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[nomad-ish]

this is for those public school teachers teaching after-school, sometimes morning, extra classes for students... what do you do?

[Draz]

I used a textbook and attempted to add in extra things. Unfortunately I had a LOT of problems with multimedia (bad computer they wouldn't fix or replace) which killed a lot (okay... all) of my enthusiasm for doing extra work.

[KYC]

Follow a textbook and make ppts to go along with them. If I'm not tired from my other classes or feeling lazy, then I'll also make a ppt based game to go along with the book.

[politica]

I do all my own stuff, no textbook. I was informed, oh about a month ago, that my theme is "Fairytales" (I'm in my 7th month and I've done almost nothing involving fairytales. Basically, I choose a general topic for the week and then arrange a bunch of activities around that topic that let them practice reading, listening, writing, speaking, grammar, vocabulary, etc.

Here's what last week looked like, if you're interested. (btw, I see them 40 min. each day, except Wed., I see them for 80 min.) Public elementary school, grades 1-6, 20 students)

Theme: Endangered Animals

Monday:
New vocabulary- handed out 10 new vocab words, students look up and write in Korean
Read "Little Red Riding Hood" in Class, students took turns reading
Discussed characters, setting, plot, and moral

Tuesday:
Journal time- "Has anyone ever tricked you? What did they do?"
Grammar- COULD vs. WOULD vs. SHOULD
What could LRRH do?
What would YOU do?
What should YOU do?
COULD/WOULD/SHOULD worksheet

Wednesday:
Listening exercise: "Lil Red Riding Hood" by Sam the Sham- students listen and fill in the blanks.
Review COULD/WOULD/SHOULD worksheet
Worst Case Scenario Game- Students are given a couple scenarios and each group has to figure out what they could do and what they would do. The groups with the best answers get points.
BREAK
Discussion of LRRH and WCS animals- Wolf, bear, alligator, etc. What do you know about these animals.
Review of terms "endangered" and "extinct"
What endangered animals do you know?
What extinct animals do you know?
Students draw an endangered animal card from my mystery bag
Homework- bring in pictures and infomation about your animal

Thursday:
Vocabulary test
Students are given free time to create a poster to tell people about their endangered animal. Students are graded on correct English usage, creativity, and effort.

Friday:
Journal time- "What animal would you like to be? Why?"
Students give mini-presentations on their animals and display their posters.
Students then vote on which animal sounded the "coolest" and that poster is displayed in the classroom (others in the hallway). (My students voted for the hummingbird, haha)
Endangered Animal Hangman! (I'm never above hangman!)

And that's pretty much a typical week with advanced class for me . . .

[Colorado]

With four or five students, we play Monopoly, Life and Scrabble, with fines included for speaking Korean rather than English.

[refikaM]

So, politica.. what do you do for your grades 1-3? Surely that material is too difficult for them.. Are you responsible for grading your students for these classes? Your lesson plans for your advanced students sound interesting to me. However, they would be too difficult for my kids in a rural school... What do folks out there do for lower (speaking, reading, writing) level kids and younger kids?

[Yu_Bum_suk]

This term my extra class is focuse on pronunciation and speech presentations. However the students are free to try to drag me way off topic with free-talking whenever they want.

[politica]

Sorry, I should have clarified that- most of my students are 5th and 6th, but I have a handful of 1st through 4th that have lived abroad and therefore have higher English levels . . .

[politica]

Oh yes, and I grade based on the following factors:

1. Attendance
2. Homework performance
3. Attitude/effort
4. Language ability/improvement

[nomad-ish]

thanks everyone!

and politica, your lessons seem extremely organized and well-prepared, a lot of good ideas, i might try them with my MS 1st graders in regular classtime!

for the people who use a textbook, which do you use? my extra class has 4 levels in it: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and advanced 3rd (this is middle school), it's mostly 1st and 2nd graders though, so i think i'll target the lesson at them.

here are the books i already have that i could use:
-Side by Side 1, 2 (3, 4)
-Get Together 1, 2
-All-Star 1, 2
-Breakthrough 1
-Smart Choice 1

which series would you recommend?

thanks to everyone who's replied so far!

[farrepatt]

I usually do some sort of warm-up activity, like a crossword puzzle or logic puzzles - some sort of more sedate game - then a bit of review and a worksheet (my school refused to buy me anything, so I made my own or used something from 'Side by Side' or 'My World'), and then a more fun game. Review, because we never do in regular classes, worksheets to make the parents and the principal feel like the kids are working hard, game so the kids have a bit of fun. I found that once they could expect a certain format, they behaved a lot better during class.

[Fishead soup]

I use the Online textbook" Tell me More" from the TESL journal. I also
use some games from Deubels site like Baam and Fling the Teacher.
I've used some of the informations gaps and short conversations from
Bogglesworld.

[D.D.]

We sit in a cirlcle and talk. If we can't make it the whole 45 minutes we watch youtube to stimulate some conversation.

At first this was difficult for them, but after a month or so they find it easy to keep the conversation going.

[nomad-ish]

[Ukon]

..since I'm starting from scratch with Elem. kids, I can't simply BS them with hangman for 2 hours...my co-teachers would skewer me....

My school wants me to come up with a planned curriculum....ugh

Lastly how often do you teach the same group of kids...twice a week?

EDIT: anybody know a good book for vocab teaching?