[BULK] Re: [SEELANGS] song with imperatives?

Jane Knox-Voina jknox at BOWDOIN.EDU
Wed Feb 27 15:37:06 UTC 2008


Super, Sarah, will use in advance Russian and Russian poetry.
Jane Knox-Voina
Bowdoin College

Sarah Clovis Bishop wrote:
> I like to use Vysotsky's "Utrenniaia gimnastika."  Lots of imperatives, a
> good introduction to Vysotsky/the bard tradition.
> http://geo.web.ru/bards/Visotsky/part100.htm
> You can continue the "gimnastika" motif by giving the students various
> commands (sit down, stand up, put your left hand on your right knee, etc.)
> and having them make up various commands as well.  The students sometimes
> groan, but I find it's a good way to warm them up at the beginning of a
> class.
> Sarah
>
> Sarah Clovis Bishop
> Russian Department
> Wellesley College
> sbishop at wellesley.edu
> 781-283-2448
>
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