Danglish

You must wonder if I sit at home all the time and just think about what lies in the future with a bopper on the way. Well, I do plenty of that let me reassure you. When I am not at home, however, I am happily working away at school. Just two weeks ago, Melanie, an arts and crafts teacher and myself, an English teacher, teamed up to make an American-Danish quilt. We spent about 8 hours of classroom time with my fifth grade English class discovering what is intresting to us and instead of writing about it, we sewed it.

The kids had to gather their thoughts during a normal English class and draw on a sheet of paper what represents them as an individual. Afterwards, Melanie came in and instructed the students on getting their thoughts and ideas over to fabric. In the midst, my lovely 5th grader Anne (who is an amazing videographer and English student) and I did some filming. Melanie wrapped it up by sewing each student's patch together and I finalized it by giving each kid a chance to describe what he or she did in front of the class with the quilt itself.

I created this film so that you can get a glimpse of my everyday and to show my intelligent English class just how much they have learned. BIG thanks to Melanie for her craftswomanship! It's a long one, so get yourself a cup of tea/coffee and soak up a biscotto/scone for about 8 minutes. A fireplace creates a nice ambiance, as well.