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WavFunc
Joined: 23 Oct 2009
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 Posted: Tue Dec 01, 2009 9:17 pm Post subject: I swear to god, I'm gunna jump! |
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...or mock hang myself with string in front of the faculty at my school.
Since Monday, the schedule changed to accomodate exam studies. I expected this and usually, in the past, my co-teachers took over my class so that they could prepare with my students.
Anyway, no one told me about the schedule change. First period on Monday was a normal class though I didn't notice I was teaching the wrong boy's class during the same period. To my surprise, that same boy's class came in two more times that day rendering my lesson plan useless so I played games for them in the first class and had an arm wrestling competition with them in the second class.
Once I realized what was happening I asked my boss, my office workers and so forth and no one new anything about it. Apparenty my co-teachers were swapping classes/students around depending on what each class wanted to study and I kept getting sent the leftovers. None of them told me and they were all unreachable.
Yesterday I just got a whole mix of classes. Each class had a random mixture of students from all the other classes. I complained some more and they told me to just go with it. I can't use the same lesson plans as I've run out and my "bag of tricks" is even getting empty. Since every class is composed of 5-20% of the previous classes' kids, I can't use the same games or activities on them again and need to come up with new stuff everytime.
Today, I've just been having some conversations with them and going over some grammar. I'm seriously running out of things to do. Its becoming really stressful.
I've been begging them for nearly two years to tell me stuff in advance and they won't. I know they don't hate me, they're already asking me to do a third year or consider going to work at another school in the area that wants me (even though I'm only half way through the second contract) but all I want is for them just to give me even... 20 minutes notice! Thats all I'm asking and I can't get it.
Just a rant... |
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lifeinkorea
Joined: 24 Jan 2009
Location: somewhere in China
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| Posted: Tue Dec 01, 2009 9:48 pm Post subject: |
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| Since every class is composed of 5-20% of the previous classes' kids, I can't use the same games or activities on them again and need to come up with new stuff everytime. |
I have been there. I had 2 hour classes, and they changed them to three 40 minute classes on different days. However, they would keep changing back and I would request again throughout the year to go back to the 40 minute classes. When I had to teach 2 hours, I would take 5 students at a time and just work with them for like 10 minutes.
It might be better than trying to teach regular classes. Teach in small groups and let the other students have some free time. |
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seonsengnimble
Joined: 02 Jun 2009
Location: taking a ride on the magic English bus
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| Posted: Tue Dec 01, 2009 10:14 pm Post subject: |
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| Take out a book or an ipod and yell "Freeze tag, everybody's it!!!" This should buy you about 30 minutes. |
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DrugstoreCowgirl
Joined: 08 May 2009
Location: Daegu-where the streets have no name
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| Posted: Wed Dec 02, 2009 1:01 am Post subject: |
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| Put on Sponge Bob or something. |
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Michelle
Joined: 18 May 2003
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| Posted: Wed Dec 02, 2009 5:02 pm Post subject: Re: I swear to god, I'm gunna jump! |
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| WavFunc wrote: |
...or mock hang myself with string in front of the faculty at my school.
Since Monday, the schedule changed to accomodate exam studies. I expected this and usually, in the past, my co-teachers took over my class so that they could prepare with my students.
Anyway, no one told me about the schedule change. First period on Monday was a normal class though I didn't notice I was teaching the wrong boy's class during the same period. To my surprise, that same boy's class came in two more times that day rendering my lesson plan useless so I played games for them in the first class and had an arm wrestling competition with them in the second class.
Once I realized what was happening I asked my boss, my office workers and so forth and no one new anything about it. Apparenty my co-teachers were swapping classes/students around depending on what each class wanted to study and I kept getting sent the leftovers. None of them told me and they were all unreachable.
Yesterday I just got a whole mix of classes. Each class had a random mixture of students from all the other classes. I complained some more and they told me to just go with it. I can't use the same lesson plans as I've run out and my "bag of tricks" is even getting empty. Since every class is composed of 5-20% of the previous classes' kids, I can't use the same games or activities on them again and need to come up with new stuff everytime.
Today, I've just been having some conversations with them and going over some grammar. I'm seriously running out of things to do. Its becoming really stressful.
I've been begging them for nearly two years to tell me stuff in advance and they won't. I know they don't hate me, they're already asking me to do a third year or consider going to work at another school in the area that wants me (even though I'm only half way through the second contract) but all I want is for them just to give me even... 20 minutes notice! Thats all I'm asking and I can't get it.
Just a rant... |
Hi,
Yeah, let them have quiet reading time or writing time, videos and books are fine about now. So it quiet study or give sentences and paper to write the writing part of the book. I teach elementary and my school has some 10 minute Korean documentaries/ videos about safety and other stuff they can watch. Don't sweat about a lesson, if desperate you can make it up when things sort out but chances are you won't have to.
G luck... |
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Pa Jan Jo A Hamnida
Joined: 27 Oct 2006
Location: Not Korea
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| Posted: Wed Dec 02, 2009 8:27 pm Post subject: |
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Fishead soup
Joined: 24 Jun 2007
Location: Korea
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| Posted: Wed Dec 02, 2009 8:36 pm Post subject: |
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| School House rock Youtube Conjunction Junction what's your function? |
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Faunaki
Joined: 15 Jun 2007
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| Posted: Wed Dec 02, 2009 8:44 pm Post subject: |
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| School House rock Youtube Conjunction Junction what's your function? |
^ Exactly. Just let them make Youtube requests. I just did a lesson on Linkin Park New Divide, they love that one. It takes 45 min, you can just change it around a bit.
Here it is:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysSxxIqKNN0
What do you see? What words do you hear?
I see a/an/some�..
man
I remembered black skies, the ________1 all around me
I remembered each flash as time began to blur
Like a startling sign that fate had finally found ___2
And your voice was all I heard that I get what I deserve
So give me reason to prove me wrong, to wash this memory clean
Let the floods cross the distance in your ______3
Give me reason to fill this hole, connect the space between
Let it be enough to reach the ______4 that lies across this new divide
There was _______5 in sight but memories left abandoned
There was nowhere to hide, the ashes fell like snow
And the ground caved in ________6 where we were standing
And your voice was all I heard that I get what I deserve
So give me reason to prove me wrong, to wash this memory ______7
Let the floods cross the distance in your eyes across this new divide
In ______8 loss, in every lie, in every truth that you'd deny
And each regret and each ________9 was a mistake too great to hide
And your voice was all I heard that I get what I deserve
So give me reason to prove me wrong, to wash this memory clean
Let the floods ______10 the distance in your eyes
Give me reason to fill this hole, connect the space between
Let it be _______11 to reach the truth that lies across this new divide
Across this new divide, across this new divide
Vocabulary:
between, goodbye, eyes, cross, lightning, truth, me, enough, every, nothing, clean
Describe the Picture:
Student A:
Student B: |
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Chambertin
Joined: 07 Jun 2009
Location: Gunsan
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| Posted: Thu Dec 03, 2009 7:50 am Post subject: |
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Jump, aim for a fat person.
Remove two uneeded things from the world with one fell swoop.
tehee |
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asylum seeker
Joined: 22 Jul 2007
Location: On your computer screen.
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| Posted: Thu Dec 03, 2009 8:24 am Post subject: |
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| Faunaki wrote: |
| Fishead soup wrote: |
| School House rock Youtube Conjunction Junction what's your function? |
^ Exactly. Just let them make Youtube requests. I just did a lesson on Linkin Park New Divide, they love that one. It takes 45 min, you can just change it around a bit.
Here it is:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysSxxIqKNN0
What do you see? What words do you hear?
I see a/an/some�..
man
I remembered black skies, the ________1 all around me
I remembered each flash as time began to blur
Like a startling sign that fate had finally found ___2
And your voice was all I heard that I get what I deserve
So give me reason to prove me wrong, to wash this memory clean
Let the floods cross the distance in your ______3
Give me reason to fill this hole, connect the space between
Let it be enough to reach the ______4 that lies across this new divide
There was _______5 in sight but memories left abandoned
There was nowhere to hide, the ashes fell like snow
And the ground caved in ________6 where we were standing
And your voice was all I heard that I get what I deserve
So give me reason to prove me wrong, to wash this memory ______7
Let the floods cross the distance in your eyes across this new divide
In ______8 loss, in every lie, in every truth that you'd deny
And each regret and each ________9 was a mistake too great to hide
And your voice was all I heard that I get what I deserve
So give me reason to prove me wrong, to wash this memory clean
Let the floods ______10 the distance in your eyes
Give me reason to fill this hole, connect the space between
Let it be _______11 to reach the truth that lies across this new divide
Across this new divide, across this new divide
Vocabulary:
between, goodbye, eyes, cross, lightning, truth, me, enough, every, nothing, clean
Describe the Picture:
Student A:
Student B: |
This is good but how do you stretch it to 45 minutes? |
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cruisemonkey
Joined: 04 Jul 2005
Location: Hopefully, the same place as my luggage.
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| Posted: Thu Dec 03, 2009 11:17 am Post subject: |
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OP,
Two words: "Free time!"
The soccer players and ones that won't learn any English no matter what you do will just sleep. Some will read comic books, some will do their hogwan homework and some will study for exams.
One or two may even open their English text book. This a great opportunity for you to point out all the mistakes in the book; which, if they listen to you, will result in a lower grade on their exam - because if they answer properly, their K English teacher willl mark it as being wrong.  |
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I'm no Picasso
Joined: 28 Oct 2008
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| Posted: Thu Dec 03, 2009 3:24 pm Post subject: |
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| Oh man. I love this time of year. It's "today I think schedule is a little changee" season. Keeps ya on your toes. |
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