Friday, May 29, 2009

Wood Chuck

How much wood could a woodchuck chuck
if a woodchuck could chuck wood?
A woochuck would chuck lots of wood
if a woodchuck could chuck wood.

Tongue Twister 1: Wood Chuck

ChatterBox Club Structure

Interactive/Communicative game:
Human knot, scar game, animal game, etc.

Loosening up our mouths: Tongue Twisters

How much wood would a woodchuck chuck
if a woodchuck could chuck wood?
He would chuck, he would, as much as he could,
and chuck as much wood as a woodchuck would
if a woodchuck could chuck wood.

Theme: To overcome barriers within language comprehension, cultural understanding, music, perception of the natural world and any other topic!

Hat (with ideas or thoughts of the day):

Goals:
What would you like to accomplish with these conversation clubs? This club is for you, so as we continue meeting, what I will do is ask you how we are doing as a group to meet your goals.

Response/Reaction/Criticisms of lesson:
In order to assess how I am meeting your goals, I will ask you to write a 5-minute response at the end of each meeting to let me know what you liked, what you didn't like, and what other ideas/suggestions you have for the improvements of the clubs.

Inspirational Quote:
We will always close the club with some kind of inspirational quote to keep us going through the day!

Wednesday, May 20, 2009