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| From the basic lesson of how to tell time using a clock, I expanded the lesson into include a reading and writing assignment relatedto the daily activities of a novice. |
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| In this activity, the novice were to read and write in their notebooks, the paragraph I'd written on the board. Then they were to fill in the clock, with the time they did specific activities as a novice. |
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| This was more of a challenge for me than it was for the students. Trying to teach grammar, with novice who have limited English skills...... however, the students did get the concept. |
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| I had designed a model of the story, which I showed to the novice, as I talked about the three things I learned "In my mother's kitchen." I showed the novice how to fold a sheet of paper, so there would be a total of six boxes. One for the beginning, one for the end, and then four others, in which they could tell a story about themselves. |
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| This story telling strategy comes right out of my English Language Learner training I received with Rialto Unified School District. |
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| Multiple skills are developed using this instructional strategy: developing a story, sequencing of events in the story, drawing, some writing and eventually, using the picture graph to tell the story to the class. |
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| The novice told stories about their lives.... here the novice is eating breakfast. |
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| Learning meditation The use of pictures or drawings (visual element) is a key component of teaching English Language Learners. Allowing students to draw, then add the written and spoken components builds on the student's strengths and challenges them too. |
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| Direct instruction in telling time. After instructing in the hour and half hour, I moved the lesson into the quarter hour. |
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| Some students got very creative with the clocks in the guided practice in their notebooks! |
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| Checking for understanding after some independent practice in telling time. |
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| So welcome to the celebration! I added a series of photos and videos to my blog, so that everyone could see how the Buddhist novice celebrated Christmas Day 2010! Oh... by the way.... it's Happy 2554 according to the Thai calendar! |
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| The novice sat in lines according to the classrooms. It was a time to have fun and take pictures too! |
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| The novice picking a number out of a bowl, then going over to the tables in the back of the photo, to find the corresponding gift. |
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| By class, novice were called to the front and could then draw a small piece of paper out of a bowl, with a number on it. Since each gift had a number on it, they went off in search of the present with that number. |
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| Gifts opened.... all smiles! |
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| Lots of stuff animals were part of the gift exchange. |
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| This pink rabbit was quite the hit! |
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| It's time to play BINGO! |
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| Waiting for the next BINGO number... |
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| Seems like whenever an English teacher is needed at Watt Chetupon, I'm asked to step in. It's a challenge to come up with a lesson plan, on the spot so to speak, but this challenge also helps to keep the brain alert! |
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| The cemetery of the Northern Thailand Royal Family, going back centuries, is located next to the Buddhist university where I've been teaching. The construction of the huge gold Pagoda in the rear of the photo, dates back to the late 1300s. |
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| Ten houses, two cats..... |
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| Eight ducks, five snakes..... |
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| The novice stepped in to help Adam and I with our drawing of animals.... |
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| Novice, like students in America, love to come to the board and teach the lesson. |
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| When the novice took over the drawing of animals on the board, all the other students suddenly become totally engaged in this lesson. |
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| One student decided, on his own, that Santa, his sleigh and the reindeer needed to make an appearance his drawing! Oh... and check out the Christmas trees too! |
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| Everyone loves a teddy bear! |
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| The joy and enthusiasm I see on the faces of my students, re-energizes me, as well as my teaching..... each and every day! |
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| Dr. Samrun (green shirt above) asked me to teach his International English Major class at the University. Big class, over 40 students, and the period was nearly 3 hours long. The topic.... Contrastive Study of Thai and English Stress and Intonation. |
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| Much of the lesson involved the students practicing words and sentences in English, to learn where to place the stress on words, and how to place the correct intonation on sentences. Little note taking in the process too. |
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| Speaking with students during a guided practice exercise. |
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| Checking for understanding..... |
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| Checking independent practice.... |
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| The classrooms at Wat Chetupon Temple School are very basic. Student tables, chairs and a chalk board. |
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| The novice come here to learn. |
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| My lessons are fast paced, student centered, and engaging. |
