Lesson based on Browsers Book of Beginnings by C. Panati
Get into groups
Intro: Have you ever thought about how things started?
Toothpaste
Soap
Salted meats
Miso
Dofu
Naan
Kimchee
Beer?
Pass out handout on beer. It's one of the chapters of Panati's book: Browser's Book of Beginnings
Read
Go over vocab
Analyze the parts of the article, look at how it is organized, you can teach chronological time, narration, description and more
Now, you are going to do the same.
Pick an everyday item that you have in your house.
Pick something that is low-tech. Don't pick a cell phone or computer.
examples:
napkin
hair clip
socks
Follow the same format as the Beer article. And write an outline.
Pick parts for each team member and then share with the rest of the class.
Have the class vote on the most clever, original, well delivered, funny presentation.
Let us see, thats 4 prize categories.
It should be fun.
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