Scene from a very excited and engaged 7th grade ELA classroom this week. The students clustered in groups with a timed, competitive task of writing introductory paragraphs with a hook and the right balance of background information. For round two of this activity, the topic of the importance of exercise was assigned. And besides the inherent draw of competition, and from getting better and better at framing such paragraphs, an important prize hung in the balance–Starbursts for the victorious group.
While the winner wouldn’t be announced until their next class, I thought this group writing furiously on their portable white board next to me deserved a shot at the prize. A classic.
Don’t just sit there playing video games, get up, move your body its sunny outside. Children, old people, adults, dogs, cats, hamsters, jaguars, elephants, lions, tigers need physical activities. PA will make you healthy and stop obesity. It will make you athletic. Everyday you can play basketball, soccer, volleyball, run in the park, etc, go to the gym, to the basketball court and soccer field and beach, the backyard, etc. It is important because you will get healthier [and will] help your body.
Seriously, get up people. Run with the hamsters, jaguars and old people! First Lady Michelle Obama with her Let’s Move campaign would be proud.
Love it.
Kia Hamsters Like Physical Activities, Like Driving and Waving their Paws
Move Your Body, It’s Sunny Outside
Scene from a very excited and engaged 7th grade ELA classroom this week. The students clustered in groups with a timed, competitive task of writing introductory paragraphs with a hook and the right balance of background information. For round two of this activity, the topic of the importance of exercise was assigned. And besides the inherent draw of competition, and from getting better and better at framing such paragraphs, an important prize hung in the balance–Starbursts for the victorious group.
While the winner wouldn’t be announced until their next class, I thought this group writing furiously on their portable white board next to me deserved a shot at the prize. A classic.
Don’t just sit there playing video games, get up, move your body its sunny outside. Children, old people, adults, dogs, cats, hamsters, jaguars, elephants, lions, tigers need physical activities. PA will make you healthy and stop obesity. It will make you athletic. Everyday you can play basketball, soccer, volleyball, run in the park, etc, go to the gym, to the basketball court and soccer field and beach, the backyard, etc. It is important because you will get healthier [and will] help your body.
Seriously, get up people. Run with the hamsters, jaguars and old people! First Lady Michelle Obama with her Let’s Move campaign would be proud.
Love it.
Kia Hamsters Like Physical Activities, Like Driving and Waving their Paws