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once again · Joined: 27 Jan 2003 Posts: 815

Today I was a substitute teacher and got the teaching notes just before class..they read..

Time..5 minutes
Objective..warmer, prepare the students to learn names of some foods.
GROPING..individual

So there you have it..the students got to warm up by groping themselves to prepare for a lesson on food..maybe meat and two veg or a couple of melons..?

This really was in the teaching guide that I got ..Any more out there?

Roger · Joined: 19 Jan 2003 Posts: 9138

sounds like a plot by McDonald's... "hi, kiddies, remember Uncle Donald and his good burgers?"

Glenski · Joined: 15 Jan 2003 Posts: 12844 Location: Hokkaido, JAPAN

"once again",

You don't say whether your students are elementary schoolers, junior high schoolers, or adult refugees. Who do you substitute for?

As to tips, I'd say that if you ever substitute for this person again, try to get a step ahead of his/her shabby notes in 2 ways:

1. Try to guarantee more lead time.
2. Pack a lesson of your own just in case.

MonkeyKing · Joined: 24 May 2003 Posts: 96 Location: Beijing

HAHAHA...this thread is funny...good one, Glenski!

Wolf · Joined: 10 May 2003 Posts: 1245 Location: Middle Earth

The Second Edition of The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Langauge, on page 98, states that Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back was made in 1983. Noooooo it was made in 1980.

Are they pretending to be so snooty as to not know that? I wonder. . . .

Will. · Joined: 02 May 2003 Posts: 783 Location: London Uk

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