February 19, 2012 09:23:17
Posted By Chalkbrd
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Today I attended a bridal shower for my nephew's soon-to-be bride. As most showers go, there were several different games having to do with marriage. Although I'm not much for this kind of shower, I am rather competitive and so are the other females of my family, who all sat at the same table with me. When my niece and great-niece bested me, I determined to win the final game. The hostess brought out a basket that contained 26 items. Our table was first to rummage around in it and try to memorize the items. Yep, out came my TPRS® training! I started to tell a story about a girl who was hungry. She ate an
They called time on us before we could finish forming the story so it ended there. Almost everyone at our table had more on our list than anyone else in the whole room. Oh, yes, and yours truly was the winner. :o) Was it due to my wonderful memory? Hardly! It was due to us all coming together and adding elements of the story. Whenever someone got stuck, you saw them close their eyes and go back over the story in their minds. In my victory "speech" I credited the power of the story. It's great that we as language teachers have the opportunity to use the power of the story in our classrooms! Here's hoping you have a fun time with TPRS® and may all your stories be creative! By the way, in order to foster more creative stories, Chalkboard Productions is sponsoring some creative story writing contests for students. March will be for regular Spanish students, April is for both French and German students, and then in May we'll have two more Spanish contests. I hope this will be a good challenge for your students and an incentive for them to write more in the target language! |