The Soudain Girl

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4 thoughts on “The Soudain Girl”

  1. Steven Ordiano

    This sounds more dramatic than in my class. I had my whole class hum that creepy melody, “Bum, Bah, Duhhhhh” If that makes any sense. The above could get my students more engaged for next year by combining body movement.

  2. Alisa Shapiro-Rosenberg

    A few more gestures/effects from the top o’my cluttered head:

    caballo: horse – everyone does the clap-slap-slap 3 times synchronized
    secreto: secret -everyone repeat whispers the word ‘se-cre-to’ slowly w/ hands wrapped around mouth as if whispering; This is great for adding texture and modulating volume in the classroom – a real attention grabber!
    vive: live/s – arms form triangle roof overhead
    De repente: Suddenly; all of a sudden: Arms fly up w/bend at elbow and all say ‘OH!’
    Entonces: So; Then: kids do rolling ‘boogie’ hand
    Luz, Cámara, Acción: Lights, camera, action; director job to lead this mini-chant. use w/clapboard from Oriental Trading; 3 claps in between each word. For all dramatization. Spice up w/director sunglasses and feather boa, etc.
    My colleague Su Pesa added, “Toma número #” – i.e., ‘Take number 7’ -before the chant…

    1. Steven Ordiano

      While I get most of them, the “luz, camera, accion” confuses me. WOuldnt it be cool to have a reference video of these “student engagement tricks”. It would really help with engagement when an observer plans to stop by.

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