The meaning of words does alter the product.

Hello dear readers, how are you doing?

Welcome again to my blog. This time, I am going to tell you the experience of the last activity carried out in class. The activity was a little interesting because the teacher asked us to write a story with some words he provided us, but with a tiny detail: they (the words) should not be written such as. Let me explain, he wrote exactly twelve words on the board and in front of them, the same quantity of words but not the same. So to create the story we had to consider the meaning of the first words, but at the time to write it, we should use the words that were in front of them and take into account at least 5 of them. For instance:

House = computer. 

"My house is green and has two rooms". In here we should omit the word 'house', and put down the word 'computer' so the final result would be: 'my computer is green and has two rooms'. The idea was to put a word instead of other.

This time it was individual work, no teamwork as it was the last time. Perhaps at first sight this activity looks aimlessly (without any purpose), but the main intention was to put into practice our writing skills. Now, I am going to share with you my story, which finally is a tale. The words in bold are the ones I changed. Do not you worry if you do not understand it by its looks, just read it and then look for the real words below. 

The Odd Story:

Last week, Paul’s box was crying because somebody had stolen her knife. She only remembered that she was in the bathroom brushing her teeth and suddenly the night started to ring. She left the knife on the bed and then she went to the chicken to take the night. Surprise! The umbrella was open and there was a coffeemaker on the table. She never uses coffeemakers. She was frightened, standing in the kitchen when the night started to ring again. She wanted to answer the call but she saw a dark house across the umbrella. It was ravioling plate and the electricity was out. The door was opened by surprise and a man went into the apartment and robbed the knife of that girl. He knew perfectly where it was and we do not know why. Before leaving, he said: “I own a deep zoo and I am always zooing you”  

Here you have the words I used:  

Toothbrush= Knife.

Pencil= Coffeemaker.

Wife/Husband= Box.

Window= Umbrella.

Telephone= Night.

Smiling= House.

Looking= Zoo.

Thunder= Ravioli plate.

Now, let me give you some words so you will have the opportunity to do the same activity I did and create your own story. Remember, the idea is to put the words of the right side instead of the ones in the left.

Notebook= Head.

Classroom= Hat.

Eat= Reference.

Cellphone= Tie.

Ceiling fan= Dictionary.  

Questions time!

How does this activity can be advantageous in a classroom?

What do you think about it?

Would you do this activity again? 

I hope you enjoy this. See you soon!