Tuesday, January 3, 2012

Life According to Grades 5/6

Life According to 5/6 Grade Students:

Humour abounds when discussing the “olden days” with kids.  Today’s discussion was an introduction to electricity and the role it plays in life.  The corresponding assignment required students to think of five electrical appliances, describe their purposes, and then tell what people did before they had electricity.  The students took this very seriously...and fortunately I decided to not even glance carefully at the answers until the kids were gone!  

Highlights:
(wonky formatting!  The responses are in the following pattern:

Appliance
Purpose
What People Did Before Electricity )



Razor                                     
Get rid of facial hair                          
They didn’t

Toaster                                  
Make toast                                          
Did not make toast

Kettle                                     
Boil water                                             
Didn’t boil water

Microwave                          
Warm stuff up                                   
Didn’t warm stuff up

Microwave                          
So you can eat                                    
No way to warm up food

Coffee Maker                     
Makes coffee                                     
Didn’t make coffee

Internet                                
Shows funny stuff                            
They would hunt

Video Games                      
Play stuff                                              
They built houses

Stereo                                   
Fun                                                         
Work

And....my personal favourite...
TV                                           
Shows the world                              
They probably threw stones

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