Inspirational English, April 2017 | Page 17

Topic: Hope, Dreams, Positive thinking Aims: To practise Speaking and writing skills/To talk about our dreams/ goals Age group: young learners Level: A2/B1 Materials: videos, paper, old newspapers/magazines, crayons, glue, scissors Time: 1 hour Created by Inspirational English Duscussion Show the questions and ask the students to work in groups and discuss them. A fter collecting the students answers, play the video and ask them to note down what Mr Rogers thinks we can grow in the garden of our minds. Link to the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dT9Mg7lZcLM If you want to show your students the lyrics, you can find them here: https://genius.com/Mister-rogers-garden-of- your-mind-lyrics After clarifying the message in the song, write the following question on the board: Put the students in different groups and ask them to come up with some ideas. Then play the second video to see what Mr Rogers suggets. 17