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Wednesday, August 11, 2010

What's in a name????

So, today was the first day that I actually had all my kids. Hallelujah!!!! Our schedules are done, and now, it's on to the learning process.  Whilst, the next couple of days are a wash as far as that goes, I still wanted to incorporate English into my activity. Today, I had my students write something that describes themselves. I had them to write their names like this:

B
E
L
L
E

Then, I had them to fill in their name using descriptive words or phrases that would describe themselves. Such as:

Believable
Encouraging
Left-handed
Likeable
Entertaining
 (Not one of my students' papers; picture is from google image)

If the kids got stuck, they had to go get a dictionary, and of course, I helped them. They did such a great job and were so creative. It really helped me to get to know them a little better!

I promise the next post will NOT be about school:)

7 comments:

C Mae said...

I have some most unusual names for students down here in AZ, mainly because we have many spanish children. One of my student's name is Xoixa. Wanna guess how that's pronounced!?? haha "Sa-Wee-Sah!" X is said as an S. I is Weee sound. crazy talk I know....

Jenny @ Practically Perfect... said...

I love it! I think your ideas are so cute :-)

Jaime said...

Aww cute!! SO do you love being a teacher so far?

Keri said...

I like your school posts :)

JMB said...

Great activity for them and a good way to incorporate agjectives AND a way for them to feel good about themselves by thinking something positive that describes them, that is if they chose something positive haha. Love reading about your school days, I say there is never a dull moment and something new happens every day!

The Pink Chick said...

What a cute activity! Especially for an English class! I am so glad teaching is going so well! It seems like you are really enjoying it!!

Jenn B. said...

I am loving all of your school posts! So glad your first week is going well! Keep us posted!

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