As of last week, I introduced a "Word of the Day" to my students. My goal is for it to act as something extra for them. They love learning the curriculum material, but as with anyone, they love anything outside the text that I can give them. Teaching outside the box not only provides them with extra information, but it also stimulates their interest and makes them more inclined to focus.
Please help me think of some good words! The criteria is pretty straightforward: something that they will be able to use everyday in a normal conversation. The ones we've had so far I have been able to pepper into lessons many times a day. Here is what we've done so far:
- amazing
- terrible
- spotless
- filthy
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My favaorite all-purpose American English word is "duh", as in "how obvious", but your students may be a little young to appreciate it.
I could go with an obvious choice of "awesome" but i'm going to choose "stellar" instead.
Other words i've heard today that would make me happy to hear you teach...
"narly"
"radical" (as in, "radical wave dude!")
"rubber-necking"
"Readymade"
I like Brendan's words... I bet the little Taiwanese kindergartners would use all those words quite frequently!
Do they know what "weird" is yet?
Mr Bird is working on the t-shirts as we speak. It is taking a little longer than you would expect, what with his lack of opposable thumbs.
I expect he will instruct the serenading popcorn to handmake them all from scratch.
Mr Bird appreciates the support, he also appreciates bird food, but that's a whole other matter.
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obnoxious.
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