Post-It Love

Recently my English classes have been looking at a topic that almost everyone can relate to, especially as spring gets underway.  Word has it spring is ignoring the eastern 1/2 of the US this year, but in Taiwan, the rain is falling and the warm wind is back.  So let's talk about LOVE!

Valentine's Day, is not something that many 8th graders are quite ready to celebrate, but their certainly looking at one another and dreaming.  So I asked them to write a short love story script for my extra-curricular class on video storytelling.  We started with the story from a short film called Post-It Love.  It has no speaking but quietly and humorously tells the story of two shy people falling in love at their office.  We had a brief discussion about how to show love in various cultures and how the characters in the film overcame their inhibitions.  Then the first assignment came.

Create a picture of love using colored post-it tabs (short strips) on a wall of our classroom like the characters in the film.  After some groans, they began to work and created pictures of simplicity and beauty.

I'm already enjoying the memories of this special group of kids.