Puppet - Monday Oct. 15, 2007

I only taught two classes today, because Mr. Haw had his open class in the SEV (Seowonju English Village). In one of my previous posts I mentioned being a puppet for Mr. Haw's class (2-6 Second grade, Class 6). An example of what I mean is:

(During his open class with the principal watching.)
*Mr. Haw: Stacey teacher, could you come here please.
*Mr. Haw: Please pronounce these sentences.
*Me:
Person 1: Do you want Bulgogi for lunch?
Person 2: No, thank you.
Person 1: What do you want?
Person 2: I want pizza.
*Mr. Haw: Ok, Stacey teacher, one more time. Repeat after Stacey teacher (directed at the class).
*Me:
Person 1: Do you want Bulgogi for lunch?
Students: Do you want Bulgogi for lunch?
Person 2: No, thank you.
Students: No, thank you.
Person 1: What do you want?
Students: What do you want?
Person 2: I want pizza.
Students: I want pizza.
*Mr. Haw: Ok, thank you Stacey teacher.

It's pretty exciting, isn't it? This is why I'm glad that this only happens for one of my 14 classes.^^

I'm teaching sign language this week, so I'm pretty excited about that. I'm just teaching the alphabet though. I think that it will help students practice their pronunciation, plus they really seem to enjoy learning it. I tried to teach them the whole alphabet in one day...hmm...yep, impossible. Now I'm trying to get as far as I can with each class. It should be interesting trying to pick up next week with each class in a different spot. I'll make it work though. I don't know how much approval I am receiving from the teachers since I have strayed from the curriculm, but I'm not going to worry about that right now.

I had a later tutoring session today, because Julie had something to do. It was a good thing, because I didn't get out of school until after 3:00 PM. That is when my lesson is supposed to begin.

I did a lot of relaxing today also. I'm working on getting myself back to normal...well, my version of normal!^^