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• Daily Dose of Internet #7

  By Pete on October 15, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  A pretty gross one today. Enough to put you off fast food. All activities based on the first 38 seconds of this Daily Dose… Activity 1: Before watching 0:00 – 0:38 Someone left a MacDonald’s hamburger in a closet for… Read More ›

• New book! IELTS Reading Practice

  By Pete on October 9, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  If Carlsberg did writing projects… Ha, what would we ask for as writers? What would be your ultimate terms and conditions? Mine would probably include: choosing my co-author (almost) complete freedom over content flexible deadlines so I can work around… Read More ›

• Daily Dose of Internet #6

  By Pete on October 1, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  Some more Daily Dosing… Activity 1: Watch from 0:00 – 0:16 Who is in the wrong here: The gorilla? The woman? The guide? The local authorities? Everyone? No-one? Activity 2: Watch from 0:00 – 0:16 This type of tourism is… Read More ›

• Materials writing news and views, September 2021

  By Pete on September 26, 2021 • ( 3 )

  

  Way too busy at the moment to put together anything that organized. Sorry! Here are some updates since the last post from mid-July. New releases (lots) Let me look back at screenshots… Viviane Kirmeliene shared this new resource for lower-secondary… Read More ›

• Daily Dose of Internet #5

  By Pete on September 20, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  Some more Daily Dose springboards for you. Activity 1: Watch from 0:00 – 0:39 Write a short news report (150-200 words) for a local paper on this event. Possible titles: Fairground fiasco! Near-fatal fairground Activity 2: Watch from 0:00-0:39 Write… Read More ›

• Daily Dose of Internet #4

  By Pete on September 17, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  Getting Venny today. Overall activity: Watch all clips. Step 1 – Make quick notes on each clip so you remember it. Examples: caterpillar screams hoverboard in city Step 2 – Add the videos to the diagram based on how you… Read More ›

• Daily Dose of Internet #3

  By Pete on September 14, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  Some more Daily Dose activities! Pick one, run with it, see where it leads… Activity 1: *Avoid showing the name of the video!* Pause at 0:14 after the knock on the door. What happens next? Activity 2: Watch from 0:33… Read More ›

• Daily Dose of Internet #2

  By Pete on September 12, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  Here are some more Daily Dose of Internet activities. Pick one you like, run with it, see what happens! Activity 1: play the video from the start. Pause for 15 seconds after each clip. Students … Rate each video from… Read More ›

• Daily Dose of Internet #1

  By Pete on September 10, 2021 • ( 3 )

  

  I love Daily Dose of Internet. I feel like adding some ‘Daily Dose Springboard’ posts. These vids are a nice resource for a bit of speaking practice at the start/end of a lesson but can also be exploited much more…. Read More ›

• Writing a rationale for your materials

  By Pete on August 17, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  In a previous post about writing samples for publishers I mentioned including a rationale. I can’t say for sure that publishers welcome this. Maybe they just want to look at your sample materials and judge for themselves whether you’ve got… Read More ›

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