On Planet Hope
1 Bring in some pictures of space , spaceships , planets , the moon , the sun and so on ( from books , magazines or the internet ) and share them with students .
2 Ask students to tell you first in L1 what they see in the pictures . Elicit the words in English if they know them , but it is not important at this stage if they do not .
3 Tell students that they are going on an imaginary journey into space to their dream planet ( Planet Hope ). The aim of their space travel will be to explore the planet , to describe it and to talk about the things they wish to do and can do there .
4 Ask students to imagine what kind of planet Hope is and describe it to a partner using sentences such as :
My dream planet has … My dream planet is full of … There are … on my dream planet .
Focus : Talking about hopes , wishes , descriptions using I wish , I hope , etc .; spa Level : A2 ( particularly suitable for younger students ) Duration : 80 minutes Activity type : Drawing , discussion , descriptions Resources : Pictures of space , planets , spaceships , etc .; cards ; paper ; coloured
Created by
Kamile Hamiloglú
There aren ’ t any I want … I can … / I will …..
… on my dream planet
5 Ask students to report to the class about Planet Hope . Make two lists on the board : one with the descriptions and the other with their ‘ wish lists ’. Choose the most interesting descriptions with the whole class .
6 Ask pairs to describe the location of Planet Hope and how they can get there using phrases such as You can go there from the moon . It is close to Jupiter .
7 Ask pairs to share their descriptions with the whole class . 8 Hand out cards , paper , coloured pens / pencils and other drawing materials .
9 Ask students to work individually to draw a spaceship to go to Planet Hope on the card . Tell them to give their spaceship a name and to write a description of their spaceship below the drawing .
10 Collect and display the cards on the board and let students look at each others ’ spaceships . They should choose one of the spaceships and think of a question about it to ask its owner .
11 Students ask their questions about the spaceships . You could ask each student in turn to come and point to the relevant picture . The person who drew it has to stand up and answer the question .
12 Students choose the best spaceship and the best planet by a class vote .
Follow-up Assign each student a mission on Planet Hope to build and maintain a wonderful living environment . Each student could have a specific area of expertise ( e . g . gardener , builder , artist ) and write a ‘ to do ’ list .
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