Ideas for teachers. The Car of the Future?
Ideas for teachers
The Car of the Future?
Comparing: Have students take a sheet of paper, and divide it into two columns. In one column, they should write down characteristics of one of today's cars; in the other, comparable features of the "car of tomorrow". Some are mentioned in the text, others can be observed from the photo; still more can be imagined. Explaining: Ask students to describe or define: dirty, silent, a wheel, electric energy, petrol, a battery, a charger, a computer, great-grandchildren, global warming, natural resources, the ozone layer. All these words, or the concepts they represent, are understandable; defining them is altogether a different task! Some are easy, others not! Creative writing:Leading to an oral presentation. We are in the year 2100, and the snail car has just been shown to the media. Working in pairs, students should write a short report about the new car. They have one minute (or at most two) on "classroom radio" to present it.
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