Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Metaphor in Grammar Teaching


Grammar is just like the parts in the camera. I am the one who fix them all in the camera. Although with the same parts, the products (photos) will be difference. Moreover, if I miss a part in fixing the camera, it won't work well or the products will not be good.

Wednesday, October 13, 2010

Monday, September 20, 2010

Health is Wealth

A) Introduction
June is ‘Health is Wealth’ month and you have just accepted a job as a journalist for an online health magazine. You have been asked to design a brochure on alternative medicine for your company.

B) Task
Design and publish a brochure on alternative medicine giving 2 new discoveries and the benefits of alternative medicine.

C) Process
  1. Give your company brochure a name.
  2. Design a brochure using Word or Publisher and add pictures to make your brochure attractive.
  3. Go to http://altmedicine.about.com/ or http://www.aloeveraaid.com/ or http://painfree.homestead.com/acupuncture.html to obtain information on alternative medicine.
D) Resourses
Text:

Pictures:

Evaluation Rubrics:
http://webquest.sdsu.edu/webquestrubric.html

E) Evaluation
http://webquest.sdsu.edu/webquestrubric.html

F) Conclusion
After this WebQuest, you can have an exhibition on alternative medicine.

Tuesday, September 14, 2010

02Podcasts for Listening & Speaking

This podcast is a conversation by a teacher and her students.
 Click on the podcast to listen to the dialogue~




Examples of Listening & Speaking activities.

1) Where does the conversation take place?
2) List out the animals that have mentioned in the podcast.
3) List out the sounds of the animals that you heard.
4) How many characters are there in the conversation? Who are they?
5) Do you like the podcast? Why?