Infinitive Clue (JH New Horizons 2 Unit 3) « Result #1 on Sept 15, 2009, 2:28pm »
Comment: My students and I loved Infinitive Clue (after the JET explained how to play in Japanese)! They got a lot of practice with infinitive sentences and had fun while doing it! I used true sentences about students in the class and where they went and what they did during summer vacation. Question: I don't understand what this sentence below Teaching Suggestions means: "The numbers located below each of the pictures on the worksheet is used as an indication of which round the group is on." Thank you.
Re: Activity Improvements « Result #3 on May 29, 2009, 9:49am »
Long Long Time worksheet
The examples given in this worksheet (for the make sentences from the picture part), "I have been watching TV...", are the wrong grammar for that particular Unit. Units 3 and 4 use the Past Perfect (ex. I have lived in Japan) and not the Past Perfect Progressive (ex. I have been living in Japan). Your handout uses the Progressive tense. Might want to change that.
Also noticed that the Units 3 and 4 activities are the same. You might want to try and separate out the "have you ever..." stuff from the Unit 3 activities. "Have you ever..." is a completely different point than teaching "I have lived in Japan for 6 years."
Doggone Brilliant Joke « Result #4 on May 25, 2009, 6:59pm »
A wealthy man decided to go on a safari in Africa. He took his faithful pet dachshund along for company. One day, the dachshund starts chasing butterflies and before long the dachshund discovers that he is lost.
So, wandering about, he notices a leopard heading rapidly in his direction with the obvious intention of having him for lunch. The dachshund thinks, "OK, I'm in deep trouble now!" Then he noticed some bones on the ground close by, and immediately settles down to chew on the bones with his back to the approaching cat. Just as the leopard is about to leap, the dachshund exclaims loudly, "Boy, that was one delicious leopard. I wonder if there are any more around here." Hearing this, the leopard halts his attack in mid-stride, as a look of terror comes over him, and slinks away into the trees. "Whew," says the leopard. "That was close. That dachshund nearly had me." Meanwhile, a monkey, who had been watching the whole scene from a nearby tree, figures he can put this knowledge to good use and trade it for protection from the leopard. So, off he goes.
But the dachshund saw him heading after the leopard with great speed, and figured that something must be up.
The monkey soon catches up with the leopard, spills the beans and strikes a deal for himself with the leopard. The leopard is furious at being made a fool of and says, "Here monkey, hop on my back and see what's going to happen to that conniving canine." Now the dachshund sees the leopard coming with the monkey on his back, and thinks, "What am I going to do now?" But instead of running, the dog sits down with his back to his attackers, pretending he hasn't seen them yet ... and, just when they get close enough to hear, the dachshund says..................
"Where's that darn monkey? Sent him off half an hour ago to bring me another leopard."
Re: Activity Improvements « Result #6 on Apr 30, 2009, 4:35pm »
New Horizon 3, Unit 3, Speaking Plus 2 Grammar point: polite questions Game: hungry hungry hippos.
I used this one today and it was helpful: the kids found and English explanation easy enough to understand and they were all asking and answering eachother in English.
However, I swapped the order and I think it makes more sense. I played it so that when a student has an item in their 'yes please' list and they answer 'yes please', they get to keep it. When their item is 'no thank you' they give it to their partner. This reinforces the other idea that 'yes please' means one wants something and 'no thank you' means one doesn't want something. I think the game as it stands could be confusing: 'would you like some ice cream?' 'yes please' - then has to pass it to partner !?
Re: JTE Woes « Result #7 on Apr 26, 2009, 10:13am »
That teacher's manual is a mystery here in Kurume, Fukuoka. I keep trying to get my own copy of it for both books. One elementary school was kind enough of make a call in to order one on my behalf. After three weeks of waiting, the asst principal of of the elementary school called me back and said Im sorry, we got the message that it cannot be ordered. The BOE has issued a the Japanese teachers text in exact quantities to each HRT of the respective grades and one for the school office. They school kindly offered to copy the entire book for me if I would like. I won't ask them to do that though. I think that is totally ridiculous.
Do I NEED a Japanese teacher's manual to do what I am assigned? The answer is no. I feel I need to have one to "thoughtfully" consider my tasks in the lesson and to have a full understanding of where the HRT is planning from. I have 20 years experience teaching from age 3 through adults, high school and 6 years in the universities and can read Japanese. Yes, I could really use the book. I have plenty of downtime at the Junior High at my desk with a lot of material making tools. I could be of help. I would also like the luxury of warning the non-English speaking HRTs of mistakes and difficult English.
I am thinking it might be in the design to make sure the ALT doesnt get a copy of it and the ALT is easier to manage walking in clueless.
WOW, a note from the doctor. That system was in place when I was a JET in '99, but I haven't heard of it since. I have gotten sick before and not needed a note from my doctor and gotten byokyu no problem. Must depend on the idiot in charge.
I guess those in JET program do not have much trouble like other employed by the Japanese Haken companies as ALT.
A life-long city man, tired of the rat race, decided he was going to give up the city life, move to the country, and become a chicken farmer. He bought a nice, used chicken farm and moved in. As it turned out, his next door neighbor was also a chicken farmer. The neighbor came for a visit one day and said, "Chicken farming isn’t easy. Tell you what. To help you get started, I’ll give you 100 chickens." The new chicken farmer was thrilled. Two weeks later the neighbor dropped by to see how things were going. The new farmer said, "Not too well. All 100 chickens died." The neighbor said, "Oh, I can’t believe that. I’ve never had any trouble with my chickens. I’ll give you 100 more." Another two weeks went by and the neighbor stopped by again. The new farmer said, "You’re not going to believe this, but the second 100 chickens died too." Astounded, the neighbor asked, "What went wrong?" The new farmer said, "Well, I’m not sure whether I’m planting them too deep or too close together."
These are good, fun and comprehensive activities, but there are a couple of things that should probably be changed.
FIRST GRADE QUIZ
The Subject question "What subject is Mr./Ms. ______ teaching?" should probably be "What subject does Mr./Ms. _______ teach?". Although Japanese tends to use some of their present continuous forms for routines, it's probably best to reinforce the English present simple form for routines, customs, and rules.
The Mix Questions regarding ALT/JTE require the use of the article "the" in front of job titles. And the 40-point question should probably have "from" at the end.
Just like the Subject question previously mentioned, the 20-point Textbook question regarding Ms Green should probably also be in the present simple form.
SECOND GRADE QUIZ
I don't think second graders have learned the structure "used to" as yet, so perhaps the past simple would be better here.
And as an aside, baseball probably originated from the game "rounders" rather than from cricket, but even that is debatable.
In the Famous People section, Japan has a "prime minister" rather than a "president".
The 50-point Geography question needs the article "the" in front of "main language".
The preposition "of" correct for the 10-point Capitals question, but wrong for the remaining questions.
THIRD GRADE QUIZ
In the 10-point Sports question, "snow mountain" need to be in plural form.
some comments from the 2nd grade quiz's Famous People, Geography and Capitals sections also applies here.
In the 20- and 30- point Geography II questions, the word order of the questions needs to be changed. They should read "In which city is THE <festival name here> held?"
In the Capitals section Malaysia is misspelled.
And please don't underestimate the need for articles. Although using a Japanese word in the 20-point Textbook section, you still need to put the article "a" in front of furushiki, since it is as countable as a handkerchief.
Lastly, (just as a matter of style) there is no need for a comma between "every day" and "to come to school" in the 30-point Mix question.
Sorry to sound savage since that's not my intent. I think this is a great activity, but some people may not check the worksheets before printing them out and it could cause some embarrassment for them if the JTE or a student calls them on the error.
I'll make those changes...thx for the detailed response!
Re: Activity Improvements « Result #12 on Feb 19, 2009, 11:58am »
Bizz Quiz
These are good, fun and comprehensive activities, but there are a couple of things that should probably be changed.
FIRST GRADE QUIZ
The Subject question "What subject is Mr./Ms. ______ teaching?" should probably be "What subject does Mr./Ms. _______ teach?". Although Japanese tends to use some of their present continuous forms for routines, it's probably best to reinforce the English present simple form for routines, customs, and rules.
The Mix Questions regarding ALT/JTE require the use of the article "the" in front of job titles. And the 40-point question should probably have "from" at the end.
Just like the Subject question previously mentioned, the 20-point Textbook question regarding Ms Green should probably also be in the present simple form.
SECOND GRADE QUIZ
I don't think second graders have learned the structure "used to" as yet, so perhaps the past simple would be better here.
And as an aside, baseball probably originated from the game "rounders" rather than from cricket, but even that is debatable.
In the Famous People section, Japan has a "prime minister" rather than a "president".
The 50-point Geography question needs the article "the" in front of "main language".
The preposition "of" correct for the 10-point Capitals question, but wrong for the remaining questions.
THIRD GRADE QUIZ
In the 10-point Sports question, "snow mountain" need to be in plural form.
some comments from the 2nd grade quiz's Famous People, Geography and Capitals sections also applies here.
In the 20- and 30- point Geography II questions, the word order of the questions needs to be changed. They should read "In which city is THE <festival name here> held?"
In the Capitals section Malaysia is misspelled.
And please don't underestimate the need for articles. Although using a Japanese word in the 20-point Textbook section, you still need to put the article "a" in front of furushiki, since it is as countable as a handkerchief.
Lastly, (just as a matter of style) there is no need for a comma between "every day" and "to come to school" in the 30-point Mix question.
Sorry to sound savage since that's not my intent. I think this is a great activity, but some people may not check the worksheets before printing them out and it could cause some embarrassment for them if the JTE or a student calls them on the error.
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Re: NEW Englipedia Forum coming... « Result #16 on Feb 5, 2009, 5:24pm »
I did some research on SonicWALL, they are a firewall based out of California.
Pretty much everybody is over on the new forum but I still check this one. Keep me informed about what your situation cuz' I really wanna get you over onto the new forum. You're like a lost solider who's been abandoned. We'll get you over onto the new one somehow.
Re: HS textbooks « Result #18 on Feb 5, 2009, 8:11am »
It all depends on what you are teaching and if you are teaching solo or with a JTE. I'm teaching communication (listening and speaking) by myself, my japanese isn't very good, so giving explanations of grammar points is beyond my scope. I find the Listening Laboratory series really good, grammar points are explained in japanese, it has faster versions for advanced classes and has US, UK and Australian english versions. Plus the books only cost 400 yen. See if you can get some samples sent from the publishers and give them a try. Good luck
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Re: NEW Englipedia Forum coming... « Result #19 on Feb 4, 2009, 9:53pm »
what's a sonic wall? is that the firewall your school uses? what about a proxy? If it is blocked, the new forum just needs to be added to the safe list. I would pass along the englipedia website to your teachers and tell them the site also comes with a teachers forum that you can't access and see what they say.
Re: NEW Englipedia Forum coming... « Result #20 on Feb 4, 2009, 2:50pm »
it is in fact, no joke. i tried it from the website directly as well to see if i was just getting blocked from that link, but as it turns out, that was not the case.
Re: Online Image Editors « Result #23 on Feb 4, 2009, 1:36pm »
i doubt you use linux, but if its a viable option for you, the new ubuntu version of linux, called intrepid, has a really nice image editor that comes with it. obviously you cant just go ahead and install linux on a school computer, but if you happen to have one laying around that you can install linux on for this image editor, i reccomend it. i also have a periodic table program, and a few other little neat programs, that you can get to work in japanese as well. it takes a little bit of work, but its all free.
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Re: Elective Classes « Result #24 on Feb 4, 2009, 1:27pm »
Hang tough Satyne! I'm currently opening a new forum and I'm doing some changes. I plan on moving this forum over to the new forum and making it visible
Elective Classes « Result #27 on Feb 3, 2009, 9:36pm »
Hiya all
It's taken me a while to post this (post-holiday blues), but I was hoping that there would be some kind of special activities, games and projects for elective classes type of thing.
I have taught nearly 10 Elective classes at about 5 different schools over the past 4 - 5 years and I was wondering how many other SHS ALTs have to teach sentaku classes as well?
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