another week in the life...
tomorrow is Korea's independence day, so there will be no school. in my classes today there was definitely a festive air, as if - on the first day of the week - it was a friday. how nice.
the little ones are learning plural endings (-s, -es, -ies, as well as those frustrating exceptions) and this/these. i also taught them my all-time favorite song "deep and wide". i am realizing that the first time i teach my students a song, they are rarely enthusiastic. sometimes they are just downright obstinate and refuse to sing or do anything. only later when we sing it again do they get all excited. SO STRANGE! hannah and anthony were driving me nuts because they just sat in their seats like nincompoops, while david and jake were enthusiastically mimicking my gestures and eating up every minute of it. ~sigh~ how do i draw anthony out? and settle brett down? and encourage david not to stress out?
the little ones are learning plural endings (-s, -es, -ies, as well as those frustrating exceptions) and this/these. i also taught them my all-time favorite song "deep and wide". i am realizing that the first time i teach my students a song, they are rarely enthusiastic. sometimes they are just downright obstinate and refuse to sing or do anything. only later when we sing it again do they get all excited. SO STRANGE! hannah and anthony were driving me nuts because they just sat in their seats like nincompoops, while david and jake were enthusiastically mimicking my gestures and eating up every minute of it. ~sigh~ how do i draw anthony out? and settle brett down? and encourage david not to stress out?
my prep class took a vocab quiz today. angela got a 95A. you have no idea what an accomplishment this is! after being in my class for over 4 months she still seems to have trouble remembering to turn in a typed journal entry every monday. this consistent memory lapse amazes... nay, utterly confounds me, but there are yet moments where i glimpse the twinkling light at the end of the distant tunnel. today held one of those moments.
my step 3 class ate up my 14 year-old-teenage-american-ditsy-girl-impersonation last week. i had every single one of them rolling with every hair flip and shake of my hips and "like" ... oh friends, it was a classic moment in my ESL teaching career. it was amidst our discussion for listening in the "At the Mall" unit.
this class has a vocab quiz every 3 chapters, so we usually prepare beforehand with a rousing rendition of Around-the-World, where i give the english definition and two children compete to say the vocabulary word the fastest. the winner goes on to compete with the next student.. and it continues around the room. i was the MASTER in my high school german class, so i have loved transfering the passion. i am pleased to say that tonight we had rousing cheers, jason attempting to use his korean "i'm older than you by however many or few days, weeks, months or years and therefore you must listen to me" intimidation tactics (which i thoroughly enjoyed quickly nipping in the bud), intense competition, shouting and uproarous laughter. it was a riot.
this class has a vocab quiz every 3 chapters, so we usually prepare beforehand with a rousing rendition of Around-the-World, where i give the english definition and two children compete to say the vocabulary word the fastest. the winner goes on to compete with the next student.. and it continues around the room. i was the MASTER in my high school german class, so i have loved transfering the passion. i am pleased to say that tonight we had rousing cheers, jason attempting to use his korean "i'm older than you by however many or few days, weeks, months or years and therefore you must listen to me" intimidation tactics (which i thoroughly enjoyed quickly nipping in the bud), intense competition, shouting and uproarous laughter. it was a riot.
in other news...
i have been busy lately. wednesday laura and andy came over for some pizza and laughs, and laura and i were pleased to introduce andy to the princess bride. i genuinely feel he will never be the same again, as everyone is who has had the privilege to be acquainted with such quality entertainment. then laura spent the night.
on saturday emily introduced me to a very well-known spicy chicken joint in gangnam (dowtown seoul). i am assuming it's famous, because when i told my students the name, they nodded enthusiastically and got really animated. it's good enough to go again... and again... ^^
stefanie has been sweltering at her apartment since her AC randomly decided to start blowing air of questionable temperature, so she crashed at my place saturday night. she's been working 12 hour days with brittany back home. she's been such a trooper, but please pray for her!
sunday brought church, where i am thoroughly enjoying being a greeter at the front door, and a trip to yongsan with stefanie to visit the national museum of korea. susan joined us later her at my place for a beginning to the long-winded pride and prejudice, and she ended up staying the night. we talked until probably 4,30 in the morning. (as she said... that's what happens when you get to talkers in the same room!)
sunday brought church, where i am thoroughly enjoying being a greeter at the front door, and a trip to yongsan with stefanie to visit the national museum of korea. susan joined us later her at my place for a beginning to the long-winded pride and prejudice, and she ended up staying the night. we talked until probably 4,30 in the morning. (as she said... that's what happens when you get to talkers in the same room!)
Happy Birthday Mutti!
9 days.
2 comments:
I LOVED around the world when i was in school, and generally did well at it...so glad you are passing on such greatness "around the world"...hahaha!
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got your post...sounds awesome! let me know more the details, cause my brother's birthday is that sunday. lots of love!!
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