3.07.2006 teaching: I'm not laughing at them, I'm laughing *with* them, except they don't know they're funny.

My evening class has an optional computer class that is only supposed to be used if the students are on schedule. They've been working really hard lately and are on schedule so I decided I'd create a few fun computer lessons that were educational but enjoyable as well.

The first was an internet scavenger hunt which they blew through quite quickly. The second excercise involved creating a movie with dflim. Dfilm allows you to easily create little flash movies. You pick the setting, the music, the characters and then write the dialogue.

In Grammar we've been studying modals (should, could, must, musn't, ought to, etc). The modals we're working on presently are for suggestions, and advice. "You should brush your teeth". So I asked the kids to create a dialouge where one character presented a problem and the second gave advice. Then I asked them to e-mail them to me when they finished.

After coming home from a long day (I had to do parent teacher today!!!) these made me laugh my butt off. Is that wrong? :)

They're just too good not to share. Shhhh don't tell them.

FYI, "LP" is slang boys here use for penis.

Movie One: Your title
Movie Two: BB Gun Shuter
Movie Three: Help (this one had Meg and I in tears, must be played with the sound on)
Movie Four: Cold (note the plagerism from Movie One)
Movie Five: The Escape
Movie Six: marry
Movie Seven: Rain
Movie Eight: Not your business

Labels: Chingrish or Engrish, ESL teaching

posted by cat @ 3/07/2006 10:30:00 PM 4 comments  | 

4 comments:

At 3/09/2006 10:07:00 AM,  Stephanie Daigle said...

Ok that was pretty good, How old are these kids again? Hi hi

 

At 3/10/2006 02:45:00 PM,  Anonymous said...

ohmygod!
I ALMOST PEED MY PANTS!
WHAT IS A COLOR WOLF? WHAT ARE YOU TEACHING THESE KIDS? WHY ARE THEY WEARING NEGLIGEES WHY? WHY? WHY?

 

At 3/10/2006 02:45:00 PM,  Denis Daigle said...

oops I am anonymous

 

At 3/10/2006 02:49:00 PM,  cat said...

They're about 12 - 13... and Denis I take no responsibility!!!! I've learned 3 things about this class. If they do a "creative" writing assignment I'm guaranteed one of three things (if not all).

1) A story about me and their former teacher (Teacher Andrew) getting married.

2) A story about someone stepping in poo poo

3) An apperance by an LP

I have *no* idea what the color wolf thing is about. Movie Three still kills me. Something about the mood Meg and I were in we both nearly fell off the couch. Especially coming from the little angel that wrote it.

I've always found Math help particularly seductive.

 

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