Move Discussion

Wednesday (04/08/2010)

a) Song: Taking Turns.
· Persistent instruction is needed to remind the kids to line up at any activities. They have to learn to take turns, waiting patiently and tolerate their friends.
· The lyrics:
“ Oh, we take turns,
When we take the chairs,
‘Cause that’s what’s right,
For boys and girls,
‘Cause that’s what’s right,
For boys and girls,
Oh, we take turns,
When we take the chairs.”

b) The characters.
· First, I drew pictures of the characters to recall of the movie again. We also had a few posters to stimulate them. First, there was Mr. Gru; minions, the three orphans and also Vector. The kids were excited about the minions. Some had one eye, two eyes. There was also a girl and a baby. There were many of them in the movie.

c) Movie discussion.
· We sat in a “U” shape and discussed about our movie “Despicable Me” yesterday. First we answered the 4 questions given to the kids as a task while watching the movie. Jun Hong got 3 answers correctly and spoke mostly in English. I gave him an “apple” as a gift. The other kids also contributed their answers.
- What was Mr. Gru’s ambition as a kid? = astronaut
- What were the orphans’ names? = Margo, Edith and Agnes.
- How did their teacher punish them? = Box of Shame.
- Did Mr. Gru become a good man at the end? Give examples. = Yes, he became a good man. The kids gave a few examples.
Class: Mr. Gru brought the orphans to the funfair. He helped them from being bullied. Mr. Gru started telling bedtime stores to them. He even made his own story at the end.
Teacher: What changed him?
Class: The 3 girls. They loved him. They gave their piggy bank coins for his rocket project. The minions too gave their money to Mr. Gru.
Teacher: What did Mr. Gru steal? Was he successful and why?
Class: He stole the powerful gun and the moon. However, the gun was not powerful enough because at the end the moon boomed back to its original size and flew back to the space.
Teacher: What happened to Vector, the bad guy?
Class: He ended up being on the moon all by himself.
· Summary: Love can change a person. A bad guy is a person who has yet to change into a good person.

d) Drawing.
· The kids took an A4 paper and started drawing pictures of the movie “Despicable Me”.
· The boys liked drawing rockets and guns. The girls like drawing the orphans, Mr. Gru and also the minions. However, I requested the boys to add more pictures so that their drawing has a better message. They labeled the title of the movie. We shall continue with the drawing today.