tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8838882378909693892.post9159374991595089001..comments2024-02-03T10:59:00.385-05:00Comments on Toda-lly Comprehensible Latin: Word Chunk GameUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8838882378909693892.post-9306063399387819502021-12-01T14:01:44.759-05:002021-12-01T14:01:44.759-05:00Sorry for any confusion:
1) Each strip will have a...Sorry for any confusion:<br />1) Each strip will have a single number on it, not the numbers 1-7 on it.<br />2) I used to have students volunteer answers by raising their hands, but there were major problems with it: 1) It became an issue of the fast processors raising their hands to answer, while the slower processors and unengaged never would raise their hands. Some teams would never be called, because the same fast processors would always be the first to answer. The strips allow for the chance for all teams to be called. 2) When I pull a strip and it is team #2 (for me) whose strip I pull out, I will still call them by their team name. The number is for me.<br />Keithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12196810680408675365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8838882378909693892.post-64864700609016990122021-11-28T11:13:08.996-05:002021-11-28T11:13:08.996-05:00I had a question about the paper strips. What is t...I had a question about the paper strips. What is the point? Why create strips with numbers at all? Aren't the groups raising their hands to volunteer to translate the sentence? If so, the strips are not necessary. But if the strips are to keep track of which teams have gone twice so far, then why not just put the team names on the board and put a check mark next to each group when they go?<br />And I could not figure out from the wording of your post, whether you meant that EACH (i.e. each and every) strip was supposed to have the all of the numbers 1-7 on it (since your exact words were "each strip numbered 1-7"), or whether you meant that each strip should have a SINGLE number on it, starting with 1, and ending with 7 on the last strip.<br />Again, though, my main question is whether I am missing something about the purpose of the numbered strips. I feel if the students are volunteering to translate, and team names etc can be tracked on the board, they have no purpose; and even if the teacher calls on the groups, I still don't see how the numbered strips add anything that can't be tracked on the board. Thanks in advance!Brian Mnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8838882378909693892.post-6779093917817475002021-10-25T07:53:23.888-04:002021-10-25T07:53:23.888-04:00Good question. I play Word Chunk maybe twice a sem...Good question. I play Word Chunk maybe twice a semester at most, so to have students stay in the same groups to me would require keeping track of groups. I can see Tina's reasoning in keeping the same teams/groups all year for community-building purposes, but I don't play Word Chunk all the time.Keithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12196810680408675365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8838882378909693892.post-39150605355744458882021-10-22T11:04:31.595-04:002021-10-22T11:04:31.595-04:00Hi Keith!!!
I'm bringing this game back afte...Hi Keith!!! <br /><br />I'm bringing this game back after being virtual last year. I'm going to implement these revisions but I have one question-do your students keep the same groups all year?? Previously I drilled that they needed to keep the teams all year and it was an important decision (per Tina Hargaden's rules/instructions) now I'm not sure... Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14577238628263670117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8838882378909693892.post-85723259814658129212018-05-09T10:51:02.689-04:002018-05-09T10:51:02.689-04:00I have done it many different ways to keep the nov...I have done it many different ways to keep the novelty: put the name back in the bag; I call on individual students each students; or once a name has been called, then that student is "safe". It depends on the class and what you think will work best.Keithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12196810680408675365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8838882378909693892.post-57398877969226705372018-04-20T12:56:48.346-04:002018-04-20T12:56:48.346-04:00Yes, Anna. I played today for the first time, usi...Yes, Anna. I played today for the first time, using the "draw names" method, and I allowed only one chance at a correction. Keith, do you put the names back into the drawing pile? I did w/the first class and a girl got called three times. Then second class, I took them out, but then someone said "I don't have to worry, cuz I won't get called..." Next hour, not sure which way to go. Suggestions? LOVING it!holdanitahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02146467942058531569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8838882378909693892.post-12738859794082111352014-08-24T20:46:35.425-04:002014-08-24T20:46:35.425-04:00I found that if I let other students correct the e...I found that if I let other students correct the entire statement, the super students could usually say it perfectly, losing the sense of responsibility. I changed it so that others could make only ONE correction. Seemed to work OK.Anna Peregrinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14387872319061693901noreply@blogger.com