Uma das atividades que mais gosto de fazer com os alunos é creative writing. Neste tipo de tarefa os alunos podem dar asas à sua imaginação, sem medo de errar, arriscando em termos de linguagem mas, o mais interessante, explorando emoções que muitas vezes não tinham ainda verbalizado No inicio do ano letivo dei-lhes ,através de um poema padrão com várias variantes na estrutura, a possibilidade de escreverem um pequeno poema intitulado, I remember.
Os alunos tinham apenas que recordar algo do passado, mobilizando sensações, tais como imagens, cheiros, cores…
Eis aqui alguns exemplos:
The red house
I remember the red house
staring at me from above
with all the glory that she held
I remember changing my mind about the cute dog that lived there
he became terrifying
I remember the sound of his barks
the feeling that he would jump at any time and land right in my head
I remember I walked faster when the moment to face the dog came
I remember that I was still worried after walking away
I still had to walk the next horrifying street to get home
Mariana Vaz 12ºD
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My first time seeing a cow
I remember the horrible smell that irritated my nostrils
I remember the silence
I remember the sudden "moo" that came out of the darkness
I remember jumping four feet backwards when I saw that astonishing oversized animal
I remember feeling pretty dumb when I realized that I was standing in front of a cow
Bryn 12ºC
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My first day of 10th form
I remember feeling anxious because I did not know anybody in my class, but also feeling excited to meet new people
I remember I felt scared sitting in my French class because I could not understand a word
I remember that it was hard to get a lunch table because there were so many people
I remember the loud sound of people shouting at break time
I remember being approached by two girls in my class and hanging out with them after school and making my first friends
Joana Ramos 12ºD
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My first holiday with my friends
I remember my friend's faces when we got in the plane
I remember them being afraid of flying
And I remember that I was excited for this experience
I remember the tropical smell of the air when we got there and the green landscape around us
I remember the place where we had our first breakfast
I remember the taste of those chocolate cookies we ate
I remember the last sunset and I remember feeling peaceful and really happy
Ana Francisca 12ºC
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“My first time travelling to another country”
I remember the crowd of strangers at the airport,
I remember the smell of sweaty people,
I remember my mum being always in a hurry,
I remember that we bought a lot of snacks for the trip,
I remember felling nervous but at the same time excited
Matilde Cirne 12º A
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Prof.ra Elsa Andrade