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Message board > DO YOU WANT TO HEAR ABOUT MORE FAKE WORKSHEETS?
DO YOU WANT TO HEAR ABOUT MORE FAKE WORKSHEETS?
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ssrl10
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In fact, even worksheets by people with more than 3,000 points are just copies from other sites. I wrote my PhD on useful online resources for ESL teaching and 3 out of 10 of the worksheets i have downloaded are copied from other websites.
I think that tomorrow, instead of working on my own worksheet to get points to download other people�s worksheets I will spend my time reporting stolen ones to Victor. |
14 Jan 2009
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libertybelle
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I would love to one of those who have a memory for recognizing every stolen WS that
comes my way - but I have 60 essays a month to correct, lesson plans to make,
music to write, teacher�s meetings, parent meeting, grammar correction and
all my own worksheets to make.
I don�t have time to check each and every WS here at ESL on Google.
I have to depend on those here with super memories.
and thank goodness for them!!!!!!!
L
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14 Jan 2009
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libertybelle
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DEar Sylive
You are so right. I�m horrible at remembering where the originals links are!
You really have to have all the facts on the table - or should I say, on the message board before accusing someone of cheating.
Hugs
L
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14 Jan 2009
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Anna P
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Paulogr uploaded 2 stolen wss last February - and nothing more. The stolen work made him a premium member and, for the past year, he must have downloaded 30 printables per day without contributing with a single original work. This is not what SHARING is all about! Que vergonha, Paulo! |
14 Jan 2009
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cheezels
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I know one way I remember worksheets stolen from another member and who it belongs to is because when I save a downloaded sheet I put the username first then the name of the worksheet. I do this also because then for example if a member has done a few on one grammar area they are all together in that particular folder and i will use the set when teaching :-) Also some members have a very distinct style.
Plus there are a couple of esl sites I have been to a lot over the last few months and I can recognise some of the stuff immediately, bogglesworldesl for one! (great stuff there by the way!)
It�s just a shame that lately we are attracting worms and not butterflies to this wonderful site :-)
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14 Jan 2009
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eng789
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You are fighting windmills. By the way, anyone can copy a word list from someones "word search" change the order, throw it into a word search maker, add a border and a bit of colour and "voila" a new worksheet. So, is that also stealing? How many words can you find about weather or clothes or things in the house. It�s not like the lists are unlimited. So, I noticed you have some word searches.
I have to be honest, it is very hard to have to sift through a lot of stuff to find some good reading comprehension exercises. How many different word searches do we need?
Maybe Victor could split the site into levels. I am co-ordinator of my school and we have 9 different levels of English. grade 7 A,B,C grade 8 A,BC grade 9 A,B,C
A- level is the strongest and C-level the weakest. In grade 7 C-level the kids are usually non-readers.
In 9 A- level the kids can handle a higher level text with all kinds of questions.
I think there is a problem with the "readings" category. When I think of a reading, I expect to see a reading comprehension exercise not a colourful matching or completion or cloze exercise. |
14 Jan 2009
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