Today I had to play a game with the first years, so I decided “the line game” was probably the easiest and would take up the most time for a big class. Basically the class has to stand, I ask a question, then whoever gets the question right gets to sit down, along with everyone who wasn’t in that person’s row. It’s sorta the opposite of other games, because there is no winner, just losers, but it still seems fun for the kids.
Anyway, I started off with questions I thought would be fine for the kids, but quickly realized I was overestimating their comprehension. Questions like “what is the date today?” didn’t work because they hadn’t learned the months yet. So I decided to go really easy, and immediately found myself in the role of Alec Trebek in Celebrity Jeopardy. I asked “what is my name?”, and even though they had said “good morning Drew sensei” at the beginning of every class I had with them, no one knew. Some of the other questions went like this:
“How old are you?” -> “I’m happy”
“What time is lunch?” -> “I like rice”
“What town are we in?” -> “You live in Quebec”
These kids were at least willing to answer, even though the answers were often way off. It got to the point where I was asking things like “Are you happy?” and “Do you like baseball?” so the game would move faster, and then the kids seemed to really start having fun.
September 25, 2007 at 8:19 pm |
at least there were no sean connerys
everything comes back to baseball with these kids, eh?
September 30, 2007 at 4:20 am |
Drew:
I’m glad that you had a decent meal at the Irish Pub…even though the irish can’t cook. seem ironic. melanie