Thanks for sharing your week 2 materials. What a great idea to use the back cover of a book.
I love the tasks you have designed. They follow a logical sequence and are engaging. There is alos a good variety and plenty of opportunities to develop all sorts of skills. The materials are also thought-provoking and touch on a subject that we don’t often see in traditional course books. That’s the beauty of creating our own materials of course.
My only comment really is that you’ve presentetd the materials rather like a lesson plan. I spoke about this in one of the live sessions. It’s a common error that teachers make – no worries. I would like to see the materials exactly as the students see them, with instructions for students. It doesn’t matter now of course. But if you use these materials with a class, you’ll need to make those changes. E.g. 1. Read the text. Then discuss the questions in pairs or small groups.
I might also change ‘lady’ to something more ambiguous like ‘the person the text is directed to’ or ‘the recipient’. I might also change ‘man’ to ‘writer’. This is your decisión of course but as the text has no clues about the gender of the writer or the person they are writing to, it would be interesting to see what students thought.
Hi Nabilah,
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing your week 2 materials. What a great idea to use the back cover of a book.
I love the tasks you have designed. They follow a logical sequence and are engaging. There is alos a good variety and plenty of opportunities to develop all sorts of skills. The materials are also thought-provoking and touch on a subject that we don’t often see in traditional course books. That’s the beauty of creating our own materials of course.
My only comment really is that you’ve presentetd the materials rather like a lesson plan. I spoke about this in one of the live sessions. It’s a common error that teachers make – no worries. I would like to see the materials exactly as the students see them, with instructions for students. It doesn’t matter now of course. But if you use these materials with a class, you’ll need to make those changes.
E.g. 1. Read the text. Then discuss the questions in pairs or small groups.
I might also change ‘lady’ to something more ambiguous like ‘the person the text is directed to’ or ‘the recipient’. I might also change ‘man’ to ‘writer’. This is your decisión of course but as the text has no clues about the gender of the writer or the person they are writing to, it would be interesting to see what students thought.
Layout etc. is very neat and readable. Lovely.
Thank you very much for your feedback and your advice ! Much appreciated :)
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