Manipulating Raw MaterialsOnline version Ideas on how we can adapt materials. by Gabriela Berto 1 Reading 2 Listening 3 Researching Remove headings and get students to match or create their own. Have students pictorially represent what they’ve read in pairs. Give them a text out of order and have them reconstruct it together. Give students some target questions to consider before and have them listen and check. Give students specific things to listen for and then work together to reconstruct the main point. Tell students that they will have to ask one relevant question after they listen. Give students in teams a set of questions to race to find the answers to from a specific website / websites. Have students find two websites that show similar types of information. Have students find the necessary information and create their own pamphlet or website.