Our Mini Cinema

Tuesday (01/06/2010)
a) Movie Review
l We thanked God that it was not a rainy day and we could use the PC to watch “Brother Bear”.
l It was a cartoon film at a mountain forest in a Red Indian Community Village. They believed that every actions that we performed upon the universe would give back either good effects or negative consequences. This is very true evn in the modern world. Every person was given a brooch of animal shape when they grow up in their community. The story told how 3 sibling brothers’ adventure. The youngest careless have caused the death of the eldest brother; killed by a Brown Bear.

b) Questions.
l To ensure the kids paid attention and understood the lesson, I gave them 4 questions which they had to seek for when watching the cartoon later.
- What animals are there? Do they live together or solitary? Do they like friends? Where are they going?

c) The Mini Cinema
l We pretended being in Jaya Jusco cinema. No hand phones; thus, no noise and arguing too! The story continues…..
l Kenai, the youngest brother asked his second brother, Kai to hunt the Brown Bear that killed their brother, Sika. Kai rejected as they shouldn’t kill the nature. Kenai left the community angrily and hunted the bear all by himself. Kai who loved his brother (although they quarreled frequently) quickly cahsed Kenai. However, Kenai found the bear and killed him with his spear. It was too late for Kai to stop Kenai. At this point, something magical happened. The spirits of light appeared and Sika (in the form of eagle) wanted to teach his brother a lesson. So, he changed Kenai into a Brown Bear. Thus, he is now living in a bear’s body and looking through the animals’ eyes. Meanwhile, Kai reached there and din’t see the transformation. He only saw Kenai’s boots and brooch. He thought th ebrown bear killed his little brother. He changed from being timid to fearless as to kill the bear. He was actually hunting down the bear which was his youngest brother. At this point, Kenai was shocked and only he realized how much his brother loved him! The hunts continued. Kenai met a little cub; Koda who was separated from its mother. Koda said he knew the road to the spirits of lights at the mountain peak. Kenai had to reach the peak to change back to human form. At first, he disliked all animals. But through many challenges, he learned to love them. He was now looking at the animals world through their eyes! ......... to be continued.

d) Class discussion.
Teacher: What would happen if you were transformed into a bear?
Class: We don’t know! We don’t dare to think about it!
l They said they were surprised because the quarrelsome brothers actually loved each other. Love is great eventhough siblings and parents quarrel.
Qian Joe: Sometimes my mother scold me because she loves me. She wants me to be
better.