Celebrity

Today in class I asked all the kids if they could meet a famous person who would they meet. Then I put them into groups and made each group write down each group members pick for a famous person. I then told them all of the celebrities are in a hot air balloon, but it only has enough power to hold 3 people, so they must throw one person off (weight doesn't matter) to save the rest of the celebrities. Here are some answers I got.

The list:
Tom Cruise
Bill Gates
Tracy McGrady
Mickey Mouse
We would throw off Tom Cruise because he is a bad father to his children.

I can't remember the rest of the lists but here are the answers.

Bruce Lee because he knows kung fu and he won't be hurt.

Yao Ming because he is ugly and heavy.

Some young diver, because he is not old and not as famous as the rest of the people in the balloon.

So I know this game doesn't seem like it has to do with anything. But this weeks unit in the book was to talk about celebrities. This forced the kids to talk about who is famous, and what they are famous for (supposedly, haha). Last week was how to make a milkshake (and we did! but they weren't too tasty), makes me really wonder about these textbooks...