Entries from November 2005 ↓

This is Simon Hunter’s original work, but I added a section to the end in which students practice writing sentences comparing 3 characters.

the worksheet

Here is another site where you can download photographs to use in materials creation.

http://www.sxc.hu/index.phtml

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http://www.sxc.hu/info.phtml?f=terms

Registration (free) is required to make full use of the site.

Here is the QuickTime version of Dan’s PowerPoint file.

download me! (zipped .mov file)

Here is a PDF of the presentation.

Live link to movie online at: http://randomhawk.com/brain/ali2/

This contains a matching activity for vocab that describes personality as well as a an exercise to describe things that people may or may not have in common. Useful input for the Compare and Contrast essay.

Click here to download the Vocab for Character Activity

This is a Mind Map for students to write about a character from any novel. It requires students to describe characteristics and provide exaamples from the book.

Mind Map for Characters for EAP

I’ve used word cards with my EAP students this term instead of vocabulary notebooks. We’ve used the cards for in-class practice with partners or small groups quizzing each other.

Having completed Part 1 of the book, it seems like a good time to review. I’ve compiled most of the student-selected words and the target words from Simon C’s cloze exercises to make a vocabulary list which could be used in several ways. This list is divided using Lextutor’s Vocabulary Profiler.

Download the Holes Part 1 Vocabulary Checklist

The list is lengthy, with one hundred words, but you might choose to only use the first 50 words on the front page.

Here are the directions:

Quiz your partner. Read each word and ask if they: remember seeing the word; can give a Japanese meaning for the word; or, can use the word in English.
Mark the words R/J/U for REMEMBER, JAPANESE MEANING, and USE.
Mark your own answers as well. Take turns every 4 or 5 words.

***Some words are not real English words, so think carefully.***

The fake words are:
• reckle
• flenge
• attionate
• trenture
• extond
• kouret
• nofflate
• rowte
• unbremle

Thanks to Jim and Simon C for feedback on this.