Tuesday, December 19, 2017

Challenges We Overcome

My first and second grade learners wrote about challenges in their lives that they or their families are working to overcome. We tried to start sentences different ways.


Learner 1:
Olaf barks at night. He is noisy and he is also mischievous. One time Olaf jumped on me. One time Olaf when he was little he pulled my hair with his teeth. I folded my arms and my eyebrows went down. I scrunched my eyes. I wish that Olaf would stop barking at night. Do you mind dogs that bark?

Learner 2:
My little sister is mischievous. My little sister takes my toys without permission. Next she pulls my hair. Then one day my sister took my lego car and I told my mom, “Ponla mirando la pared.” Put her looking at the wall. I felt frustrated and I folded my arms. I crunched my eyebrows down. Last I hope my sister stops taking my toys. That will be phenomenal.

Learner 3:
My dog Oreo is hyper. He gets on me when I try doing my homework. One time Oreo jumped on my lap. I put him on the ground. He just came back. When Oreo gets on me I feel annoyed. I clench my fist. I hope he doesn’t get on me. It will be phenomenal.

Learner 4:
Sometimes taking care of baby girls and boys is hard work. My baby goes in my room because she wants to take my toys. She does it a lot. Also when I ask her to not take my toys she started to know to not take my toys. By the next morning she was watching TV but my baby was watching fun movies. But when I went down my baby sister changed the movie channel. I was very excited. I was jumping up and down. Also I was smiling a lot because I was very excited. All in all taking care of babies is fun and hard work. What are you going to do when you are a babysitter?

Learner 5:
    My uncle doesn’t speak English. My grandma helped my uncle speak English. He was embarrassed. We wish he knows better.

Learner 6:
    I don’t know how to talk in Spanish. I tried to say Merry Christmas in Spanish. I felt sad. Someday I wish I can say it the right way.

Learner 7:
    Every time when I speak to him he doesn’t understand me. One day I was speaking and I had to say it two times. I felt annoyed. I wish I can say it one time.

Learner 8:
    My family doesn’t speak English! One time in the car I was helping my mom. Another day on her phone someone was talking in English. She felt confused. I wish she could talk in English.