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Question on a work sheet
Oct. 5th, 2016 05:54 pmA student asked me for help on a work sheet, this was interesting.
True or False -- A birthday is an example of something temporary.
The word transient came into the discussion. And he and I went to look up the meaning in Roget's.
We decided on False because we still celebrate George Washington's, Abraham Lincoln's, and Martin Luther King's birthdays. All of them are no longer among the living. So birthdays aren't temporary but they are celebrated for a short time on the anniversary of their birth each year. Then again we only celebrate with a holiday for one day, usually.... so temporary could have some basis.
The glass has water within it, is it half empty or half full or is it upside down drying in the rack? Or is the water pitcher hovering above it about to pour more water into it or held at the lip about to be drunk from? .... Transitory ?
This reminds me of a past year's lesson with the kids. It was a science lesson and they were choosing various animals to put into a computer program to create one creature that would then be described for its appearance and abilities. The word of the year learned was 'abominations'. They loved it.
That was the same year that we had to carefully explain to one young student that among the endangered animals they could chose to study, the unicorn was not real and didn't qualify.
True or False -- A birthday is an example of something temporary.
The word transient came into the discussion. And he and I went to look up the meaning in Roget's.
We decided on False because we still celebrate George Washington's, Abraham Lincoln's, and Martin Luther King's birthdays. All of them are no longer among the living. So birthdays aren't temporary but they are celebrated for a short time on the anniversary of their birth each year. Then again we only celebrate with a holiday for one day, usually.... so temporary could have some basis.
The glass has water within it, is it half empty or half full or is it upside down drying in the rack? Or is the water pitcher hovering above it about to pour more water into it or held at the lip about to be drunk from? .... Transitory ?
This reminds me of a past year's lesson with the kids. It was a science lesson and they were choosing various animals to put into a computer program to create one creature that would then be described for its appearance and abilities. The word of the year learned was 'abominations'. They loved it.
That was the same year that we had to carefully explain to one young student that among the endangered animals they could chose to study, the unicorn was not real and didn't qualify.
