1. The document provides instructions for an assignment about planning for the future. Students are asked to watch a video, complete matching and fill-in-the-blank exercises, answer true/false questions, and have a group discussion about common aspects of their future plans. 2. Students are then asked to write their own text about their future goals, get in groups to discuss common aspects, and create a joint text to present orally using multimedia. The presentation should include formal introductions and transitions between speakers. 3. The assignment aims to help students comprehend and produce written and oral texts about planning for their future and making goals. It provides examples and exercises to guide them in envisioning and describing their personal future

1. THE FUTURE IS IN YOUR HANDS
IDIOMA EXTRANJERO: INGLÉS
GRADO UNDÉCIMO
HUMANIDADES
INSTITUCIÓN EDUCATIVA CENTRO FORMATIVO DE ANTIOQUIA -CEFA-
MEDELLÍN, ANTIOQUIA
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Date: ________________________
Group: ________________________
Full name: ________________________
Goal: To comprehend and to produce written and oral texts about my future.
1. Visit the following link and watch the My Future Plan video: https://goo.gl/nus1Kw
2. Match column A with column B. See the example.
A B
Become Money for studies.
Scholarship Get better.
Nervous Modal verb to express desire or inclination.
Improve Easily agitated or alarmed.
Would Change into.
Apply The opposite of teacher
Request formally
The opposite of past
3. Fill in the gaps with the words in number two. See the example. Then, visit goo.gl/LdKLAj and listen to
the audio to confirm your answers.
Hi! My name is Laura, I am fifteen years old and I am a student; I am in tenth grade. I am from Ibagué,
Tolima; I am Colombian.
I am __________ about my future; I ___would___ like to go to university to study Graphic Design; I dream of
working for an animation company; I am good at Technology. I am not good at Arts, but I can take lessons. I
will __________ in Arts, get good grades at school and __________ for a __________ to become a graphic
designer.

2. 4. Write T (true) or F (false). Correct the false ones. See the example.
a. Laura is sixteen years old. __F__
Laura is fifteen years old. ___________________
b. Laura is a teacher. _____
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c. Laura is happy about her future. _____
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d. Laura would like to go to university. _____
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e. Laura dreams of working for a design company. _____
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5. Ask or answer the questions. See the example.
a. Is Laura in eleventh grade? __________________
No, she is not (in eleventh grade). She is in tenth grade.
b. Is Laura from Medellín, Antioquia?
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c. Is Laura American?
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d. ________________________________________
No, she is not (good at arts).
e. Does Laura want to become a graphic designer?
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f. How old is Laura?
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g. ________________________________________
She is from Ibagué, Tolima.
h. What does Laura dream of?
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i. What is Laura good at?
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j. ________________________________________
She will apply for a scholarship.

3. 6. The following text is full of errors correct them with a different color. See the example.
Hi, my name are juan. I am sixteeth years old, i is a student. i are in eleven grade, i is from medelllín.
antioquia, I are colombian.
i is nervous about my future, i would like to go to university to study engineering, I dream of working for a
Engineering firm, i are good at mathematics; i is not really good at physics, and i could take lessons, i
improved in arts. Study hard but apply for an scholarship to become a Engineer.
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7. Visit the following link: goo.gl/Xyjf9E. Then, listen to the audio track and transcript it.
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8. Write your own text about your future. See the following scheme and the text in number three as an
example.

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9. Get in groups of four students and find the common aspects between your texts about your future.
Then, write your team’s text about your future.
10. Do an oral presentation of your team’s future. You must:
a. Use ICTs, e.g. audio with especial effects, animation, video, prezzy, story bird, etc. Power Point
presentations are not allowed.
b. Greet formally, e.g. Good morning, good afternoon, etc.
c. Introduce yourselves formally, e.g. let us introduce ourselves; our names are…, etc.
d. Make transitions between the readers, e.g. one of the members of the group can ask the questions and
the others can answer them, thank the student who previously talked or ask questions as: is it clear?, do
you have any questions?, etc.
e. Use a proper tone of voice, project your voice, make pauses based on the punctuation on the written
report, breath, keep visual contact with the audience, change your position during the presentation, use
your body language appropriately and strategically.
f. Ask the audience if there are comments or suggestions and thank them, e.g. do you have any questions,
comments or suggestions?, Thank you very much for listening, etc.
g. Use the website www.naturalreaders.com/online/ to practice pronunciation.
h. Learn your lines; reading is not allowed.
The future is in your hands picture taken from:
http://stewardshipforus.com/unitarian-universalism-and-stewardship-for-2017-and-beyond/
Designed by MICHAEL YEPES. February, 2019.