With the completed stories, I have had them act them out to share them or I place them around the room and have them vote on the best, most detailed or the funniest. We then read that one aloud. Beyond that I am tapped for ideas. On Thu, Nov 6, 2014 at 1:37 PM, Troy Longstroth < troy_longstroth@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Eliza, > > What do you do with the stories when they're written? Do kids share > them? Do they act them out? Other ideas? > > Thanks, > > Troy > > Troy Longstroth > Spanish and Outdoor Recreation Teacher > *Redmond Proficiency Academy* > www.rpacademy.org > cell: 541-977-3143 > > > > On Wed, Nov 5, 2014 at 1:47 PM, Eliza Pfeifer <epfeifer@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> Related word stories have come out great this year. >> >> In groups of 2 or 3 if necessary, the first student writes down a >> vocabulary word. The next one writes down a related word, passes the >> notebook back to student one who writes down another related word. I stop >> them about 2 minutes or so. They generally have 6 to 10 vocab words. I >> then have them write a story. The first vocab word is in the first line >> and then the second line of the sentence has the second vocab word and so >> on. These end up being rather good because the flow of the vocab is >> natural and not contrived. >> >> On Wed, Nov 5, 2014 at 2:32 PM, ALISSA FARIAS <AFARIAS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> wrote: >> >>> Thanks! I can see using this as a quick activity with sharing between >>> partners, exit slip etc. >>> >>> >>> >>> *From:* ola-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ola-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On >>> Behalf Of *Martin Kathryn >>> *Sent:* Wednesday, November 05, 2014 12:33 PM >>> *To:* ola@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>> *Subject:* [ola] Re: vocab recycle >>> >>> >>> >>> I like this writing activity. A “cadena” word is a word like “because” >>> or although.” I challenge them to make longer, more interesting sentences. >>> >>> >>> >>> *From:* ola-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ola-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On >>> Behalf Of *ALISSA FARIAS >>> *Sent:* Wednesday, November 05, 2014 12:10 PM >>> *To:* ola@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>> *Subject:* [ola] vocab recycle >>> >>> >>> >>> Hey! My Spanish classes have a great list of vocab they have created >>> since school began. I’m looking for new ways to continue to recycle the >>> language. They are NH-IM levels. I’m trying to stay away from just vocab >>> activities/games but am wanting them to work on extended sentences, >>> conversations, commenting on fotos/graphs and so on. What things do the >>> rest do? >>> >>> >>> >>> *Alissa Farias, NB* >>> >>> *LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL* >>> >>> *Spanish Teacher* >>> >>> *Daffodil Coordinator* >>> >>> *YLC Teacher Coach* >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> Eliza Pfeifer >> >> Spanish Instructor | St. Mary’s Academy >> >> _________________________________ >> >> 4545 S. University Blvd., Englewood, CO 80113 >> >> 303.762.8300 x 393 | fax: 303.783.6201 | epfeifer@xxxxxxxxxx >> <jwimbish@xxxxxxxxxx> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > -- Eliza Pfeifer Spanish Instructor | St. Mary’s Academy _________________________________ 4545 S. University Blvd., Englewood, CO 80113 303.762.8300 x 393 | fax: 303.783.6201 | epfeifer@xxxxxxxxxx <jwimbish@xxxxxxxxxx>