I've had two teachers thus far for my Spanish studies here in Guatemala -- Cintia and Mary. Cintia did not assign homework; Mary did. I would like to share my favorite homework assignment with you.
At the end of one of my Spanish sessions, Mary wrote the following on the whiteboard:
My homework was to develop a story from this lead. And so that is just what I did. Later that afternoon, I sat down at my desk and flipped my brain switch to Spanish-mode. My pen began to dance across the lines on the page, spilling out ink...
that formed into words...
At the end of one of my Spanish sessions, Mary wrote the following on the whiteboard:
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| "S/he spent an hour looking for the red sock." |
My homework was to develop a story from this lead. And so that is just what I did. Later that afternoon, I sat down at my desk and flipped my brain switch to Spanish-mode. My pen began to dance across the lines on the page, spilling out ink...
that formed into words...