[It's time for another guest post on my blog. This time my 8-year-old daughter is the guest. She told me a funny story on the way home from school last week, and I asked her to type it out so that I could share it with all of you. I thought you might enjoy it, and even learn something important about writing. If you're a teacher, maybe you'll even try this lesson! I haven't changed a word.]
Hamburger Paragraphs and the Grade 3 Teacher
My silly teacher bought two hamburgers at Burger King on Wednesday to teach us how to write a paragraph. She sure knows how to be funny about it though. I could never be that funny about a hamburger. She got the hamburger, and THE WHOPPER.
My teacher brought out a huge cardboard hamburger that was laminated. It had a top bun with TOPIC SENTENCE printed across it.The next thing was the lettuce. It said Reason-Connection on it. The next was the cheese with Reason-Connection on it. Then there was the meat. The meat said Reason-Connection on it. The last was the bottom bun with WRAP UP SENTENCE printed across it. How do teachers get so smart?
My teacher asked which hamburger she would enjoy more, the hamburger, or the WHOPPER. Everyone guessed the WHOPPER because it was bigger,and a whopper wouldn’t be called a WHOPPER if it was not a good hamburger.
My teacher opened the normal hamburger first. It was boring. A top bun, meat, a bottom bun. That’s it. Then she told us: ’’I’m not eating this hamburger. I might feed it to Nicole, my dog.’’ As she wrapped it up, she told us the plain hamburger was like a boring paragraph. Then she unwrapped the WHOPPER. It had a top bun, tomatoes, lettuce, meat, mayonnaise and a bottom bun.
She made a big show of eating the hamburger in front of the whole class. Crumbs spilled on the floor. She even spilled mayonnaise on her face.’’Mmmm!’’ she kept saying. Then she told us the WHOPPER was a good paragraph. Someone yelled out that the hamburger was making them hungry. She said, that was the point, which made us laugh. That funny teacher of mine!
Written by JP for MyEC
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@Zahra I showed her yesterday that her post had 200 views! She was pretty excited. Maybe I will have to email this post to her teacher so that she can see how many people have benefited from her hamburger demo. :)
@Expector Yes, she has enjoyed reading the comments! Thank you!
She's such a lovely writer. Please ask her to share all her Whopper paragraphs with us, from now on.
I love her wrap up paragraph so much; what a detailed explanation! What a cruel teacher; she ate all in front of the class without giving pupils a bite of that yummy hamburger.
Besides, she has a lovely voice. She's not shy at all; she explains so well and fully. We should all clap hands for her.
Thanks dear Tara for sharing her writing with us. Please say thanks to your lovely JP.
Have all the best.
:)
@Tara
You really made my day! I really appreciate it! I'm looking forward to your daughter's next blog post. I wonder if she can read the comment I just left her. If not, please send my thanks and best regards. Hope she is happy and doing very well in school.
Great! Nice voice! Thanks for the explanation, my little teacher!
I wish I could really know the reason connected.
@Expector Here is my daughter's explanation about the "reason connection".
It looks like your daughter inherited your excellent writing skills, Tara! I'm sure you're a proud mama! Thanks for sharing! ☺
wow! Dear Tara, thank you so much. It was awesome!
@Expector Well, I think I could answer that, but it might be more fun to hear it in my daughter's words, so I'll ask her after school. :)
@Keen Learner: Check out Grammaropolis. This is exactly how they teach kids. I love the videos.
That would be a right decision - to learn medicine. Canada can be called a paradise for doctors.
It is not considered a good idea to be a doctor in China, though.
So you see even an 8-year-old girl can be our teacher of English. I really learned something from her writing.
By the way, could you tell me what "Reason-Connection" means on it?
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