Cryptic title, isn't it?
We began the day with a bit of psychological puzzling, namely we took turns hiding candy around the room, and then the rest of the class had to guess where they all were. Any piece that could not be found in the allotted time period of 1 minute became property of the one who hid it. Some especially ingenious hiding places were in the CD player, behind a poster, between the whiteboard and the wall, behind the door... Suffice to say, it was interesting.
After a brief review of the past tense, we did round-robin storytelling, the thing where you pass around a piece of paper and everyone gets a set amount of time either to write a sentence on it or to finish one that came before them, culminating in one (in)coherent story. We did this a few times, and hilarity ensued.
Things took a turn for the surreal when a seemingly innocuous activity brought to my attention the existence of A GIGANTIC REAM OF PAPER WITH A GRASSLAND BACKGROUND in the supply closet. This brought us a moment inspired by one of my favorite cartoons, and I declared to the class, "Kids, I know what we're going to do today!" We began, and will continue in coming weeks, illustrating the Battle of Teutoburg in mural-form, to be hung all along the back wall of the classroom.
Hausaufgabe:
Now we attempted to peer-review the stories we had written over Teutoburg, but that admittedly did not go near as well as I had hoped. So the homework this week is to re-review their own story, considering any questions or corrections their neighbors may have added (and parents may help too, just this once!) and then bring in an updated copy along with a nice, color illustration. These will be hung up on the wall for posterity since words can barely describe how proud I am of these stories.
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