Phones: Guessing the timeline
Get your students to put these phone models in order of their age from oldest to newest. Using your powers …
Category Archives: Inference Resources
Things that make you go “Hmmm”: writing prompts
Use the following list “Things that make you go ‘Hmmm’” as writing prompts for a “quick write” at the beginning …
Bumper Stickers: teaching audience and purpose
Use the following examples of bumper stickers to teach your students about audience and purpose. For each sticker, challenge your …
Why don’t secondary students read what’s assigned?
Have your intermediate students watch this video and state what implications might be if the video: was created by a …
Romantic Stop-animation film gets harsh review
Have senior students watch Bruce Alcock’s 6 minute stop-animation film Vive la Rose and respond to the suite101 criticism that, “It’s a …
Burned Libraries Considered
In 2003 Ms. Baker, 50-year old, head librarian of Basra’s Central Library worried when Iraqi government officials moved their offices …
Somebody That I Used to Know–Two perspectives
Gotye on his new album “Making Mirrors” provides two voices singing from different perspectives about their failed relationship. This would …
Harry Potter’s Google Search Story
Google has been publishing some very good “search stories” lately to advertise their services. The ads are about a minute …
Award-Winning Animated Short Film
“The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore,” is an animated 15 minute film by William Joyce (2011) and is …
Russian Beatbox Champ and Little Girl Learn from One Another
http://www.jokeroo.com/videos/funny/little-girl-vs-beatboxer.html Russian Beatbox Champion Vahtang is inspired by a young fan, Lera, who can make an intriguing birdsong with …
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