Anne Matava - I Can Run Faster Than You

Today we begin the Pleiades guest blogging group. The line-up:

Sunday – Matava
Monday – Laurie Clarcq
Tuesday – Jim Tripp
Wednesday – Thomas Young
Thursday – Michele Whaley
Friday – Bryce Hedstrom
Saturday – Jody Noble

Grant Boulanger and others and I will rogue blogue, so on any given day you may find other blogs in addition to those listed above. This helps me with time issues, for which I am thankful. Also, when somebody like Jennifer posts something like her recent comment that has sparked so much discussion, we want it to be in blog form so it doesn’t get scrolled into the tangle of past comments, but can be categorized and then searched for and maybe even found.

So, drum roll please, the first in this new series, from the Girl In Maine:

Here is a story script tailor-made for your student athletes. In the third location, be sure to encourage great creativity–one student can sing better than the other, or squeal more loudly, or kick more prettily. In one class we had a boy who claimed to be better at picking up girls.

For extra added fun, you can have the class be the judges in the third paragraph. I had each of the actors do the action, one at a time, after which the members of the class held up papers with scores on them, scale of 1 to 10, like an ice skating competition. I looked over the scores carefully, but of course I knew going in to it that Fred would come out on top.

I Can Run Faster Than You

possible key phrases:

can run faster than

can jump higher than

while running (jumping)

falls down

lands on

that hurts!

Bill and Fred are training for ultimate frisbee. Bill says to Fred, “I can run faster than you!” Fred says, “No, I can run faster than you!” They run. Bill runs 5 kilometers in 3.4 seconds. Fred runs 5 kilometers in 3.5 days. While running, Fred falls down and lands on his elbow. “That hurts!” he says.

Bill says to Fred, “I can jump higher than you!” Fred says, “No, I can jump higher than you!” They jump. Bill jumps 12 meters high. Fred jumps 1 millimeter. While jumping, Fred falls down and lands on his eyebrow. “That hurts!” he says.

Bill says to Fred, “I can do the hokey pokey better than you.” Fred says, “No, I can do the hokey pokey better than you.” They do the hokey pokey. Fred can do it much better than Bill. Bill can run faster and jump higher, but Fred can do the hokey pokey much better.