Comments on: Things 2 do b4 u die

By: Jamie Keddie

Jamie Keddie — Sun, 03 Mar 2013 14:14:26 +0000

Well thank you Ganesh!
Jamie :)

By: Ganesh

Ganesh — Sat, 02 Mar 2013 17:23:47 +0000

This site is very useful

By: Jamie Keddie

Jamie Keddie — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 09:18:33 +0000

Good luck with whatever you choose Laura. And may the force be with you, etc.
Jamie :)

By: Laura

Laura — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 15:05:39 +0000

I have to say, I love both “I’ve never seen Stars Wars” and Stepehn Fry (L), and although I had already seen that episode with him, it never occurred to me to use it!!!

I may do use the episode, but it might be complicated if my students only know that Stephen Fry is “that guy in V for Vendetta”.

Thanks for the idea though!

By: Jamie Keddie

Jamie Keddie — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 11:03:57 +0000

Thanks Aimee
Yes – the activity was edited when I moved it from my (now dead) blog to lessonstream. I am happy to hear that you like it. For me, it is one of those activities that either works really well or goes down like a lead balloon. Actually, isn’t that just teaching in general?
Jamie :)

By: Aimee

Aimee — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 15:51:20 +0000

Hi, Jamie. You’ve changed a few things since the last time I used this lesson, and I found that it worked better this time. One of the interviewees in the small groups was a student who has always sort of seemed to feel he was above the rest of the group and thus didn’t think he needed to be there, and this activity really allowed him to shine. (And he’s a very good liar, disturbingly!) I like the minor changes you’ve made to the list of 15.

I did this lesson with a b1+ group with 13 students in it, and it took up the entire 100-minute lesson. Good lesson, as always, and even better!

Hope you are well,
Aimee

By: Jamie Keddie

Jamie Keddie — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 20:10:15 +0000

Hello Laura
I have never heard of ‘The Buried Life’. I have just watched the trailer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRexWE9yBVA
By chance, a friend of mine just sent me a UK TV show that she uses with this activity. It’s called ‘I’ve never seen Star Wars’. Here is the link she sent me:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_10vkCgS3k
Thanks very much for the comment / suggestion.
Jamie :)

By: Laura

Laura — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 16:27:25 +0000

Hi Jamie!!!

I just absolutely adore your work!!! I used this activity with my University students, adding a couple of things myself, like the trailer for the MTV series “The Buried Life”.

I thought it would be interesting since it is about four guys who have a list of 100 things they would like to tdo before they die (Playing basketball with Obama, Longboarding in San Francisco, etc), and they travel the USA trying to cross out as many things as possible.

The coolest thing is that, along the way, they talk to other people and ask them what they want to do before they die. They then choose one person and the boys try to help that person cross the item from their list. It is very inspirational and it made my students think…which is not that easy!

Thanks again and keep up the good work!

Greetings from Spain!

By: Jamie Keddie

Jamie Keddie — Thu, 16 Aug 2012 20:46:17 +0000

Hello Sarah
Love it when things come together! Thanks fot the comment. Gald to hear it worked.
Jamie :)

By: Sarah

Sarah — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 11:09:05 +0000

Hi Jamie,

I used this lesson with my class recently and it worked really well – it was really good fun and generated a lot of discussion and laughter. It also worked perfectly alongside a lesson I had prepared about the TV programme “An Idiot Abroad” where the presenter, Karl Pilkington, visits some of the wonders of the world (and in fact the second series sees him complete a “Bucket list”!). Thanks for a great lesson!