THE PRESENT (Irene González)

 

THE PRESENT





This is an activity designed for students with a B1/B2 level of competence

The main objective is to make make students realise about the importance of going outside and spend less time indors playing video games.

The teacher may guide students towards a special package that the boy´s mother sends him. Thus, I would give students some "story seeds" to get students' attention, to make predictions and revise vocabulary related to question formation, strenghten their comprehension and production skills and improve their creativity.

The story seeds may be:

- a playful puppy
- a 14 year-old boy
- a present
- video game console
- a thoughtful mum.

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