They say it seldom snows in Daegu, but it's been snowing all day.
Only a few cars were out on the road this morning, driving real slow. Many teachers reverted to the subway to get to work, parents accompanied their children to school on foot and it's surmounted in a bit
We had our open/DMOE class evaluation today. There were two NETs with two DMOE evaluators sitting in our class. I love evaluations. Yes, they're nerve wracking and my co-teacher gets so stressed out with them... But I love them.
I love performing.
Here's a summary of our lesson plan on "Months of the Year":
We played "12 Months (are in a year) Song" youTube video as the class entered and got seated.
Then we sang"The Month Song" along with the CD-Rom disk (* this song is kind of soggy, but hey...)
Class activity: 3 games
Ball Toss- When is your birthday?
Student 1: When is your birthday? (chooses someone to toss it to & that person must answer the question)
Student 2: It's June... When is your birthday? (chooses someone to toss it to & that person must answer
I run-through of the months and the special holidays that they're known for. I explain each holiday and tried to tie in Korean ones just to help them relate to the months in a more personal way. They do know
MTV hires producers who can
relate to teens and their current interest in music and pop culture.
It's simple logic-- if you can understand your target viewers' language
and the issues of their world, then you will relate better to the teens
you work with to film. You'll know what captures your target audience's
attention and sucks them in.
I'm slowly getting to learn about Korean culture and what's students find fun and popular in Korean sports stars, comedians, favorite game shows and K-pop celebs. So I've been trying to integrate it a bit more. Still, it's not easy to learn if you don't have co-teachers who are into Korean pop culture.
Warmup: Play the Pete Weatherall Weather Song
Review: Show Seasons.ppt.
My 4 Seasons ppt is a bit more than the textbook demands.
I'm testing out different ways to teach through either pop culture or things the children might relate to in
I felt like my co-teacher was doing a last-minute lesson plan "ditch" today; she had grand and creative schemes for lesson plans, but is now just concerned with following the textbook simply, so that she can get to her other more pressing work outside of class. Sometimes this annoys- I only have my 9 day EPIK orientation and when I contribute, I come up w/ Powerpoint presentations, innovative teaching methods and last-minute, on-the-spot modifications to sculpting lessons in a way I feel students can relate to. She, on the other hand, has more experience, government funded workshops abroad and a book full of "innovative" exercises she's learned, etc... that she's not implementing. Still, when we get together to plan a lesson and she wants to hear my ideas, there are moments when my ideas get shot
