Hello,
Wintermute here bringing you your seasonal scoop of Smartr. Naw, I’m just kidding, what if this site was called Smartr, would you still come? This is Dumbr in the Classroom and we have been learning about Event ideas for your students. Here is one of my all time favorites that can be done with any age group.
O: Each class will write a story, just one story, the same story. However each class will be responsible for a separate part of the story. Meaning: Class 1 will provide the intro, when they are finished they will pass the story off to the next class. They read it, then class 2 provides the middle, pass it off and class 3 ends it. Of course if you have more classes (which you will) you can separate it into more parts. Or just simply write separate stories.
O: You should write/type the story on a large A4 piece of paper. Make it pretty, and throw it up on the wall outside your class for all to read. When every class is finished each student can go through the hall and chronologically read the story in order from start to finish.
O: I don’t think I have to tell you but this is a wonderful way to get your kids speaking in only English and has them working with other classes to make one final project. And being able to see their work on the walls of the school will make them more than proud. It doesn’t have to be done in one day, or week for that matter, you can pace it out so other teachers can work it in their schedule as well.
O: Truth be told, this is how some Final Fantasy games are written. One Author will write the beginning, and then another does the middle, so on and so forth until you have a convoluted adventure through space and time with a random nonsensical final boss that was never mentioned anywhere else in the story (Looking at you Zeromus).
That ends our segment on Dumbr Events, the next Segment is Korean Holidays and how they greatly affect your classroom. We will start that on Sunday, but to end the week, tomorrow we will discuss the most treaded day of a teachers life, “Open House”. Be prepared.
Your Final Fantasy Fan,
Wintermute
I'd be curious to read what Korean kids would write for such a story book.
ReplyDeleteAww that sounds a lot of fun for the kids. Do you let them draw pictures and stuff?
ReplyDeletemy cinco de mayo was alright. had homemade tacos (unlike someone who ordered from taco bell :P)
i had a 6 page paper due at midnight on The Prince and left it at the very last minute to do it. whooops~ tomorrow i'll be celebrating cinco de mayo by going to a bar crawl. woooooo!
Pretty interresting ideas :)
ReplyDeleteI like this idea, because I think it could cause the kids to get lively as the story takes an unexpected turn. I wish we did something like this in my english classes.
ReplyDeleteI'm looking forward to what you write about for the open house. You have a good style, it's fun to read.
Sounds like an interesting method of teaching, friend! It almost makes me wish I were a teacher so I could try it out myself.
ReplyDeleteHow long do you make these stories? I remember we've done something kind of like this, but those stories were only a few pages long.
ReplyDelete@intra man, next time I do this I will post the story
ReplyDelete@flodstrom, theres no size limit, but you do want to try and make ever section of the story the same size so one class doesnt feel less important.
Really good ideas.
ReplyDeleteHolidays will be of an interest to me, see the cultural differences.
ReplyDeletedon't expect a lot from Green Hornet. i didn't watch it but it doesn't look good.
ReplyDeletebar crawl, pub crawl, bar hopping all the same thing :P
after finals is over, i wouldn't mind a nice drink either.
Great idea for writing a story also I didn't know this is how some final fantasies stories were written!
ReplyDeletethat sounds pretty cool, I can see why kids would love that
ReplyDeletePretty good ideas. Hopefully you'll expand on them :)
ReplyDeleteSounds like an amazing idea, hope teachers implement it sometime in the future :)
ReplyDeleteI love your logo! This is a great idea for a blog. Keep it up!
ReplyDeletehey zeromus made sense!
ReplyDeletei feel as if i belong more in the dumbr section
ReplyDeleteThis is a really cool idea for a blog. +followed
ReplyDeleteinteresting, thats a good idea
ReplyDeletethat's a good teaching activity. I used to do this with my 5th graders and they loved adding onto the stories, and then hearing the finalized story.
ReplyDelete@megan, you mean to tell me I actually managed to attract my first real teacher to Dumbr?
ReplyDeleteI count this as a major milestone.