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thu_tinh
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 Posted: Sun Jun 24, 2007 5:07 pm Post subject: THEME ENGLISH for in the Classroom and Summer Camps? |
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I was wondering if anyone elses public school has talked to them about this theme English concept? Apparently the school board wants this theme English to be in the classroom, for example one month the classroom will look like it is inside an airport, or the classroom has to look like inside a restaurant, basically 'real situation'.
I was told to do this for Summer Camps but creating all the materials for 10 days of Summer Camp is impossible!
In regular school hours it is possible because theme English is suppose to last at least a month, but changing it everyday during Summer camps? I don't think so. |
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bosintang
Joined: 01 Dec 2003
Location: In the pot with the rest of the mutts
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| Posted: Sun Jun 24, 2007 5:10 pm Post subject: Re: THEME ENGLISH for in the Classroom and Summer Camps? |
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| thu_tinh wrote: |
I was wondering if anyone elses public school has talked to them about this theme English concept? Apparently the school board wants this theme English to be in the classroom, for example one month the classroom will look like it is inside an airport, or the classroom has to look like inside a restaurant, basically 'real situation'.
I was told to do this for Summer Camps but creating all the materials for 10 days of Summer Camp is impossible!
In regular school hours it is possible because theme English is suppose to last at least a month, but changing it everyday during Summer camps? I don't think so. |
Nod, smile, and carry on.
I love it. It's the great Korean bureaucracy at work, and that idea that people will just learn English through osmosis by having a native speaker in action. I went to one school where they spent hundreds of thousands of dollars setting up these 'theme' rooms, but from what I gather, nothing else is different except the decor. |
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Horangi Munshin
Joined: 06 Apr 2003
Location: Busan
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| Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2007 3:25 am Post subject: |
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| I got asked to do CLASSES based on themes. Cooking class, Math in English etc. |
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ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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| Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2007 3:33 am Post subject: |
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| Horangi Munshin wrote: |
| I got asked to do CLASSES based on themes. Cooking class, Math in English etc. |
This is easy to do.... much easier than re-decorating the class every day (or even every month).
We have done this at my school for a couple years now when we do the summer and winter camps. Great fun, easy to do and recycleable materials / plans.
If anyone wants more specific info on what we did, PM me with your e-mail and I will forward it to you (.hwp format).
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I also posted this in another thread so my apologies to those who get to read it twice.
In order to kill the boredom I have decided to base our school's summer camp on a number of daily themes. These are LOW budget but fun and have enough variety to keep even the most bored students of any level (elementary to high school) busy for a few hours. Just adjust the material for the appropriate age / ability level.
If you have 2 camps - 1 each week with different students / grades / levels then you can recycle materials and themes. You can expand this to more days by adding more themes.
Day 1 - Magic day. Put them into small groups and get them to learn some simple magic tricks AND the DIALOGUE that goes with it.
For the last hour of the day we will have a magic show.
Day 2 - Simple first aid classes. Learn the basics of first aid. Do this as a hands on activity rather than just lectures. They can use triangular bandages to splint each other up and bandage each other. It will easily take 4 hours. Show how to make a simple first aid kit.
Day 3 - Have a science day. Make rockets out of 600ml soda bottles or juice bottles. Give small prizes for best designs and best flights. Power them with vinegar and baking soda. Do other science projects and tie the project to the language.
Day 4 - Circus day. Create carnival style games of chance and have them compete. Use language activities to "earn" tickets to play. Face painting and fun for all.
Day 5 - Campfire - fun day - do your video here just for fun. Then do some skits around a makeshift campfire. Play with the day and have fun.
For the winter camp we did:
Day 1 - Travel day. 1st class - we will learn some vocabulary for travel and vacations. 2nd class - Students will draw a picture about their dream vacation place and then talk about what they would like to do on a vacation. 3rd class � Students will make a vacation plan (poster) for their family. 4th class � Students will watch a musical slide show of fun vacation activities.
Day 2 - Winter fun. 1st class � Students will learn some vocabulary and names for different winter sports. 2nd class � Students will learn about different winter sports from other countries. These would include things like Curling, Hockey, Broomball, Bobsledding and Tobogganing. 3rd class � Students will make a quickie kite. In the 4th class we will go outside and fly our kites.
Day 3 � Earth day. 1st class � Students will learn some vocabulary for environmental protection. 2nd class � Trash: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle what do these really mean? Talk about them. 3rd class � Watch a video or slide show about endangered species. 4th class - As a class exercise � talk and write about what can we do?
Day 4 � Tongue twisters and language fun. In the 1st class we will llearn and practice a tongue twister. In the 2nd class we will learn and practice a joke. In the 3rd class each student will make a word search puzzle for fun. In the 4th class students will do a word search puzzle.
Day 5 � Camp closing. In the 1st class we will do some fun games and activities. In the 2nd class we will watch a short English animation about winter fun. In the 3rd class let�s make hotdogs and hot chocolate. In the 4th class � Let�s eat hotdogs and hot chocolate.
For summer camp this year we are planning:
1) Reading and Tongue Twister Day - day 2. In the 2nd and 3rd periods we will read a book, write a short book report and then we will present our book reports to the class. In the 4th class we will learn a tongue twister and play a game.
2) Cowboy for a day - In the 1st class we will make a cowboy hat. In the 2nd class we will have our spring roundup activity (matching words game). In the 3rd class we will learn the cowboy lullaby. In the 4th class we will make our "critter" booklet.
3) The Teddy Bear's Picnic - day 3. In the 1st class we will identify and talk about different foods. In the 2nd class we will draw our favorite picnic meal on a paper plate and show the class. In the 3rd class we will make a paper picnic basket and learn the poem "My Picnic Basket". In the 4th class we can play picnic bingo.
4) Science Day - day 4. In the 1st period we will talk about the solar system. In the 2nd period we will make a solar system model. In the 3rd and 4th periods we will show, make and fly a simple plastic kite. If there is no wind we will play a game.
5) Carnival Day - day 5. This is meant to be a fun day for our close. We will do face painting, have carnival games of chance, make hot dogs and have our classroom campfire. In the 4th period we will have a survey and our closing.
Hope that helps someone. |
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Horangi Munshin
Joined: 06 Apr 2003
Location: Busan
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| Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2007 3:40 am Post subject: |
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Yep miles easier!!!
Your ideas sound cool. What age level to you teach ttompatz? Most of my students would find some of them too hard. |
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ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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| Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2007 4:01 am Post subject: |
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| Horangi Munshin wrote: |
Yep miles easier!!!
Your ideas sound cool. What age level to you teach ttompatz? Most of my students would find some of them too hard. |
We used these in a public elementary school gr 1/2, 3/4 and 5/6.
For the G1/2 students we kept it really simple.
For hte G3/4s we scaled it up a bit.
The G5/6s had tons of fun doing these things.
See and do. Show and tell. Work on basic communication skills and toss the grammar book out the window. Get them interested and they will a) return, b) have fun, c) LEARN because they want to.
First aid consisted of a Stop/Drop and roll - fire drill, band-aids, cleaning a wound, and making a aplint. Kids love to tie each other up at any age 
Rockets and volcanos were fun. We worked in groups of 6. We used modeling clay to make our volcanos on a plastic serving tray. Then add the baking soda into the cone and have the tykes put a spoon full of vinegar into it. Instant fun for 40 minutes.
Vinegar / soda rockets were simply 600ml plastic bottles. Wrap paper on the outside. make a cone for the nose. Put the soda fuel into a piece of tissue and wrap. Go outside to the playground. Add about 40ml of vinegar to the bottle. Use a piece of tape to hold the soda pack out of the liquid.
Stick a cork / rubber stopper into the bottle tightly. Place the bottle (nose up) on the ground and stand back. It may take a minute to build pressure but then will fly up to about 10 meters.
Again the kids loved it.
Works find for the older kids too. They just do more of the work with less help. Task based learning - follow directions - cut, paste, do this, do that, Repetitive tasks to reinforce the vocabulary. We had a blast (literally). |
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ella
Joined: 17 Apr 2006
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| Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2007 4:02 am Post subject: |
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| Where do you get the paints for face-painting? |
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ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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| Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2007 4:08 am Post subject: |
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| ella wrote: |
| Where do you get the paints for face-painting? |
Event shop, home plus, Alpha stationary store. Ask your co-teacher. They should be able to show you where to get them.
Just so you know, they are not cheap here (7000 won on average for a set of 6-8 thimble sized paint jars) but one set will let you paint about 200 faces.
Don't forget the small art brushes as well. |
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thu_tinh
Joined: 27 Sep 2006
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| Posted: Tue Jun 26, 2007 6:54 pm Post subject: |
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| when i was told about theme English that's what I thought just do things in English, but my coteacher says no it is actually redecorating the room =/ |
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