I guess I’ll have ‘Green Eggs and Ham’ ;-)

Another of my students favs: the deliciously stubborn Sam-I-Am and his odd but yummy menu suggestions

Dr. Seuss rules!

♥ A tribute to the old Lorax ♥

The new The Lorax movie has just brought to my memory the old Lorax cartoon movie.

Here it is for your watching pleasure

Happy weekend!

Part 1

 
Part 2

Kimani Maruge + pupil = Becky Sharpe + Vanity Fair and The First Grader trailers + free ebook!

An odd title for a quick thought association.

Today I happen to mention William M. Thackeray to my 6th graders. We were correcting some comprehension  activities about the inspirational life story of Kimani Maruge when the meaning and usage of the noun ‘pupil’ somehow ended up in boarding schools, past centuries and social classes, rich and poor people and something too dangerously related to Manichaeism. All of a sudden I envisioned Becky Sharpe and her abrupt leaving Miss Pinkerton’s Academy for Young Ladies, so I couldn’t resist mentioning one of my all-time favourite novels, Vanity Fair, to my students*.

I know a few of them might be interested (I saw how eagerly Martin wrote down everything I said, sorry about the S. instead of M. for ‘Makepeace’!), so I’m bringing here the official trailer of 2004 Vanity Fair as well as the Gutenberg Project free Vanity Fair ebook** and a trailer of The First Grader movie too. Enjoy!

*I didn’t mention Charlotte Brontë, Jane Austen or Benito Pérez Galdós to them, (my other passions); enough is enough!

**In English, this book is not suitable for a 6th grade EFL student, but I just haven’t found a free Spanish version, sorry.

The Cat in the Hat movie and other Dr. Seuss’ stuff

This is the movie we watched in class. As the Cat would say himself, it comes in two parts, Part 1 and Part 2. Oh, and I also found the script somewhere in the internet, in case you love Drama .

Part 1:

Part 2:

Dr. Seuss’ based characters crafts, games and activities: http://www.seussville.com/

Grease official photoalbum

Some months ago I wrote about Grease, the movie, its 30th anniversary and my stickers album. It was the official album here in Spain, or so we liked to believe, and in 1979 it cost 20 pesetas -about 0,12€. I never completed it. Here you’ve got some snapshots:

 

Grease – Happy 30th anniversary!

These days we’re celebrating the 30th anniversary of Grease, the musical comedy played in its main characters by John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John. For those of us in our forties, this movie stays fresh in our memories and time doesn’t seem to have passed by its characters or its plot yet. It was a real hit. But reality is pretty much tougher than memories and some of my student’s parents today weren’t born when the film was released back in 1978.

Personally I was beginning High School then and I remember regarding myself in those days like sort of a Sandy too, for different reasons, although as you might imagine she was far more cuter than I was. I even had a stickers album with scenes of that blessed movie that I still treasure and sometimes share with my nephew. Time flies…

Now moving 30 years forward I’m here squeezing my brains to find something appealing for my students and… yes! Some singing stuff right here for fun! Have a good time!

EDIT 10.31.08: Added official Grease album post!