six princesses, persuasion, and a rousing game of moods
sometimes it is nice when someone says "you have been working very hard- how about a play date?" that was the invitation i offered to my speech class today. after a week of incesent note taking, writing and identifying propositions, working on deduction, recognizing propoganda, handing in rough outlines, taking two quizzes and being assigned in-class work, i could tell they needed a break.
so since it was richelle's birthday, we had a party day complete with disney princess napkins, plates and blowers ( it was the theme she wanted ). then we played moods and laughed about saying "To be or not to be" in an embarrased way or "Girls dig me" in a girlish way.i'm sure it helped them with characterization and portraying proper emotion, but we didn't talk about how it was educating them, we just had fun.
so for a moment, we got to play.... now i will prepare to teach a 10th grade girl how to speak with an irish accent, make copies of health test chapter 10, grab a piccalo and flute to show in music class, and try to get some worksheets graded. funny, though, i feel quite refreshed. no wonder children like recess ! :)
posted by serendipity @ 8:13 AM
7 Comments:
we all should have recess more often. it's amazing how much more they learn when they don't realize they are learning. :-)
I firmly believe that days like that are necessary in order to make it through the school year. But what do I know? I only lasted 2 years teaching high school.
so how did your practice go?
well, i suppose when you factor in that they two, giggly 16 year old girls and they had a rough saturday, it went okay. if i could just get them not to laugh when they look at each other..... but tonight is another 3 hour practice- so we'll see how it goes. i'm asking God to peel my hands off this project that isn't mine anyways :):):) thanks for asking!
through something hard at them every time they laugh. a little pavlov goes a long way. at least it will make you feel better.
i wish i could drag them into a pool of ice water about 200 feet deep, throw in some debris, a few drowning people, a liferaft or two , turn out the lights and then see how funny it is.. but in case i can't find all those things by 3:15, i'm bring some erasers and paperclips to chuck at their heads :):):)
now that sounds like fun. you can simulate with a garden hose and big sticks...
Post a Comment
<< Home