[Edu] Foreign Language Nanofictionary (Was: February's Looney Academy is live)

[Christopher Hickman]

On Feb 13, 2007, at 6:09 AM, miyu wrote:
> Personally I would love to see a small version of Nanofictionary in  
> Spanish.  One of my projects over the summer is to create my own  
> version on index cards or something with vocabulary from the text  
> to utilize next year.

Indeed this is the game that just SCREAMS to be made in other  
languages.  There are also nano blanks available (with a big discount  
for teachers) that will let you make your own, (probably as a school  
project, too). :) Each pack contains 10 semi-blank cards for you to  
be creative with: 4 Characters, 2 Settings, 2 Problems, and 2  
Resolutions.  That should be enough for two kids, as I would have  
each kid do two characters and one of each other type. So if you have  
around 16 kids, you'll have eighty cards (plus actions) and that's  
not a bad start.

Alternatively, you could play with normal Nanofictionary and just ask  
your kids to describe each card in Spanish as they play it, and then  
tell their story in Spanish.  Of course, this option is more  
advanced, since they have to come up with translations on the fly  
instead of having the "seeds" of their story sitting there in front  
of them in the target language.  The build your own game option would  
give "seeds" they planted themselves. :)

I wish I'd thought of bringing Nanofictionary to my German class.   
Ich denke, dass meine Lehrerin das genießen würde. :)

Topher