Almost every day, my students get a vocabulary word. Then, every ten days or so, they have a quiz. There are three parts to this quiz:
- Matching
- Fill in the blank, and
- Using in a sentence.
I’m correcting just such a test right now and thought I’d share a few of the more interesting sentences I’m getting. The vocabulary word is in bold. I should have been collecting these all along.
- Now is the time of scrutinize.
- One day he will congenial.
- Don’t just citadel there, do something.
- Will you consensus soon?
- My old game had a doldrum because the other one is not as fun.
- I am a citadel because I am afraid someone will attack me.
- It is very hard to citadel in a very boring class.
- When I was playing with obtuse, I accidentally caught a goose.
- You have to aspire some clothing to get new ones.
- The woman had a citadel on the little boy.
- The man consensus his show cows every day.
- I can not play the doldrums.
- I aspire to pass 8th grade now, more than ever. (This from a student who failed the entire 1st semester. Note: She aced the test.)
- I think I have a congenial.
- I would like to have a scrutinize with you.
- Let’s cool our feet down over by that martyr over there.
Interesting side note:
I’m often amazed that a student who has no idea how to use the word in a sentence can pass (without cheating) the rest of the quiz (matching and fill in the blank) with flying colors. Then there are those that can use it in a sentence but bomb matching and fill in the blank.
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2 responses so far ↓
1 Mrs. Chili // Feb 4, 2008 at 3:26 pm
Oh, I can TOTALLY play the doldrums…….
2 Mark // Feb 4, 2008 at 4:40 pm
Well, the good news is they did there work without their parents help … the bad news is they did their work without their parents help.
Both funny and scary. Thanks for sharing.
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