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

[miyu]

That is almost exactly what I'm going to be doing.  I played something
similar with cards I made in Spanish for a game called Once Upon a Time.  It
only worked semi-well because it was on a slightly higher level than my kids
could do in Spanish 1 or 2.

Nanofictionary looks to be a simpler game than Once Upon a Time and could
also be implemented as a writing project.

                         -Ryan

On 2/13/07, Christopher Hickman <tophu at mac.com> wrote:
>
> 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
>
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