1. For a warm-up start with the crosswords below. After you’ve completed it, hit the ‘start over’ button and play it again (you’ll get a new set of words). 2. For those of you who don’t have the text with you, you can download it again here. Now, read the text again and underline the rhetorical […]
Category: Year 8
Storytelling with Pixton
One thing I’d really reproach my mother is that she gave me the “can’t draw” gene. My natural talent is limited to lines, points, circles and stick figures. The animals I sometimes try to draw (in an attempt to please my 3-year-old twins) look like mutants from a bad futuristic film. However, I take some comfort from the […]
How to Build Your Own Vocabulary: Creating Videos!
When learning a foreign language a tedious task is learning and training new vocabulary. You can do this by means of rote memorization or you might want to build up your own word bank in a more creative way. Some might use a web-based flash cards builder and tester, such as Quizlet or Ediscio. The […]
Alaska-A Geo Game
For those of you who want to train their geographical knowledge on Alaska here is a darts-like game made with UMapper. Look at a map of Alaska to see where you can find important national parks, cities and Inuit/Aleut locations. Now, you’re ready to play. Answer questions by clicking on the map.
Google Docs in Plain English!
In this short video you can see what Google Docs is and how it works (for those of you who missed the lesson today).