Secondary2

=**More Web Tools for Secondary ELT** =

//For the purpose of these activities, 'secondary' refers to 12-16 year olds.//

**Pic Lits**

**What it is:** Add captions to photographs choosing from lists of words **Suitable for:** 13+ **Requires:** computer **Time:** 30 mins+ to find photo and writetext **Beware:** n.a. **Some examples:** **Suggested use:** learners choose photos and think of captions (example below) - then hold an exhibition followed by a class auction to see which ones are valued most



** What it is: ** Allows you to create a timeline with text, video, etc **Suitable for**: 13+ **Requires**: computer room or laptops, and connected classroom (for presentation) **Time:** 30 mins+ Beware: n.a.  **Some examples:** Michael Jackson, Scarlett Johansson, Matt Damon, Barack Obama, Bruce Lee, **Suggested use:** An interesting way of doing project work. Ask students to find out about a famous person. They collect information and take notes on the 'milestones' of that person's life. They can also find relevant videos and pictures. Then they put it together in a xtimeline and present it to the rest of the class.
 * Xtimeline ** @http://www.xtimeline.com/

It also encourages good practice as asks learners for the source of their information

**Example in progress:** @http://www.xtimeline.com/timeline/Messi - Searched wikipedia or for a biography of a famous person (eg: http://www.lionelmessi.azplayers.com/lionel-messi-biography.html) - Added photo, link to website and wrote description

** What it is: ** A  **Suitable for**: 12+ **Requires**: computer room, laptops **Time:** 30 mins+ Beware: n.a.  **Some examples:** look at the starter movies and ask students to continue them **Suggested use:** Ask the students to produce a story and then hold a film festival. follow this with an Awards ceremony (like the Oscars)
 * Zi **

F <span style="color: #000000; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; orphans: 2; padding: 0px; widows: 2;">** What it is: **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> Create a talking photo <span style="color: #000000; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">**Suitable for**: <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">13+ **Requires**: <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">computer room or laptops, microphone **Time:** <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">30 mins+ Beware: <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">n.a.  **Some examples:** **Suggested use:** <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Get learners to find a funny photo and to produce a monologue to go with it

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<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">**Telescopic Text** <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">http://telescopictext.com ** What it is: ** <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> A simple sentence is expanded upon when you click one of the highlighted words. **Suitable for**: <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">13+
 * Requires**: C<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">omputer, best used in class and a projector, but could be adapted to use in other ways.
 * Time:** 10 mins+
 * Beware:** <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">n.a.
 * Suggested use:** Good for text reconstruction. Click on the highlighted words to expand the text and ask the learners to read. You can ask them to predict what will be added next. Deal with unfamiliar vocabulary that comes up. Stop when it gets challenging for your class. Hide the text and ask them to reconstruct it in pairs / groups. Then check the answers to see who is the closest. A good follow-up would be for the students to do something similar, writing a simple text and then passing it on and expanding upon it.