Teaching vocabulary through drawing can be a very effective strategy to engage students. Many of the novice at Wat Chetupon struggle with the academics, but when it comes to drawing..... they are fantastic!
Once I got the lesson started, Adam, an Autralian volunteer with Friends For Asia, stepped in and took over. Once again, I was in the mentor / coach role!
Draw 5 mountains..... two rivers.... eight fish...
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| Ten houses, two cats..... |
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| Eight ducks, five snakes..... |
I thought I liked to "ham it up" as the teacher.... check out Adam in this video as he tell a story to go with the drawing!
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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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