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TELEVISION
THEME 10 AND SOCIAL MEDIA

FUNCTIONS
F1 Making predictions about the future
9 GRADE F2 Asking for and giving opinion (agreement, disagreement, etc…)
th
Interrupting someone in a conversation
F3
F4 Gaining time in a conversation
1 Half a Crossword: Television
This activity aims to revise and practise the names of TV programmes and express their opinions
about the types of TV programmes.

Materials and Preparation
Copy the crossword puzzles on pages 215 and 216; one copy is required for each group.
Procedure
1 Divide students into groups of eight or ten and then divide each group into two separate groups of
four or five—Group A and Group B.
2 Give the groups their own crosswords and tell them to keep it face down on the desk so that the
other group cannot see it.
3 Tell students that Group As and Groups Bs have different parts of the same crossword puzzle,
each of which is half-filled. Tell them that they need to complete the missing words by asking the
other group for clues in turns like “What’s across 4?”, or “What’s down 1?” Tell groups that they are
supposed to answer and try to explain/describe each missing word without using it or its derivatives.
The words that groups need to explain to each other are given in the word list at the bottom of the
page.
4 When the activity is finished, have the groups compare their own crossword with their partner group
to check for any misspellings.
5 As a follow-up, you can have students work in pairs. Ask them to ask for/give their opinions about
the types of TV programmes in the crossword and see if they agree/disagree with each other.

2 Will or Won’t?

This activity aims to have students make predictions with will and won’t.

Materials and Preparation
Copy the handout on page 217 and make sure that each student in the class has one.

Procedure
1 Give each student a copy of the handout and ask them to read the predictions given in the handout
and write ‘I will’ if they think the prediction will come true or ‘I won’t’ if they think it will not come true
in the ‘Me’ column.
2 When students have filled in the ‘Me’ column, have them work in pairs and ask them to complete the
‘My Partner’ column by writing ‘S/he will’ or ‘S/he won’t’. Tell students that they are not supposed to
consult with their partner while doing this.
3 When students have also filled in the ‘My Partner’ column, tell them to ask/answer questions in turns
like “Will you work abroad in the future?” or “Do you think you will work abroad in the future?” in
order to find out if their predictions have turned out to be accurate. Ask students to put a tick in the
last column if a prediction is correct, or a cross if it is incorrect. The student who has the most ticks
in each pair becomes the winner.

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