I gave my elementary students another "Thinking Project" the other day. This time the subject was a little bit morbid, but it wasn't exactly my choice (it's part of the curriculum that I have to administer). Our reading for the week was on organ donation, strangely enough, so the thinking project aimed at getting the kids thinking about what they would like to do if they had only three months left to live. They then had to take that "Make A Wish Foundation" themed list and turn it into a song. I wasn't kidding when I said "morbid," right?
Here is one group's list of things they want to do before they die:
1.) Travel the world
2.) Shopping
3.) Body adventure
4.) Kill all of the boys
Except I guess they thought twice about number three, since it was crossed out and "Explore in the body!" was written in its place. I refrained from commenting to this group of girls that they might find number three challenging if they carried out number four. Maybe that's why number three came first on their list? In any case, here's the song they finally came up with:
WHAT I WANT TO DO
I will die in three month. Oh! Oh! Oh! My money.
I want to go shopping.
I will travel all the countries
Because I can't use money after I die.
And also many countries are also very beautiful,
And I die.
