Today, we told this story in my French 1 class:
There was a girl. Her name was Steve. Steve wanted to go to Batman's party. (we side-tracked a little and talked about "A mon avis, Spiderman est le meilleur hero..." and when I asked who was the best heroine, a superstar said "Joan of Arc" and had me laughing...AND I got to give a quick history lesson). She wanted to go to Batman's party, so she went to Russia. She danced the harlem shake to Russia (youtube harlem shake to get an idea of what this is. Basically, one person dances mildly for the first 10-15 seconds of the music and then at a certain point, everyone goes crazy! We played a clip of the 30 second song every time we repeated this sentence to add variety and interest). In Russia, she looked for Batman's party, but she didn't find it. She found Scotty's party (a kid in class). Everyone in French class was invited to Scotty's party, but Steve wasn't invited. So she went to Kazakstan. In Kazakstan, she looked for Batman's party, but she didn't find it. Robin was in Kazakstan and he looked at Steve romantically. Steve looked at Robin romantically. Robin was invited to Batman's party, so he took her to the party with him.
Bess, although I can't say I really miss teaching French (sad, I know) I sure do wish I was IN your class. I love reading about the stories you tell in there--I can just imagine your class reenacting this story with the Harlem Shake and all. :) Anyway, miss you guys!!
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