DeathbyPowerPoint
Writing Limericks
Limericks all have the same rhyme scheme. Here is an example:
There was an old man from Peru
Who dreamt he was eating his shoe.
He woke in the night
In a terrible fright,
And found it was perfectly true.
Tasks
(1) Copy the poem and write out the rhyme scheme next to the lines.
(2) To get the rhythm correct, also count the number of syllables or unitsof sound in each line as well.
(3) Try to write your own, starting with one of the following:
(A) There was a young person called ...........................
(B) A woman who bought a new.............................
(C) There once was an old man from.....................
If you want to go to theheart of Brixton then lookno further than the threehundred stalls of Europe'sbiggest Caribbean foodmarket, a place that offersbargains galore and whereyou can hear it's heartbeating in the form ofreggae music from one ofthe many stalls. If you wantatmosphere, a sense ofcommunity and a few smilesthen here is where you willfind it.
Brixton market started life back in the 1870's, when it was firstsituated along Atlantic Road and ran alongside Electric Avenue. When inthe late 1940's many Afro-Caribbean's came across to Britain to helpwith the post war labour shortages, they made the market a strongfocal point for the community. This sense of feeling expanded to makethe market what it is today: vibrant, alive and bursting with all theingredients for a good old-fashioned West Indian feast.
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cognitive load
Prof. John Sweller
Life After Death by PowerPoint
Don McWilliam
Rules for PowerPoint
1.No more than six bulletpoints
2.Photos not clip art
3.No animation
4.Video used sparingly
5.No print out of slides
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Simplicity means theachievement of maximumeffect with minimum means.
Albert Einstein
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PowerPoint 1.0 wasreleased in whatyear?
•A woman, carrying a largebunch of flowers and abook, is in a lift in a largegovernment building whenthe lift suddenly goes darkand stops.
•The woman in the liftscreams, ‘He’s dead!’ Shetouches the ring on herfinger.
•The lights come on fiveseconds later and there isa loud whirring sound butthere is no body in the lift.
Who has died and howdoes she know?
1.Come in quietly and sit down
2.Take out your folders and pens and pencils
3.Put you head gently onto the desk
