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The best town in the world!

Activity type: Small-group discussion

Time: 20–25 minutes

Preparation:  Click here to download the discussion sheet. Print it out. Photocopy one discussion sheet for each student. Provide each small group with one sheet of poster paper.

Procedure: Divide the class into groups of three or four students. Give a discussion sheet to each student and a sheet of poster paper to each group. Tell students to read through the questions and deal with any unknown vocabulary or structures that may arise. Explain that they are town planners who are going to plan the perfect town. Using the questions as a guide, have students work in their groups to design a new town. When the groups finish their discussions, they should draw their new towns on the poster paper. Ask the groups to present – and explain – their towns to the rest of the class.

Option: Rather than have students work in groups to design a town, lead a class discussion about what makes a town "perfect."

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