Yesterday, I fell asleep in my English
class, and I had a strange dream. Let
me tell you about it ….
I dreamed that I was living hundreds of years in the future and that I
was living on another planet. The name of the planet was
(1) ____________________. No one drove cars – instead,
everyone travelled by (2) ____________________. The planet
was also strange because the people there ate (3) _____________
bowls of (4) ____________________ every day.
My dream got really strange when I looked carefully at the people
living there. Everyone looked like (5) ____________________. I
was very surprised when they suddenly all began to shout
(6) ____________________. And then they all ran away. This
made me feel very (7) ____________________ so I began to
(8) ____________________.
“This is really a very strange planet,” I said to a small green man
standing beside me. “Am having a strange dream?” The green
man answered me by saying, (9) “____________________.”
Finally, another green man, much bigger, walked over and stood in
front of me and said, (10) “____________________.” That’s when
I woke up and found my English teacher standing next to me!
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BONUS HANDOUT Sleep & Dreams
Aims Listening and Speaking practice; grammar practice (past tense)
Level Intermediate
Time Approximately 20 minutes
NOTES Instructions cont’d
(1)
7. Write how you felt before class.
Lead in with the question of how many 8. Write some activity or hobby that you
students in class can remember what they
enjoy doing.
dreamed about the previous night. Have
one or two volunteers briefly describe the 9. Write something that a classmate said
dreams they had. to you today.
(5 minutes) 10. Write something that you often hear
your English teacher say in class
(2)
Have your students each take out a pen (5 minutes)
and notebook. Tell them that you are
going to read aloud a list of ten instructions (3)
(see below), and that they should listen
carefully and write their answers on their Finally, when your students have
papers – their answers should mostly be finished writing their answers (above),
different from their classmates’ since they distribute the handout (one per student).
will reflect differing personal experiences Have your students find classmates and
and situations. Ask your students not to read aloud the story, “A Strange Dream”,
share their answers with anyone else at substituting their 10 answers for the 10
this point. blank spaces – some students will want
to first write their answers on their
papers before reading them aloud, while
Instructions others will want to do the activity strictly
orally. Either method is OK (depending
1. Write the name of your best friend. on the level and needs of your class), but
: make sure that you choose one method
2. Write the name of an animal that you and instruct your students how to
are afraid of. proceed.
3. Write the number of people that are in (10 minutes)
your family.
4. Write the name of a kind of food that
you hate to eat. IDEA!
5. Write the name of your favorite TV or
This activity provides a fun model for a writing
movie star. activity with the focus on past tense grammar.
6. Write the name of the town or city Have your students write a similar short
paragraph describing a real or imagined
where you were born. dream.
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