Friday, October 17, 2008

If my school gave me one day per week

What would you do to develop professionally if your school gave you one day per week to pursue your goals?

If my school gave me one day per week I would like to see movies because watching movies is my favorite thing to spend my free time. And my goal is to be a good English teacher. I believe movies, English speaking movies, are good tool to learn English. The first thing I have to do is to choose a movie which is educational and easy to adapt to my lessons.
So here is my scenario. Probably I get up late and start my day with a cup of coffee. With only one day off, I wouldn’t drive so far to see a movie. If there is a nice movie showing in town I would go, but probably I’d rather rent a video or search a movie from the internet.
If I found a nice movie from the internet I might stay at home instead of going out to see a movie. In that case I can sit back and relax with my pajamas on. And then I would search the sound track music and movie script as well. While enjoying the movie I will write a note for my lesson since I can’t use the whole movie during my lesson.
After watch the movie I would decide which part I will use for my lesson. And then I read the script and watch the movie again. If the movie is too long I might not able to finish the work in one day. So I have to make a to do plan with one movie. See below.
Week 1: Choose a movie and watch the movie for two times. And choose the parts of the film which I can use in my lesson. Week 2: Make a script of the clip and some worksheets for the students. Week 3: Choose a song from the movie and listen to it many times. And think about some ideas or activities to use the song in the class.

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