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The Art of No

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  The Ayes Have It (But She Don't) Everybody knows the bill is dead Everybody knows the Senate’s red Everybody knows the deal is done The major parties had their fun The crossbench bargains were all just show The whips have cracked, the whistle’s blowed That’s how it goes And Hanson always votes no. Everybody knows the bells are ringing Everybody knows the mud they’re slinging Everybody knows the clerk can’t count With all the grievances they mount Everybody knows that the motion’s lost Everybody knows what the lobby cost The Ayes go high, the chamber’s low And Hanson always votes no. And everybody knows that it’s now or never Everybody knows that it’s gonna take forever Everybody knows that the act is rotten Old amendments best forgotten Everybody knows the tellers move With nothing left for them to prove The red room puts on quite a show But Hanson always votes no. Everybody knows the maiden speech The lessons that she tried to teach About the fish and about the chips And the tig...

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...