Circling #2 🏡♥ Playgroup Follow-up

[kirchara]

For playgroup #2's show-and-tell, Brooks shared "这是我的画儿。我画了一只小兔子。" (This is my drawing. I've drawn a little bunny.)

1. Start with the sentence "弟弟画了一只小兔子."



In retrospect, I should have started with the first sentence: "这是我的画儿." Thankfully I caught this during one of the comprehension checks. I wrote two more 英文怎么说 Comprehension Check cards to remind myself to do this early and often in the circling session.

I wrote down 是, 不是 and 对, 不对 on the board because I forgot where our dry-erase paddle boards were.


2. At random, ask these questions:
- YES question: "弟弟画了一只小兔子吗?"

- NO question:
"弟弟画了一只小猫吗?"
"哥哥画了一只小兔子吗?"
"弟弟吃了一只小兔子吗?"

- OR question: "弟弟画了一只小兔子还是一只小猫?"

- 5Wh + H question:
"谁画了一只小兔子?"
"弟弟画了什么?"

- etc.

弟弟吃了一只小兔子吗？(Did younger brother EAT a little bunny?)
Of course my 11-y.o. answered 是 (Yes), which my 6-y.o. was quick to echo. Thus the drawing of the bunny satay/sate kelinci...


3. I gave them the chance to ask their own questions.
River promptly asked questions like "爸爸吃了一只小羊吗?"

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Circling Introspective:

- Circling is a hit when it's the two of them together. Before this session, I did 'circling' individually with them with the character 去, but the energy (and silliness) was not there.

- The more outlandish/non-sensical my questions are, the more eager River was to answer "是!" and "对!"

I asked: "弟弟吃了一只小羊吗？"
River: "是!"
Brooks: *pretends to eat his drawing of a sheep*

- When there are two sentences being circled, I need to start with a comprehension check on the first sentence.
I assumed they've acquired the "这是___" sentence structure from circling #1, so I skipped circling it. In actuality, they still need a lot more input of "这是___" sentences.


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