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Design
Wonder Words
Generate
a wonder word or crossword puzzle from a newspaper. Create your
own jigsaw by selecting a large photograph from The Sunday
Times and pasting it onto a blank sheet of paper or cardboard.
Turn the photograph over and use a pencil to draw lines like a
jigsaw puzzle and cut along the lines. Put the pieces in an
envelope for other students to try.
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Close
Devise
close exercises for other students in the class. Each student
chooses a newspaper story. They then rewrite it, blanking out
words they feel could be determined by other clues in the story.
On another piece of paper, the words are listed in their proper
order. These close exercises can be exchanged with other students.
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Write
Narrative Essays
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Practice
turning news reports into narrative essays. Discuss the
difference with students before they begin. Students, in
consultation with their teacher, should be given the
opportunity to negotiate their own topic from a range of
topics.
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Design
a Questionnaire
Questionnaires
are fun and can provide information for all manner of things.
Design a questionnaire on:
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Most
read section of the newspaper
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Favourite
comic in the newspaper
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Favourite
TV program (use the tvguide)
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Movie
/ Video (of all time or just recent)
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Musician
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Food
/ Fast food restaurant
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