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[SweetBear]

Hi,
I have about 20 kids of mixed level ability. Some kids are using Let's go 1 and some are up to Let's go 3,(although this is my opinion of their level, I think some kids are probably studying Let's go 4 even though it's too hard for them). I have no books and two hours to fill. Any ideas?
Help !
Sb

[Yu_Bum_suk]

2 hours every day? If so, for how many days? What ages?

[BigBlackEquus]

I am working two camps this winter. My school will hold a camp, but it will be totally unorganized. They let us do what we want within a certain time frame (we only know we will teach 3 to 4 hours a day, which is double last year). My co-worker is not coming back when our contract ends after the camp, so he says he will just show videos. Last year, they hardly even checked on us.

The other camp is at a public elementary school in Seoul. I worked for this place before, and was paid a very fair 30,000 won per hour. I will work 3 hours a day for 2 weeks during my vacation time. They are very organized, and will give me materials to teach, just like last time. I teach the same thing for 50 minutes, 3 times per day. Phonics, this time. Last time, I taught short readers.

I got it ok'd by immigration again. The odd thing is that this time, they chose another form for me to fill out, when they made me do a different form for the same thing last time. This is now the same form I used a year ago for a different place.

I sometimes wonder if they really have a clue.

By the way, for the men, there are now two semi-very attractive young ladies in their early to mid 20s who are working behind the windows. Some of you may find your immigration trip more enjoyable this time. And they speak English.

[manlyboy]

I think that ability gap (Let's go 1 through 4) is too wide to do anything specific. Perhaps you can give them open-ended activities like creative writing, keeping a journal, observational activities involving watching and/or listening to English language programs, creating their own board games, etc. These kinds of things will allow them all to work at their own pace. If you give them handouts pitched somewhere in the middle, you may have an admixture of confused, frustrated and bored senseless faces staring back at you. Plus, while the slower ones are catching up, the advanced ones might start finding other ways to amuse themselves which may not be very agreeable to you!

[Grotto]

Its camp guys! Games and fun...nothing too intellectual.

Teach them red rover, hide and seek(I used the entire school for my class)

Make up games and let them play, make construction projects. Get colored paper and old magazines and have them do collages...anything but a book!