Fun Lesson #5

I got another for you guys!  This is awesome if you have a lesson planned that won't quite take up the entire class and you got 20-30 more minutes to burn.  Its fun and simple, and just requires that the teacher have access to the internet and a printer.

What I did was take online comics (in this case, Penny Arcade) and remove the text.  I printed them off and handed them out to my students.  I told them to look at their comic, and fill in the bubbles so it makes some sense.  I also told them to keep their writing inside the bubbles but most of them did not listen to me.

Have a look at some of the results.

Deep Crow.  

Good night...baby boy.  

Go Steelers?  

Look at them do as I commanded!

This group wanted to do more than one strip.  It was super cool.  

:D

My class!  Hard at work?

I saved the best (saddest?) for last.  This guy was definitely venting some frustration.

Good stuff,

- Andrew

My Yellow Morning

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I woke up in the morning, and I looked out the window and everything was yellow.  I was super confused, and I was pretty sure it was dangerous to go outside, but being the adventurous adult that I am (and the fact that I had classes to teach), I went outside anyway.

I asked my students about it, and they weren't quite sure how to explain it.  My favorite explanation that I got was: "It is sand....because of Mongolia."  

I've seen Mulan, so I know that the Chinese aren't the biggest fans of the Monguls (ie: the Great Wall), so I simply nodded and accepted the explanation.  Crazy Mongolians and their horses.

Of course, the much more logical explanation is that the sand comes from storms from the Gobi Desert.  Its blown hundreds of miles into the atmosphere and eventually has to settle back down - in this case, Jilin Province in China.  Its not terribly uncommon either.  

Kind of cool and kind of scary, but its a new kind of weather for me.  I've survived a dust/sand day.  

Seriously though, everything tasted like dirt for half the day.  

Damn you, Mongolia!!

- Andrew