Comments on: Pigeon: Impossible

By: Chris Fry, Barcelon

Chris Fry, Barcelon — Sat, 08 May 2010 18:52:23 +0000

Thanks to you and Karenne Joy Sylvester for enabling me to find this great little film. I must admit I didn’t do it your way. This is what I did:
I arranged the students in pairs, one with their back to the screen and the other facing them looking over their shoulder to see the film. The students take it in turns to describe what is happening on screen as it happens. After about 2 minutes 45 the students change roles. Meanwhile the teacher having turned off the sound uses the pause button to help the students have time to describe everything they see on screen. At the end I asked students what vocabulary they wished they had known and they asked for these:
pigeon, rocket, doughnut, to land, to fly up, machine gun, bazooka and explode.
Of course we then watched the whole work of art with sound and it looked fabulous on our big IWB.
Thanks again for introducing me to Pigeon: Impossible

By: Anne

Anne — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 06:55:02 +0000

Notes after using this in 4 different classes (3 one-to-one, one group): Great fun – recommended!
Vocabulary: pigeon; lure/entice (locken); trap/ be trapped inside; briefcase.
Some predictions were funny, e.g. He’s having an awful day, so he’ll just go and have a coffee and pretend this is not happening. Or: He’ll feed the pigeon the bagel and enlist its help to shoot down the rocket. (That’s based on a rather risky assumption, I’d say.)
To follow up on the grammar issue: Martin Hewings Advanced Grammar In Use 2nd edition p. 30/1 (can, could, be able to, be allowed to), 15.1

By: Frank Benedikt

Frank Benedikt — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 16:09:17 +0000

“Hired”? Gosh blimey – I thought I was fired

Cheers
Frank

By: Anne

Anne — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 15:06:53 +0000

Thanks Debbie You’re hired, Frank X) And lots of fun, Uwe

By: Uwe

Uwe — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 14:41:35 +0000

Absolutely cool movie, great lesson plan. Thanks a lot for sharing! Will use it this week – and I’m sure the kids will love it.

Thanks,
Uwe

By: Frank Benedikt

Frank Benedikt — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 13:15:46 +0000

So sorry, but – shouldn’t it read “target (group)”?
Just counting peas (as we call it in German) …

Kind regards
Frank

By: Deborah Capras

Deborah Capras — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 11:54:13 +0000

Great lesson plan Anne. I really enjoyed the film and kudos to you winning praise from the director!