Teaching the Unseen

I have always based my teaching of the Unseen using the SLIMS and SPECs provided by my department. When I first started teachinf the Unseen to the upper secondary students two years ago, I relied heavily on Suzanne Choo's Mining for Meaning. To date I still use her book as a reference as well as Dr Andrew Leng's Mastering the Unseen. The students found Mining for Meaning easy to follow and useful. I have since added pictures and videos to my lessons. By adding 'weird' materials (students comment), they usually become more interested and are more responsive during the lessons. The challenge is to reel them back towards a more exam-oriented type of texts.