Activities for high school class

[Andrea Gregovich]

I took high school Russian and remember a good first year activity -- the
teacher set up a "trolley" (it was probably taped out on the floor) and it
was small, so we all had to crowd into the space.  We had learned a few
useful phrases about buying tickets and we each had to get off at a
different stop.  The "driver" (a student teacher) was announcing stops.
Then, when our stop was coming up, we had to say "Вы сейчас выходите?" and
make our way up to the front toward the exit.  That concept was a little
hard to grasp, and the teacher had to demonstrate the process of forcing
your way up to the front with the phrase.  I thought it seemed crazy at the
time (why would I care if they were getting off when I was getting off?)
but was impressed, years later, when I finally spent time in Ukraine, that
the procedure was exactly as I had learned.  In fact, we were so baffled by
the whole thing that the teacher may have thought the exercise was a flop,
but it did leave a deep impression on me.  It was also a good introduction
to the difference in word order and thought logic in the Russian language.
-- Andrea Gregovich

On Wed, Nov 28, 2012 at 6:40 PM, Mary Harrah <mharrah at susd.org> wrote:

> I teach Russian at the high school level.  Our program is brand new, so I
> currently have only Russian I classes.  I am looking for fun learning
> activities for the classroom, to provide variety from day to day, as well
> as enhance student learning.  Any ideas or suggestions would be much
> appreciated.
>
> Thank you,
>
> Mary Harrah
>
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