My students enjoy stories. And I love to tell them. One of the stories that I use in my writing class has several purposes. It allows my students to get to know me a bit better. In a light hearted way, it addresses a common issue faced by people who live crossculturally. It offers a chance to be freely curious, take a chance, and guess at an answer. And (now to the serious part) it is an opportunity for second language learners who are studying how to write paragraphs of contrast (not an easy task) a chance to practice at the sentence level.
I have taken a story that I have told for a while now and spruced it up with a little technology. I use this story, along with a few others as a meaningful way for my students to practice writing sentences before writing a pragraph. Here it is:
It would be wonderful if we could share some of the stories that we all use in our classrooms. If you have one, please tell it to us here as a comment.
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