Normal morning routine, only this time I got the chance to text my parents. I went to school, just barely on time; my normal path was blocked off. So, I had to improvise and find an alternative path. There was still no co-English teacher, which means another slow day for me. My goal was to learn how to use the Korean keyboard by translating the previous exams into Google translator. That took the whole morning to master, plus I was switching off with ‘Learning Korean with Pimsleur’ on my iPod when my brain started to hurt. I ate lunch with the 3rd graders, they liked to stare and say hello to me. After lunch I was told by Sang-hyun that today was a half day for classes and I had to attend the English Camp Seminar at a nearby elementary school at 2:00pm. He then informed me I will teach alone and I needed to come up with the lesson plans for the camps. My camp will consist of three different timetables; the first will be 20 3rd and 4th graders for three hours a day for a week, the second will be 20 5th and 6th grade students for three hours a day for a different week, and the third (sounds even more challenging) will be 1st and 2nd graders on Monday afternoons for 40 min classes for four weeks. So far, I’ve been told I don’t need to submit any lesson plans, but I’ll still make them to get organized. The more I have planned, the better mannered the students will be, hopefully. At the English seminar, I met the English teachers (about 18 of them) within the local Gyeonggi province teaching Public elementary or middle schools. They were from South Africa, Canada, or the United States. Four of them teach very close to my school and one (Brian) is at the Munsi Middle School next door. One of the elementary school teachers (Michael) actually lives in the building next to me. Many of the teachers at the seminar were extremely helpful, offering me suggestions for teaching, lesson plans, places to visit, and how to survive on my own. I feel very blessed to have been greeted so warmly. After the seminar, Brian and Michael walked with me back home. We chatted about teaching and the different backgrounds we all possess. We made plans to have dinner together tomorrow night after work. Yay. I went home to my tiny apartment and started researching the area and lesson plan ideas on the web.
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I love the twilight poster!
ReplyDeleteI bet twilight would be easier to handle dubbed into Korean
ReplyDelete-Bess