Had no idea when I purchased Bookopoly at the Princeton Library Christmas Bazaar, that I would someday be using it to teach in Washington.
But it turned out to be a brilliant way to introduce novel/literary vocabulary: protagonist, narrator, genre, etc. Plus, it is highly energizing for them to be able to use math skills in a language class. Not to mention the rather feral urge in each of them to drive the others into bankruptcy.....
Today's outing was to tour Seattle's Central Library and do a food scavenger hunt in Pike's Market. It was wildly windy and hard to stand upright for most of the day.
Success with a mini-cheesecake location.
Acme of the library.
Sounds just delightful.
ReplyDeleteYou can teach them a whole new vocabulary, for movies. Most of the words I've learned have four letters or less!