🚀 Horizon: Reading — Futurist Predictions
Reading lesson of the future module. Learners read futurist predictions like judges: they separate each claim from its evidence, place it on the probability dial (bound to → likely to → may well → might → unlikely to) with a percentage zone, and defend or calibrate the rating when challenged. In the story, the crew scores a 1999 magazine’s predictions for 2020 — discovering that hype fails while boring breakthroughs arrive — then rates a fresh article, The 2035 Files, on the class probability board. Sam’s 100% rating for “homework abolished by 2030” is rejected for lack of evidence; his evidence was “hope”.
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Lesson Plan
- The predictions nobody saw coming
- Bet on school bags in 2035
- Who do you trust about the future?
Key Vocabulary
Grammar Points
- Probability dial for written claims: is bound to (≈95%) > is likely to (≈70%) > may well (≈60%) > might (≈30%) > is unlikely to (≈15%)
- Future perfect will have + past participle marks completion before a deadline: By 2035, most new cars will have gone electric
- Future continuous will be + -ing describes an activity in progress at a future time: This time next decade, you’ll be commuting past driverless buses
- Journalistic hedges is set to / is expected to / could signal probability without promising
- Evidence frames: judging by + noun, given that + clause, if the trend continues, based on its track record
Prerequisites
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