of vocab and Transformers...

Remember in elementary school when you had weekly vocab lists for spelling? Sometimes themed, sometimes random words that used similar spelling techniques (“I” before “e” and all that).

Regardless, sometimes you had to write sentences with them, sometimes you had to make a little word search for them. And, sometimes….sometimes you had to make a story. To press these 20 or so words into a one-page story, was a challenge. And, often a bit of a stretch and didn’t quite make sense…but, cheesy as it was, I loved it -- To see how you can form a story around words you HAD to use.

And, now a grown-up…years past spelling tests and one-page stories, I can’t help but appreciate a new form of vocab word story. Of course, now the vocab words consists of brand names. Things like:

Hasbro
Chevy
Camaro
Hummer
Xbox
Nokia
…Transformers

Sure, you can work them together, and write a story. And, there’s something somewhat impressive, you may even get a good grade (or make a lot of money)…but it’s a bit of stretch. And cheesy as it is…I still kinda love it –to see how they form a story around products they HAVE to use.