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Presentation :
- Going
to or Will? - Presentation and Interactive exercises
(englishgrammarsecrets.com)
Examples :
-
Is this the sustainable city of the future?
"According to a New York design group, this is how tomorrow's metropolis may look – just don't ask how it will work...
Terreform One, a New York non-profit design group led by 38-year-old architect Mitchell Joachim, offers answers to almost everything to do with cities and sustainability. Its prolific output of ideas includes blimps creeping nose-to-tail around cities, with seats hanging off them just above the ground so that people can jump on and off at will..."
(guardian.co.uk)

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Children draw own visions of 2020
"Children asked to come up with ideas for life in 2020 have designed labour-saving devices, magic pencils to do their homework and, of course, robots."
+ PICTURES
(BBC)

-
Adrian
Mole - New Year's Resolutions (teachers.domainepublic.net)

Adrian Mole
(Wikipedia)
Pictures :
Listening : 
- "Teacher: Can people predict the future with cards?
Student: My mother can.
Teacher: Really?
Student: Yes, she takes one look at my report card and tells
me what will happen when my father
gets home."
( Weekly Tips for Teachers
)

Speaking :
- New
Year's Resolutions - will / won't / might / may

A PowerPoint Presentation
sent by Corinne DEGEZELLE (Ac. Reims)
(A adapter selon les années et les élèves)

-
The
root of all evil - Pre-intermediate
Type of activity: Short play.
Aims: To practise pronunciation, especially stress and intonation.
To reinforce going to and the use of the present continuous
for the future.
Task: To read and rehearse the play in small groups.
To perform the play in groups of four to the other students.
- with Teacher's
Notes
(insideout.net)

- Thirty-second
futures
Pre-intermediate
Type of activity: Speaking. Group work.
Aims: To practise present continuous and going to for
future arrangements and plans.
Task: To play a board game requiring students to talk
about their futures.
(insideout.net)
- When
I'm 75 - a speaking exercise for the future
perfect and future continuous forms (BBC)
"For example,
'When I am 75, I will be living in the South of France on a farm'
and 'When I am 75, I will have lived and worked in 10 different countries'."
- Houses
of the Future :
"The YBE 2004 Houses of the Future project which will feature
six houses, each made of a different base material. Each architect-designed
house will be environmentally-sustainable, affordable and futuristic
:
The Concrete House - The Steel House - The Clay House - The Cardboard
House - The Glass House -
The Timber House"

INTERACTIVE exercises :
- Going
to or Will? - Presentation and Interactive exercises
(englishgrammarsecrets.com)
- GRAMMAR
GAMES - Future forms / Future in the past -
interactive (British Council)
- New
Year's Resolutions (iteslj.org)
(I will / I'm going to / I hope / I 'd like to / I am thinking about
/ I intend to / I promise ... )
Exercises TO PRINT :
- Future
Tense (bogglesworldesl.com)
"There are many ways to talk about the future. Here are some
patterns that you can use.
Write two sentences after each pattern."
- Poems
for the future
"Here are some suggestions to help get your students writing
poems based around the theme of the future."
(British Council)
- When
I'm 75 - a speaking exercise for the future perfect
and future continuous forms (BBC)
"For example,
'When I am 75, I will be living in the South of France on a farm'
and 'When I am 75, I will have lived and worked in 10 different countries'."
Lesson plans :
-
Million Futures
"is an interesting project where students write their visions for the future on virtual paper airplanes that fly around the site.
Each plane gets its own number, so you can access it."
- with a lesson plan
(millionfutures.org.uk)

-
Computers
'to match man by 2029' - a lesson plan
(Breaking News English)

- Students will demonstrate understanding of 10 careers by completing
a
career scrapbook. - a lesson plan
(miracosta.cc.ca.us)
INTERACTIVE games :
Poems :
- MY NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTION - a poem
"I will not throw the cat out the window
Or put a frog in my sister's bed...
I shall help old ladies cross roads (even if they don't want to)
"
(123newyear.com)
- My
Future - a poem with an interactive
quiz
(kico4u.de)
"What will be
Left here for me
When I grow up?..."
-
Warning
- a poem by Jenny Joseph (1961)
"When I am an old woman I shall wear purple
With a red hat which doesn't go, and doesn't suit me.
And I shall spend my pension on brandy and summer gloves
And satin sandals, and say we've no money for butter.
I shall sit down on the pavement when I'm tired..."
(poemhunter.com)
Songs :
With "going to" :
Future :
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All mine sung by Portishead
"Angel stars shall decline...
You shan't escape...
So don't resist, we shall exist"
(popnews.com)
+ the VIDEO 
(YouTube)
-
Muse - Uprising
"Another promise, another scene,
Another packaged lie to keep us trapped in greed,
And all the green belts wrapped around our minds...
They will not force us,
They will stop degrading us,
They will not control us,
We will be victorious"
(lyricsmode.com)
+ the VIDEO (YouTube) 
-
Jump
sung by Madonna
(YouTube)
- the LYRICS (sing365.com)
"The more that I wait, the more time that I waste...
I'll work and I'll fight, Till I find a place of my own...
And life's gonna drop you down like the limbs of a tree
It sways and it swings and it bends until it makes you see"

- Mountains
O'things sung by Tracy Chapman
(sing365.com)
"I'll be working for somebody else
Until I'm in my grave
I'll be dreaming of a live of ease ...
Everyone will look at me with envy and with greed
I'll revel in their attention..."
- the VIDEO (YouTube) 
- Next
Year Baby - sung by Jamie Cullum (sing365.com)
"Next year, things are gonna change
Gonna drink less beer, and start all over again
Gonna read more books, gonna keep up with the news
Gonna learn how to cook, spend less money on shoes
I'll pay my bills on time,and file my mail away, everyday..."
Listen
to the song! 
(YouTube)
- I'm
Gonna Be (500 miles) - The Proclaimers - A
worksheet (esl-lounge.com)
- the LYRICS
(sing365.com)
- the VIDEO
(YouTube)
- By
The Time I Get To Phoenix - Glen Campbell :
"By the time I get to Phoenix, she'll be rising...
She'll laugh when she reads the part...
By the time I make Albuquerque, she'll be working.
(esl-lounge.com)
- the VIDEO
(YouTube) 
- When
I'm 64 by The Clemmer (YouTube) / The Beatles
- the lyrics
:
"When I get older losing my hair
Many years from now
Will you still be sending me a valentine..."
- We're
going to win!
- a song about football
"We re going to win!...
We ll support our team forever"
(British Council)
- All
My Loving by The Beatles : - LIEN MODIFIE
"Close your eyes and I'll kiss you,
Tomorrow I'll miss you;
Remember I'll always be true..."
(lyrics007.com)
- 'Don't you cry' by Steven Seagal (lyrics on the CD : Songs
from the Crystal Cave)
"Would you feel the same
If I was invisible, untouchable..
I'll be in your ocean
I'll live in the sky
I'll be here forever..."
- "For
A Few Dollars More" by Smokie
"The more she takes the harder they fall."
"So she'll cry just a little for a few dollars more.
She'll lie just a little like she's done it before.
She'll take it, she'll fake it for a few dollars more..."
- For
Baby by John Denver
- I'll
have soup please (onestopenglish.com)
- Download MP3 and script
- I'm
Your Angel by Celine Dion :
"I'll be your shoulder when you cry"
- In
the year 2525 by Zager and Evans :
"Ain't gonna need your teeth, won't need your eyes
You won't find a thing to chew
Nobody's gonna look at you...
If God's a-comin' he ought to make it by then
Maybe he'll look around himself..."
- I
Will Always Love You by Whitney Houston
- Stand
By Me by Ben E. King : - LIEN MODIFIE
"I won't be afraid...
I won't cry
No, I won't shed a tear"
(greatsong.net)
- Truly
Madly Deeply by Savage Garden :
"I'll be your dream
I'll be your wish
I'll be your fantasy..."
- Upside
Down - Jack Johnson :
"I'll find the things they say just can't be found
I'll share this love I find with everyone
We'll sing and dance to Mother Nature's songs"
- White
Flag by Dido :
"I will go down with this ship
And I won't put my hands up and surrender
There will be no white flag above my door
I'm in love and always will be"
Future continuous :
- I'll
be waiting - sung by Lenny Kravitz (fortunecity.com)
"I'm the one who really love ya, baby
I've been knockin' at your door
and as long as I'm livin'
I'll be waitin'
as long as I'm breathin'
I'll be there
whenever you call me
I'll be waitin'
whenever you need me
I'll be there..."
- the VIDEO
(YouTube)
- Every
Breath You Take by Police : - LIEN MODIFIE
"Every breath you take
Every move you make
Every bond you break
Every step you take
I'll be watching you..."
(greatsong.net)
- Please
Come Home for Christmas by Eagles :
"Bells will be ringing this sad sad New Years
Oh what a Christmas to have the blues
My baby's gone I have no friends
To wish me greetings once again
Cries will be singing Silent Night
Christmas carols by candlelight"
- 7
Seconds by Youssou N'Dour :
"It's not a second
7 seconds away
Just as long as I stay
I'll be waiting..."
Videos :
Cartoons :

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