We closed out our Fall semester in great fashion. I had made brownies, and other students brought in treats. Our class yesterday was an effort to have a party while finishing up our writing class for the semester.
Our Quick Write was a group effort. Dividing the class into 3 groups, they were each given a list of Christmas Jokes without their punchlines. They were to either guess what the real answer was or come up with a better one. Most of the answers were puns or mutations of Christmas related words. Do you know the answer to these?
1. What did Adam say on the day before Christmas?
2. Who is never hungry at Christmas?
3. How do you know when there is a snowman in your bed?
Some of the jokes were clever, and some were real "groaners."
Following our activity with the Christmas jokes, students handed in their final drafts of their Extended Definition or Classification Essays. They also handed in any out-standing/ missing assignments. After I finish grading these papers, I'll send out grades along with my thoughts about points and grades.
The students were assigned to bring in Christmas poems and took turns sharing their poetry aloud. I'll put some of these on the blog site. We had a couple of original poems, a limerick, and an haiku.
To close out the class, we had some Christmas-themed improvisation. Each student drew a card with a Christmas word on it. (e.g. Christmas tree, Mary, Baby Jesus, Scrooge, etc.) Each had to portray that word as a "character" and interact with another character. For example, one student was "Christmas Lights" and another was "Snowman," and they had a short conversation so that we could guess their identities. They were all good sports.
I've enjoyed this semester with this group of students. They are a fun crew and are growing as writers. I'm looking forward to our Spring semester.
Have a blessed holiday season!
Mrs. Prichard
PS. The punch lines to the jokes above:
1. "It's Christmas, Eve."
2. The turkey -- it's stuffed.
3. It's all wet.
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