Hi Everyone, I'm very happy to be here. My name is Kevin and I'm a high school English teacher here in Japan. I used to blog a lot and sometimes write short stories for English language learners. I also am interested in basic reading research. So I was thinking about combining all of this together to try and put together a sample chapter of a book which contains: 1) a very short story of 500-1000 words with ~90% of the vocabulary consisting of the most frequent words of English 2) two to three pages of theory about how reading skills are developed and how reading the short story can help develop those skills 3) a series of activities to be used in lessons, or by a parent with their child, or by a group of friends which is also based on the theory in part 2. The completed chapter will, I hope, be about 8 to 10 pages and will serve as the template for the rest of the book. I'm also really excited to spend time with other teachers who are interested in material development and...
It's fun, playing around with covers, isn't it? Looks much nicer now!
ReplyDeleteOne last comment - can I see a happy valentines day message in there?! If so you might want to delete that?
Kate Cory-Wright yes Kate , I was very excited to design and make changes, so I didn't see the valentine day, only when I posted I noticed it. I will delete it in version 5, thank you Kate
ReplyDeleteTaghrid Abu Sneida It's fun, isn't it? :)
ReplyDeleteI would actually suggest deleting the subtitle. I think 30 Tips for New Teachers is fine. I agree with Kate that we could use a more cheerful background color, though. Are you working in Canva? Should be an easy thing to change, then.
Yes, I am working on Canva, but still learning new things , when I started it it wasn't easy, but now I think I am OK with it. Thank you Dorothy.
ReplyDeleteSoon you will have 30 covers to go along with 30 tips. Ha!
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