Activities for Lesson 3
Worm Jokes
Go to this site: http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/worms/funplace/comedyclub.html . Read the worm jokes. Can you write one of your own?
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Condiment Tasting Cut hot-dogs into fourths lengthwise so that they look like worms. Heat them for a few seconds in the microwave oven. This will cause the hot-dogs to curl slightly resembling worms. |
| Students dip the "worms" into ketchup, mustard, horseradish, Worcestershire, lemon, etc. Make a graph of condiment favorites. Use a spreadsheet to convert your graph into a nice display. |
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Journal Writing![]()
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Billy was has a difficult time eating the worm. Tom tried to
convince him it was fish. Tom told Billy this, "And then you can concentrate, think
fish. All the time you're waiting in the barn, all the time you're eating it, keep saying
to yourself: fish fish fish fish fish fish fish fish; here I am eating fish, good fish.![]()
Trout, salmon, flounder, perch,
I'll ride my minibike into church.
Dace, tuna, haddock, trout,
Wait'll you hear the minister shout.
Fish fish fish fish fish fish fish fish fish fish fish fish fish fish.
Shark, haddock, sucker, eel,
I'll race my father in his automobile.
Eel, flounder, bluegill, shark,
We'll race all day till after dark. "
What could you say to a friend to get him or her to eat a worm?