Cute overload
Today I talked to a class of fourth and fifth grade students about poetry. I read some of my poems and some of my favorite poems by other writers.
One of the poems I read included a German word. Zenf. It means mustard.
One of the girls in the class asked me if I knew any words in Russian. I said no.
She told me that she knew all of them.
At the end of the period, as I was walking out, the school's literacy coach told me that she was adopted and she'd only been in this country for 9 months. Before that, she lived in Russia.
So, perhaps she does know the entire Russian language. So that was my cute overload experience for the day.
One of the poems I read included a German word. Zenf. It means mustard.
One of the girls in the class asked me if I knew any words in Russian. I said no.
She told me that she knew all of them.
At the end of the period, as I was walking out, the school's literacy coach told me that she was adopted and she'd only been in this country for 9 months. Before that, she lived in Russia.
So, perhaps she does know the entire Russian language. So that was my cute overload experience for the day.
posted by bl at 8:03 pm
1 Comments:
Definitely look into Kenneth Koch's books WISHES, LIES, AND DREAMS, and ROSE, WHERE DID YOU GET THAT RED? The are fabulous for getting kids to write. I've used them!
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