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From the Ted Talk by Joel Baraka: The board game getting kids excited about school

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And so even though I had never taken drawing classes, I peckid up a pencil and got some caogrue to start making stkchees of what would be my first board game. I also generated a number of trivia questions and then called up my former primary school teacher in Kyangwali refugee camp. And I asekd if I could viist my primary shoocl once again. He was generous, and he said yes. When I showed up at my former primary school, the kids were excited, and most of them jumped out of their seats when I told them what I held in my hands was a board game. sgirslrpnuiy, none of them actually knew even how the game was played. But heading towards the board game, they were tilrlhed. Working with the teachers and the school asiottdimrinan, they give me about one hour to test out the game for the next couple weeks. And the game was a huge success. So much so, that the next morning my mom woke me out of bed telling me that there was a gurop of children wiraeng my school uniform, looking for me. I was still confused because it was about 6am in the morning. But I woke up out of my bed, still in my night dress actually, and then opened the door. There was about six cedlhrin, and when I looked at them, there were about two fceas that I could recognize. There was James and Patrick, two of the children I had worked with the previous day. And with the most innocent faces that I have ever seen, they were like, “Could you come and join us at school, and then we play the game before school starts?”

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And so even though I had never taken drawing classes, I ______ up a pencil and got some _______ to start making ________ of what would be my first board game. I also generated a number of trivia questions and then called up my former primary school teacher in Kyangwali refugee camp. And I _____ if I could _____ my primary ______ once again. He was generous, and he said yes. When I showed up at my former primary school, the kids were excited, and most of them jumped out of their seats when I told them what I held in my hands was a board game. ____________, none of them actually knew even how the game was played. But heading towards the board game, they were ________. Working with the teachers and the school ______________, they give me about one hour to test out the game for the next couple weeks. And the game was a huge success. So much so, that the next morning my mom woke me out of bed telling me that there was a _____ of children _______ my school uniform, looking for me. I was still confused because it was about 6am in the morning. But I woke up out of my bed, still in my night dress actually, and then opened the door. There was about six ________, and when I looked at them, there were about two _____ that I could recognize. There was James and Patrick, two of the children I had worked with the previous day. And with the most innocent faces that I have ever seen, they were like, “Could you come and join us at school, and then we play the game before school starts?”

Solution


  1. school
  2. visit
  3. administration
  4. picked
  5. surprisingly
  6. faces
  7. wearing
  8. children
  9. sketches
  10. courage
  11. asked
  12. thrilled
  13. group

Original Text


And so even though I had never taken drawing classes, I picked up a pencil and got some courage to start making sketches of what would be my first board game. I also generated a number of trivia questions and then called up my former primary school teacher in Kyangwali refugee camp. And I asked if I could visit my primary school once again. He was generous, and he said yes. When I showed up at my former primary school, the kids were excited, and most of them jumped out of their seats when I told them what I held in my hands was a board game. Surprisingly, none of them actually knew even how the game was played. But heading towards the board game, they were thrilled. Working with the teachers and the school administration, they give me about one hour to test out the game for the next couple weeks. And the game was a huge success. So much so, that the next morning my mom woke me out of bed telling me that there was a group of children wearing my school uniform, looking for me. I was still confused because it was about 6am in the morning. But I woke up out of my bed, still in my night dress actually, and then opened the door. There was about six children, and when I looked at them, there were about two faces that I could recognize. There was James and Patrick, two of the children I had worked with the previous day. And with the most innocent faces that I have ever seen, they were like, “Could you come and join us at school, and then we play the game before school starts?”

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


ngrams of length 2

collocation frequency
refugee camp 8
kyangwali refugee 5
primary school 4
board games 3
board game 3
continue building 3
civil war 2
loved playing 2
overcrowded classrooms 2
single day 2
trivia questions 2
refugee camps 2

ngrams of length 3

collocation frequency
kyangwali refugee camp 4

Important Words


  1. administration
  2. asked
  3. bed
  4. board
  5. called
  6. camp
  7. children
  8. classes
  9. confused
  10. couple
  11. courage
  12. day
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  14. drawing
  15. dress
  16. excited
  17. faces
  18. game
  19. generated
  20. generous
  21. give
  22. group
  23. hands
  24. heading
  25. held
  26. hour
  27. huge
  28. innocent
  29. james
  30. join
  31. jumped
  32. kids
  33. knew
  34. kyangwali
  35. looked
  36. making
  37. mom
  38. morning
  39. night
  40. number
  41. opened
  42. patrick
  43. pencil
  44. picked
  45. play
  46. played
  47. previous
  48. primary
  49. questions
  50. recognize
  51. refugee
  52. school
  53. seats
  54. showed
  55. sketches
  56. start
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  58. success
  59. surprisingly
  60. teacher
  61. teachers
  62. telling
  63. test
  64. thrilled
  65. told
  66. trivia
  67. uniform
  68. visit
  69. wearing
  70. weeks
  71. woke
  72. worked
  73. working