Friday, November 28, 2008

Language Moment

We're reading Charlotte's Web in three of my classes. They asked me to define an unfamiliar word that keeps appearing in the text: crate. I explained that it is a box with an opening, normally made out of either wood or plastic. Everyone nodded in understanding. Upon hearing the definition, however, one student's face fell. Her hand shot up in the air.

"But Miss, it can't be made out of bamboo?!?!"

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