Excellent! I read Franklin's autobiography years ago and I think it's time for a reread. So many nuggets and so much wisdom to be found, and this technique is wonderful. It can be applied to speaking as well. I used to do an activity where students made a 3 x 3 grid (like for Tic Tac Toe/Noughts & Crosses) and in each square had to write down a key vocab word or collocation (I loved doing this with phrasal verbs) and using those words only they had to reconstruct or summarise the story to a partner. This can also be done on your own.
(btw, another classic, underrated Franklin book is 'Fart Proudly' - no need to comment! 🤣)
Excellent! I read Franklin's autobiography years ago and I think it's time for a reread. So many nuggets and so much wisdom to be found, and this technique is wonderful. It can be applied to speaking as well. I used to do an activity where students made a 3 x 3 grid (like for Tic Tac Toe/Noughts & Crosses) and in each square had to write down a key vocab word or collocation (I loved doing this with phrasal verbs) and using those words only they had to reconstruct or summarise the story to a partner. This can also be done on your own.
(btw, another classic, underrated Franklin book is 'Fart Proudly' - no need to comment! 🤣)
🤣🤣 Great! I love playing tic-tac- toe this way in class. Reconstruction activities are so much fun. Must look into the lesser known Franklin book 😂
What a brilliant exercise. The active recall element - so effective
Glad you approve! 💪