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A LIFETIME'S LOG OF V COOL ACTIVITIES!

by Tolo Taylor

Dec 10, 2011

Hello, As a very experienced teacher of History, English, RS, Geography, Business Studies and Media Studies, (it was originally just History but it seems like I have now taught everything!!) over the years I have made a log of every new lesson activity that I have ever used and developed.       I have found this log to be extremely useful as before I plan a lesson, I quickly refer to it to see which of these generic activities I could use to quickly create a very stimulating and diverse lesson.       There are 100 activities that serve as a template to use for ANY lesson. Including primary school lessons I have used them just as religiously during my intermittent projects in primary schools. The kids love them!. These activities range from the simplest activities such as gap-fills to more complex interactive rating and assessment exercises. There are some really fun activities!       I have conseq...See More

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DM There's also a FREE website that teachers can use to keep track of their ideas, lessons, etc. while viewing others.....google search trackstar.....take it from there. It's like building your own file cabinet of ideas, favorite websites, downloads, etc. and you can view other teachers' as well:)

On 12/10/11, Tolo Taylor wrote: > Hello, ...See MoreThere's also a FREE website that teachers can use to keep track of their ideas, lessons, etc. while viewing others.....google search trackstar.....take it from there. It's like building your own file cabinet of ideas, favorite websites, downloads, etc. and you can view other teachers' as well:)

On 12/10/11, Tolo Taylor wrote: > Hello, As a very experienced teacher of History, English, > RS, Geography, Business Studies and Media Studies, (it was > originally just History but it seems like I have now taught > everything!!) over the years I have made a log of every new > lesson activity that I have ever used and developed. >       I have found this log > to be extremely useful as before I plan a lesson, I quickly > refer to it to see which of these generic activities I > could use to quickly create a very stimulating and diverse > lesson.       There are 100 > activities that serve as a template to use for ANY lesson. > Including primary school lessons I have used them just as > religiously during my intermittent projects in primary > schools. The kids love them!. These activities range from > the simplest activities such as gap-fills to more complex > interactive rating and assessment exercises. There are some > really fun activities!       > I have consequently decided to produce a lesson-planning > pack which fully explains how each activity can be used in > a lesson. Alongside this, I have also created a compendium > of 25 exemplary PowerPoint activities. >       Quite honestly, this > makes lesson planning infinitely easier and I am so glad > I’ve done it. It occurred to me that every teacher would > want a copy of this and thus, I’ll be honest, I thought I > could make a little pocket money from this at the same > time. >          > Thus, if you are interested in the pack of 100 activities > and 25 PowerPoint activities, then could you please > download them from this direct paypal link. > [link removed]!!!

Dec 10, 2011

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