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Module 1: Autobiography
This listening activity will keep your students interested. They will have to guess which of the facts they hear in an autobiography are really lies!
Classroom time: 50 minutes.

Module 2: Story Gap Activity
Try story-telling with a difference. You give students the beginning and end of the story and they have to invent the rest. This activity will give your class plenty of scope for both speaking and writing.
Classroom time: 50 minutes.

Module 3: Picture Description
Get your students working with their imaginations by using photographs as a stimulus for discussion. They will observe and describe pictures they have chosen and exchange their ideas.
Classroom time: homework plus one lesson.

Module 4: Liverpool Poem
Read the poem and match the words with the images from the poem.
Classroom time: 50mins
Reprinted by permission of PFD on behalf of: Roger McGough OBE
(c) Roger McGough: as printed in the original volume

Module 5: Good World, Bad World
The aeroplane, the gun, the television. Have they done more harm than good? Get your students talking about different inventions and the effects, both positive and negative, they have had on the world, with this challenging discussion activity.
Classroom time: 30-50 minutes.

Module 6: What's the Problem?
Students will have fun with this activity, practising the language between a doctor and patient at the surgery. A role-play and game to really get them talking.
Classroom time: 30-50 minutes.

Module 7: Chain Stories
Do your students like travelling? For this activity they can take a virtual trip around the USA - then tell the rest of the class about their adventures.
Classroom time: 50 minutes or one lesson.

Module 8: Global Issues Quiz
Which is the world's poorest country? Which country has the most television sets? Test your students knowledge with this fascinating quiz on the state of the world.
Classroom time: 20 minutes.

Module 9: TV Debate
Give your students the chance to take part in a lively debate on TV and violence. Everyone can have their say, from guests like a police officer and a film director to parents and 'couch potatoes' in the studio audience. And the presenter has to keep order!
Classroom time: one lesson.

Module 10: Freeze Frame
Students who enjoy role-play and drama will love this challenge. A new take on the game of charades - small groups act out a situation, then freeze. The rest of the class has to guess the situation and what the characters are saying.
Classroom time: 20 minutes.