Friday 18 May 2012

The Power of Words

Reading different blogs from other schools in different countries, I found this video. As we very well mentioned in our writing lessons that one of the main goals in writing is to create a picture in the reader's mind, the way in which we say things and how we say them can cause a great impact on others. Please watch the video and leave a comment. What do you think?

22 comments:

Celina P said...

Hello Miss Ale, I really liked that video. It was a very strong video. That woman that wrote the sign was really nice and kind to the man. It was really incredible when he started winning a lot of money because of what the sign said. It too was nice when, everybody looked at the sign beside the man and like reflect a little bit and thought "Poor man, It´s a beautiful day and he can´t see it, (Like the sign says), I will leave him some money." Hope you keep on posting many posts. See you tommorow.

Lucas BN said...

Hi Miss Ale, I liked very much this video. The words can change the world and we can use words to sort many problems in the world like wars. Thanks for the video. I hope you continue posting videos like this.

Anonymous said...

Hi Miss Ale, I enjoy the video. Because I realized that what you saw can be ("showing")an impact to the other people. It also makes you think that you can saw the same worlds, but with an another meaning. "Im blind,please help me" its a telling sentence and "Its a beatiful day and I cant see it" showing. That woman was very nice and good to the man.
See you tomorrow.

Agostina 6C

Anonymous said...

An expression can change attitudes, can produce a smile, can make you be happy when other is enjoying,can make you cry, and also can make you stand in another shoes.

Tomas.I

Anonymous said...

I liked when the women liked to help the old man. I think that the both things that were written on that piece cardboard were the same but one was straight to the point and the other no!!!!
Elena G V

Anonymous said...

It is impressive how a sentence can change people and it can be much better and touch people it was a very good video!!!!

Anonymous said...

Miss Ale
If you change the little telling text who very fui people read into a showing text you change the expression on the other people knowing how this old men feels.

Belen l.l

Anonymous said...

last comment is mine sory
Juana O

Anonymous said...

I liked a lot this post because in the video it shows that with only changing the words you can change the way that people think about what you want to say.
Nicole B

Anonymous said...

I really enjoyed seeing this video because it really shows you that words can really change things and that they are powerfull.
Lauren S

Anonymous said...

I think this is a great teaching, because sometimes when we speak to someone we don´t measure our words, and this might hurt the other
person´s feelings, or maybe he/she doesn´t understand what your trying to say. This is more or less what happened in this video, but when the woman wrote the same thing in different words, everbody gave much more money to the man.
Taty

sean said...

I thout it was nice of the girl to do that. poor old man he was blind!! i observed how when the girl changed the sign how the people started giving the old man the pennies he needed. I have a question was the video acted out or was it real????

Anonymous said...

Zoe said...
I really loved this video I think if something similar happens to us to see a blind man we have to help them. The woman was so kind! I wish to be so good as her.

Anonymous said...

I really liked this video because I liked that the girl changed the words and with a changing our words we can improve.
My sister the last year saw that video and she told me and show it to me and it was so kind that woman

I really loved it

Maria.L 6C

Anonymous said...

WOW! The power of words!I was very surprised when I saw what the women was doing. At the beginning I thought she was going to steal his coins or something like that. But then I realized that she was helping him.
Poor man, he was blind.
And I too, liked when the poor blind man touched the women's shoes to recognize who it was.
Thank you!
Barbie

Jano said...

I can see that if you change some words everything can change like this good women did with this old and blind person

FEDE V 6C said...

I think is a very good video because only change the words to make a sentence powerful or showing and people understand what is he feeling. ONLY CHANGE IT FOR POWERFUL WORDS PEOPLE GIVE HIM MORE MONEY.

nico.F said...

it is relly impresive how yo can change the words and get more the attention of the people by chanching the words.Thatwords that de women wrouted was very powerfool an the words of the men wased more pooer.It was a grate video.nico 6c

Anonymous said...

Hi Miss Ale that was a not so sad video but a strong one I think that is true the words are important in life and how is the different things of seeing and saying, the girl was kind because now we only see the outside and that girl that go to that men it was great because she look to the inside and she new that he was blind thats why he put that words "is a beautiful day and I can't see it " that is important and that is the only thing that, that man was thank for was the words that the girl put he don't care the money they only contact each other with the inside of each one so that is important.
See you tomorrow
Juana C 6A

Sofi R 6a said...

Hi Miss Ale,
I loved the video, it was really nice what the woman did to the blind man.
It was really wierd that he recognized her because of her shoes!!
I first thaught the woman was going to steal the man's money but then she got the sign and started writing and I thought she was writing something bad! But when all the people started passing and giving him money I wanted to know what the woman wrote to the man.
It was a very good way to represent the phrase "I'm blind" for "It is lovely day but I can't see it.
Thanks for sharing this video!

Rida said...

I think that the both things that were written on that piece cardboard were the same but one was straight to the point and the other no!!!!compare and contrast essay

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