Last month was English Language month in school. Which meant extra work for us English teachers cos every level from secondary 1 to 5 had to do something related to the language as a way of promoting English in the school. I'm teaching the last few classes of the express stream in Sec 1, which means i'm dealing with the naughty/lazy/challenging/ill-disciplined/loud/hard-to-control/i-never-hand-up-work-on-time people...u get what i mean... SO when i heard from the other teacher teaching the better Sec 1 classes that she was planning for the Sec 1s to do a storytelling competition, i wanted to die...i mean, how was i supposed to get students who had problems doing homework and keeping quiet, to memorise an entire story??

sooo.. in a pique of rebelliousness coupled with helplessness, i came up with my own activity for them. I call it 'Show and Sell' as opposed to 'Show and Tell'. I gave them 2 choices: Create and sell a new product of their invention, or modify the use of an existing product and sell it as a new product (e.g. Supposing a fork's normal use is for eating, find another unique use for it that is unlike eating...) I gave them an example of how i was given this particular task as well, and how i used a disposable spoon to bun up my hair instead of using it for eating. They were divided into groups of 5 or 6 to complete this task and present it in a week's time.

The deadline was last week. They were supposed to present. No prizes for guessing what happened. Or rather, what didn't happen. I was not surprised at all actually, having known them for some months now. So i patiently chased them, and ruthlessly threatened them. Yesterday and today, i saw the fruits of their labour...



Creativity with chopsticks...Kinda think they stole my idea with the spoon..hmph



TA-DAAAHhh....



Oooh...live demonstration?? What's THAT??



Ohhh...handphone and bag accessories...they're a dollar each..anybody wanna buy??



Demo 2...guess what they're up to?





Here's the finished product! Students these days are amazing... just from 2 straws..we used to make stars with straws =)



There's a hundred hearts in there man...



Demo 3...What are these guys making??



Awww...the poor fellow. The result of his toil...



Finally, the product of their labour... hopefully their motto too... all made from paper clips and paper.



Anyone for World Peace??



A challenge from the class, "Can u make ANY alphabet we want??"



Free sample to the teacher...hmmm...looks like an attempt at bribery if u ask me...but then i'm not complaining. *grin* Looks good on my table.



Here's another...test-tube decor. Only need a test-tube, coloured hair gel and alphabet macaroni... Comes in as many colours as hairgel comes in. Mixing colours apparently brings bad results...



HO! Another attempt at bribery!! heh. This one looks good on my table too.. just afraid it leaks...



Kinda like this one personally...
Step 1: Grate the chalk finely into separate containers by colour...



Step 2: Add salt. Don't ask me why...supposed to make it smoother i think...



Step 3: Pour into bottle via a funnel. Layers of sand in different colours can be arranged aesthetically.



WA LA!



Here's my private loot...hee hee..









This is one of the more unique ones... heh.



What is it used for? To scratch your friend's back??



Cool! It's a keyholder! Twisted and drilled at the D&T workshop...



Comes in different colours and words... impressive! As usual, i got a free sample! Heh. Orders were actually placed for this ok...



Any idea wat this is?? Looks like a peacock...



They call it..."Swan thing" Hee hee...wonder if they were trying a pun...doubt it tho



After the demo, there were two...



Recycled from aluminium cans and cut with scissors, they claim that it's an ash tray and can be used to grow plants as well...hehee...kinda stretching it i think.


All in all, i'm quite pleased with this guys and the results. So i went out and bought them some prezzies...Show u next time... *wink*