmates' "future".

1. Look at the images of how objects were in the past. Describe how they are now
Activity 1 and how they will be. Look at the example.
• Although this practice is Objects Past Present Future
to build forecasts and is Nowadays, cars run In the near future, cars
within the ludic and literary on gas, are land-based will run on electricity.
They will also have
environment, it does not Things I know. Planning our product Car and require a driver. airborne capabilities and
mean that every activity is will be driverless.
based on a game. If you
need to adapt the activities
proposed in the book to suit
your students, you can use Bike
activities other than games
as long as the product keep a
ludic line. session 1
• Convey the point that the
purpose of this practice is Key
to compose constructive
forecasts about oneself
and others, thus, offensive, 2. Share and compare your descriptions.
sardonic or otherwise a) Pay attention to the descriptions that refer to future objects. Say whether they
are similar or not.
negative forecasts should not b) Ask questions such as:
be tolerated. One of the main I. Are the descriptions of the objects in the present similar?
issues is to foster respect II. Are the descriptions of the objects in the future similar?
III. Why are they similar or not?
and assess others’ as well as IV. What were your reactions when predicting the future of the objects in the chart?
one’s own capabilities and
skills and think of them as the 76 Studentʼs Book / Practice 5
foundations for self-growth
and to encourage collaboration to reach personal and collective goals.
• It is important to balance between ideas and reality, creativity as well as appropriateness of forecasts.
While youngsters may be able to put forward hypothetical situations, reflecting upon them is a more
complex task; thus, your regulation is crucial for this practice to be successful.

Activity 2
• You may extend the discussion based on the answers. You may also compare expectations and wishes
with predictions.
• Share oral (or written) descriptions of how objects or situations were some time ago; with your students.
For example, what the first mobile phones, cinema theaters and fashion were like, and allow some time
for your students to give their two cents about how they will change. Take into account that the aim of this
activity is to recap previous knowledge, so that based on it, they may build new knowledge.

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