New Class Puts Spin On Old Lessons

This post is a mix of two English Club meetings at Gymnasium #1 in Zhytomyr. If you view some earlier posts on this blog you will see a lesson with students at Ivan Franko University where they view a Norman Rockwell painting and then create a dialogue based on what they have deduced from the painting. It gave students the opportunity to use their imaginations while engaging in nonacademic conversation. You will also view another lesson from the Window On America group where they read Jamaica Kincaid's poem "Girl" and then write their own poem called "Worker". Compare these two earlier lessons now with the students and teachers at Gymnasium #1. The only difference is that the students were asked to create a poem called "Student" where they wrote about the things teachers said to them.  I must give these Gymnasium students and teachers much credit for their high level of participation and the fact that they are coming in over their winter break. That takes commitment!