Lesson 1

Have a look at the picture below and find out the title of the unit: 2 words 14 letters _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _   _ _ _ _ _ _ (DREAMING CITIES)

Read the Unit Goals and create your problematic for this unit. 

Now, pair up. One of you is going to study document 1 and the other document 2. Write a quick description of the picture. Then exchange with your partner about your document. Draw hypotheses on the 2 documents. 

Discuss your hypotheses with the rest of the class. 

Then, have a look at the 2 documents on page 49 and use 5 comparative forms and 5 superlative forms to describe the changes. 

Document 1

Document 2

To help you, read and do the worksheets below. 

Lesson 2

Watch the video 3 times and take notes. You can use the document below if you want. 

Now, sit with your house. Give yourself a number. The teacher will call 2 numbers: the secretary and the runner. The secretary sits at the back of the classroom and the runner is the only one able to move in the classroom between the group and the secretary. By the end of the lesson, you should have written a full description of the document respecting the four paragraphs: introduction, description, analysis, conclusion.

Then, complete the worksheet. 

Lesson 3 

Look at the picture and draw hypothesis on what it could represent.

Listen to the audio. Focus on the main idea and define it with your own words. Then draw a list of the advantages and the drawbacks. 

Add more information with the document below.

In groups of 3 or 4, create a poster trying to convince your city council of the necessity to turn your city into a smart city. 

You need to have: 

• examples
• illustrations
• arguments and counterarguments

Start with what your city is and the problem it faces and then build your poster on it.

Lesson 4

Have a look at the book cover. What is is about? What can you say about the title?

Synopsis:  William Weston is a journalist from New-York City exploring a futuristic, ecological version of San Francisco. San Francisco, May 5 […]

In groups of 4 or 5, pick an extract from the text and draw the scene describes. Then, put all your drawings together and comment on them: what do they depict? What do you think of the changes? What was the city like before?

Read the whole text to check your ideas. Make a list of all the changes in the table below.

For each comic strip, imagine one or two sentences the project managers would have used to convince and explain their intentions to the city council. To help you, do the exercices below and read the worksheets. 

Lesson 5

Watch the video below and introduce it.

Then in groups of 2 or 3, imagine its dubbing. To do so, you have to be clear on its goal. 

Lesson 6

With the help of the following pictures, make a list of the problems cities encounter today. 

To help you make an assessment of the situation, revise your tenses and do the exercices below.

Read the text below and work on its structure. Build a template on how to organise your ideas.

Final task

Write a blog article on the changes happening in Monplaisir. 

Make an assessment of what the situation is today, what it was before and the advantages of the new neighbourhood.