Here was my warm-up question. It was on the overhead projector when the kids came into class:
Answer ONE of the following:
What kind of person would go into Mr. G's desk and steal his Reesee's Cups?
OR
What kind of person would stay after school and help Mr. G clean up his room?
The responses were hilarious. Before I even started the class, the kid who'd done the deed was asking if he could stay after school and help me clean my room. When I sat down to read the answers I was thinking I'd get adjectives/character traits--that was my goal all along. We'll be analyzing characters in stories based in part on their actions, and I wanted the kids to warm-up with a real-life example. I figured I'd get words like "petty, thievin', trifflin', mean, cowardly,"* etc. But about 90% of the responses were "A kid named Gordan. A boy named Gordon. Gordon A. A stupid boy AKA Gordan. A jerk named Gordan." No one answered the second question.
I knew it was him all along. Apparently the "snitches get stitches" code in B'more has not trickled down to sixth graders at the Book.
*one kid wrote "diabetic."
2 comments:
Your kids crack me up. Thanks I needed that.
what was that test, french class, jetta un papier (I know that is spelled so poorly but I never really did well in french class ehh?)
u r growing up to be a wonderful teacher, that, mmm, is exactly the same way our teachers were in high school. weird....... do something new ya old copy cat!
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