Projects – Page 3 – Walton Burns

Grammar Editor for MasterMind

As grammar editor, I was asked by Macmillan to review the grammar lessons and exercises of the second edition of Mastermind, levels 1 and 2.

My task was to go through every grammar lesson and exercise in the Student Books and Work Books to check for clarity of explanations and use of sample texts to illustrate the grammar point. I also looked for consistency between explanations and exercises and from exercise to exercise.

Mastermind by Macmillan

Publisher: Macmillan

Skills: copy-editing, suggesting content-revisions, editing between Student Book and Workbook

Online Lesson Plans for Reallyenglish/New Horizons

I was hired by the ELTJam team to work on a project for Reallyenglish and New Horizons language schools. The assignment involved creating a series of speaking lesson plans to review grammar and vocabulary lessons students would do online as self-study via Adobe Connect, as well as a series of complementary face-to-face lessons. I created or curated all visual content and handouts, as well as writing extensive teacher’s notes to guide instructors in teaching the lesson with a minimum of preparation.

Publisher: Reallyenglish

Skills: Writing scripted lesson plans, writing for online delivery as well as face-to-face modules, creating PowerPoint slides, writing handouts and printables, creating teacher notes, finding artwork

New Ways in Teaching with Humor

New Ways in Teaching With Humor from TESOL Press explores the whole gamut of possibilities for using humor in English language teaching. These lessons use humor to enhance the English learning experience and provide English language learners with the linguistic and cultural knowledge they need to become more proficient users of the language.

I contributed an activity on using humor to draw attention to mistakes in using the passive tense.