Wednesday, November 12, 2008

DRAMA IN ENGLISH CLASS

HOLLYWOOD:

STUDENTS WROTE AN OUTLINE OF THEIR PLAY AND THEN PUT THEM ON FOR THE CLASS. THIS FIRST PHOTO IS OF A STUDENT DIEING OF SARS AND THEY ARE OPPERATING ON HIM WITH A PUTTY KNIFE AND A FLASHLIGHT.



THE PLAY ABOVE WAS ABOUT A CHRISTMAS TREE, THEY WERE DECORATING.

MANY OF THE PLAYS HAD A MORAL AND A GOOD MESSAGE...OR JUST A HUMOROUS STORY.
WELCOME TO HOLLYWOOD--CHINA.

ADVANCED ORAL ENGLISH: 10 - 12 AM, BUILDING 1, ROOM 415, SHANDONG UNIVERSITY, JINAN, CHINA.

JAY'S ADVANCED ENGLISH STUDENTS PUT ON PLAYS, WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY THE STUDENTS THEMSELVES. JAY BROUGHT BAGS OF ITEMS FROM HOME. EACH GROUP LEADER SELECTED A BAG OF ITEMS. THE ACTORS HAD TO USE EVERY ITEM IN THE BAG AND USE EVERYONE IN THEIR GROUP IN THEIR PLAY .

AS A SMALL GROUP, THEY DISCUSSED WHAT TO DO IN THEIR PLAY. THEY REALLY HAD FUN CREATING IT. THEY WROTE AN OUTLINE, LISTED ALL THE ACTORS NAMES AND TURNED IT IN. THEN THEY PERFORMED ON CENTER STAGE, ONE GROUP AFTER ANOTHER.

THEY DID A GOOD JOB ACTING, BUT EVEN BETTER, THEY WERE LEARNING ENGLISH BY HAVING FUN PRACTICING ACTING SKILLS AND SPEAKING PARTS IN THEIR PLAY THIS GROUP WAS SUPERIOR TO OTHERS AND DESERVES A HOLLYWOOD OSCAR IN RECOGNITION.

REMEMBER THE SINGER (Lee Han or something like that) ON STAR SEARCH WHO MADE IT BIG? THESE GUYS ARE JUST GREAT AND THEY MAY END UP IN THE MOVIES OR ON STAGE IF THE OFFER IS RIGHT.

HOPE YOU ENJOY THEIR THEATRICAL PERFORMANCE IN ADVANCED ORAL ENGLISH CLASS TODAY.
NOTICE: NO MATTER HOW MANY TIMES, I TRIED TO LOAD AND POST THE VIDEO CLIPS OF THESE PLAYS, THEY WOULD NOT LOAD....TOO BIG! SORRY. TRIED TO SEND GMAIL TO BEVERLY WITH VIDEO CLIPS, BUT IT WOULD NOT SEND THAT WAY EITHER, SO ENJOY THE STILLS OF THE PLAYS.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Where are the photos of the plays?we want to see them Love you

Frank and Julie said...

Jay, you are so creative to bring a bag of stuff and have them write a play using all of the items.
It looks like they all had a lot of fun!

Way to go, big brother!