T E A C H E R S N O T E S 8A Thirty-second futures Matthew Jones Type of activity Procedure Speaking. Group work. 1 Show students the board game. 2 Demonstrate the task: toss a coin and explain Aims that one side of the coin means move two spaces; the other means move one space. Move To practise present continuous and going to for your counter onto a square and speak for 30 future arrangements and plans. seconds on the subject of the square. Encourage questions. Task 3 Divide the students into groups of three or To play a board game requiring students to talk four. Distribute one board and one coin to about their futures. each group, and one counter for each student. 4 Students work their way around the board. Preparation 5 Circulate, monitoring language and noting Make one copy of the worksheet per group of down any serious or interesting mistakes for three or four. later correction. Each group will need one coin. 6 The activity continues until all or nearly all of Each student will need one counter. the groups have reached the Finish . Timing Notes & comments 30 40 minutes. Encourage students to ask further questions of the main speaker on each turn.