Teaching Memories

Does anyone here remember the ditto machines (properly called "spirit duplicators") that teachers used back in the 70s to run off worksheets and tests? 

As I was cleaning out my attic I came upon a notebook filled with "spirit masters" that I used in my early years of teaching Spanish at the junior high level.  After years of sitting in a hot attic, the masters have bled together, but I couldn't resist tearing a few out of the notebook, taking photos of them, and sharing them with you.  I admit immodestly that I was rather impressed with the amount of time that I took drawing these pictures.

Now, after a lot more experience and traveling, I see some mistakes or words that I might have taught differently.  For example, galoshes (wow! that's an old-fashioned word I don't think anyone uses anymore) are "chanclos", not "chanclas".  A "chancla", at least in Mexico, is a flip-flop or slipper.  Also, in Mexico the word for glasses is "lentes" instead of "gafas".  ("Gafas" are more commonly used in Spain.) In Mexico a jacket is more commonly called a "chamarra" rather than a "chaqueta".

I could have added a few more words here, such as "codo" (elbow) and "rodilla" (knee).

These pictures really gave me a chuckle.  I certainly wasn't lacking in imagination

Look at some of these characters!

I think the cook was a disciple of Julia Child... "and let's add a little more wine."

There is a lot of detail in this picture!

I still had the worksheet that went along with this picture.  There were a whole bunch of questions such as "Who is dancing?", "Who is singing?" and "Who is the movie star?"

Get a load of that movie star!

I also found a worksheet that I used to use when we were studying food vocabulary.  It was called "La Carta Loca"... The Crazy Menu.  The students had to find the words that did not belong on the restaurant menu.  For example...

Jugo de naranja

Pan

Dos huevos con pulgas

Té o Café

(Orange juice

Bread

Two eggs with fleas

Tea or Coffee)

***

Sopa de cejas

Hamburguesa

Papas fritas

Helado con frutas

(Eyebrow soup

Hamburger

French fries

Ice cream with fruit)

***

Arroz con pollo

Ensalada de frutas

Esponjas

Batido de lágrimas

(Chicken and rice

Fruit salad

Sponges

Milkshake of tears)

😀 Buen provecho... Bon Appetit 😀