SpeakOut lesson 5d: The future of news

• Engels
• MBO
• Studiejaar 4

Lesson overview

In this lesson, Ss watch a video of interviews with people on the street about the news. Ss begin by talking about news that does and doesn’t interest them before they watch the interviews and complete a set of viewing tasks. There’s a focus on will, might and be going to for predictions, before Ss plan a news app and then write a webpage about it.

To start

In pairs:

Make a list of different types of news.

Goals of this class

- How to talk about the future.

As a group

What types of news are mentioned in the first part of the video?

celebrities - crime - culture - international news - local news - music - politics - sports - technology

As a group

Watch the second part of the video. 

Make notes of the predictions that the speakers make about news in the future. 

Guess

What is the correct word?

Let's check together. 

In pairs

Fill out 

will

might

be going to

For predictions. 

In a group

Make groups of three.

Plan your own news app. 

Present

Present your ideas and justify your decisions. 

Read

Would you subscribe to this kind of news app?

To finish

Make three predictions about  next week:

Use:

might, will and going to

Homework B1

- Online practice 5D

-Grammar bank 5D

Homework A2

- Online practice 5D

- Grammar bank 5D