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The Tower Tip Sheet
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The Tower Tipsheet
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Sep 05, 2004 00:10 PDT
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THE TOWER TIPSHEET
Septtember 5, 2004
#424
Published by:
The Tower of English
http://towerofenglish.com
Welcome to this issue of the Tower Tipsheet.
I have been on vacation so it has been a few months since
the last issue of the Tower Tip Sheet, but now that summer
is over and classes have begun it is time to get back to
business. I hope everyone had an enjoyable vacation.
This issue of the Tower Tipsheet is sponsored by Hogwan.com.
The ONLY true ESL directory for Korea!
Hogwan.com is the largest database in English,
for Korea based English teachers!
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TABLE OF CONTENTS:
1. Today's Cool Websites
2. Today's Idiom
3. Today's Worksheet
4. Today's Joke
5. Today's Riddle
6. Contest
7. Feedback
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TODAY'S COOL WEBSITE
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We are continueing our review of the websites that
are featured on The Tower of English. I hope you
enjoy today's selections.
Cool Website #1 -Bad Fads -
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http://www.towerofenglish.com/badfads.html
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Have you ever heard of Zoot Suits or Poodle Skirts?
How about Pet Rocks or Super Balls? These are some
examples of fads, or things that were very popular in
the (mostly American) culture for a short time, and
then lost their popularity. At the Bad Fads Museum,
you can learn about many of these popular fads.
Your Turn:
Find a few fads that you think are the most interesting.
Now write 2 or 3 paragraphs about a popular fad in your
country. It can be from the past or the present. Have
your classmates also write about fads from their countries.
Share your fads with the class.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Middle Sponsor~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Visit This Month's Sponsors~~~~~~~~~~~~~
John's ESL Holidays
Part of John's ESL Community, this site has historical
information, interactive activities and printable
classroom activities for 15 of America's most celebrated
holidays. http://holidays.johnsesl.com/php/
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ATTENTION ESL TEACHERS
Did you know that word search puzzles are a great way to
reinforce new vocabulary? Now you can make your own word
search puzzles. Enter your list of words, click a button
and then print. It's easy, fun, and it's FREE.
http://www.johnsesl.com/wordsearch/searchcreate.shtml
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Cool Website #2 -What is Culture?-
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http://www.towerofenglish.com/culture1.html
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What is a culture? How are cultures different? How are
they the same? How should we define culture? These are
a few questions that this site explores. By the time
you have finished, you will have a better understanding
of the uniqueness of your own culture, and hopefully, a
greater appreciation of the similarities and differences
that exist among various cultures of the world.
Your Turn:
After you finish the reading activity, test yourself by
taking the quiz. Just click on TAKE THE QUIZ at the bottom
of the page.
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-Today's Idiom -
an arm and a leg
an arm and a leg - n. - A very high price that must be paid
for something that isn't worth the price.
Our trip to Hawaii was very expensive. We had to pay an
arm and a leg just to get a small room in a local hotel.
Researh the origin of "an arm and a leg" at the following link.
http://www.towerofenglish.com/MorelandCHaveOrigins.html
Get more idioms at John's ESL Community
http://www.johnsesl.com/cgi-bin/hints.pl
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- Today's Printable Worksheet-
Today's printable worksheet will help your students
learn some of the most common abbreviations used in
American English.
http://www.johnsesl.com/printables/worksheets/abbreviations.shtml
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- Today's Joke-
The formula for water
A teacher asked his student, "What is the formula of water?"
The student thought for a while a said, "h i j k l m n o"
The teacher replied this is not the formula. At this the
student said sir you have told us that the formula of water
is H to O.
More jokes and humor at http://www.lolhumor.com/
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- Riddle of the Day -
Sergi and Sally where sitting in their family room one night.
While Sergi was watching T.V his wife Sally was reading. All
of a sudden the power went out and Sergi decided to go to bed,
but Sally kept on reading. With no use of artificial light,
Sally kept on reading. How?
Click the following link to learn the answer.
http://www.lolhumor.com/getcontent.php?catid=30&cat=&id=4019&ans=yes
=========================Contest!==================================
The first person to respond to
webma-@towerofenglish.com?subject=contest
with the correct answer to the following question will win a free ad.
Your
ad will be placed in the middle sponsor position and will be published
in the next issue of the Tower Tip Sheet Newsletter.
Here's the question. Visit our top sponsor's website and fill
in the blank.
Hogwan.com is the only true directory for _____________________!
No more endless searching thru page after page looking for links
to other sites. This is the one and only starting point.
Send your answers webma-@towerofenglish.com?subject=contest.
The first correct answer will win a free ad.
=======================Feedback===================================
I really am interested in what you have to say and what you think
of the Tower Tip Sheet and the websites I use to provide material
for our newsletter. So, please send your feedback to
webma-@towerofenglish.com?subject=feedback
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English designed to introduce ESL students and teachers to unique
and useful Internet resources.
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Septtember 5, 2004
#424
Copyright Tower of English 1999-2004.
All Rights Reserved.
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Young Jeon Dong 165-6
Tonggu, Daejeon
Korea 300-865
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