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Fishead soup · Joined: 24 Jun 2007 Location: Korea

The exams are finished. The students consider the year to be over.
Pretty soon the korean teachers will be showing Harry Potter in Class.
If you think classes were bad before just wait. Also don't expect to do any real co-teaching.

Yu_Bum_suk · Joined: 25 Dec 2004

I remember making this exact same post last year.

Fishead soup · Joined: 24 Jun 2007 Location: Korea

sojourner1 · Posted: Mon Dec 10, 2007 7:04 pm Post subject:

So what do you do in public school from now until March 1st other than Winter camps? Do you sit in the office a lot and be bored or do you take some time off?

nomad-ish · Posted: Mon Dec 10, 2007 7:07 pm Post subject: Re: No real teaching until march

cruisemonkey · Posted: Mon Dec 10, 2007 7:10 pm Post subject:

Cool, isn't it? My last day of 'real' teaching was Nov. 29th (the 30th was the school's festival)... sure beats my old job! Very Happy

nomad-ish · Posted: Mon Dec 10, 2007 7:11 pm Post subject:

renzobenzo1 · Joined: 08 Sep 2007 Location: Suji, Yongin

So it's fairly understandable and reasonable for us to be showing videos this time of year?

renzobenzo1 · Joined: 08 Sep 2007 Location: Suji, Yongin

So it's fairly understandable and reasonable for us to be showing videos this time of year?

Easter Clark · Joined: 18 Nov 2007 Location: Hiding from Yie Eun-woong

For our final week I'm doing a pop song ("Because of You," at the students' request) and a Mr. Bean lesson, then it's vacation time!

cornie_man · Joined: 31 Jul 2005 Location: Sparkling in Korea

Xmas card making and songs next week and a crossword review quiz are the ways in which I'm gonna wrap it up (puzzlemaker from the discovery channel site people!) Mr Bean lesson? That's a good idea!

waynehead · Joined: 18 Apr 2006 Location: Jongno

I just had my first 3rd grade class for the week. I'd sent a message to my two 3rd grade co-teachers asking what they wanted me to do this week, now that exams are over and all. I asked should I do the book lesson that's planned or should I do a game/video something interesting.

Please teach the 'talk and talk' lesson they said.

Ok.

Well, having just finished 45 minutes of hell, let me say good luck to those of you who're gonna try to, you know, teach something for the rest of this month. It was worse than pulling teeth, worse than squeezing blood from a turnip...there's no expression in English to describe how difficult it was getting them to focus/interact/learn/talk....

Ugh.

mrsquirrel · Joined: 13 Dec 2006

Haven't done any real teaching since oh I dunno September!

Been downhill since then.

oldfatfarang · Joined: 19 May 2005 Location: On the road to somewhere.

I'm lucky. I've got a language lab set-up - 6 tables complete with computers. So we're doing on-line searching for song lyrics and youtube vids. That's what the kids think, anyway. They're really doing GIST & SCAN reading tasks - fill in the gaps quiz - and, I'd really like some role playing - but THAT aint gonna happen this time of year.

For the 1st and 2nd grades, I may also do a "Going to the Bank" role play (with play money etc) - but I'll wait and see how traumatised they are after today's test.

The really low grade 3rd grade classes - I'm not even bothering. I'm showing vids.

Oh, and I forgot. I've got to teach a demo lesson in the next 2 weeks in case I re-sign. What a great time of year to be doing a demo lesson for the DOE.

pkang0202 · Joined: 09 Mar 2007

I'm gonna finish up the book. I have 1 lesson to go in each of my classes. That should occupy the time between now and the end of March. I know the kids have already checked out, but I'm gonna do my lesson anyways.