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taskmagic  //  TaskMagic allows you to create multiple interactive exercises based on your own content, for use with PC and/or IWB, to teach & practise any roman script language, at any level.

The principal aim of this blog is to share ideas and suggestions for making the most of TaskMagic3 in your teaching. You'll also find it's a good place to get access to lots of TaskMagic3 freebies such as pdf worksheets :0)

 
May 9 / 10:57pm

Exploiting texts to maximum effect (UPDATED)

1. Type or paste in a text into the Mix and Gap editor screen

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You can type or paste in any text of up to 500 words.

There are various sources of texts:
- The internet; news feeds; short articles etc.
- Your text book: this allows you to create resources based specifically on the book that your students are using in class.
- Past exam papers.
- Letters, songs, poems, etc.
- Your imagination :o)
- Students can type or paste in their own corrected written work, which can then be use to help them to learn their text, or shared with other students for extended text manipulation practice.

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Filed under  //  Exploiting texts   Min input / Max output   Mix and Gap   Text Match   Updated  
 
Apr 24 / 5:15pm

La haine FRENCH

The attached resources (mostly pdfs) are based on a summary of La haine from wikipedia.

There are a variety of gap-filling and sequencing activities.

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Filed under  //  Cinéma   Exploiting texts   Film   French   La haine   Mix and Gap  
 
Apr 17 / 3:02pm

Olympic sports vocab - French

See the pdf worksheets below based on the 26 olympic sports in French.

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Filed under  //  French   Olympics   Text Match   Worksheets  
 
Mar 13 / 2:02pm

¿A qué debe su mala fama el martes y trece?

These Spanish resources are based on a short text from Muy interesante explaining the origins of "martes y trece" - see the link below:

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Filed under  //  Authentic texts   Creating resources   Exploiting texts   Mix and Gap   Spanish   Worksheets  
 
Mar 2 / 12:10pm

être (present tense, all forms) + adjectival agreement

Several pdf files and a TaskMagic3 Grid Match file (mgr3) based on all forms of être in the present tense and adjectival agreement with the adjectives grand, petit, gros, mince.

Grid Match is mainly used for verb conjugation work, but it can easily be used for

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Filed under  //  French   Grammar   Grid Match   Worksheets