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English Lesson Plans: October 2013
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Lesson Plans for Japanese ALTs. Thursday, October 10, 2013. 1 Use the following video to show what it is like in a restaurant. 2 Use the video and have the students figure out what the different phrases you need to use at a restaurant are. 3 Give the students a menu, and have them role play as waiters and customers. Tuesday, October 1, 2013. Activate B1 - Chapter 1- I like your Style (Part 1). 2 Do the quick reading activity on Page 8. Split the class into two teams. 3 Do Exercises (3) 4, and 5 on Page 10.
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Katie and Ben in The World: Last day in Madrid
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Katie and Ben in The World. English Notes for Students. English Lessons for Japanese ALTs. Wednesday, December 11, 2013. Last day in Madrid. Today is Ben and my last day in Madrid. We've said goodbye to all the wonderful friends we've made here, abandoned our apartment, and shoved everything we want to keep into four suitcases. I thought this would be an appropriate time to give a pro's and con's list of what Ben and I did and didn't like about Madrid. Ben and I enjoyed our jobs in Japan more days that n...
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Katie and Ben in The World: Alive in Paris!
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Katie and Ben in The World. English Notes for Students. English Lessons for Japanese ALTs. Thursday, December 5, 2013. Ben and I are having a wonderful (though wifi-less) vacation in Paris. I will up date the blog on everything I've been doing this last month. Look forward to pictures of Toledo, Granada, Galicia, and Paris! Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). There was an error in this gadget. Last day in Madrid. View my complete profile. Ethereal template. Powered by Blogger.
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Katie and Ben in The World: November 2012
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Katie and Ben in The World. English Notes for Students. English Lessons for Japanese ALTs. Friday, November 30, 2012. Anime is not Japanese. I will preface this with I have watched my fair share of anime, and have gone to anime conventions in the States. I like things with sad endings, and anime is rife with sad endings. Here is a sad ending for any anime lover who dreams of a life in Japan. Real life anime proportions. Looks real to me. Still weird in Japan. Of the collection, which from my experience i...
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English Lesson Plans: September 2013
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Lesson Plans for Japanese ALTs. Wednesday, September 25, 2013. Introductions-New Places, Fresh Faces. Have each of the students fill out a note card with the following information. A Name (what would you like to be called? G What are your hobbies and or interests? 2 Say it another way. There are many ways to say "Hello" and "Good-Bye". Lets see how many the students can use. (Put them into formal and informal categories as the students go). 3 Learn how to play "Rock,Scissors,Paper". Nice to meet you!
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Katie and Ben in Spain: March 2013
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Katie and Ben in Spain. English Plans for Teachers. Monday, March 11, 2013. Actions happening right now. I speak – Yo Hablo. I walk 10 km every day –Yo camino 10 km todos los días. Things happening in the near future. I start next week – Yo empiezo la semana que viene. To form the present tense remove the infinitive ending (-ar,-er, or –ir) and replace it with the personal ending. To speak – Hablar. Remove the –ar and you are left with habl). Now just add the ending of your choice. I speak- Yo hablar.
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Katie and Ben in Spain: December 2013
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Katie and Ben in Spain. English Plans for Teachers. Wednesday, December 11, 2013. Last day in Madrid. Today is Ben and my last day in Madrid. We've said goodbye to all the wonderful friends we've made here, abandoned our apartment, and shoved everything we want to keep into four suitcases. I thought this would be an appropriate time to give a pro's and con's list of what Ben and I did and didn't like about Madrid. Ben and I enjoyed our jobs in Japan more days that not. We thought that working here in...
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Katie and Ben in Spain: August 2013
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Katie and Ben in Spain. English Plans for Teachers. Wednesday, August 28, 2013. I can't say I had ever been moved by a poem, until I came across the works of Pablo Neruda. I get it now, the romance, the pain, the beauty in the form of expression. I get the value of a poem. I can listen to his poems read over and over, and enjoy them every time. His words memorize me, and capture my imagination in profound ways. Here are some of his poems read by wonderful voices. Tonight I Can Write the Saddest Lines:.
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Katie and Ben in The World: May 2013
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Katie and Ben in The World. English Notes for Students. English Lessons for Japanese ALTs. Wednesday, May 29, 2013. This memorial day weekend, I took the time to appreciate our spectacular mountains. We hiked all of Mesa Trail. A 67 mile long hike that runs the base of the Flatirons, and offers amazing panoramas of the City of Boulder. Every year on memorial day, our city has a 10k race (6.2 miles) called the Bolder Boulder. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). There was an error in this gadget.
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Katie and Ben in Spain: On the metro...
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Katie and Ben in Spain. English Plans for Teachers. Friday, October 18, 2013. I can say the words and understand what part of speech their word derived from Greek or Latin is. After 5 hours of teaching English, it is nearly impossible use the language correctly any more. “Can you explain me the meaning? 8221; I’m pretty sure that’s wrong… but I can’t for the life of me remember why, or how to correct them. I’m by metro to home. A man hops on the train at the last second. Damn, he has an accordion. Awesom...