The original plan for Friday’s class was to go to the Ministry of Youth for a computer course, but without notice our plans changed. Shortly before our activities were scheduled to begin, we were informed that the facilitator for the activity could not make it. We quickly formulated a new plan, which involved watching the movie “Over the Hedge” and answering questions as a method of increasing English comprehension. The volunteers hurriedly set up the television and DVD player and prepared some questions on the dry erase board. I am always impressed with the volunteers and their ability to adapt to changes.
The children watching the movie and answering the questions.
After watching about an hour of the movie, we went over the children’s responses as a group. Many of the questions were open ended, so it was very interesting to hear what the children came up with for answers. For instance, when asked the question “what did you learn from the movie,” one of the children proudly raised her hand and told the group that it is wrong to steal. Overall, it seems that the children took away excellent messages from the movie, and they also thoroughly enjoy the characters. The third question on the whiteboard was “what animals are in the movie,” and instead of having them write out their responses, we asked the children to draw pictures of their favorite characters in their journals. Some of the most popular characters were the turtle, the dog, and the skunk which pretends to be a cat.
Drawing the turtle.
Below is a series of pictures of one little boy named Titus Angula. When I mentioned to him that I wanted to portray his journal and drawings on the Internet blog he was very excited. I hope you enjoy!
Titus Angula is in the 3rd grade.
This is the front cover of Titus's journal.
His drawings of his favorite charicters in the movie.
Until Next Time, Uhara Nawa
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