A Few Crooked Words
Tag Archives: Translation
Translation with Nine Year Olds
I’ve been doing poems using words in Spanish or French with my students for several years, and have been trying to figure out a way to do our own translations. They love working with words in other languages, but it’s … Continue reading
Posted in Exercises, Language, Literature, Poetry, Uncategorized
Tagged Education, Frog Hollow School, Homeschooling, Seattle, teaching poetry, Teaching writing, Translation
Horizontal Weasel Cookies
Here is a great exercise for breaking through our own boringness, getting exposure to the texture and beauty of foreign languages, and just practicing getting words down on paper quickly. I’ve found even some of my most reluctant writers to … Continue reading
Posted in Games, Language, Poetry, Uncategorized
Tagged Education, Frog Hollow School, Homeschooling, Language, Seattle, Teaching, teaching poetry, Teaching writing, Translation, Writing
