Thank you for all your inspiring and thought provoking blogs.

Each text has to be taught from start to finish without interruption from other EFL elements so make sure you take about 2 -3 lessons where you don't have to give them a test / book report etc.

This is our Ministry's new website.  Check out articles on thinking skills, webinars, literary pieces, lesson plans etc

http://tlc.cet.ac.il/

In bold, are the Thinking Skills I've already covered.

http://tlc.cet.ac.il/ShowItem.aspx?ItemID=66a03834-942d-4ced-b389-924277bde408&lang=EN

Inferring is reading between the lines.

Explicit teaching of prediction.  Play intros of unknown songs.  Stop before the words and ask them to predict what the song might be about.  Choose different ones like love, living

http://tlc.cet.ac.il/ShowItem.aspx?ItemID=36ccb108-d73c-4db3-ad15-4112881f0c74&lang=EN

Choosing 'New Immigrant' as my blogathon name,

I wanted to share my alien fare.

Like the Queen of England with a workpage or game,

'The Enemy' by Pearl S Buck.