Language focus
Sensitised writing

Proposed M.I. focus
Musical and kinaesthetic

Level
Lower intermedaite to advanced

Time
40-50 minutes

Preparation
Choose a piece of music appropriate to the age group, to last from 2 to 4 minutes. It should be a piece they are unlikely to know already.

In class

1. To get the students in a calm mood , ask them to shut their eyes and measure a minute anyway they like, except by looking at their watches or a clock. Tell them to shout out " minute " or "end " when they reckon their minute is up.
2. Ask them to shut their eyes and then play them the piece of music you have selected.
3. Ask each student to write a paragraph about the pictures they saw as they listened, the smells they experienced, the feelings they had, the day-dream they went into or the thoughts that came to them.
4. Group the students in fours to share their paragraphs.
5. Ask each group to prepare a "sculpture" that represents their feeling about the music. They need to include all four people in the sculpture and to take up a position they can hold for l0-l5 seconds.
6. Each group shows their sculpture to the rest.
7. Each student writes a paragraph about the sculptures.
8. Ask the students to stick the paragraphs up round the walls, so people can go and read each other's