Saturday, May 5, 2012

Activity 4
                                   Riddles

. First of all, I read to my students some riddles from a book called Little riddles.  It has pictures showing the situation and then the answer.  For example: When can three big women go out under one little umbrella and not get wet?  When it´s not raining.

Kids loved this activity.. Some of them were very happy because they got the right answer some others got angry because they weren´t able to guess but that made them want another chance.  After having guessed some riddles, I showed them some pictures of famous characters and asked them to choose three of their favorite characters.  I gave them five colored small sheets of paper and stapled them.  Then I asked them to create their own riddles.  I provided a guide for them to fill out.  For example:  

Her / His name starts with……………..

She /He is…………………………..(description)

She /He is……………………………(color)

She /He can………………………….

She /He likes……………………….

She /He usually…………………….

On each sheet of paper they wrote down this information and on the other side of this sheet they stuck the picture of the character they had chosen.  They created a mini- book of riddles. They came up with the following riddles: (I wrote down the answers but as I have already told you, in their books they had the pictures stuck on the other side of the riddles)

His name starts with B    Her name starts with M          
He is tall and thin            She is a mouse                          
He is a good friend          She can dance
He can fly                        She likes cooking
He likes spaceships         She has a boyfriend
Buzz Light year                     Minnie
 Rodrigo (6 years old)      Camila (7 years old)   
                                                                    
                                              
His name starts with W and P       His name starts with D
He is a bear                                    He is a genius
He is orange                                   He is short
He can play with his friends          He can make experiments
He likes honey                               He likes labs
Winnie the Pooh                                Dexter
Rocío (8 years old).                       Federico (7 years old)

As homework I asked them to create other riddles about characters, food, objects, etc.

 They can create their own riddles by using pictures and include different descriptions. (Libre Office, PPT, Paint)

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