SLP diaries - Part 2

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Yesterday was the second session of my department's service learning program. After a taking a pause for a few weeks to discuss some strategy, my team and I descended on the school with renewed energy. Before talking about the session, we do need to talk about how we got there. Now, the school is a little more than a kilometer away. We discussed travel plans earlier and decided that some of us would walk and others would use public transport - depending on their preference. But, we soon realized that we didn't have the time to walk. A few of us were driving. I was among them and arrived at MCC RSL school a little before the session was due to start.

The rest of my team arrived minutes later. We split the children into teams as quickly as possible. This time was more organized than the last. We each took our group to different spots inside the campus and sat them down. Some of us worked in pairs and a couple of us worked solo. We were supposed to tell the stories first and then move on to a game - MadLibs. 

Unfortunately, we didn't have enough time to finish the activity. So... A little bit about MadLibs to understand why... it's a game where one can create a funny story. There is a storyline and there are blanks in between where one word has to be filled in. Now... you aren't supposed to read the story first. On the back of the page, there are question numbers and what kind of word should be filled in there (noun, adjective, name, etc) 

https://www.thewordfinder.com/wordlibs/ 

You can try it out here so you understand it better. It is pretty entertaining. Now, the problem was that each kid had a different word they wanted to use in their story. For example, they all had a different adjective or animal name. I had to write each of their requests out on the board for them. We didn't finish the game. I was disappointed that we had to end the session without each child having a new funny story to take home. 

I hope to complete the activity next week and show them how to play the game completely. 

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