Lesson plan on Futures Education Modal verbs for speculation and deduction Unesco's Letter from the Future Regina Spektor's song 'ghost of corporate future'

1. The ghost of corporate future
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3. Modals of speculation and deduction
MUST (certainty)
You’ve worked the night shift. You must be
tired.
COULD/MAY/MIGHT (possibility)
You might go home after class and get some
sleep.
CAN’T/COULDN’T (impossibility)
You can’t expect to be productive being this
tired.

4. What do you think this place wil be like
tomorrow?

5. What do you think this place will be like
next month?

6. What do you think this place will be like in
5 years?

7. What do you think this place will be like in
25 years?

8. What comes to your mind when you think
of the future of Mankind?

9. What would the future generations say if
they could speak to us?

10. What three messages in the Letter from the
Future are most important to you?

11. What pieces of advice do you think the
future generations could have for us?

12. Never ever watch the 10 o’clock news.

13. Drink a lot less coffee.

14. Kiss someone nice.

15. Cut your own hair.

16. Take off both your shoes.

17. Lick a rock.

18. Put dirtballs in your pocket.

19. Images credit
• Slides 2, 4-7 http://www.flickr.com/photos/ilovegreenland/
• Slides 8-11 http://www.flickr.com/photos/stuckincustoms/
• Slide 12 http://www.flickr.com/photos/gagilas/
• Slide 13 http://www.flickr.com/photos/mrlins/
• Slide 14 http://www.flickr.com/photos/riot_/
• Slide 15 http://www.flickr.com/photos/ebolasmallpox/
• Slide 16 http://www.flickr.com/photos/griffleriff/
• Slide 17 http://www.flickr.com/photos/fdecomite/
• Slide 18 http://www.babble.com/best-recipes/dirt-on-a-stick/