Do Now: Write a 6 line poem about falling in love - in Russian. You are not permitted to use any type of translation device (this includes native speakers!). If you are a native Russian speaker write the poem in Spanish or Italian).
The poems above were some of the better ones earning team points. After reading a few poems aloud, Ms. Fusaro had us discuss why these poems were so difficult to write. We agreed that it was due to our limited vocabulary or grammar in the languages.
We then proceeded to play the game Taboo. In this game somebody gets a word and has to think of five words that are associated with the given word. Then they proceed to explain the given word to a partner working their way around using the five associated words until the partner guesses the given word.
We played our own games of Taboo with tangible objects as our given word. After playing them, we realized that it wasn't too difficult and Ms. Fusaro explained that tangible objects are easier to explain than ideas. Can you guess what we did next??? Yep! We played Taboo with ideas. We each got an envelope with four ideas we had to write five associated words for. Then we switched between groups to watch them play Taboo using our given and associated words.
We ended the class by discussing the aim within groups but didn't get to discuss as a class because the bell rang. Our group talked about how the more language you have, the better you can express your thoughts because your thoughts aren't tangible and aren't easy to understand. So, it would require more vocabulary and effort for others to understand them.
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