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nomad-ish

does anyone have some good direction sites or even powerpoints that have some korean translations for stuff like "turn right", "walk straight", "it's on your left" etc.?

i recently made up a powerpoint lesson on giving directions and it worked well with my favourite 3rd grade teacher (who actively helps me in class). but apparently it worked too well and she gave some of my handouts to my other 3rd grade teacher who can barely make simple sentences. anyhow, i tried to get out of teaching it to her classes so i could do something easier (with no need for translation from her), but she wants the directions lesson.

i need suggestions for visuals i can use or even korean translations of phrases. by any chance, does someone know of a youtube video that has something like, a person walking down the street saying direction phrases as they do them? yes, i'm aware i could do it...but i don't want to look like a nutjob talking to myself with my camera

any advice would be great!

poet13 · Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2008 9:46 pm Post subject:

I cut a pile of A4 paper in half. Give one to each student. They will spend a short time making their own business sign. They can come up with some pretty cool stuff. Then we tape them to the front of their desk. The desks becomes city blocks, and the aisles streets. I move a few desks to blocks roads, etc. Everybody goes to the front of the room. Two students will each pick partners. Start them in different places in the 'city'. They will give their partners directions to a particular business.
Randomly block streets for construction, fire...or hip check a student onto a desk and call it "car accident." Good for a laugh. I start two of them because they have to go quickly and they can't run them into each other. After demonstration, the students like to listen very carefully to the instructions and do EXACTLY what the other student said or didn't say. (A student didn't say stop, so the other kept going to the window, climbed to the window sill...and then I stopped him because we were on the third floor.)

it's fun.

mrsquirrel · Joined: 13 Dec 2006

^ In classes of forty?

poet13 · Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2008 9:58 pm Post subject:

Nope. Classes of 33 and 34.

nomad-ish · Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2008 11:10 pm Post subject:

thanks poet, that's a really good idea! i would definitely do it if i had less students or a better co-teacher! Wink

but i don't think i'd be able to coordinate 40-45 beginner students by myself for the activity.

mrsquirrel · Joined: 13 Dec 2006

poet13 · Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2008 11:15 pm Post subject:

"How to you keep the students orderly at the bottom of the room?"

I love pushups, ergo my students love pushups.

They are noisy to be sure...but I enjoy a noisy classroom. It means there engaged....engaged in something....but at least they're engaged. They're more receptive that way.

It's also fun for them. They get to be out of their chairs, walking around, doing stuff. They know if they get and stay out of hand, then they don't get to do these activities. From there they self-police.

editr - added italics

poet13 · Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2008 11:18 pm Post subject:

" do it if i had less students or a better co-teacher! "

No co-teacher. All boys middle school. I'm the big dog when I'm in the classroom.

mrsquirrel · Joined: 13 Dec 2006

KYC · Joined: 11 May 2006

Grade 6 lesson 2 "where is york street"

Go to esnips and find the above folder. There are lots of ppt. As for games and activities, draw a bullseye & blindfold one kid and have the other children give directions. Or use pin the tail on the donkey. There are others too but my grades 1,2 just walked in.

ddeubel · Joined: 20 Jul 2005

You might want to try this ppt or get it directly at EFL classroom 2.0 on the Practice page. I'm starting a directory of public school ppts there, just collecting a lot all over the place....

http://eflclassroom.com/pptsps/lesson62.swf

This is quite handy and I like it for basic directions. http://eflclassroom.com/tools/map.swf

You can also send students to our voicethreads. I haven't promoted this much but after class they can practice at the voicethread and listen to others. Many kinds, this is one of them and the map part is pretty interactive.... http://voicethread.com/share/34182/

Or all of them http://voicethread.com/#u3968

DD
http://eflclassroom.ning.com

Rteacher · Joined: 23 May 2005 Location: Western MA, USA

bump (so I can find it later...)

Dome Vans · Guest

poet13 · Posted: Sun Mar 30, 2008 10:00 pm Post subject:

My kids are far from orderly, and definitely very noisy. Sometimes the teacher from the nextr class over comes by and asks if evrything is all right.
I can't imagine trying to get 34 boys to move 34 desks, and 34 chairs in an orderly fashion. Then putting the classroom back together.....at least not with our setup.

Dome Vans · Guest

See that's what I thought. The first couple of times is a pain in the ass but when they know what to do. It's so much easier after that. The biggest class I did it with was 36. My co-teacher did little to help but being able to do a deafening finger whistle is good to get their attention.

Wink

I worked out they're going to get way more controlled speaking practice this way than if they were walking around so that's why I persist with this way.