vickyvar

4 Sep 2009     

ants

That �s wonderful and you should both feel very proud indeed!! I hope one day to motivate my teens....I �m trying to get them to work a bit more at their creative writing....speaking....and have told them that if I see an improvement we might go for a few days to London next spring. Maybe with that carrot and your video....I might get some of their creative juices flowing!! Thanks for your pm �s as I had missed that link!! How is the chant going? Have you tried it yet? I have beginners this year but as soon as they know some of the adjectives...they �re going to be having fun with my chant!! Hugs, Fiona.

4 Sep 2009     

Ivona

Hiya, i just saw your post in my thread. I haven �t used the chant yet, because i don �t have the little ones .. yet! My niece and another girl are going to come to me for private classes and as soon as we use them, i will video it and send it to you. I don �t think it would be wise to show the video (imaginative writing - a romantic french kiss) to your students before they do it themselves because it might lead them to copy a bit from the video. I mean, they will have been given the setting already by watching the video. Just see what kind of a scene they would have in their own heads. I �m thinking of making a ws (when i have time) with all the details and tips so that you know exactly what to do and how to do it. I �ve had different interpretations of the tune - i had a fight scene, then a school scene, the romantic one you witnessed, etc. so you �d better let your students � imagination intact / innocent for the beginning, or you can easily corrupt it with the video scene. I once made that mistake and got a similar story, which was totally the opposite of what i wanted to achieve in the first place.

4 Sep 2009     

cecio_13

the video is awesome!!! I love your idea!!! you are sooo creative! I wish I had your imagination. Hugs,  Cecilia

4 Sep 2009     

Isabelucha

Absolutely magniiiificent!!!!!!!!!! Wooooow!!! I loved it!!! As Douglas said: "So much passion!" Great job really! By the tone of her voice we can feel soooo much dedication. She must have felt great after finishing this project!!! Great, great job! You �ve given ideas... Thanks for sending the thread!

4 Sep 2009     

Ivona

@ cecio "I wish I had your imagination." I just think you never gave it a chance. Just try it and it will give you a pleasant surprise.

4 Sep 2009     

meuge

Thank you Ivona for sharing this piece of work with us!! You are right ... we should always give our imagination a chance to fly... and to create... we never know what it may come up with... And I agree with you that we can so easily corrupt or affect our students � own creativity , showing them where we want them to go or reach... we are leading them through an only path... and what we need to do is just let them know they can do it by themselves... and trust... And Douglas... I loved your words when talking about Mrs Hirons, your teacher!!! M. Eugenia

4 Sep 2009     

sea camel

This is a piece of art! This really is teaching: to go beyond vocabulary and grammar and use the language at its fullest. It �s pure skills with a soul. To have a student doing this is magic! And it can only be done because of the teacher �s passion for English, creative English. Thanks again for sharing your creativity and ideology. It �s so stimulating!   Kristien

4 Sep 2009