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Vision 2 - The Unbearable Truth

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  The Situation - Red Alert JB , a middle-aged mail spaceship pilot. Starship piloting JB is held not by ropes, but by the cryo-unit's nanoweave swaddle—a tight, absolute embrace mimicking paranoiac wrappings. This material presses against him, preventing his shivering flesh from flying apart under the centrifugal force of his panic. He feels a cold burn and constant helplessness sinking in. His anxiety is a crimson klaxon, a "relentless tempest" of warring thoughts. He is mentally back in the cockpit, but the instruments scream in an alien language; every light and warning signifies impending failure. His pure instinct screams ABORT , yet there is no escape route. Confrontation Rising JB is shown the war of impulses tearing him apart—the "lunge and the retreat". His existence is reduced to the strained gasp: "I live for fucks sake, I don't know.” Full Assault a Violet Firestorm JB responds with explosive, automatic violence, his lungs burning from the...

ESL: Movie Poster

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ESL: Movie Poster - Digital Technology and Lesson Plan http://bighugelabs.com offers a number of fun toys. The movie poster is a simple web 2.0 toy that is easy to complete, is fun and has a good output. Make your own customized movie poster . You choose the photo, titles, and credits. Be a star! What a great tool for students with low literacy or of an ESL classification. All that is required is an image, a title, subtexts plus some credit text - plus some imagination and creativity. Movie poster follows the KISS principal - Keep it simple stupid - however a small unit of work can be wrapped around the tool. Movie poster works well with personal Flicker and Facebook ESL Lesson Plan : from http://bogglesworldesl.com/lessons/MovieLesson2.htm Please modify this to suit the Movie Poster technology and the class context. Start off by asking the class if they would like to see a movie together. Almost certainly, one student will say yes. Ask them what...