Thursday is my dialog day. Its a chance to do some role playing and to work on real life scripts. Some students of mine like to be "funny" on this day and say some pretty cazy things in the situation. Thats okay because they often come back with the serious dialog after.
This was particularly interesting this week. My class was intercepted by a favor that I did for the sectretary of the school. One of the substitute teachers for the afternoon resource math class decided not to come. The secretary needed a place with a credentialed teacher to house the three students that were left. They had a para helper but of course that is not good enough. She asked me if I could take them into my class. Sure I said. They came with their math work. It was hard for them to concentrate on their math class as we were going into the scripts.... sooo I decided to included them in. They joined in with the scripts and had a great time.
One female student specifically wanted one of the scripts that had the mother talking in the problem.
That got me thinking...
Maybe I need a whole batch of "Mother" scripts for the students to try out.
On my walk today I got to thinking about it and came up with three categories:
Momma says.. in the present tense.. Momma will actually be a character in these scripts.
Momma said, Moma will be a source of guidence in these scripts
And then Momma said, will repesent a reporting of what momma actually said in a remembered situation.
Draw the card do the dialog.. it should be fun to work on this project>
Anyone out there in bogland have a scenario that would fit any of these situations>
Post a response and I will add it to the frey.
Thanks
Pat
A written expression of a 65year old plus retired Speech and Language Specialist in the Central Valley of California.
Friday, October 23, 2009
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Therapy is Therapy
When I do small group therapy, the first thing that I do is allow them to talk with me. I had a student talk to me about finding her birth mother and then the birthmother rejected meeting her today. She is Autistic.. wanted to know whether the Autism was caused by her birth mother dropping her on her head.. well no... So I had to pull out the psych tools. Look ahead not back.. You love your adapted mother and your birth mother probably didn't deserve you. That changed the picture and the tears dried up. I could have consumed the whole period. One of the other girls who "hates her" picked up a tissue and handed it to her.
That is the stuff that keeps you in this business.
A couple of boys are stinking up the place pretty bad. They became the "winners" of Mr. Brown's wierd contest. Each of four winners received a box of Irish Spring soap. What a prize.
Sometimes its just the little things. Every try to buy soap with food stamps.. it doesn't happen.
: ) Pat
That is the stuff that keeps you in this business.
A couple of boys are stinking up the place pretty bad. They became the "winners" of Mr. Brown's wierd contest. Each of four winners received a box of Irish Spring soap. What a prize.
Sometimes its just the little things. Every try to buy soap with food stamps.. it doesn't happen.
: ) Pat
Saturday, October 10, 2009
The Band's Visit
This is a great movie.. put it on your netflix que or see it instantly if you can.
Imagine an Egyptian Police Band sent over to Israel to do a "hands across the country lines" kind of thing and then be abandoned in a far off outpost.
This movie strikes some familiar chords with those of us that have been sort of stuck in a foreign country that kind of speaks our language. That is one side of it. There is a great generational sequence with an inventive hostess. What do people in abandon like cities do.. they imagine their park.
This movie has great development of character. The actors are pretty real. There is a little response a Egyptian hostility from a younger person. Most of the movie was how based on how these fish out of water interacted with the hosts and how did they survive.
The younger Egyptian member shows an inept town member how to comfort a depressed girl at the roller rink. Its a great sequence.
There is a very soft rhythm to this movie.
I have been trying to track down this movie since it came out on Redbox last spring. This movie has won several awards and most of it is in English. This seems to be the language that transcends the plot. It would be interesting to watch this movie with Reza or his family to find out what the Egyptians are really saying.
So there is one for you.. The Band's Visit. You won't recognize the actors but you will relate to their struggles. : ) Pat
Imagine an Egyptian Police Band sent over to Israel to do a "hands across the country lines" kind of thing and then be abandoned in a far off outpost.
This movie strikes some familiar chords with those of us that have been sort of stuck in a foreign country that kind of speaks our language. That is one side of it. There is a great generational sequence with an inventive hostess. What do people in abandon like cities do.. they imagine their park.
This movie has great development of character. The actors are pretty real. There is a little response a Egyptian hostility from a younger person. Most of the movie was how based on how these fish out of water interacted with the hosts and how did they survive.
The younger Egyptian member shows an inept town member how to comfort a depressed girl at the roller rink. Its a great sequence.
There is a very soft rhythm to this movie.
I have been trying to track down this movie since it came out on Redbox last spring. This movie has won several awards and most of it is in English. This seems to be the language that transcends the plot. It would be interesting to watch this movie with Reza or his family to find out what the Egyptians are really saying.
So there is one for you.. The Band's Visit. You won't recognize the actors but you will relate to their struggles. : ) Pat