Archive for January, 2008

Thursday, January 31st, 2008

Ants in Mexico

The much anticipated sequel to the original “Ants in Honduras” this roller coaster features an all new cast, an impressive tracking shot, and the catchy music you’ve come to expect from the Ants series. Shot in Oaxaca, Mexico over Christmas, 2007.

Haikus from Honduras

Monday, January 28th, 2008

My students and I both have been trying to grapple with my poetry unit, with mixed success. Poetry is particularly challenging for English language learners, I think, because there is less context to hang on to. Last week, however, we worked on writing haikus which went quite well. I choose a few to share…

Person doing things
for all people of Japan,
Things to do all day

-Fabiola

Guatemala City
A moon with a horse in it
The night always there

-Alicia

In winter I’m asleep
And I drink coffee with bread
And I put on a sweater

-Luis

The snow is white and
we open presents and
we burn with the fire

-Eduardo

Oh my little El
Salvador I don’t live in
you El Salvador

-Hector

A good day to get
some honey in a country
with a lot of sweet

-Jorge L.

The fall is good to
see the birds sing in the tree
and to play soccer

-Jorge A.

Saturday, January 19th, 2008

Oaxacan Christmas Scene

This was the second time we bumped into this 3-boy street band. They were really good and adorable. I wanted to get a short video of their music but I pressed record seconds before they got surprised by another admirer in the crowd.