full transcript

From the Ted Talk by Diana Laufenberg: How to learn? From mistakes

Unscramble the Blue Letters


From Kansas, I moved on to lovely aiznroa, where I taught in Flagstaff for a nmuebr of years, this time with middle school students. Luckily, I didn't have to teach them American government. Could teach them the more etincxig topic of gpaeghroy. Again, "thrilled" to learn. But what was interesting about this position I found myself in in Arizona, was I had this really exanidrilrotary eclectic guorp of kids to work with in a truly public sohcol, and we got to have these moments where we would get these opportunities. And one opportunity was we got to go and meet Paul Rusesabagina, which is the getmlenan that the movie "Hotel Rwanda" is based after. And he was going to speak at the high school next door to us. We could walk there. We didn't even have to pay for the buses. There was no expense cost. Perfect field trip.

Open Cloze


From Kansas, I moved on to lovely _______, where I taught in Flagstaff for a ______ of years, this time with middle school students. Luckily, I didn't have to teach them American government. Could teach them the more ________ topic of _________. Again, "thrilled" to learn. But what was interesting about this position I found myself in in Arizona, was I had this really _______________ eclectic _____ of kids to work with in a truly public ______, and we got to have these moments where we would get these opportunities. And one opportunity was we got to go and meet Paul Rusesabagina, which is the _________ that the movie "Hotel Rwanda" is based after. And he was going to speak at the high school next door to us. We could walk there. We didn't even have to pay for the buses. There was no expense cost. Perfect field trip.

Solution


  1. school
  2. exciting
  3. extraordinarily
  4. number
  5. geography
  6. arizona
  7. gentleman
  8. group

Original Text


From Kansas, I moved on to lovely Arizona, where I taught in Flagstaff for a number of years, this time with middle school students. Luckily, I didn't have to teach them American government. Could teach them the more exciting topic of geography. Again, "thrilled" to learn. But what was interesting about this position I found myself in in Arizona, was I had this really extraordinarily eclectic group of kids to work with in a truly public school, and we got to have these moments where we would get these opportunities. And one opportunity was we got to go and meet Paul Rusesabagina, which is the gentleman that the movie "Hotel Rwanda" is based after. And he was going to speak at the high school next door to us. We could walk there. We didn't even have to pay for the buses. There was no expense cost. Perfect field trip.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


ngrams of length 2

collocation frequency
american government 3
high school 2
election forum 2


Important Words


  1. american
  2. arizona
  3. based
  4. buses
  5. cost
  6. door
  7. eclectic
  8. exciting
  9. expense
  10. extraordinarily
  11. field
  12. flagstaff
  13. gentleman
  14. geography
  15. government
  16. group
  17. high
  18. interesting
  19. kansas
  20. kids
  21. learn
  22. lovely
  23. luckily
  24. meet
  25. middle
  26. moments
  27. moved
  28. movie
  29. number
  30. opportunities
  31. opportunity
  32. paul
  33. pay
  34. perfect
  35. position
  36. public
  37. rusesabagina
  38. school
  39. speak
  40. students
  41. taught
  42. teach
  43. time
  44. topic
  45. trip
  46. walk
  47. work
  48. years