supercalifragilistic
Thoughts come and thoughts go... Many a times I arrive at a nice thought and I say to myself, "I shall write about this tonight," but then the thought disappears, thins out as the day passes, sliding down the drain along with the bubbly water I used to wash dishes...
The quote goes something like this: "Having nothing to do is boring. The fun is in having lots to do and not doing any of it!"
I wish I could credit the person who said that but I can't remember at this moment. Isn't it a great quote? I will share it with my class. Corrupt little minds. How can you say this to us? You are a teacher!
In class today, Priscilla said, "My mom named me Priscilla because she likes Priscilla Chan. She named my brother Bryan because she likes Bryan Adams."
Then I asked them to think of monosyllabic adjectives.
In the process I taught them the meaning of "monosyllabic" and they also learned words like "monopoly" and "monotonous" and "monochrome" and I thought about adding the word "monogamy" but I didn't include it because I didn't know how to present it and under what context. Then I asked them to think of adjectives with three syllables. They kept saying words that end with "-ful" like "wonderful" and "beautiful" and "powerful" and then I asked for adjectives with four syllables, then five syllables, then ten syllables... and by this time they were in another world. I told them I thought of a 14-syllable adjective.
supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.
It's nothing new. They know the word. All kids know this. They just find it funny how I can say it like a regular world and how I'm able to use it in sentences.
The quote goes something like this: "Having nothing to do is boring. The fun is in having lots to do and not doing any of it!"
I wish I could credit the person who said that but I can't remember at this moment. Isn't it a great quote? I will share it with my class. Corrupt little minds. How can you say this to us? You are a teacher!
In class today, Priscilla said, "My mom named me Priscilla because she likes Priscilla Chan. She named my brother Bryan because she likes Bryan Adams."
Then I asked them to think of monosyllabic adjectives.
In the process I taught them the meaning of "monosyllabic" and they also learned words like "monopoly" and "monotonous" and "monochrome" and I thought about adding the word "monogamy" but I didn't include it because I didn't know how to present it and under what context. Then I asked them to think of adjectives with three syllables. They kept saying words that end with "-ful" like "wonderful" and "beautiful" and "powerful" and then I asked for adjectives with four syllables, then five syllables, then ten syllables... and by this time they were in another world. I told them I thought of a 14-syllable adjective.
supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.
It's nothing new. They know the word. All kids know this. They just find it funny how I can say it like a regular world and how I'm able to use it in sentences.
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