Five new tools for our lesson plan: MIND42, YOUTHINK, BRAINSHARK and MAILVU

These new tools will definitely hel us as teachers to improve and enhance our lesson plan for our online classes more than a regular class. These tools can make our class much more interactive which it will make the learning process better. The tools that today I will talk about are: MIND42, YOUTHINK, BRAINSHARK and MAILVU.

 Mind42 is a very useful tool because you can insert images from URLs, URL links to external websites, add notes to branches, and many more things. Mid42 helps to make mind maps which s similar to brainstorming because from one word or picture you can make an outline and point out important ideas.

 Next we have Youthink which is another helpful tool in which we can make quizzes and personality tests, ask and answer questions, create profiles, journals, forums and more.  Students can also express their personal ideas, we can say that students can develop the macroskills.

Then we have Brainshark that is a tool which allows the users to create video presentations. Obviously, this tool can be use for our students to develop the speaking skills , reading skills, listening skills and writing skills. Everytime you create a presentation you develop the 4 macroskills because you need to read what you will present, listen to the video or music you will add, write or in this case type the information that will be presented and speak or talk about you presentation. So in this case, this tool is helpful for these activities.

 Finally, Mailvu is an easy online video recording, video email, and video sharing that can be used in the lesson plan. This tool has lots of advantages because it allows for the users to create their videos and send them immediately instead of sending a regular email. Plus you do not need to sing up and it is private. This can allow ou to communicate easily with your students or you can have an interactive class by sharing mails and they can develop their speaking and listening skills.

To sum it up, all the tools mentiones before: MIND42, YOUTHINK,BRAINSHARK and MAILVU can definitely enhance your lesson plan and can make the online class more interactive that can help your students to clarify ideas easily. These tools can make the learning process better and it can also be facilitated. 

crossword

Crossword

  

Complete the crossword with the hints given in the exercise.

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Across: 1. not countable 3. any substance that is eaten or drunk 4. separate or individual. 6. More than two or three things or persons 7. A round, green or red fruit from a tree 9. A cold beverage 10. indicates the quantity of something.

Down: 2. able to be counted. 3. Any part of a plant that humans can eat. 4. a liquid food made of vegetables and other ingredients 5. A kind of food made by flour that is baked 8. a noun that is used to denote a particular person, place, or thing

Identify the nouns.

Countable and Uncountable Nouns

Questions and Answers

  

Read the followng paragraph "WHAT DOES SUSAN LIKE?" and then identify the if the nouns are countable and uncountable nouns.

What does Susan like?

Susan likes to eat big red apples. She likes to wear a blue hat. She drinks some water from a white cup. Susan also does not like to drink milk. She is a pizza lover and enjoys to eat it with garlic bread, but she does not like hot dogs with soda. At breakfast, she likes to eat pancakes. She buys flour and eggs to make them. Her favorite vegetable are carrots and she likes bananas. She enjoys sweet food especially cookies. She hates beer but loves ice tea.

 

1. She does not like milk. Is "milk" countable or uncountable?
   1.   Countable
   2.   Incountable
   3.   Uncountable
   4.   None of the answers is correct
2. In the sentences, "Susan likes to eat apples", the word "apples" is:
   1.   Uncountable
   2.   Non-countable
   3.   Countable
   4.   A and B are correct
3. She drink water from a white cup. What type of noun is the word "water"?
   1.   Countable
   2.   Incountable
   3.   Uncountable
   4.   None of them are correct
4. She hates beer but loves ice tea. The nouns "beer" and "ice tea" are:
   1.   Countable-Countable
   2.   Incountable- Not countable
   3.   Not countable-Countable
   4.   Uncountable-Uncountable
5. Is the noun "garlic bread" countable or uncountable? She is a pizza lover and enjoys to eat it with garlic bread.
   1.   Incountable
   2.   Uncountable
   3.   Countable
   4.   A and B are correct
6. In the following sentence " She likes to eat pancakes." What type of noun is the word PANCAKES?
   1.   Uncountable
   2.   Non.countable
   3.   Countable
   4.   A and B are correct
7. She buys flour and eggs to make them. "FLOUR" and "EGGS" are?
   1.   Countable-Uncountable
   2.   Incountable- Uncountable
   3.   Uncountable-Countable
   4.   Both are uncountable
8. She does not like hot dogs with soda. "HOT DOGS" and "SODA" are?
   1.   Both are uncountable
   2.   Both are countable
   3.   Countable-Uncountable
   4.   Uncountable-Countable
9. In the sentence: Her favorite vegetable are carrots and she likes bananas."CARROTS" and "BANANAS" are?
   1.   Both are countable
   2.   Countable- Incountable
   3.   Uncountable-Incountable
   4.   A and B are correct.
10. She enjoys sweet food especially cookies. the noun "COOKIES" is:
    1.   Discountable
    2.   Incountable
    3.   Uncountable
    4.   Countable