i did this lesson with my extra class and plan to do it in some of my regular classes. when my co-teacher had to do an open class she asked for some suggestions, and this was one of the lessons i discussed. she actually liked the idea and used it in her open class.
it was quite similar though, she changed it a little bit. we showed the trailer for the 'bucket list' movie, to give them an idea about the themes, then reviewed a few key words and scenes that were shown in the sneak preview.
when we also mentioned an example of someone who kicked the bucket this year, i picked michael jackson. she expanded upon that idea a little bit and played some of the song and had students do dictation. she made a game around the song but we didn't have enough time to do it.
the other change was that instead of having every student present, in groups they picked their favourite items on the list and made a group bucket list and had them present.
most of them were positive items or funny, though a few them were a little dodgy for an open class in front of the principal. one student wrote 'i want to get drunk and out of control', while another one wrote 'i want to sleep with lots of pretty girls'. and another student wrote 'i want to steal everything in the convenience store'. haha, i was a little worried about the principal's reaction, but i guess she knows kids are kids. :p
