Students are to try their best to save this card throughout the next 40 years, reading it in 2040 to see how many of their predictions actually materialized. Teacher asks students to think and make notes about their future. Students research a biography about a famous noteworthy person whose positive accomplishments relate most closely to their own aspirations. Begin writing biographical entries. Teacher provides a model biographical encyclopedia entry written in the target language and complete with picture.
Students write while teacher circulates around room and helps with individual problems.
Each student translates into English the biography of the designated peer.