100 Part II: Putting Your Lesson Together
who asks the other team questions. They can have a spokesperson each to
answer. A question and answer session may run something like this:
Quizmaster A: What is the name of the person who has the job of
organising funerals?
Spokesperson B: Undertaker.
Quizmaster A: Correct.
Quizmaster B: Which pub sport has small metal arrows and a target?
Spokesperson A: Darts.
After the specialist knowledge round, which is practice, do another short pre-
sentation to remind students of the grammar of questions. Then students can
come up with questions for the general knowledge round themselves.
If a piece of language is needed later in the lesson, instead of expecting the
students to learn it at the beginning and remember it throughout, you can do
another mini presentation when it’s needed.
Producing predictions
Several ways can be used to render the future in English so here’s a sugges-
tion for using the various future constructions:
In 1979 Margaret Thatcher famously predicted that there would never be
a woman Prime Minister in her lifetime and in 1916 Charlie Chaplin said
that cinema was little more than a fad.
- In the Presentation stage, analyse the different expressions and tenses
used.
- Have students respond to a set of predictions for the year 2050, saying
whether they’re likely to come true or not and comparing their ideas
with a partner.
- Come up with your own or find out what the scientists say.
- Ask the students to make their own predictions on various areas of life.
