I misspoke the other day. When I wanted to say "Gut Busting" joke, I said "Butt Gusting"; it was pretty hilarious. In addition, this connected with the commonly used saying "whole nother." There was quite a bit of laughter as we discussed the definition of a whole nother novel: another novel, an other novel, or a whole another novel. It took a while for students to see that another novel is all that needs to be said. Anyway, it was a butt guster none-the-less. I do believe that laughter was the key for learning. I think students will readily remember the problem with "whole nother" because we all were laughing. This blog is dedicated to Matthew P.-he is definitely a whole nother funny guy!
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