What is a Performance?

24/10/2008 (Friday)

a) Let’s tailor them!
* While the kids were playing, I called them individually and tailored their Rocket hats and also butterflies.
* We measured the size of head and pasted them properly. As for Shi Jie, we tied the rubber bands to the Giant Butterfly.

b) What is a performance?
* The kids gathered to watch the performances by other kids back 2 years.
* The kids observed and giggled to see some of their friends.
T: How did they perform?
Class: Good! They were well-behaved.
T : Did they wear their hand-made props?
Class : Yes, they did.
T : Can you be like them?
Class : Yes!!

c) Computer slides
* We watched slides containing the lessons we learnt earlier.
The kids were great as they could recall what they did. It started with flying their plastic bags as aeroplanes wings…….helicopters propellers……….storyboks………..the Rocket Airport to BEN 10 Airport and also our hot air balloon,….the caterpillars to butterflies and also the dead dragonfly.
* The purpose of this activity is to assessed their understanding and to recap their lessons learnt.

d) BEN 10 as a reward.
Ze Yan brought a BEN 10 CD and it is the same as mine. This would be a reward to the kids if they perform well in the class and also at the performances preparation.
They only watched for 5 minutes and were very excited to see how little Ben transformed to hekp the polcemen.

e) Performance Practice
The kids put on their props and stood at their positions.
We did the drama first. Eugen the BEN 10 and Ze Yan the tortoise were very alert of their positions. They are still relying on me for the dialogue. The rocket was attentive too. Overall, they did alright.
Next, we did the Musical Performance on “Let’s Fly” song.
It was difficult initially as everyone wanted to fly. Then, they became attentive wit the leaders’ help and got better.