Educating the Dragon

Well it actually worked, I can,t really believe it. And I wouldn’t if it were not for the fact I was stood right there when I said.

David was taking about the LEVEL BOSS at the end of video games and that the kids are having to beat the level boss…here’s what i did with my 7 year olds- xbox, playstation gurus all.

It was the beginning of my writing lesson this morning and they have been writing a proceedure about crossing the road. They’ve been working on it all week and they were up to the editting part where they have to underline possible spelling errors and write them in their ‘1st try/2nd’ book (dumb name i’ve always thought- but that’s what it is) Anyway…

A couple came to me and said- “Haven’t got any mistakes”- And they haven’t.

What’s gonig on here i think. So I stand up and address the class. I tell them that even I make mistakes in my writing(anyone regularly reading these posts can testify to how terrible it is at times-please don’t) and I say Writing is like a game. We’re at level one now and level two is where you are able to use some really big words like compelling or Fantastic or anticipate, the level boss needs to be defeated and the way you get to the end of the level is to attempt to use, in your writing some descriptive words, adjectives, adverbs that you are trying out and you haven’t used before. i said the level boss needs to be blasted and your only ammo are the words you are trying. it’s ok because you have the cheat book right in front of you. (waved   ’1st try/2nd try’ book in the air0 Isaid its fairly empty and the moment but i’ve got all the cheats, the right spelling in my head and i can put them in your cheat book after you’ve had a go yourself.

I am now the Games Master and they possess a cheat book. They lapped it up. now they all want to be on level 2 writing really cool stories to share with their Skyping buddies.

I am well chuffed.