Solo, part II
The second class for Toikuma-sensei's team-teach went like a dream. With teh lessons learnt from the previous two classes today, I was able to polish up my performance. The students were great again, listening to me more carefully than they would if a JTE was stood besides me.
I also had English club to do today. I had talked to Tokuma-sensei about Countdown last friday after I had used it in my Third-year team-teach. She was quite interested by it and was keen to use it for English Club. So I tried it out today. We warmed up with a round of 'I went to the shops and I bought...', then I explained vowels and constenants and then the rules of Countdown. It worked well. I extended the time-limit to around two minutes which gave the teams plenty of time to think of interesting words of around 5-6 letters. The groups were also smaller, around 3-4 students, which worked really well.
With Countdown this week, and Crosswits the other week, maybe I have found a new vein of English Club ideas. Perhaps I should try and find a book of word games for future reference.
Tuesday 16th,
Just got in from shopping and eating ramen with Debs. She had the idea of going out to the big 100 yen shop in Muikamachi to buy replacements for things that broke in the earthquake. I managed to find some nice glasses and mugs, so nice that I might just get rid of the old stuff even if it isn't broken. Obviously we chatted while we were out and Debs told me that she has been feeling fed-up and listless. I told her that I was too and we both agreed it was a comfort to know that our feelings were not unique. So we've agreed to try and get out more to try and get out of our rut.
Lessons were okay today. The students in Yanagi-sensei's lesson were as disruptive as ever. In Takahashi-sensei's lessons we did a restaurant theme. We played the same waiter game that Tokuma-sensei from Tokamachi Koko devised and the game worked really well. The students were happy to play waiter, it kept them in order and they practised their English. Job Done. We'll be using the activity again for tomorrow's lessons.
I also had English club to do today. I had talked to Tokuma-sensei about Countdown last friday after I had used it in my Third-year team-teach. She was quite interested by it and was keen to use it for English Club. So I tried it out today. We warmed up with a round of 'I went to the shops and I bought...', then I explained vowels and constenants and then the rules of Countdown. It worked well. I extended the time-limit to around two minutes which gave the teams plenty of time to think of interesting words of around 5-6 letters. The groups were also smaller, around 3-4 students, which worked really well.
With Countdown this week, and Crosswits the other week, maybe I have found a new vein of English Club ideas. Perhaps I should try and find a book of word games for future reference.
Tuesday 16th,
Just got in from shopping and eating ramen with Debs. She had the idea of going out to the big 100 yen shop in Muikamachi to buy replacements for things that broke in the earthquake. I managed to find some nice glasses and mugs, so nice that I might just get rid of the old stuff even if it isn't broken. Obviously we chatted while we were out and Debs told me that she has been feeling fed-up and listless. I told her that I was too and we both agreed it was a comfort to know that our feelings were not unique. So we've agreed to try and get out more to try and get out of our rut.
Lessons were okay today. The students in Yanagi-sensei's lesson were as disruptive as ever. In Takahashi-sensei's lessons we did a restaurant theme. We played the same waiter game that Tokuma-sensei from Tokamachi Koko devised and the game worked really well. The students were happy to play waiter, it kept them in order and they practised their English. Job Done. We'll be using the activity again for tomorrow's lessons.
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