May I learn...?

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May I learn...?

ss73

May I learn...?

Hi everyone:))

I want to ask whether it is ok if

I upload a compiled set of riddlesor not?

(as I haven �t created them on my own?)

I have about 50-60...

thanks in advance

5 Feb 2013

Mabdel

Hello there!

Am afraid , you can �t since you haven �t created them. Anyways thx a lot for ur generosity!

Have a nice Tuesday Smile

Smile

5 Feb 2013

HI mabdel, are you sure?

There are a lot of worksheets here with jokes and riddles. I doubt they are all original work. Also the tongue twisters are usually not made up by the uploader. I don �t know if riddles need to be self written.... I would love a set of riddles appropriate for elementary level if they come with a key. In my opinion it is great reading practice. I wonder what others think. Fo riddles (and jokes, and tongue twisters etc. ) have to be written by the uploader?

5 Feb 2013

My understanding is that you could send the compilation of riddles, but you should create some exercises to go with them - T/F, gap fill etc...

5 Feb 2013

florimago

I agree with Cunliffe . You can use them but the activities should be yours . That�s explained in the rules . Have a look , it may help you

5 Feb 2013

ss73

I use them at the very beginning of the lesson...

I greet my students and write one of the riddles/questions

on the board under the title of �do it now � which they look forward

to each and every day:D

They love it... (6 to 8 grade)

and ask for one every day...

while they are doing it I take the attandance

gift the student/groups who give the right answer

and start the lesson... :))

but of course they are not mine and

the activity itself is just the question...

no further activities on them...

so I really am confused about uploading it...

I just don �t want to get a warning from the site...

Thanks:)

5 Feb 2013

Pelletrine

I think your idea is a very nice one to start off a lesson/day!

- Looking at rules: guess you could make a kind of �activity � cards paper (have a look at templates section: you could put a riddle each on a �card � ... and provide an answersheet: it would be your work, and you would break no rules (using preexisting information/... is the essential part of a WS)... especially if you cite your sources (if there are any/ or links to the riddles, if they have an author)

- Actually: it really depends on the origin of your resource.... and your own interpretation/use/transformation: NO : you cannot just come up with a list of riddles taken from somebody, without transforming it into a �worksheet � of your own .... AND citing your sources

- and ... I would really love to see and use this kind of warm-up in my classes!

- So, if you feel like it: please do share your riddles ;o)))

Good luck ... and Good night :o)

5 Feb 2013