Get on the metaphor train

Metaphor Train
It was probably a lot of fun for the kids to make this video. It seemed a somewhat frivolous exercise, but the kinesthetic aspect; the kids with arms on each other shoulders simulating a train is a nice physical example for them in terms of a train analogy/ metaphor. I suspect they had a minimal amount of work on producing and creating the video. But still it's a worthy cause to get fourth graders to understand metaphor, even if it takes such a huge production. I actually liked the first two minutes or so, minus the techno music shtick. Like most pieces of prose it became a little too fluffed up and I hit the peak of the content curve quickly, but I suppose that wouldn't be the case with fourth graders. The first part with the text overlay was effective and worthwhile and had the most meaningful learning content, the rest was just playing around. Still if I were grading it I would give it a top mark.