Friday 10th May

Lesson 1 - Friday 10th May

10/05/13 - Imaginary Wealth and Magazine Article

Aims:

Using imagination and descriptive language to create a fictitious character

Using a variety of question forms and tenses

Develop writing skills and communication skills

Introduction: Oral expression and comprehension

• Three lies, one truth - student goes up to board and writes down three false facts about him/herself and one true fact and then the teacher has to decide which fact is false by asking questions.
• Example 
1. I went to school in Japan for 3 years
2. I have 5 dogs and 7 cats at home
3. My brothers names are William and Harry
4. When I was 6 I broke my leg playing frisbee
• Questions :
1. Why did you live in Japan? Can you say something in Japanese?
2. What are your dogs names? Which is your favourite cat and why?
3. Did your parents name your brothers after the royal princes of England?
4. Can you remember breaking your leg? How long were you in hospital for?

Main Section: Written expression, grammar (use of tenses)

• Imagine that it is 2025 and you are a billionaire.
• How old would you be? (use conditional tense)
• How did you become rich? (use simple past tense)
• Are you married? Do you have children? Where do you live? (use present tense)
• Go to Worksheet 1, 2 and 3 on tab

Worksheet 1 

It is 2025 and you are extremely rich. Complete this information about your
life. Use your imagination!

You
Name………………………………………………………………………….
Age……………………………………………………………………………

Work 
Job?..................………………………………………………………………
How long……………………………………………………………………..
Money?............………………………………………………………………

Family 
Single/married/divorced? ………………………………………………….
When married/divorced?……………………………………………………
Children? How many? ……………………………………………………..

Home 
Where?……………………………………………………………………….
How long?……………………………………………………………………

Transport and travel 
Car/plane/helicopter/boat/motorbike/………?
Usually travel by? …………………………………………………………..
Places visited? ………………………………………………………………

Possessions 
Most valuable possession? …………………………………………………
Why?…………………………………………………………………………..

Opinion 
Good and bad things about being rich? …………………………………..
 . ……………………………………………………………………………….
………………………………………………………………………………… .
Does money make you happy? Why/why not? ……………………………
…………………………………………………………………………………..



Worksheet 2 

Journalist
Now imagine you are a journalist. You want to interview someone for ‘Rich!!’ 
magazine. Prepare your questions: 

You
What’s your …name?………………………………………………………..
How old…are you?……………………………………………………………

Work 
What do you …do?…………………………………………………………..
How long have you been a..……………..
How much money ……………………………………………………………

Family 
Are you married or ……………………………………………………………
When did you get …………………………………………………………….
Have you got any …………………………………………………………….
How many?

Home 
Where do you …………………………………………………………………
How long have you lived in ………………………………………………….

Transport and travel 
Have you got a car/plane/helicopter/boat …………………………………
How do you usually…………………………………………………………..
Which places have you ……………………………………………………..

Possessions 
What’s your most valuable ………………………………………………..
Why is it valuable?

Opinion 
What are the good and bad things about …………………………………
Does money make you ……………………………………………………..
Why? / Why not?
…………………………………………………………………………………
…………………………………………………………………………………



Worksheet 3 

Magazine 
Use your interview notes to write the magazine article. 
RICH !! The interview.

This week we spoke to………………………………

…………………………….is …………….years old and ………………………….
……………………… has been a ……………………………for……………years.
…………………is extremely rich and has about…………………………………
dollars/euros/……………
……………………….has been married/divorced/single since………………..and
………………has/hasn’t got ……………….children .……………………….has
been living in ………………..for ……………..years.
……………………….has got a boat/ a car/ a helicopter/ a plane and
…………….usually travels by…………………… …………………..has visited
……………………………………………………………………………………………
……………………..’s most valuable possession is .………………………….
because…………………………………………………………………………….
……………………says that the good things about being rich are ………………
………………………………………………………………………………………….
but the bad things about being rich are ……………………………………
………………………………………………………………………………………..
…………………… says that money………………………………………………..
because………………………………………………………………………………..
………………………………………………………………………………………….