Do you know what I hate? Photocopiers. That’s what.
It doesn’t matter if I’m trying to print two-sided copies, enlarge originals, or select the A3 option - my lame efforts will always result in wasted paper and lots of swear words.
You see, I lack a fundamental intelligence that Howard Gardner and his followers have so ruthlessly […]
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The monster in the staff room
December 4th, 2009 · 13 Comments
Word Clouds
December 8th, 2008 · 2 Comments
Wordle.net is an online tool which is used to create Word Clouds. Here is an example of a word cloud:
This Word Cloud was made using the ‘monkey keeps stealing my peanuts‘ joke. Note that the more a word appears in the text, the bigger it will be in the cloud. In the joke, for example, […]
Tags: Lesson plans · Songs · Wordle · Writing
Covering up with Microsoft Paint
July 18th, 2008 · No Comments
What’s going on?
This is a funny picture story that I have come accross a few times on the internet. I used Microsoft Paint to cover up the subject in each image, showed the series to my students and asked them to guess what was going on.
Microsoft paint is a free and simple program that […]
Tags: Creative writing · Lesson plans · Past simple · Writing
