Use Animated film “A lovecraft dream” as a writing prompt
A short film (about 6 minutes) by Leonardo Manna, based on the real H.P.Lovecraft character and his nightmares. Appropriate for …
Monthly Archives: May 2012
What would Escher’s workshop look like?
A three-minute movie by Cristobal Vila inspired by Escher’s artwork. Cristobal imagines what Escher’s studio might have looked like. Great …
Unnamable, Unimaginable Thing in My Basement
In this Burnistoun, Lovecraftian comedy sketch, a housing administrator interviews a tenant who has a complaint about an unnameable, unimaginable thing …
90’s boy band parody U+Me=Us (Calculus)
Use this clever video to teach parody with a calculus connection. Suitable for intermediate students and up.
LGBTTQ book list for kids
LGBTTQ children’s book list from Maria Martella at Tinlids. Maria gives us her selection of LGBTTQ books for little tots all …
Scouts Use Raspberry Pi
Boreatton Scouts use rasberry pi A little while ago, the people at Rasberry Pi had an email from Alan Herbert, who …
So You Want To Be a Better Writer?
Try these Tips and Tools from the National Council of Teachers of English from Urbana, IL. 1. Write often! Give yourself a boost …
Eating Prey: writing prompt
Use wikipedia’s entry on predation to find examples of how predators eat their prey and the use the following example paragraph to …
Good Speaker/ Good Listener: Anchor Chart
A Good Speaker… Looks at the listener in the eyes Speaks clearly to the listener Responds to the listener A …
Pee in a Cup: Finding Voice
13-year old student example of Voice in Writing: Giving them that urine sample, that’s always a pleasure isn’t it. There …
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