[mesmark]

Thanks for the ideas.

I've been working on clarification with wh- words:

Mark: I went to blahblahblah yesterday and ate a hamburger.
S1: I'm sorry. You went where?
Mark: I went to McDonalds.

Mark: There I met garblygook and we talked about going to see a movie.
S2: I'm sorry. You met who?
Mark: I met my friend from work.

I'm thinking about trying to build off of that.

Mark: I want to go flingly-flangin with my children on Saturday but it's supposed to rain.
S1: You want to do what?
Mark: I want to go flingy-flangin. You know you have the big thing on the string and you run. The it goes up into the air.
S1: You mean flying a kite.
Mark: Yes, that's what I want to do. Fly a kite.

Anyway, that for introduction.

Then on some cards write:
what I have to do
what I need to do
what I want to do
where I want to go
where I usually hang out
...

The students draw a card and then give some examples and try to get the other students to say what's on their card.

I'm still deliberating. The class is on Tues. :|

The big problem is it doesn't seem interesting. Also, beyond our little scripted fun I can't see them using it that much.

I'll definitely try to work with some of the other ideas.