This week’s Throwback Thursday are images of EC Montreal’s movie day activities. EC Montreal teachers in both our English and French programmes would choose a movie to be viewed as a group. The movie would be followed by round table discussions. The teacher would prepare worksheets in advance to get the conversations started. It was always so great to see our students discussing, debating and expressing themselves on what they viewed. The movies were always chosen with great care.
The EC Montreal team would prepare refreshments for the teachers and students to enjoy. We had popcorn, of course, and other fun concession stand snacks. In February, in keeping with our Love theme, we served pink popcorn while viewing romantic comedies.
These type of activities were ideal in getting students to interact with one another, practice their language skills through listening, note taking and discussions.
This week’s memory aligns perfectly with the Quebec government’s recent announcement that movie theatres would be reopening on February 26. If you have missed going to the cinema as much as we have, this is really happy news! The movie theatres will have many safety measures in place including mask wearing and social distancing. They will be limiting the number of people per viewing and unfortunately, the concession stands will be closed as they don’t want people to remove their masks while in the theatre.
It has been so long since we have been to the movies, so even with these restrictions in place, it will be a pleasure to see a movie on a giant screen once again. Montreal has many movie theatres around town; in the city center and in all the different neighborhoods.
The government has also announced that indoor skating arenas as well as indoor swimming pools will be reopening on February 26. Now with the museums and shopping malls already reopened, there are so many things you can do in Montreal after your English or French language classes. A reminder that the curfew is still in place from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m., so make sure you have enough time to get back home.
EC Montreal will be displaying movie listings on the activity board giving our students another fun thing to do in Montreal!
