Activities based on a reading passage?
I would like to create a variety of activities based on a single, very short, reading passage. In general, I need to present some text to the student and build activities from it. I am having difficulty applying H5P to my needs conceptually based on the examples on the site.
I am a volunteer ESL teacher/tutor for adults. Very effective teacher in the classroom but not a trained educator and not very experienced with H5P. I'd really like to see examples or learn about how anyone has done things using WordPress and H5P like:
- Activity based on reading passage on the same page as the passage so that they can refer to the passage to answer questions or activity.
- Activity based on reading passage that is not on the same page as the passage but the passage is easily available.
- Curious extra: Grouping/linking/navigating set of activities based on the same passage. If anyone has a cool set-up in WordPress. I've tried a few.
Big Picture:
It's tricky because I teach low level ESL English for adults, not very or simply not computer literate, so I can't have wordy concepts/instructions and navigation. All of my students, any adults, adults with children, need computer experience. That's my deep personal belief. And most are very keen on it. I like to present content from history, classic literature, and such too. That is why I created my own network of sites for ESL.
I have found that many ESL sites:
- at low level English are for kids
- have limited content and rote tasks based only on one sentence
- require cultural literacy, ex. In the winter, blah blah _______. (snow, freeze, ice, a cold, snow boots, mittens.)
- assume computer literacy - difficult to get to activities, need plugins, require following instructions in English, cluttered and packed with ads around the content.
I value any input or links. Thank you!
BV52
Thu, 02/08/2018 - 06:25
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Hi tonihb,Course Presentation
Hi tonihb,
Course Presentation is a perfect fit for your project. You can insert a text content and have the question beside it or on the next slide. Here's a simple example of how I would create what you described above.
-BV52
tonihb
Fri, 04/27/2018 - 20:24
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Thank you very much BV52! I
Thank you very much BV52!
I appreciate your quick response and helpful link. It's very overwhelming to parse thru all of the available methods in HP5. So incredible. I only know how to use a couple of HP5 things. I'm excited to get started. I've been so delayed with my projects.
Cheers!
tonihb
tonihb
Fri, 04/27/2018 - 21:10
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Thank You BV52! Your sample
Thank You BV52!
Your sample work for a reading passage w/questions (available here) is ideal! I uploaded the sample, it's perfect. I had no idea how to even approach Course Presentation from a blank slate. And the samples were too complicated conceptually. Now I have a powerful shell to learn from. Once I get something created I will post a link. I have been delayed on my projects, it may be a while - like this reply.
Cheers!
tonhb
BV52
Sun, 04/29/2018 - 03:59
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Hi tonihb, You're welcome! If
Hi tonihb,
You're welcome!
If you have any further questions feel free to post in the forums :-)
-BV52