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		<title>I Remain &#8211; A Zombie story</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Oct 2010 02:07:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[An online game that is played while reading the story of the game as a narrative story is a great way to get your learners reading.  Playing the game becomes a comprehension check. Level: Upper intermediate+ Location: Computer room Activity: Reading Language: Narrative tenses &#38; narrative devices. Game: I remain Pre-Play Do hangman for the [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>An online game that is played while reading the story of the game as a narrative story is a great way to get your learners reading.  Playing the game becomes a comprehension check.</p>
<p><strong>Level:</strong> Upper intermediate+<br />
<strong>Location: </strong>Computer room<strong><br />
Activity: </strong>Reading<strong><br />
Language: </strong>Narrative tenses &amp; narrative devices.</p>
<p><strong>Game: </strong> <a href="http://www.kongregate.com/games/AtomicCicada/i-remain" target="_blank">I remain</a></p>
<h3><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1267" title="I Remain" src="http://digitalplay.info/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/Screen-shot-2010-05-20-at-2.08.41-PM.png" alt="Screen shot 2010-05-20 at 2.08.41 PM" width="517" height="351" /><br />
<strong><span style="font-weight: normal;">Pre-Play</span></strong></h3>
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<li>Do hangman for the word &#8216;Z O M B I E&#8217; and ask them to describe what one is.</li>
<li>Learners imagine they have survived a zombie outbreak and they are in a strangers house and in pairs write down 6 things they should do.</li>
<li>Take learners to the computer room and direct them to the <a href="http://kylemawer.wikispaces.com/I+Remain+Story" target="_blank">&#8216;I Remain&#8217; story</a>.  Learners then read it and find 3 things they wrote down.</li>
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<h3>Play</h3>
<p>Learners use two open internet explorer pages to <a href="http://www.kongregate.com/games/AtomicCicada/i-remain" target="_blank">play the game</a> as they read the story.</p>
<h3><span style="font-size: 15px; font-weight: 800;">Post Play</span></h3>
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<li>Learners write the next part of the story.</li>
<li>Learners write an imagined walkthrough for the next part of the game.</li>
<li>Learners change some of the elements of the story (make it better).</li>
<li>Learners reduce the story to a walkthrough.</li>
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