Korean Job Discussion Forums

[thu_tinh]

so i'm into my first week, and it will all be introductions for this week.
What to do the week after?
Any suggestions?

[vanland]

I am starting one in a few weeks time. Isn't there a course book to use or some kind of curriculum as a guide?

[xox]

I start my classes this week.
I am only doing introductions with the first graders since they are new.
the 2nd and 3rd graders I am doing a 'What did you do during your winter vacation..." theme since they are familiar with me. I changed the worksheets depending on level but I'm concerned about time. But I have the 3rd graders do a survey in their groups (they sit 3 to a table) where they have to ask 'did you do this and etc' with yes or no answers.

for the following week, I plan to do Classroom Language like the one in the finch text book. I think that's important to learn since some students just look at me and say "Spelling". I'm still looking for short and easy stories to pull of that one. Any help?

[oxfordstu]

Yeah, this week is only introductions. Next week I'll have them introduce themselves to me, well, I'll actually have them introduce their partner to me, after 10-15 minutes of conversation exercise. This also gets me to know their English names, and make a seating chart that isn't in Korean.

[thu_tinh]

[oxfordstu]

Yeah, public middle school. Luckily it's a smaller one --- only about 600 kids in the school. But yeah, it's going to take quite awhile to learn all their names.

[goodsounz]

It's pretty good here although boring me to shreds. I am teaching at a Boys Middle School and although I am enjoying the fact they all do as I say, it is quite boring. OP, is there not a book the Korean teachers are using? I would say take that book and formulate lessons from what they have been teaching. Concentrate on pronunciation and if you are able, teach them some dialogues and try and get them to make variations on those dialogues.

[formerflautist]

http://www.eslcafe.com/forums/korea/viewtopic.php?t=67913&highlight=

This was brought up again last week. I bookmarked it on my school computer.

[passport220]

I have not developed it yet, but I have an idea of using School House Rock videos in a lesson. If you are not American this is School House Rock: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/School_House_Rock

The content of the videos is better suited to elementary students but I plan on doing a write up and working on the higher level phrases as well as the history of School House Rock. The activities would be more age appropriate for middle school by introducing vocabulary like nostalgia, generation, popular culture.

This is an example of a School House Rock video:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=RhHpJ45_zwM
or
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOaty7FpwMI&NR

I would show the video and talk about phrases like �That�s not fair� or vocab like affection, objections, excitement. I have not decided, but you get the idea.

Frankly, I think many students will benefit from the elementary lesson presented outright in the videos. I hope I can slide it by them by also giving it a higher level dimension for the higher level students. In the end I would like to create something for everyone in our mixed level classrooms.

[xox]

passport it sounds really interesting! i would like to know how it works out for you after you executed it.
it seems like i need to poke my students with a stick. they seem so dead lately.

[butlerian]

I work for two public middle schools and one of them is fine, but the other seems to attract lower level students - and teachers for that matter! Today I was having to explain how to say things like "What's your name?". Everything has to be kept very simple. I've also now been asked to do a 2-hour-mixed-level conversation class every other Saturday - I'm sure it'll be great fun!

[bosintang]

[xCustomx]

[passport220]

Thanks xox and bosintang for the encouragement. Actually your words inspired me to take the idea one step along. Anyone want to work on developing this together? No quid pro quo, anyone here on Dave�s just contribute, revise or criticize as you see fit and I will �publish� what we come up with, This is an idea outline I came up with for what will turn out to be a lesson on rhymes:


Outline for a lesson about rhymes (If you are interested I recommend you watch the video first, this will make more sense if you do - link below):

1.) Give handout to �Tale of Mr. Morton� video with song lyrics (a*)
2) Show �Tale of Mr. Morton� video (b*)
3) Explain selected vocabulary (c*) from video
4) General discussion of video and wrap up of video
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5) Introduce and explain what a rhyme is
5)Break into small groups of 4 or 5.
6) Play the �SLAP� rhyme game (d*)
7) 3 activities to have students write a rhyming �Love note� or poem to Pearl (e*) using the selected vocabulary* that was introduced in the first half of the lesson.
- 1st circle the correct answer activity using a choice of two words to complete a rhyming poem line (one word rhymes, one does not)
-2nd fill in the gap. Have a poem that needs to be completed using a choice of selected vocabulary* words provided at the top of the activity sheet.
- 3rd have each group write a poem together, with each student in the group writing one line (tell them they must use some words from the selected vocabulary* say 4 out of 7.�. Or what ever number we deem appropriate.
(Actual language production comes out of the 3 activities with the 3rd being the most productive)

If you have an interest in a lesson like this, please watch the Mr. Morton video and look at the lyrics sheet and help me come up with a list of words that you think would be appropriate to introduce and work on with our middle school kids.

We will see how this tread goes�.but maybe we can collectively move this thing along and develop it into a decent lesson together.

(a*) http://www.schoolhouserock.tv/Tale.html Lyrics (I think it works better if you watch the video first)
(b*) http://youtube.com/watch?v=ft-OfV31jTw �Tale of Mr. Morton� video
(c*) selected vocabulary* TBA - as a new teacher, I have a difficult time selecting appropriate vocabulary to work on.
(d*) http://www.efl4u.com/LCS2.html SLAP game aka Rhyme Time 2
(e*) http://usera.imagecave.com/passport220/lovelypearlcut.JPG Picture of the lovely Pearl aka little Miss mastectomy survivor

[thu_tinh]

argh i have such problems lesson planning.
do debates usually go well in anyone's classes?
especially in middle school?